Walk around the table once to find the best shot. A clear shot is best, and take the time to get at table level so you can evaluate how well you can see the shot. Don't be afraid to look at alternative shots to hit the same ball. Set your cue stick down on the edge of the table in line with how you want to shoot. The cue stick should create a visual line of how you'd like to hit the cue ball. Put your dominant foot right behind the end of the cue stick. Your foot should be angled toward the cue stick. Your other foot should be at about a 30° angle from the cue stick. You don't want to be squarely facing the table, but rather, angled. Put equal weight on both legs. Grip the pool stick and lean forward. Move the cue stick backwards and forward a bit to make sure you won't hit your hip when trying to take a shot. If you're not clearing your hip, adjust your stance. As you move to take your shot, lower your head towards your cue stick. Keep your head tilted up a bit so you can see along the cue stick and aim your shot.

Summary: Find your shot. Line up the shot. Place your feet. Clear your hip with the cue stick. Keep your head down.


Working in the psychiatric-mental health field as an RN translates to clinical practice, of which you will need 2000 hours should you desire to get certified as a psychiatric-mental health nurse. Look for jobs in this field to secure a position and get the experience you need. You can ask for a psychiatric rotation at a hospital if that's where you work, volunteer in a community program, or work as a psychiatric aide. Many employers will provide tuition reimbursement or assistance if you pursue an ADN, BSN, MSN, or DNP. Check with your employer to find out if this is something they offer. Certification is not required to work in the psychiatric-mental health field, but it can be useful for finding a job and could mean higher salaries. You'll need an RN license, two years' experience working as an RN, 2000 hours of clinical practice in the psychiatric-mental health field within three years, and 30 hours of continuing education in the psychiatric-mental health field within three years. Certification is administered by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurses must be recertified every five years. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) requires professional development plus either 1000 hours of practice as a psychiatric-mental health nurse or passage of the certification exam. Professional development includes continuing education, academic credits, presentations or publication/research, professional service, or teaching hours (preceptorship).

Summary: Work in the mental health field as an RN. Get board-certified as a psychiatric-mental health nurse. Maintain your certification.


To prepare garden compost without unsightly bins or piles, use a shovel to dig a trench in your garden approximately 12 inches (approximately 30 cm) deep. The compost will add nutrients and moisture to your soil, improving the quality of your plants. Choose an area that will get sunlight but not interfere with the rest of your garden. Trenches can be placed between plants, along shrub borders, or virtually anywhere else in the garden. Add approximately four to six inches (approximately 10-15 cm)of kitchen scraps to the bottom of the trench. Avoid adding bread products, meat, bones, dairy, rice, oils, or weeds. Opt to include fruit and vegetable scraps, and other ingredients such as:  Egg shells, which will add calcium to the soil and deter snails and slugs with their sharp edges. Coffee grounds, which are rich in nitrogen and attract worms. Once you've added your composting materials, use a shovel to fill in the trench with soil. The composting process will occur without any additional work from you. It should take a period of a month to a year, depending on the volume and specific compost materials. Composting trenches should be moved to different locations in your garden every year. This will allow you to fertilize the entirety of your garden while continuing to grow new plants or flowers. Plan to have designated walking areas, plant areas, and trench areas that you can navigate around comfortably.

Summary: Dig a trench. Fill it  with kitchen scraps. Cover the compost materials with soil. Move the trenches around each year.


Once you have a map, think about the way the ideas will fit into your paper. Label the bubbles according to the section of your paper they belong to. If you have to write a certain number of paragraphs, you can organize your bubbles into paragraphs. If you are thinking more about arguments and counterarguments, you can organize your map into those instead. Add details as you go. For instance, you may write some of the sources you are planning to use to the sections of your essay to which they apply. If you have gone through many revisions as you drew, and it's hard to read the map, redraw it with all associated ideas grouped together into the sections of your paper.  If you do this, you can start by drawing bubbles for the sections and continue by filling in the thoughts and associations. You can also organize your revised mind map into bubble for topic sentences that branch into smaller bubbles for supporting arguments and evidence. Once you've done this, you practically have a rough draft of your paper. Referring to your map, type up the main ideas and supporting ideas that you have now organized. Group them into several lines each, separated by a space. These will become the paragraphs or sections of your essay.  Start each paragraph with a sentence that introduces the ideas of that paragraph, and write until you have incorporated all the information for that section. If you end up adding things that weren't on your map, look at your map to check that they fit, and consider penciling them in. One of the virtues of the map is that it keeps you on topic. Make sure you're not cramming too many points from your mind map into a single paragraph.
Summary: Label your map. Redraw the map if it gets messy. Keep your map by your side as you write.