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How to Stand up for Yourself when Your Best Friend Is Being a Jerk
Are you being bullied, put down or competed against by your own best friend? It isn't much fun to discover your best friend has turned into a sparring partner. Decide whether there is something worth salvaging here, then proceed to stop your friend from b...
How to Convince Your Parents to Buy You a Second Dog
If you already have a dog having another one can create more fun to your home. However, your parents may hesitate to let you get another dog for a variety of reasons. Dogs are a lot of work and cost a lot of money. If you want to ask your parents for a do...
How to Study for Finals
Studying for final exams can be a stressful period, especially if you're struggling to find the time or the willpower to put in the necessary work. However, managing stress while also achieving top notch grades is very doable if you can figure out study t...
How to Make a Volcano out of Mentos and Soda
Dropping Mentos in Diet Coke has become a viral phenomenon, from popular YouTube videos to elementary school science classrooms. One way to put a unique spin on this experiment is to disguise the soda bottle as a volcano. With a little extra effort, you c...
How to Open a Lock
There are hundreds of different locks, from keys to combinations, and most require a slightly different method to be opened. That said, however, all locks work in a similar way. A series of pins keeps the lock from spinning or a bolt from moving, and you...
How to Design a Car
Cars are not only important transportation technology, but they’re also reflections of beautiful design work. If you love the way cars look and operate, automotive design may be something you’d be interested in! However, it may seem impossible if you don’...
How to Smize
Supermodel Tyra Banks coined the word "smize" to mean "smile with the eyes." Since then, models have been all about smizing to get a genuine-looking smile in their photographs. If you're trying to model, or just want to improve your headshot or profile pi...
Mindfulness Meditation: A Beginner’s Guide
Mindful meditation is a great way to increase focus, decrease stress, and stimulate your creativity. And, with just a bit of time and practice, you can teach yourself how to do it! If you’re interested in learning how to do mindfulness meditation, look no...
How to Tell Your Girlfriend You Are Not a Lesbian
So you've been dating a nice lady, but wait! There's a problem here. You're not really attracted to girls like you thought. Ouch. This won't be easy. But even if it's painful at first, these steps can help you break it off as cleanly as possible so the tw...
The Complete Guide to Deleting YouTube History on Mobile and Desktop
This wikiHow teaches you how to clear both your watch history and your search history from YouTube. You can do this both in the mobile app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad, and at YouTube.com on your computer.
How to Restore Your Dried up Correction Ink
Correction fluid is for "whiting-out" ink mistakes on paper. From lack of use or forgetting to put the cover or cap on, the fluid will dry-up. You can prolong the life of your white-out products by hydrating the liquid.
How to Know if You Have Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological malady associated with feelings of tension, worry and dread. While a certain amount of anxiety is a normal feature of modern life, excessive anxiety can be extremely unpleasant, and can be harmful to long-term physical and menta...
How to Make Shoulder Pads
Although shoulder pads are usually associated with bold 1980s fashions, they are regularly found in – and added to – many fashions of today. Suiting, blazers, and structured dresses and jackets can all get their shape from the addition of shoulder pads. W...
How to Fight Procrastination
Everyone struggles with procrastination on occasion. It can be hard to begin major projects or assignments that you don't enjoy. However, there are specific techniques that you can try to fight procrastination and become more focused and productive on wor...
How to Arrange Your Poems for a Poetry Collection
A chapbook, or a collection of poems, is an excellent way to display your work. It may feel like a daunting task to arrange your poems into a collection, as you will need to consider how to organize them into a complete work of art. You should start by o...
How to Stop Your Friend from Bossing You Around
Everyone encounters a bossy person in their life from time to time. There are several ways to deal with someone who tries to tell you what to do. This dynamic gets much more complicated when that person is also a close friend. It is in everyone’s best int...