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How to make the most of learning a new skill
Consider your “why.” It doesn’t matter if a new skill is for work or play – you’ll get benefits either way. Think about what you hope to gain from learning a new skill. Do you want to pass the time, reduce stress, improve your career or boost your health? Once you know what you hope to gain, you can determine which skill you’d like to learn.
Explore possible subjects. Once you know your “why,” start exploring potential topics. If you want to improve your health, maybe you want to learn how to practice meditation or yoga or grow a vegetable garden.
If you want to pass the time by doing something other than watching TV, think about something that you’ve always secretly wanted to do, suggests Buttimer. Maybe you’re not a musical person, but you’ve always wanted to play the piano. Why not start now?
If you know you want to do something, but aren’t sure where to start, look at what’s trending right now, such as knitting, studying a new language, bread-making, coding, calligraphy or graphic design.
Consider your learning style. If you’re a visual learner, sign up for a video-based class. If you want to take a deep dive into a subject, look for a course instead of a one-time class. If you learn best by reading, stock up on books at the library. If you learn best by listening, download some podcasts or an audiobook. Do what works for you.
Take a compassionate approach. Learning a new skill is supposed to be something positive in your life. While it may feel challenging, especially at the beginning, it’s important to take a compassionate approach. You don’t have to do it perfectly; just be open and receptive.
“You could affirm to yourself, ‘I’m being open and receptive to learning this new skill while holding it loosely. This will be fun and positive. Some setbacks are normal when learning something new, but all is well,’” suggests Buttimer. “Depressurizing the situation is important.”
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TOPIC 7:
"The relationship called marriage between representatives of two different sexes is not simply a natural animal relationship or even a civil contract. It is, first of all, a spiritual union formed on the basis of mutual love and trust, turning husband and wife into one person" (Hegel).
Our life is built in such a way that since the beginning of the world, development is taking place on earth every moment. Everything flows at its own speed and in a certain direction. Although it increases its speed or sometimes stumbles, it still does not stop, it flows and cycles. So are we.
It is said in one verse:
"Allah will give you wives from yourselves. He will give you sons and grandsons from your wives. He will provide you with pure things. So do they believe in falsehood and deny the blessings of God?" "Marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your slaves and concubines. If they are poor, God will enrich them with His grace. God is All-Bountiful, All-Knowing."
My family is my fortress! God Almighty created people and showed them a noble, rooted, generational path. Which on this way, everyone chose a future for himself. However, it is very difficult to move forward on this path alone, and I think it is uninteresting. The fact that a man and a woman are together, a companion and support for each other on this path, ensures a more interesting and colorful life for them.
It is more beautiful to live the dream you have built, the future you have imagined by holding someone's hand, feeling its warmth, love, equality with you inside and outside, moving forward more cheerfully on that path, than living alone.
My family is my fortress! Family is exactly that equality. Young people who are attached to each other, whose hearts beat with excitement and love for each other, know well what love is. Those who experience this valuable feeling towards each other, with the desire to walk together for a lifetime, are already laying the foundation stone of the family they will build. They share a life by greeting each other during the day and leaving together at night, giving birth to children who are the fruit of their love, adding more joy and meaning to their nest, expanding it and having a family. And then, as they say, growing old on a pillow, they witness this family expanding in front of their eyes, becoming more meaningful with every moment.
Based on these thoughts, I would say that the family is also a Motherland. The inhabitants of this Motherland are maturing, giving birth, raising new generations in their nests due to their interdependence.
The family is our warmest hearth, the biggest, solid and unbreakable house we have built. At least it should be. The family is our future, it is what keeps us alive and what we live in, which is the color and meaning of our life with every chapter.
My family is my fortress! Now is the era of neither patriarchy nor matriarchy. A healthy thinking person should understand that everyone has their rights, every action, every word has its place. As long as we do not trample on each other's rights, as long as we respect and love each other, our family will remain strong, and our family fortress will be built on a solid foundation. My family is my castle!
Family is indeed a fortress. The one you built and then lived in. It is up to the owner to protect it. Appreciate your family, its value is immeasurable.
I wish each of you to build your own nest, to lead a happy, meaningful family life in love.
TOPIC 8: lifes ups and downs
It might sound obvious but ups and downs of life are just part of life.
However calm and stable someone’s life appears, a closer look will reveal ups and downs. We all have them because they’re part of the human experience – a condition of our humanity. Whether of our own making or down to circumstances outside our control.
This week we’ve experienced both.
