Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Use budgeting software or apps to help with calculations. Add up how much money you earn. Add up costs you’re responsible for. Look at your monthly statements. Subtract what you spend from what you earn. List necessary expenses. Aim for a 50/30/20 budget.

Answer: All of your budgeting can be done using a pen, a piece of paper, and a calculator. But you can also use software like Excel or apps like Mint or iAllowance to create a detailed budget with charts or graphs to go with it. These also have the added benefit of doing all the math for you. Make a list of the things you do each month that bring in money. Do you get an allowance? Do you babysit? Do you mow lawns in your neighborhood? Include anything that you do regularly. Then add up the amounts of money you receive for these things.  For example, if each month you earn about $200 working at a cafe, $100 babysitting, and $50 walking dogs, then your monthly income is $350. If these amounts vary from month to month, add up your income from the last six months, and then divide by six to get an average. Do your parents make you buy your own clothes or pay for your own food when you go out with friends? If you drive, do you have to make a monthly car payment, or pay for gas? List everything you regularly spend money on, then add up about how much you’re spending each month. For example, if your parents make you pay for new clothes, think of all the pants, tops, and shoes you bought last month. Estimate how much you spent on all of it. If you only buy new clothes every three months, divide that number by three to get a more accurate monthly total. If you have a debit or credit card, you probably receive a statement in the mail or through an online portal. Look at these statements from the past few months to see exactly where your money has been going. It's also a good idea to review your statement and look for any fraudulent charges so you can report them right away. If you earned $350 last month, and you spent about $300, then you have a balance of $50, which is great! You can spend or save that money however you see fit. But if the numbers are reversed – you earned $300 and spent $350 – then you have a negative balance. You’re spending $50 more than you should be, and you’ll need to make some cuts. To figure out where you can cut costs, look at your list of expenses again. Circle everything you don’t have a choice about spending money on. For instance, a car payment is a necessary expense if you drive to school or work. But new clothes are not a necessary expense, since you could continue wearing your current wardrobe.  Other necessary expenses might be gas or insurance for your car, school supplies, toiletries, or a cell phone. Other expenses that aren’t necessary are eating out, going to movies, buying video games, or buying extra pairs of shoes. This budget breaks down into three parts: 50% necessities, 30% wants, and 20% savings. So if you’re making $350 a month, then $175 can go toward the necessary expenses you circled, $105 can go toward the unnecessary expenses, and $70 would go into savings. If you find that your necessary expenses are more than 50% of what you’re earning each month, you’ll need to adjust the proportions of your budget. For example, if necessities are costing 70% of your income, adjust your wants down to 20% and your savings to 10%.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Install a media downloading program. Run the program.

Answer: RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) is a method of streaming video online that is much more difficult to download than a standard YouTube video. If you find a video online that KeepVid or DownloadHelper cannot access, chances are it is an RTMP stream. You will need special software to download these videos. Orbit Downloader and Replay Media Catcher are two of the more popular programs for capturing RTMP streams. Unfortunately, neither of them are free, but both offer trial versions. Orbit Downloader will only download the first 50% of a movie in the trial version, and Replay Media Catcher downloads very slowly in the trial version. These programs need to be running before you navigate to the video you want to download. Keep the program’s window open, and then open a browser. Navigate to the video that you want to stream, and start the video. The video file should appear in the download program, and begin downloading automatically.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Pinch geraniums as soon as you bring them home. Prune geraniums in preparation for winter. Prune overwintered geraniums in the spring.

Answer: When you buy a new pot or flat of geraniums, pruning them immediately will encourage them to grow in a full, round, bushy shape. Be sure to remove dead flowers as well as any unhealthy leaves. Geraniums come in two varieties: "true" and "common." True geraniums are perennials, so pruning them is a good investment. Common geraniums are annuals, and they also do well with pruning, but since they won't last more than a season, it's not absolutely necessary to prune them. After the growing season is finished, pruning back the geraniums will help them stay healthy and dormant during the colder months. Wait until the flowers have died and the geranium has gotten a little leggy, in late summer or early to mid-fall. This way the geraniums will conserve energy during the winter and spring back to life when the weather gets warm.  If you live in a temperate climate where the winters don't get so cold that the ground freezes, you can overwinter your geraniums outside. In colder areas, where the ground freezes hard, you'll want to dig up your geraniums and keep them in pots indoors for the winter. The geraniums will have continued to grow over the winter, sprouting long, woody legs. It's not a very attractive look, and that's why geraniums should be pruned right at the beginning of the new growing season. This will encourage them to grow in a full, pretty shape as the weather gets warm.  If you overwintered your geraniums outside, prune in late March or early April, when the weather begins to warm up. If you overwintered your geraniums inside, wait until the ground has thawed. You can gradually get them used to outdoor weather by putting them outside during sunny, warm days and bringing them back in at night. When the last frost has passed, you can either transplant them to the ground or keep them outside in pots.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Spend time with other people. Keep yourself busy by pursuing personal interests. Ask your crush again if you think her feelings have changed.

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A rejection can be a blessing in disguise if it helps you find happiness in other people's company. To get out of your rejection funk, spend quality time with friends and go to social events you normally wouldn't. If you’re feeling up to it, ask a different crush out or go on a blind date. While pursuing new relationships, you may find someone you like even more than your previous crush. To start off, try picking up a brand new hobby or an old pastime that you haven’t touched in a while. If that isn’t enough to take your mind off things, try setting a personal goal you want to achieve. The busier you are, the easier time you’ll have getting over the rejection. Some major goals you can occupy yourself with include:  Training to participate in a 5K or other athletic event. Creating a work of art like a short story, a painting, or even a short film or skit. Learning an entirely new skill like cooking or woodworking. Even if a girl rejects you once, you may still be able to date her in the future. After the initial rejection, give your crush as much personal space as she needs and try to be a good friend. If you and her grow closer, or if she starts flirting with you, consider asking her out again. Though it may work in the movies, relentlessly pursuing a girl even after she says “no” comes off as creepy and incredibly disrespectful.