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One of the biggest drains of love for your life is being surrounded by people who are constantly negative, whether that means criticizing you or just complaining about everything going on around them. Try to identify these people and distance yourself from them. It's obviously more complicated if you are close to these people, like a parent or a best friend. In that case, you may want to try to help them figure out what's going off the rails in their life, so that they can also learn to love their life. Be sure to show them this article. Messy living spaces can actually have a powerful impact on your mind. They can signal to you that having a messy life is acceptable. They can also cause you to feel less powerful and less in control of what's going around you. If you want to love your life, you need to feel a sense of mastery, like you are capable of handling the challenges that life will throw your way. With this in mind, be sure to keep your living areas clean, so that you won't have this extra baggage of messiness in the back of your mind. If there's a huge mess to deal with, focus on one area at a time. You can also focus on different types of mess at a time: get all the trash out first, then put your clothes away, then deal with smaller miscellaneous items. It's not always easy to cut back on work, but if you think you are overworking yourself and suffering because of it, try to find ways to correct that imbalance.  Go back to school if you aren't making enough to live on. If you're able, take a pay cut to work fewer hours or have fewer responsibilities. Search for new jobs that would allow you more freedom to live your life. Write down a list of things you'd like to change about your life that you think would help you love your life more fully. This could be anything from exercising more often to cooking more and eating out less.  Try to focus on small goals at first, or lay out larger goals in manageable steps. It won't help to plan to make huge lifestyle changes if you bite off more than you can chew and end up discouraged. Instead of planning to run a marathon, start with half a mile or a mile. That way you can feel accomplished at each milestone and keep your motivation up. If you're having a lot of conflict with a friend or family member, if you're not speaking to someone you care about, make an effort to repair the relationship. Healthy relationships are important to your well-being and will help you to love your life.  Try to communicate effectively with them. You can say "I'm sad that we've been having difficulties lately. Is there anything you'd like to say to me, or anything I can do to make things better?" Even if you feel like it's someone else's fault, take the initiative to repair the situation for both of your sake. If the relationship is beyond repair, try to see it as an opportunity to make new friends and start a new chapter in your life, rather than seeing it only as an ending or a failure.

summary: Remove negative people from your life. Clean your living space. Take a look at your work-life balance. Make a "changes" list. Repair your relationships.


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If you want your bruise to look real, you've got to pick a good spot for it. Some places don't actually bruise that much, so you've got to pick a good fleshy place on your body, or a place where you might be injured. The best places for fake bruises are usually:  Your forearm. Anywhere on your leg. Your forehead. Your chest or shoulder. Don't put a fake bruise near or around your eyes. Real looking bruise in place? Check. Unsuspecting friend in sight? Check. Wait for a good moment, when you're both doing something physical or playing in some way, then fake an injury. Wait until your friend comes close and then grab the area with the fake bruise suddenly and start hollering.  Really play it up. Pretend that you're in pain and look angry. It's a good way to build some sympathy or freak out the victim of your prank. If you don't want to go through all the acting trouble, you could always just whip out your bruise and say something like:  "You should see the other person." "I got this working on an oil rig." "I fell off my dad's motorcycle."

summary: Pick a good spot. Fake an injury.


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The invitation must include the following information:  The address/where the party is Day of the party and time it begins Drop off and pick up times (see above) What to bring (pillow, blanket, costume, makeover goodies, DVD, etc.) RSVP (how your guests contact you to say if they can come or not). That includes your email address and phone number. It's fast, it's easy to track and most people are not the slightest bit surprised to receive invitations via emails. Just be sure to offer the option of calling you as well as emailing back, as some parents will still prefer to talk to the household parent or guardian in person.
summary: Mail invitations one to two weeks prior to the party. Consider using email to send out the slumber party request.