Article: Attach your footswitch to the the power supply.  The footswitch activates and regulates the power from the power supply to the needle, similar to a sewing peddle. There is a clear location at the bottom of the machine for the clip cord to connect the machine to the power supply. There should only be 2 inputs on the power supply itself. Make sure you connect the cables in their proper location. Once everything is connected and assembled, you’re ready to test the machine. If you are worried about testing the tattoo machine on yourself, just turn everything on and examine it. The needle should vibrate at a consistent speed (without stopping) upon pressing the footswitch. A good way to practice your art is by practicing on apples or pears. The skin on apples and pears are similar to the human flesh. If your fruits become damaged, then you're puncturing the needle too deep.
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Connect your footswitch. Connect the machine to the power supply. Test the machine. Practice on fruit.
Article: A personal narrative should focus on something that was pivotal or meaningful in your life and also connects to the prompt you are addressing, if applicable. Ask yourself, “What events in my life stand out the most for me? What events taught me something or made me realize something life changing?”  Choose an event that feels full of meaning and significance to you personally. These events usually make the best story ideas for a personal narrative. For example, if your personal narrative focuses on your intended career path as a teacher, you could write a narrative about how a youth coaching experience showed you the importance of making a positive impact on children. Alternatively, if you’re writing about how you came to choose a college major in medical science, your narrative could focus on a wonderful volunteer experience you had as a child that made you want to help other people. A good personal essay will have an underlying moral or lesson, where the speaker undergoes a realization or change. Think of an experience where you learned a valuable lesson that you carried with you moving forward. Or an experience where you made a moral decision that shifted you in some way. For instance, you may pick an experience where you lost an important match, only to learn the value of failing and do better. Or you may choose an experience where you made a moral decision to help someone, which then lead to positive outcomes for you and the person. You can also go for a story idea that centers on a theme. You can then use your personal story to explore the theme in detail and from your perspective. Try to choose a theme that feels particular to you and your point of view. For example, you may choose a theme like love and use it to explore your experience of love growing up in a family with two fathers. Or you may choose a theme like freedom and use to to explore your struggles with freedom as a refugee.
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Think of a meaningful event in your life. Pick a personal story with a moral or lesson. Focus on an idea that fits a theme.
Article: A variety of mobile applications are available that help you track your depression. These applications have a variety of tools that can help you monitor your depression, learn new activities and communicate your experience to a medical professional. The Start application, which is designed by Iodine and part of Apple’s Care Kit medical development tools, helps you track depression. It lets you share your data directly with a medical professional. You take a short questionnaire at two week intervals, which is called the Patient Health Questionnaire. Taking the questionnaire helps you determine whether your symptoms have improved. You use the application for six weeks, and then use the results to decide with your doctor whether the medication is working. This is a smart phone diary application that helps you track how you relate and respond to events throughout your day. You write about events in your life, related moods and intensities. This can help you track your depression while taking an antidepressant. If you start it prior to taking an antidepressant, you can use the diary application to determine if your mood has improved after starting an antidepressant. This application helps you monitor your mood and learn mood enhancing activities. It can be helpful for mild depression, but is not useful for people with moderate or severe depression. In any case, it can be one tool, amongst others, to help you track your mood while taking antidepressants. This application helps you monitor your emotional states and includes a great graphing feature. It can help you monitor your depression so that you can more accurately report your experience to a mental health professional. With accurate tracking and reporting to a mental health professional, you will have a better sense of whether or not the antidepressant is working. What’s My M3. This application helps you monitor your “M3 score,” which is a number that helps your doctor determine whether or not your mood disorder is treatable. By tracking your M3 while on antidepressants, you can communicate your M3 score to your doctor.
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Purchase a mental health application. Download the Start application. Track your mood with the CBT Self-Help Guide. Download MoodKit. Use the T2 Mood Tracker.