Article: Examples include while eating breakfast in the morning, on the bus on your daily commute, at the same time as brushing your teeth (in the morning or evening), or placing it on your nightstand to take as you go to bed at night. If you add taking the pill to something that is already a part of your daily routine, it helps you to remember by association. Try to make it as easy as possible for yourself to remember. For example, if you want to link it to the activity of brushing your teeth, place your pack of pills beside your toothbrush. That way, when you begin brushing, the visual aid of seeing your pills there will help you to remember. Remember that the more you establish a routine, the more it will become second nature! Most people today have their cell phone with them almost all of the time. Set an alarm for the same time every day, and be sure you are carrying your pills with you at this time. Some women do this first thing in the morning, or before they go to bed at night (if this is around the same time every day). Some women carry their birth control pills in their purse so that they are conveniently available at whatever time they set their alarm. If you have forgotten just one pill, take two the following day and resume your normal schedule from there. If you have forgotten two or more consecutive pills and have had unprotected intercourse, it is advisable to use something called "emergency contraception." This can be used up to 5 days after intercourse has taken place to prevent pregnancy. Options for emergency contraception include Plan B (a progestin-only pill, 89% risk reduction) and Yuzpe (a mixture of progestin and estrogen, 56-89% risk reduction). These can be purchased over the counter at your local pharmacy. Both pills work better the sooner they are taken, but are effective anytime up to 5 days after having unprotected intercourse. Another option for emergency contraception is insertion of a Copper IUD (99.2% risk reduction). If you have consistent trouble remembering to take your birth control pills, despite the methods suggested above, perhaps it is wise to consider an alternate method of contraception. Some alternate options are outlined in the next section.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Add it to another part of your daily routine. Set an alarm on your cell phone. Know what to do if you forget one or more of your pills.
Article: Pick an anecdote that will introduce your topic to the reader through setting, scene, and detail. Guide the reader through the story so they are drawn in. Try to keep the anecdote short and to the point, around two to four lines at the most. For example, you may write, "The other day in the supermarket, I heard a child talking to his mother. 'Why aren't we getting the ones with marshmallows in them?' he demanded, pointing at the boxes of cereal. He threw a tantrum in the aisle until his mother relented, throwing the sugary cereal into their cart. Standing in the aisle, watching the child, I couldn't help but think about how children's diets are becoming more and more unhealthy." Take a fact or statistic about your topic and write it as a story. Get into the perspective of someone mentioned or referred to in the statistic or fact. Describe the sights, sounds, and emotions the person might be feeling in the story. For example, you may take a fact about drunk driving and write a short story like, "The young driver cranks up the stereo and grins as he thinks about the fun he had at the house party, plenty of cold beer and shots of whiskey. Suddenly, a tree appears ahead. He's swerved off the road and it's too late. The police later find him dead in the car due to driving while under the influence." If you are writing a personal essay or an opinion piece, you can draw on the reader's emotions by focusing on an experience in your life that was intense and overwhelming. You may pick an experience from childhood or a moment in the recent past that was charged with emotion. For example, if you are writing about eating disorders in fashion, you may describe your own experiences with body image. You may write, "Flipping through my mother's fashion magazines, I learned at a young age that being skinny was glamorous and desirable. This "fact" would haunt me into my teenage years, as I struggled with my weight and body image."
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Tell a personal anecdote that relates to your topic. Make a statistic or fact come to life in a story. Use an emotional experience in your life.
Article: This bracelet can be made from any three strips of leather - either chord or full pieces of the material. For a more bohemian look, use thick leather strips. A polished look can be accomplished by using leather chord. Wrap the leather around your wrist to determine how long to cut your pieces. Cut 3 strips of leather cord or strip with scissors. Tie a regular knot at one end of the strips, securing them together. Attach the strands to a table with sticky tape or use a safety pin to pin the leather to your pant leg. Wrap the right cord and set it over the left cord. The braiding used for this simple bracelet is the same used for hair. The second step is to move the piece from the far left, and place it over the center. It will now be the new center strip. Move the piece from the far right over the center strip. This is the same step as the first one. Following with the same pattern, move the left piece of leather over the center piece. Braid the leather strips until they've reached a length long enough to wrap around your entire wrist. Smooth out the leather wrap to flatten out the braids. Secure the strands with a regular knot, and then remove the sticky tape and place the wrap around your wrist.Tie the two ends together and cut off any excess you may have.
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Select your supplies. Measure and cut the leather. Tie a knot. Begin your braid. Cross the left strip over the center. Cross the right strip again. Cross the left strip again. Finish your braid. Tie off the end.