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About 75% of people say they are fearful of public speaking. This means that 3 out of 4 people in your audience are probably just as scared of what you're doing as you are, and it's remembering that point which gives me confidence. Everyone you are speaking to is just a person...
I often enter periods of intellectual reflection, allowing my intuition to guide my thoughts temporarily. It often culminates in my accepting an invitation to some absurd social gathering (like a barbeque - what's the particular appeal of cooking food outside? It seems singularly primitive, not...
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Do you mean your negative outlook is simply a corollary of your academic work or is it influenced by it directly? i.e. is your chosen field sociology or similar and has it nurtured cynicism, or does your workload prohibit socialising to some extent...
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As a seasoned veteran of the internet, I can honestly say there are few things contained therein which can hold my attention for 2 seconds, let alone the 2 hours I just spent on there!
Overwhelmingly inspirational, comical, insightful and beautiful.
Some excellent advice in this thread! I'm in almost exactly the same situation, but feeling less desperate than I was at Christmas (probably my loneliest time of the year) as I'm trying to get in shape before properly starting to look for Mrs Spuzzwink :D.
All I would like to add is try to avoid...
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What kind of things do you focus on in the program? I'm really interested in education and learning, but don't know much about it at that age group!
Exactly, I thought Will and Jack would realise they were near enough already a couple and just make it official. Like remember when in season 8 they saved the gay penguins? It was pretty much an analogy for their relationship but they forgot about it afterwards!
Oh the water bra one is...
Sometimes irony doesn't travel too well via the internet, but I think luciddisconnect is right: reading other posts helps you get a sense of a person's style. It can be difficult to talk about serious subjects subjects at length and a little comic relief is welcome, I find.