Article: Make sure you're not giving away loose change, jewelry, or keys along with your clothing! It could be very difficult for donation centers to get these items back to you. Be sure you're not donating dirty or smelly clothes. Use an unscented detergent to avoid triggering anyone's sensitivities. Fold the clothes before you get them ready for transport. If you're donating items that need to be dry-cleaned, do this before you donate as well. Baby clothes and accessories need an especially good cleaning, but be sure to use detergents that are safe for babies' skin. Some donation centers will ask you to put all your clothes on hangers. Others might want them neatly folded, and don't want you to give them any hangers. Go online or call to make sure you're sticking with the guidelines for the donation center you've picked. Leaving sharp pins or staples in clothes could injure the people sorting them at the donation center. Unless safety pins are part of the item (like a pair of distressed jeans), remove these as well. If you've never worn the item, you can (and probably should) leave the tag on. Use a large cardboard box, plastic bin, or heavy-duty trash bag. Once you've filled it halfway, test to make sure you can still lift it. Keep filling it up until it's full or just at your lifting limit. If you want your plastic bins back, you may want to stick with cardboard boxes and bags. Especially if the center is busy, they may not have time to immediately empty bins and give them back to you. In the United States, you can receive a tax deduction for charitable donations, which could slightly reduce your taxable income. Itemize your clothing donation and estimate the "fair market value" of each piece. This means you'll need to determine about how much you could have sold the clothing for. In order to qualify for deduction, your charitable organization needs to be legitimate. Read the IRS's publication on rules for donation to check the requirements for donation centers: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf. Ask the donation center for a receipt each time you donate to keep in your records in case of an audit. Most countries around the world have options for deduction in their tax codes. Contact your local government officials to find out the specific rules for your nation. Goodwill provides a handy value guide that may help you itemize your clothing. You can find it here: http://www.amazinggoodwill.com/hubfs/docs/Donation_Value_Guide_-100115.pdf.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Check the pockets for loose items. Launder any clothes you plan to donate. Check on your donation center's rules. Do not leave pins or staples in clothing. Pick a large box or bag to transport the clothing. Know the requirements for getting tax deductions.
Article: If someone you're following has posted a story within the last 24 hours, it will appear in the row of round user icons running along the top of your feed. Swipe across the icons to see what's available, then tap a user to play their first story post. People can post multiple photos and videos to their stories. When you start watching someone's story, you'll see all of their story posts in order. Instagram will then show you the next user's story. You'll always know whose story you're watching because the person's username will appear at the top of the screen. If you don't hear sound on a video, press your phone or tablet's volume-up button once to enable it. You can also view someone's story from their Instagram profile. Just navigate to the person's profile to see if there's a pink ring around their photo. If you see that ring, tap the photo to watch their story. In addition to adding text, you can also choose from several emoji reactions. If you don't see the option to reply, it's usually due to the user's privacy settings. To send a story to another user, tap the paper airplane icon at the bottom of the screen. If you don't see this icon, the user doesn't allow their stories to be shared. Some stories include polls, quizzes, and games. Tap the different features in these stories to participate.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Tap a user's profile image in the story reel. Tap Send Message to reply to a story.
Article: After an embarrassing moment has happened anxiety will tend to spike in most people. Blood rushes to the face, heart rate and blood pressure increase, shortness of breath occurs, and higher levels of perspiration starts to collect throughout much of the body. To calm yourself down, take some deep breaths and reassess the situation. This will help with the physiological response that you experience (blushing, for example). It will also help you avoid saying or doing anything else that could add to the embarrassment factor. Take a minute to calm down, and then proceed. The worst thing to do when an embarrassing moment happens is to make a huge scene about it. When an embarrassing moment happens, try to avoid screaming, shouting, running away on the brink of tears, or flat-out crying in public. The bigger a scene you make out of the moment, the more the moment will be engraved into people's minds. Keep in mind that it is just another moment that will quickly pass. If your reaction is mild, people are more likely to forget that anything ever happened. You have to face the fact that something bad has just happened to you. But, remember, it's only embarrassing if you tell yourself it is. If you get over it and tell yourself it isn't, you won't feel embarrassed. It's likely the case that you are much more critical of yourself than anyone else. Psychologists have found that in cases of anxiety or embarrassment, people tend to become overly preoccupied with themselves to the extent that they greatly overestimate how much everyone else is actually paying attention to them. With this in mind, if an embarrassing moment happened to you, it's probably the case that anyone who was around you was paying more attention to themselves than to you. After the embarrassing moment, do something to get your mind off of it. Try reading, playing your favorite sport, watching TV, listening to music, etc. Turning your attention to an activity prevents you from focusing on your embarrassing moment. Okay, so you've been embarrassed, but take it as a lesson and learn from it. Did you trip and fall in front of your crush? Avoid wearing high heels. Did you pass out while giving a speech? Research how to calm your nerves before giving a presentation.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Take deep breaths. Don't make a spectacle of yourself. Tell yourself that this moment wasn't very embarrassing. Do something to distract yourself. Take a lesson from the embarrassing moment.