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Before you begin living in solitude, you will need to choose a location that allows you to be alone. For many people, this can be your current dwelling. For others, you may need to rent or buy a secluded property like a cabin on a lake or a simple home in a foreign country. Australia’s Northern Territory, Greenland, the Pitcairn Islands, Svalbard, and Tristan da Cunha are all destinations where a life of solitude is possible. Solitude provides an opportunity to rediscover different parts of yourself, and can give you a much needed break from the doldrums of modern living. However, humans need relationships with others to achieve mental health and wellness. Rather than resigning yourself to a life of complete solitude, consider a trial period first.  Try living in solitude for one month during the summer. You can also start small and live in solitude for a single week. After you have secured a location to live in solitude and created a foolproof plan for accessing food and water, you will need to tell your friends and family. Explain to them that you are embarking on a journey into solitude, and will not be in contact for a period of time. Try saying, “I need to intentionally remove the influence of others from my life, and have decided to begin living in solitude.”

summary: Pick an appropriate location. Consider living in solitude for a short period of time. Inform your friends and family.


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Keep all of the smaller items you want to display together in a tray. For example, you could use a rustic wooden tray to display vintage collectibles. Keep the tray organized by only displaying a small number of items. You can also put any remotes in the tray to keep them together and help them blend into your decorating scheme.  For a very modern look, use a tray with a mirrored bottom with a set of small, sleek vases, gilded anemones, or glass balls. Consider hiding remotes or coasters in a pretty box on the tray. Display items that will tie into your decorating theme. For example, if you have a nautical theme get a blue or white tray. Include pretty shells, lovely driftwood, pieces of sea glass, and even consider sprinkling some sand on the bottom of the tray.  If you have an art deco look, find a tray in rosewood or shagreen and display items that have a 1920s feel, like glass beads, an old metronome, and postcards. For a country cottage feel, use a wicker tray and display small bowls of potpourri or small animal figurines. Use your décor to highlight interesting individual pieces rather than displaying an entire collection, which may look cluttered. Add candles to your table as a decorative and practical item. Light them to create ambience or even to scent the air. Display candles that can stand alone or in candle holders. Make sure that the candle holders complement your tray if you place them there. Display items that are important to you, like special antiques or vases. Keep items from any collections or hobbies you pursue in your tray, like elegant knitting needles and interesting yarn. If you have a striking art object, you can place it in the tray by itself or as a focal point in the middle or on top of other items.  For example, arrange a pair of small clocks surrounded by pocket watches in a tray. Surround a tall piece of art with items that are lower, like a tall sultan canister with some shorter canisters or glass bottles.

summary: Organize decorative items. Use a tray to highlight a decorating theme. Include candles. Focus on a statement piece.


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There are many children who are in foster care and need a good home. To start the process, you'll need to find a local agency to work with. You might even want to begin by being a foster parent yourself, and if you connect with the child you could then decide to move forward with adoption. In the U.S., you can contact a local agency which will help you start the process. Other countries will likely have similar programs. You can also start by checking with your local government.  One of the benefits of adopting a child in care is that it costs very little or nothing. A negative is that it can be a very lengthy and frustrating process. Consider adopting an older child. Most people want to adopt infants, and there are more prospective parents than there are babies. The process might move more quickly if you’re open to an older child. This path is also known as public agency adoption. Another option is pursuing a private adoption. In this situation, birth parents release their legal rights to the child to a licensed agency. The agency then works to match the child with prospective parents. This path costs more than public adoption and be quite expensive.  One of the benefits of private adoption is that you may be able to choose to have an open adoption. This means that you will get an opportunity to meet and spend time with the birth parents. You can all decide together whether the birth parents will play a role in the child’s life. You should know that birth parents do not actually relinquish their legal rights until after birth. This means that they could change their minds about placing the child up for adoption. You will need to work with an attorney to begin the process of an independent adoption. In most cases, you, the prospective parent, will have identified a birth parent that you would like to work with. Sometimes, an attorney might be helping a birth parent find an appropriate person to adopt their child. Each state and country have different laws for this process. To get started, contact an attorney who has experience in this area. No matter where you live, adopting a child from another country is typically a more complicated process than a domestic adoption. You will need to follow the laws from both your home country and the country where the child is from. In many cases, you will not receive much information on the child’s background or medical history. You’ll want to work with a pediatrician who has a lot of experience evaluating the health of kids coming from an unknown background.  Remember that when you adopt a child from another country, you’ll need to take into account possible differences in language and culture. You may or may not decide to visit the country where the child comes from before you take the child home. One of the benefits of domestic adoption is that you will be much more likely to be able to access information about the medical background of the child. Health care systems vary from country to country. It will be much easier to access information when you are already familiar with the system of your own country. You might also want to pursue a domestic adoption if you strongly prefer an infant to an older child. The domestic process makes it more likely that an infant will be placed with you.
summary: Choose to adopt a child in care if you would like a less expensive process. Look into licensed private agency adoption if you might want an open adoption. Pursue an independent adoption if you know a potential birth parent. Research inter-country adoption if you are open to a child from a different background. Pursue domestic adoption if you are concerned about the child's medical background.