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Think about your family members, friends, coworkers, and other people in your life, such as therapists. Ask yourself who you trust and rely on the most. These people make up the core of your support network. Consider people who have helped you out in the past, who always give you good advice, and who you want to call right away when something important happens in your life. Keep your relationships strong by taking the initiative to stay in touch. Ask a friend you haven't seen in a while to watch a movie with you, or send a funny card to a family member who lives far away. When you show people that you care enough to maintain a connection, they'll be likely to do the same for you. Avoid assuming that people will contact you if they want to spend time together. They may be thinking the same thing about you. Grow your support system by getting involved in your community. You can make like-minded friends by joining clubs related to your interests, participating in a support group for an issue you've experienced, or doing volunteer work for a good cause. Keep in mind that it's best not to ask too much of new friends while the relationship is still developing. Avoid bringing up heavy or personal topics until you know the person better. Your friends and family members will get worn out if you ask too much of them. If you need more help than one or two people can reasonably give, spread your requests out among numerous people in your support system. For instance, if you have a broken leg that prevents you from doing chores and running errands, don't ask one friend to cover everything for you. Instead, ask a couple of friends to give you a hand around the house, and see if your family member, neighbor, or friend will run errands for you.

summary: Identify the people in your support network. Reach out to the people in your support network. Meet new people. Avoid leaning too heavily on just one or two people.

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Write "I love you" in the steam of the bathroom mirror after your loved one takes a shower. This will be a fun and fresh romantic surprise. You can also carve this into a tree trunk on your property, or into an old wooden table that you own. You can even tell the waiter to write "I love you" in chocolate on top of a dessert in a restaurant. Write "I love you" in the sand on a beach. Fill it with songs that are meaningful to the relationship or that remind you of the other person. You can leave the CD in your partner's car and wait for them to listen to it as a surprise. You can also put the CD in a card on a special occasion. If you know your partner had a long day at work, invite them over to you for a long, relaxing back or foot massage. You can even add some lotion or oils to make it extra romantic and sexy. It's likely that most of your photos are online. Print out the special ones and make a small photo album for your loved one to give them a physical reminder about how much you mean to each other. You can even write funny captions for the photos in the album to make the gift more silly and meaningful Who says you need to wait for a Hallmark holiday to tell your loved one how you feel? Pick a random night to celebrate Valentine's Day -- complete with a card, a nice dinner, and a long, loving night. This will be a very romantic move that will surprise and delight your partner. Dedicate a song to your loved one on the radio and make sure he or she is listening at the right time. You can also declare your love by writing a poem to your loved one and wrapping it around a bottle of wine. You can even serenade your loved one in a public place -- as long as this doesn't embarrass them. There are dozens of ways to come up with romantic ideas that are old-fashioned but not corny. You can be romantic by showing your loved one how much you care in a silly way. Take them to a county fair, hold his/her hand, and win them a silly stuffed animal. Go mini-golfing and write "I love you" at the bottom of the score sheet. Go to an amusement or water park together and have fun acting like lovesick teenagers. Who says youth is wasted on the young? You can show your love to your partner by being romantic like a teenager at any age. Here are some other ways to be romantic while acting like a little kid: Make balloon animals together. Spend an afternoon fingerpainting. See a fireworks display. Make cupcakes. Watch a silly movie from your childhoods. Tell loving knock-knock jokes.

summary: Write "I love you" in unlikely places. Make a mixed CD for your special someone. Give your loved one a massage. Make a photo album. Celebrate Valentine's Day on a random day. Declare your love in an old-fashioned way. Be a little kid.

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Claims that you can learn shorthand in a few hours should be taken with a dose of skepticism. The time it will take you depends on how often you practice, the difficulty of the system, and your goal speed. It may take as long as a year of hard work to really master a useful shorthand. You need to fully absorb the word-building principles first; speed comes from them. Try for at least 45 minutes to an hour, if you can. Remember, though, that even daily short sessions are better than one or two longer ones per week. Start with the alphabet, filling each line of a piece of notebook paper with one letter. Next, you'll move on to words, doing the same thing. When you're ready, you'll move on to common groups of words. Saying the words aloud as you write them helps your brain make the connection between the phonemic sound and the symbol. Shorthand dictations come in different speeds (words per minute), so you can work your way to an increasingly rapid pace. Practice each speed (30, 40, 50, 60, etc.) until you're comfortable, then move on. If you want to practice as much as possible, put dictations on your MP3 player and practice whenever you have a few extra minutes.
summary: Start off with realistic expectations. Prioritize mastery over speed. Practice every day. Drill in stages. Increase speed with dictation exercises.