INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Visiting spaces that have been designed by a professional interior designer or decorator will help train your eye, enabling you to learn more about the most desirable trends.  Pay attention to color schemes, space planning, and small details. Keep a notebook with you and record your observations, both positive and negative. This is a great way to grow and learn as a decorator. Keeping up-to-date with the most relevant decorating and design trends will help you build a decorating business that will attract your ideal clientele. You will always want to be one step ahead of your clients on the design front, suggesting to them the newest design concepts that are beyond their imagination.  Some magazines you should look at include: Architectural Digest, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Home, Design Directions, Elle Décor, Home Restoration & Remodeling Magazine, House and Garden, Interior Design, Interiors & Sources, Metropolitan Home, Style at Home, Traditional Home, and Victorian Homes. Make sure to review commercial interior design magazines as well as consumer-driven interior design. Understanding the way your space works is fundamental to interior decorating. Design is visual as well as physical. Elements of design include balance, emphasis, movement and patterns.   The single most important element of interior design is lighting. For example, there are three forms of lighting: ambient lighting, which provides overall illumination; task lighting, which provides light for specific activities; accent lighting adds focus to particular elements of the space. Focus on developing you own style and interests to give your decorating business a unique and personalized touch. Do this so that people will seek you out for your particular specialty.  Developing your particular niche interest will help your business be more marketable and attractive to your clients. Your business will do best if you're able to find a type of interior design that's being overlooked in your local market. Find every opportunity to practice trying out your ideas of interior design to improve your skills. Discuss your end visions with an experienced or professional decorator or designer. For example, take a random swatch of fabric or paint chip and attempt to design a room (either mentally, through sketching, or using a computer) that incorporates those details. Learning how to take pieces of a puzzle and create a full picture is an essential part of becoming an interior decorator.  Realize that learning more about interior design takes time. You'll learn more skills over time. One way to get training and practice in interior design is to find a job working for someone who has her own business. You'll learn more about what starting your own decorating business will be like.

SUMMARY: Visit high-end spaces. Read relevant magazines. Know the basics of design. Find your focus. Practice your interior decorating skills.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Place your index and middle fingers over the inside center of your inner elbow. When you press lightly you should be able to feel the pulse of your brachial artery from this position. If you have difficultly locating your pulse, place the head of the stethoscope (the round piece at the end of the tube) in the same general area and listen until you can hear your heartbeat. Tuck the cuff end through the metal loop and slide it onto your upper arm. The cuff should be roughly 1 inch (2.5 cm) above the bend of your elbow and should be evenly tight around your arm. Make sure that your skin is not pinched by the cuff as you wrap it securely. The cuff should have heavy duty velcro on it, which will hold the cuff closed. If you can wiggle the two fingertips under the top edge but cannot wedge your full fingers beneath the cuff, the cuff is tight enough. If you can wedge your full fingers under the cuff then you need to open up the cuff and pull it tighter before closing it again. The head should be face down, with the wide part of the chest piece in contact with the skin. It should be positioned directly over the pulse of your brachial artery that you found earlier. Also place the stethoscope earpieces in your ears. The earpieces should face forward and point toward the tip of your nose. The gauge needs to be positioned where you can see it. Hold the gauge lightly in the palm of your left hand if taking your own blood pressure. If taking someone else's blood pressure, you can hold the gauge in whatever position you want as long as you can see the face of the gauge clearly. You should hold the pump in your right hand. Turn the screw on the pump bulb clockwise to close the airflow valve, if necessary.

SUMMARY: Locate your pulse. Wrap the cuff around your arm. Check the tightness of the cuff by slipping two fingertips underneath. Slide the head of the stethoscope under the cuff. Position the gauge and the pump.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you are a prideful person, you may have trouble admitting when you’re wrong. In a way, everyone has some difficulty taking ownership for mistakes. You might deny responsibility because the act of “being wrong” doesn’t align with your self-concept. But admitting you’re wrong is not a weakness—it’s simply a part of being human. Learn to admit the mistake, and apologize/rectify when you’re wrong. Simply say, “I apologize; that was my mistake.” Doing so will help you retain relationships and may even benefit your personal growth. In a way, excessive pride places you on shaky ground because you’re always fearful of losing favor or status. Because of this instability, you might be quick to defend. Defensiveness makes you appear inflexible and insecure. It also shuts down the lines of communication.  Instead of jumping to defensiveness, pause. Don’t follow your instincts, which are to defend. Take a few deep breaths. Agree—to a degree—by saying “Yes, and…” This is preferable to “Yes, but,” which comes off as defensive. Then, try to work with the other person to brainstorm an effective solution that doesn’t jeopardize the relationship.  Do your best to develop a curious attitude and to take in others’ points of view. Work on accepting criticism as a learning experience. Taking things personally makes it difficult to reflect and improve. . Mindfulness allows you to slow down and connect with the present moment. It brings awareness to your thoughts and can help you notice your prideful thoughts and reactions. Start a mindfulness practice to notice and eventually accept those parts of yourself. You can activate mindfulness during times when your pride is in control. For example, you feel threatened by a coworker who is doing outstanding work. You might slow down and tune into your thoughts and feelings. Remember that you don't have to see others' success as a threat. Think of ways you can learn from the person instead. It can help to celebrate the success of others.

SUMMARY: Own up to your mistakes. Lose the defensiveness.  Practice mindfulness


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Add the ginger and fry until fragrant. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Lower the heat to a simmer and continue cooking for about 5 minutes, or until the pork is tender. Serve with white rice and garnish with shredded carrots.

SUMMARY:
Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork, soy sauce, and sugar to the skillet. Mix in the sesame oil, green onion, and rice wine. Remove the skillet from heat.