From down to up
Kathryn had the pleasure of giving a presentation to 150 Shell employees at a conference at Canary Wharf, London. Talking about how to thrive in times of change, it was a privilege to share the agenda with Baroness Susan Greenfield and VPs from Shell, Microsoft and Cisco.
The whole experience went from a down point of being outside the comfort zone and a fear of uncertainty prior to the conference, to the up of meeting fantastic people, delivering an adrenaline fuelled performance and accompanying sense of accomplishment, boosted by lovely feedback.
“There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
From up to down
Following the conference Kathryn returned home from London to the news that Julian’s father had taken a turn for the worse, and he sadly died a few days later.
The death of a loved one is the ultimate downer or low point, but is still a bittersweet experience. A mixture of ups and downs even within the low points.
A slight sense of relief for the release but shock at the dawning realisation of the finality of the situation.
Thankfulness and gratitude for the relationship and the memories you find yourself talking about together in the time spent preparing for the rituals and ceremonies accompanying this time.
“Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair”. Rick Warren
That’s been our experience this week which got us thinking about some of the ways to help cope with the ups and downs of life. Here’s 20 of them.
20 ways to deal with the ups and downs of life
“ Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It’s how you deal with the troughs that defines you”. Michael Lee-Chin
Acknowledge that life has ups and downs and it’s a normal part of the human experience.
Enjoy the ups and celebrate the wins. Make the most of them because although we know they don’t last, that’s part of their beauty.
You cannot have the ups without the downs or the highs without the lows. They can’t exist in isolation because there would be nothing to compare them with. It would be a bland sameness with no curves.
The highs are great but let’s think about the opposite, because these are of course by their very nature more difficult.
Accept there will be downs, rather than fighting them or asking “why me”. It helps maintain perspective, depersonalises a situation, and makes it easier to accept.
Look for the positives.
The down times help us grow, become more rounded as individuals and develop empathy for others who’ve been through similar experiences, e.g. grief or illness.
Use the lows to gain a greater understanding and knowledge of yourself and others.
Look for the lessons challenging time teach us and use them to help change. The ups and downs can be times of transformation, even though you often only see it as you look back and join up the dots.
Use the experience to make you more resilient. You’ve been there before and have survived and can do it again. Resilience is this thing that helps you bounce back and the more resilient you are the quicker you bounce.
Focus on the good, even in the downtimes – look for the opportunity that might be lurking there amongst the challenges.
Remember the good times because you’ve been there before and will be there again, even though you’re not feeling it now and don’t know how you will again in the future. But you will at some point, even if life is never quite the same. It might be different but there will be ups.
Focus on what you appreciate now. It might be regarding something in the past but you’re thankful for it now.
Turn your attention on the now. Don’t worry about an unknown future, because when we experience the lows of life we’re often fearful of what might happen in the future.
Practice mindfulness. Don’t fight what’s happening but give it your attention and let it be.
Allow yourself to feel, but without judgement.
Just go with it – accept what you can’t change and change what you can.
Be forgiving of yourself, the past and others. Forgiveness is a release.
Look after yourself. Be kind to yourself not hard on yourself.
Give yourself time and space.
Finally remember that everything passes in time.
TOPIC 9: my future plans

For millions of graduates, graduation means entering a life of independence. A number of ways have been opened in front of him to step forward: technical-vocational schools and technical schools, institutes and universities. However, choosing one of the 2000 professions in the world is not an easy task. Some students follow the advice of their parents and choose a profession in advance, while others are forced to choose after finishing school.

I made my choice long ago. I want to be a literature teacher. I did not choose this profession without reason. Throughout my school years, literature has been my favorite subject. I read a lot of Azerbaijani, Russian and foreign literature.
I understand very well that reading books plays a big role in increasing people's knowledge and solving their worldly affairs. I would like children to enjoy reading books, to understand the philosophy of national and world culture by mastering book literature.
As is known, the teaching profession is a hard and responsible art. It should not be taken lightly. A teacher is a person who constantly teaches and, of course, constantly learns something. The working hours of various professionals are mainly from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. However, the teacher's work is never finished, in the evening he checks the students' notebooks and prepares for the next lessons.
Teachers are not satisfied with preparing students in their subjects alone. As an educator, they also do irreplaceable work in shaping the personality and psychology of their students. This is a huge responsibility, and the teacher himself must be a reliable and exemplary person.
This is not an easy task, as it seems at first glance. However, I hope that as a result of the synthesis of my love for children and the scientific knowledge I received at the university, I will be able to cope with the responsible issue set before me. I intend to submit my documents to the philological faculty and I hope that, with God's help, I will successfully complete the exams.