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The first step towards improving your reading comprehension has to be reading in a space where you'll be able to concentrate. Remove any distractions from your environment and turn off electronics to prevent new distractions from appearing. Turn off the TV and any music playing in the room you're in. If you have a smartphone with you, turn it off or turn it on silent and place it somewhere where notifications that appear on the phone won't distract you from your reading. If you can't eliminate all the distractions from your environment, relocate! Move to the library, a study room, or even the bathroom, if that's where you need to go to have peace and quiet. If you still feel distracted, try listening to classical or ambient music without lyrics. Whether that helper is a teacher, a friend, or a parent, read with someone above your level who you're comfortable talking to and asking questions. They can help you if you have any issues and enable you to talk through the text with someone else. If your helper is an educator, consider having them draw up some key comprehension questions that you can preview before you start reading and that you can aim to be able to answer after you finish. Summarize your reading material to your helper after you finish it and have them ask you questions about the content to test how well you've understood it. If you're unable to answer a question, look back in the book for the answer. If you're reading a difficult piece of writing, use online resources like Shmoop and Sparknotes to find summaries and comprehension questions. Reading aloud is a great way to slow down while reading and give you more time to process what you're reading, thereby improving comprehension. An added benefit of slow reading is that you get to see the words on the page (visual learning) and hear them spoken aloud (audio learning). If you decide that hearing spoken words helps you improve your comprehension, don't be afraid to get narrated books. Of course, you'll want to read the books in addition to hearing them spoken, but this could greatly improve comprehension. For children struggling with reading comprehension, it's best to avoid having them read things aloud in front of other people. Instead, just have them read aloud to themselves to avoid stressful or potentially embarrassing situations. Use your finger, a pencil, or a notecard to follow along with the words you read aloud. This way, you stay focused so you can get a better understanding of the reading. Sometimes when we're reading, we can read finish a paragraph or page and realize that we don't remember any of what we just read. This is perfectly normal! When this happens, don't hesitate to go back and re-read what you've just read to refresh your memory and improve your comprehension. If you didn't understand something the first time around, read a bit more slowly the second time and make sure you understand what you read before moving on. Remember, if you don't understand or remember what came earlier in a book, you may have a harder time understanding what comes later.

summary: Eliminate distractions from your environment. Read with a helper if you're reading something above your level. Read aloud. Re-read text as necessary to improve your comprehension.

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If you've openly discussed marriage, then you can assuage his fears a bit so he sees that he has nothing to be scared about. Maybe he's concerned that once you get married, you'll change somehow, and settle into a comfort zone. Or, is he worried that after tying the knot, he'll be pressured to start a family right away? It could also be that he feels insecure somehow, and his current self-image doesn't match the role he envisioned as a husband. If he's just worried about the ring or the wedding itself, then you can think of some creative compromises. If he can't afford a ring, can you live without one? If he doesn't want a big wedding, how about eloping or having a small, private ceremony? If he's afraid that marriage will take the luster out of your relationship, have some go-to happily married couples that you both admire that you can point to. If he's a logical thinker, appeal to that part of his brain. Though it may not be the most romantic approach to take, there are some practical benefits of getting married. Practical and legal benefits of marriage include putting your significant other on your insurance plan, being eligible for more government benefits and filing joint income tax returns. Marriage is also an effective way to make sure your mate is taken care of if you die suddenly. If you are not married, and one of you dies, the other will not inherit anything unless it is spelled out in a will. And even if it is, there will be estate and gift taxes. Also, if you are married you can receive wages, workers' compensation, and retirement plan benefits for a deceased spouse. Though you may not want to go down this morbid line of thinking, it is very logical, and is something to consider -- especially if you've been together for fifteen years and aren't married. If he really sounds like he's unsure about whether he wants to marry you or not, or even says he needs some time to himself to figure some things out, then let him have that time. But make it clear that you're not waiting around forever for him to make the move, and that you're a great catch that any man would be lucky to marry. While you shouldn't make him feel bad for being uncertain or make him propose because he feels jealous or guilty, you should let him know that if you've invested a lot of time and love into the relationship and he still doesn't know what he wants, that you have your limits, too. . If you think that the time is right and that you're both ready to get married, then hey, it's the 21st century and you can take the matter into your own hands. If you've been waiting around long enough and you're sure that the only thing really holding your man back is the proposal itself instead of the prospect of marriage, then speed things up by asking him to marry you.

summary: Address his fears. Make a logical argument for getting married. Make him see what he'll miss if he doesn't marry you. Propose yourself

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To get a six-pack, you must exercise your upper abs, lower abs, and obliques (side abdominals). While you cannot target each area exclusively, each abdominal exercise emphasizes a particular area. The following exercises will help get you started. Plank exercises are important for any abdominal muscle workout because they work all the ab muscles together, plus many other muscle groups. To do this exercise, get in push-up position, using your elbows for support rather than your hands. Keep your body in a straight line, making sure that your hips do not sag. Contract and pull in all the muscles around your middle, and do not let your belly drop. Hold for as long as you can. Keep your head relaxed and looking at the floor. Start off holding this position for 10 seconds at a time, and work your way up to longer intervals. To make sure that your body is straight, do this exercise in front of a mirror.
summary: Target all three abdominal areas. Do planks.