Article: The first big step to getting your dream job is identifying what roles, positions, or skills make you feel happy and fulfilled. Your dream job should be a position that you truly love to do, day in and day out, despite any challenges or obstacles that you may come across. Think back to any times when you were happiest and the most fulfilled. This could be something you enjoyed doing as a child, such as drawing or writing, which could then lead to a dream job in the arts like graphic design or creative writing. Maybe you loved building structures with legos as a kid, which could lead to a dream career as an architect or a builder. You should also consider activities you do now on your off time that you enjoy, such as a recreational sport or a hobby. If you love playing hockey for example, you may consider getting into the retail sport business or starting your own hockey club. You may be doing certain skills or roles in your current job that you enjoy and may want to leverage as ways to transition into a dream job. If you like the people management side of your current role, for example, you may want to consider a career in human relations or a more people focused role. When you think about your dream role, you should think about your personal values and ideals. Your personal values are the core beliefs or ideas that are the most important to you. Identifying your personal values can allow you to really focus on what you are passionate about in your career. Consider some guiding questions to help you identify your personal values: Identify at least two individuals you respect or admire. Think about why you admire them. What characteristics do they possess that you admire or appreciate? Think about what you would change or shift in your community. This could be a small issue or a larger issue. Consider what issues or problems get you the most riled up when you talk to others. Try to identify any themes or common ideas in your answers to these guiding questions. These could then be your personal values, which can help you identify your priorities in life. You can use these priorities to get a better sense of what your dream job might entail. . Personal goals can motivate you to pursue a certain career option or an educational option which could then become your dream job. Writing down your personal goals forces you to be self reflective and consider what activities or moments are meaningful to you. You can then use these goals to focus on what you are passionate about and how you can achieve your passions, or your dream role. Create a schedule for your personal goals so you are motivated to achieve them. Depending on how complex or simple the goals are, you may have different timeframes for each personal goal. This exercise can help you to visualize a best possible future self and home in on your dream job or role. Even if you do not have a clear picture of your best possible self, it will help you get better insight into your goals, motivations and passions for the future. It will also require you to be self-reflective and use critical thinking to determine where you see yourself in several years. Use a prompt to do this exercise: "Think about your life in the future. Everything in your life has gone as well as it possibly could. You have achieved your life goals and realized your dreams. Write down what you see." Write to this prompt three days in a row for 20 minutes a day. On the fourth day, read over your responses. Underline or circle any themes, goals, or ideas that appear multiple times in all three writing responses. These repeating ideas could be useful guides for where your passions might lie and how you can achieve them. A big element of achieving your dream job is having the necessary skills to acquire the job. Depending on the skills required for the job, you may be able to learn these skills or work toward learning these skills while you are doing the job. You should consider what skills you already possess as you pursue your dream job, as this can give you the confidence boost you may need to really go for the job. For example, if you already have a background in human resources and have several years experience working closely with others in teams, you may be able to translate these skills into practical skills for a dream job working as an HR representative. If you have extensive knowledge of hockey and strong connections to individuals in the sports community in your area, you may be able to lean on these skills to start your own hockey club.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Think about what makes you feel happy and fulfilled. Identify your personal values and ideals. Write down your personal goals Do a best possible self exercise. Determine your skill set.
Article: Washing your mosquito bite will clean the surrounding skin and reduce the chance of an infection. Both of these treatments can reduce itching. Calamine lotion is an antipruritic with zinc oxide and ferric oxide that is used to treat itching. Over-the-counter hydrocortisone has a small amount of steroid that helps relieve itching and is also widely used. Icing the mosquito bite will help reduce pain and swelling. Hold the ice pack on your bite for 10 minutes at a time.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Wash the bite with soap and cold water as soon as possible. Apply calamine lotion or a Hydrocortisone (anti-itch) cream to the bite. Hold an ice pack over the bite.
Article: While you are exploring the great outdoors, bring a small trail book with you to help easily identify flowers as you find them. This is a fun, exciting way to spend time in nature. Wildflower books are often sorted by region, color, and leaf type. They usually include colored photos or illustrations to help you pick out the flowers you find. You can also snap a photo of the flower and use a book when you get home. In addition to book reference guides, you can also easily use Internet references. Search for "wildflower identification sites" and browse your options. Some sites allow you to click the color, petal number, and location to help narrow down your choices. This is a great idea if you have used a reference book and are still unsure of the flower you found. Search on your app store to find an app to use. There are both free and paid versions available for most smartphone devices. Ensure the app you select covers the area where you live, as some of the apps have regional plant databases. Then, snap a photo, upload it to the app, and instantly find out the flower type. While this is a growing option, most apps do not have information on every type of wildflower. Make sure your lens is clean when taking the photo. It is helpful to get the entire flower in the shot. If you don't have any reference guides on you while in the woods, use your smartphone to take a reference photo. Try to capture petals, stem, and leaves of the plant in your photo. Then, visit a search engine, and drag and drop your image into the search bar and select "Search for this image." If the photo is recognized, the type of wildflower will display in your search results. You can do this from a computer or a smartphone device. For example, snap a picture of that pinkish purplish flower you find when hiking in Greenland. Then, upload the image to a search engine. You'll find the name of the flower as well as information and facts about the species, like that it is the national flower of Greenland.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Use a wildflower identification book to find the species while in nature. Search online for a plant database to identify the flower from home. Use an app to identify various flowers on the go. Do a reverse-image search to instantly and easily identify the flower.