Blog 10B. As I was reading a book, I realized while reading a chapter in it, that making friends is not the only way to live life. Yes, It is important to have a social circle but they are not your life. Sometimes books can be your friends too. I have always been an extremely outgoing person who has a lot of friends, but after coming to Purdue University(My College) I realized that having friends is not the only important thing in life. For a while I thought that the reason I am having such thoughts is that I am not able to gel in this place and get a lot of friends and I am just trying to comfort myself by saying such thing but honestly, No. That's not at all true. I am thinking straight now. Having friends is important, you need to have friends and a life if you are away from home, but just for a while you can escape and lose yourself in this *book land*. It's fun too and if you try more often, you never know it can be your best friend some day.  

Blog 10A. In this busy life, people often ignore their health and avoid eating healthy food or going to the gym. Staying fit and healthy is one of the most essential thing in life. Eating something substantial and for diet is a smart choice. There are a lot of ways you can stay healthy and avoid being sick also by following these tips you can prevent cancer. The first one is to maintain a healthy weight. You have to integrate your physical activity and movement into your life in order to maintain a healthy weight. Also, You have to eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. In addition, Choose smaller portions and eat more slowly. The second tip is to do what you like, exercise in a manner that interests you, like walk if you like that, go running etc. Also, make exercise a habit so that you can do that regularly and stay fit. Try to hit the gym during lunch time or take a long walk after dinner. It's always suggested to exercise with someone so that your enthusiasm doesn’t go down the drain and you stay motivated. The third tip would be to avoid unhealthy habits like, drinking or smoking. If these habits are hard to quit, then keep trying as it takes about six or seven tries until you reach a point when you actually quit. You can also take help from the outside. Join a program which offers health care, maybe in an institution where you work. The fourth tip would be, to eat healthy, even though it's a cliché line and you must have heard it a lot of times but it's important to follow a healthy diet. Try fruit and vegetable salad which may also taste good, try new recipes. Also eat fruit as a snack. Choose dishes made with olive oil and canola oil, which are high in healthy fats. Also, Buy a 100 percent RDA multivitamin that contains folate. The fifth tip would be to protect yourself from the sun. Steer clear of direct sunlight from 10 am to 4pm. It's the best way to protect yourself. These are a few tips that can get you to living a healthy lifestyle and help you stay fit.  

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BLOG 9B.
After failing my last Physics exam I had lost all motivation to study for my next physics exam. I mean why study when you have failed once? I felt like do I even stand a chance to score anything well after failing my first exam? I mean how could I have done better in the second exam which was apparently harder. All I had was motivation to go home, since I haven't seen my parents in 1 year. College does that to you, my friends. But Then I thought to myself, when I'd meet them and If they'll ask me for my grades, I don't want to feel guilty. Despite of having the coolest parents in the world, I didn't want to let them down. So yes, I started studying for my Physics exam. One subject I never thought I could do, But I studied so hard for it, that I made it. I finally scored so well that I had just missed one question on my exam sheet. Felt so proud, although funny but I realized If I could do physics I could probably do anything! Scoring in physics wasn't the big deal, the big deal was to fight my fear. Which I certainly Did! I taught myself watching Khan academy's videos and did what I never thought I could do.  

BLOG 9A.
Life gets different for people who suffer from depression. The feeling when you feel that there is no one who could understand you, When you feel that this crowd is not yours to fit in. It's not something anyone should take lightly. Feeling lost may be one of the worst feelings anyone could ever get. At that moment in life, Happiness looks like a dream. Depression could be caused because of many different reasons, reasons like Abuse, conflict, death or loss, major events, and other personal problems.
Abuse can be of different kind, verbal abuse, physical abuse, any sort of abuse could put you into such a phase in life where you feel lost and depressed. Past physical, social, verbal or emotional abuse can cause severe depression, and it's such a deep phase, from which it's hard to recover.
People who are biologically vulnerable often get depressed due to quarrels with family and loved ones. There's a high percentage of people who get into depression because of the loss of their loved ones. They feel as if they've lost a huge part from their lives. They feel that emptiness and such a void which can never be recovered. Major events can also cause depression, like feeling left out at a graduation party, or being laughed at, at a huge event may give people bad memories for a life time and put them in depression. Problems such as social isolation can put people into misery and make them feel terrible about themselves. Depression is a disease. Try and help people get out of it.

http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/causes-depression#1

BLOG 8B.
Were you loved and were you shown affection while growing up? Well, most kids are not as lucky. It's very important to tell your kids and express as to how much you love and care about them. According to a studies, people grow more caring and happy and have the capability to trust more if shown more love and affection as a kid. There can be so many effects on the kids if not shown the right amount of love. The effects could be: Indiscriminate friendship, by that I mean, is the kids will go to anyone if shown love. They can literally get attracted to anyone who'd show them love.  They can have a huge impact on the kid's brain too. The brain development gets affected. Brain development in children is directly linked to the level of affection they receive. Another affect it could have on is Mental health. Trusting people and building a healthy relationship with a trustworthy person or people is very important, for the present and for the future. Another effect is on Physical development: Children who do not get enough love, may have stunted physical development and may not have a good self-image when they grow up. Showing love will help kids gain good self-image, confidence and good physical, cognitive and emotional development. Caregivers can show love in an appropriate way by touching appropriately, listening to all the little stories kids talk about, that's extremely as that is also a way to show them that you are listening that means, you care, hence you love them! It's important to express love if you want your kids to have the ability to show love and care about other people.  

http://www.livestrong.com/article/525439-a-lack-of-affection-in-childhood-development/ 

BLOG 8A.
There are times in everyone's life, when they think they should just change and give up on people or their loved ones. When their loved ones let them down or make them really sad, Even people who never give up on their loved ones, aren't left with any option. But I feel isn't it easier to just walk out of someone's life or let someone out of your life. Why not take the hard path, why not fight for what we have and want to keep. Why give up so easily, be on people or on things. In my opinion, It takes a really strong person to fight for and never give up on the people they love. In this world filled with people who can be selfish sometimes, why not be someone different? If you have it in you, if you are that person who won't give up on their loved ones, don't change that. No matter, how hard it hurts. You know why? Because that is YOU. That's what who you really are and honestly, that's a gift. And if you have people like that, never let them go, because people like that are hard to find. Don't let a small incident change you. Embrace of what you are. Embrace the quality that you have. And, that's just simply being you!

BLOG 7B.
Does everyone crams right before the exam or is it just me? But somehow it never works. Yes, It may sound shocking to a few and may not to the rest but cramming never works before the exam. In the busy lives that all of us handle, Cramming does look and sound like the best option but it's really not. It looks easier to do because it doesn't have a specific plan or we don't have to set any study goals, it can even allow more room for us to participate in other activities but that does not mean it's the best solution. What we can do instead is try spacing. Now by that I mean is, we need to use the method of spaced-learning. One way of doing that is be an active reader, the more you read, the more knowledge you'll get about things. While reading your course material, think about what you just read, you can also take notes and ask questions and then you will notice that you understand and remember better. Anything of your own version would stay and help longer. The next step would be to test your own memory. After you read something, just write it down in your language and ask questions to your own self, always works. You can also repeat the material, right after you read it. Post that, review your work in chunks of about 20 minutes or less, this aids you to absorb and grasp the material in a better form. Most kids do not sleep for a longer while, while they study, and some kids choose not to sleep at all. So, the next advice would be to balance sleep and study. Sleep is just as important as studying, in fact sleeping after studying helps retain information quicker. So here were tips for not cramming and what can we do instead.  

http://getcollegecredit.com/blog/article/why_cramming_for_tests_often_fails_and_what_to_do_instead