INPUT ARTICLE: Article: something every day.  Another component of improving your personality is expanding your knowledge. Keep up with the current news by reading a few articles on your phone or open a novel and read a chapter or two. This will help stimulate your mind and give you things to discuss with others. From your readings, begin to form your own opinions about the current events of today. You might find that others will be debating the issue around you soon, so you’ll want to have something to contribute. Make sure you articulate your points with grace and logic. You might say something like, “Though I can understand the arguments against affirmative action, I do believe this country has done some terrible things to setback minorities and that we have some responsibility to correct that.” . When others are speaking, listen to understand them. Don’t wait until they’re finished so you can respond, but truly focus in on what they’re saying. Try to repeat back what they’ve said to you every few minutes so you can show that you hear them. You might say something like, “So, Jan it seems like you’re frustrated that your boss decided to promote the new guy instead of you. I can see how that would be really upsetting.” To make deeper connections with others and improve your personality, unplug from time to time. You'll be much more well received if you're engaged with those around you as opposed to scrolling down your timeline or liking pics.

SUMMARY: Read Develop opinions on important issues. Be a good listener Put your phone down.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Humiliation is painful and it can feel like your personal value is being diminished. However, it's important to accept responsibility if you’ve done something wrong. A common response to humiliation is to deny responsibility and push the problem on to others. Don’t let this defensive move prevent you from facing yourself and pushing through to the other side. Apologize for your actions if you've made a mistake, like an error at work that causes a lot of problems. A lot of humiliation comes from something called ‘’performance expectation.’’ This refers to expectations placed on your ability to perform a certain task well. The higher the performance expectation, the more harshly you can be judged for failing to accomplish the task. Having a healthy sense of performance expectation is important. Failure is part of the learning process, so don’t put too much pressure on yourself, and don’t allow other people to pressure you either. It’s important to be resilient and forgive yourself when you mess up. Feeling bad about our actions can help us discover insight into problems with our behavior, but you can keep the insight and drop the humiliation. Ask yourself if you would repeat your actions a second time around. If you wouldn’t, then that points to the fact that you are genuinely remorseful. Tell yourself that making mistakes is human and you're trying your best to do the right thing. Some people have called our time the “age of humiliation.” Being humiliated is a common occurrence for a lot of people, especially with the popularity of the internet, where the intimate details of our lives can show up on public places like social media websites. Humiliation is a widespread phenomenon, although this shouldn’t minimize your feelings or the uniqueness of your situation. If the humiliating experience is lingering in your mind and causing you a lot of pain, use principles and techniques from mindfulness meditation to help you let go of the emotional wound and move on with your life. Frequently, a painful emotion or memory keeps us feeling hurt because we are avoiding its expression. Practice facing your emotions without running or shrinking away. Think of the emotion like a wave that comes and goes. Try to observe the wave without interfering with the way it moves. This will help you create distance between yourself and the emotion without denying it.

SUMMARY: Take responsibility when appropriate. Allow yourself to make a few mistakes. Forgive yourself. Realize you’re not alone. Learn to let go with mindfulness.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you are playing Minecraft on the computer or on a console with advanced crafting enabled, just place an iron ingot and piece of flint anywhere in the crafting grid. Drag flint and steel from the results box to your inventory. If you are playing Minecraft 1.7.1 or earlier, you need to place the flint exactly one square below and one square to the right of the iron ingot. On devices with simple crafting systems, just select the Flint and Steel recipe from the crafting screen.  On Minecraft Pocket edition, flint and steel is only available in version 0.4.0 and later. You can only light fires in 0.7.0 and later.  All console versions have flint and steel.

SUMMARY: Craft Flint and Steel on the computer. Craft Flint and Steel on console or pocket edition.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One of the fastest ways to get sick is to interact with a sick person or go out in public without washing your hands before you touch your face. Bacteria and viruses can quickly spread through direct contact, so it's important to wash your hands with warm water and soap regularly — before and after eating, after using the bathroom, after touching your face, etc. This will also keep you from spreading your germs to others when you have a cough. Keep hand sanitizer with you to help disinfect your hands when you are out in public or at work. Remind your child not to put her fingers in her mouth or eyes, as germs are often spread this way. Use a tissue when you sneeze or cough to avoid spreading germs through the air. This will also help you avoid letting other bacteria or viruses into your lungs when you inhale. If you don’t have a tissue on hand, sneeze or cough into your elbow rather than cupping your hands over your face. This helps you avoid spreading germs to your hands and them onto other objects as well. Allergens irritate your sinuses, which causes congestion that can lead to difficulty breathing, trigger postnasal drip, and aggravate the throat. Allergies happen when your immune system produces antibodies to fight free radicals by releasing chemical such as histamine, which can cause inflammation and allergy symptoms. Flower pollen, dust, and mold are some of the most common allergens. Other common allergens include hazardous fumes, cigarette and secondhand smoke, shellfish, shrimp, fish, eggs, milk, peanuts, wheat, soy, pet allergies caused by shedding from common pets, insect stings, certain medications, certain substances you wear or touch, and chemicals and dyes in fabrics

SUMMARY:
Wash your hands regularly. Use a tissue when coughing. Avoid common allergens.