How To Explore More For Your Self-Discovery: Ways to Make it Possible

Self-discovery comes along in a very unexpected manner. Nothing about life has been more interesting except when something unplanned just happens to you. This same thing also becomes a channel to the pathway where you did not expect that it will go along like that.

This seems weird for you if you try to think about it. But then again, life is filled with several possibilities and opportunities that no one expects they are going to occur at least once in your life. You ever wanted to be this, but that other one happens. It may have resulted to a heavy drama of yours but surely if you just try to embrace these changes, it will surely come out so fruitful and joyful all throughout the years.

Personally, I have never expected that being an artist will become something that I will become passionate about. However, I have already loved sketching anything in my piece of paper. Since I was a young girl, I really love to draw and draw and draw. Everyone in the family knows that. But because of the heavy demands of academic achievement in the family, I chose to forget that passion and drove myself to something else. Because this is what I should do and not wasting my time for something I cannot benefit from it.

That was my kind of thinking since years then. That continued until I graduated in college. Albeit the fact that I have not received flying colors when I finished my studies at 20 years old, still I did make a lot of achievements for the last 16 years of focused study. Yes, I did what the society wanted me to do and achieve. Absolutely, I felt really good. Then, the usual, as a fresh graduate, I needed to have a job. So, I applied to a lot of jobs both online and office. I gathered around 50 resumes, but still no work.

Depressing times of my life came, until I landed to a small school and taught there for a year. There, my field of expertise, the talking, the teaching, the drawing, and all those stuffs that I am required to do were all set and challenged. But then, though I have already thought about achieving all of these things after 23 years of my life, as I looked backwards, there still something lacking.

Yes, I did forgot my passion. Arts.

Currently, I am working as an online Game content writer in one of big websites, part-time. So, I have enough time to do stuffs that I needed to do and earn at home while doing the artistic stuff that I ever love to do.

Through the help of my family and my ever-supportive boyfriend, I was able to re-define myself more and more each day. Amid the doubts that covered my whole self about my capacity of doing it, I have never thought that being in love with my passion is something that I could also earn, too.

Just some months ago, I started to try making journals the first time. It was hard. I watched tons of tutorial videos via YouTube and learned itty-bitty of their methods of making them every day. While doing so, it required so much patience from me. And because it was my first time, I still did not know the measurements and whatever needed for such estimation needed for each of the journals I made. But still, they looked good.

I tried selling them piece by piece. I was still doubtful if I could really able to sell them. Yet, with the help of my sister, I was able to make several pieces of journals every day and sold them to her friends and classmates at school. All of their feedback are more of "Nice, cute, make more." These words really sparked me much more. Even my family loved them much, although they doubted my ability to be the next Hallmark and Sterling in the future for me. My boyfriend, who was also an artist himself loved what I make [not because he loves me, but objectively assessed].

Because of these remarks, I continue to make more and more and more journals. Later on, I created them label to acknowledge my work. "La Simero." This is the sample business name that my sister used for her projects. Then I used it for my journals and online selling.

Slowly, I am able to sell them. The kind of determination and persistence were reaped and all the efforts I did to every speck of the details of these journals are made with love and passion. This is something that I really loved to do.

As the day passes by, I already think about exploring more about my artistic capacities and think about of that particular thing that I forgot during the last years. Arts. And I will go back to it again. This is my road to a new self-discovery.

For those who are interested to have a look for my journals made, you can see me though the following

Facebook: La Simero journals
Twitter: @Lasimero
Tumblr: LaSimeroHandmade

Contact me through:
Blog: This blog. Leave a comment or message
Email: lasimerohandmade@gmail.com

To have a look of the first set of videos that I have watched for my journal making, you can search Sea Lemon's official YouTube page through these links below:

How To Make A Sketchbook: Coptic Stitch
How To Bind Single Sheets: Bookbinding Tutorial
Perfect Binding Tutorial

Have fun to an artistic self-discovery, folks!

How to Overcome Competitive Nature: 5 Easy-to-Remember Steps Unveiled

Amid this much competitive world, everyone is required to cope with their every day routines, stresses, requirements, and so on which the usual corporate demands. As an outcome, the most noticed is by having the attitude of competition is now a norm. As being competitive is now being taught to young kids.

I was a kid, ten years ago. I graduated in grade school with flying colors. How? Because my mom forced me to. Personally, I don't know much why I should do, but in order to please them, I should do what they wish me to do.

So, I did. I competed, I forced myself to gauge my entire childhood to my studies. Proof? Limited time to play with my friends, to stay and to talk with them, sharing funny thoughts and even to enjoy the laughing part with them.

My mom always told me, "These friends of yours will not be with you when you go down. So, don't waste your time being with them."

I can't forget that.

Why could I? If I can clearly recall how I exactly felt when my friends are enjoying their games, laughing out loud out of total joy, while I was kept in "dungeon" locked inside the house. All I could do is to see them happy through my locked doors and closed windows.

I cried. Yes, out of pain. An excruciating pain I couldn't even forget until now.

Afterwards, with all these sacrifices, I did graduate with honors, medals, and stood up in front of my classmates, friends, parents, school administrators, as well as my teachers while giving my first speech during my graduation day. It was memorable. At least.

I thought it would stop. But as far as I could remember, my mom told me, "You should be the valedictorian in grade school," which I sadly didn't make it happen. I even hesitated to tell her that I really can't make it since my classmates were really that good.

So, I tried to make it possible during my high school. I did my best. All perfect scores. Earned lots of medals, certificates of honors, fame, power, and above all my name was totally established in the school.

I did the same thing as I did in grade school. But this time, I was the class valedictorian. Finally, I was able to make it. But, I asked myself this time -- once again -- Why?

When I got to college and graduated with no Latin honors as I expected. With just 0.18 lack from my general average, I wasn't able to reach the required from the university, I felt totally sad.

Being an achiever, to have nothing at this very moment, is something terrible, and what's worse, I felt I like to jump in a 10-storey building.

What is really sad about how I feel, which is until now, I still do feel it, is I can't get rid of my competitive nature. This has been sickening me, too, for a while.

In everything I do, to anyone I work with, to someone I relate to, to everyone, I feel all time the same competition installed in my system. In order to cope with this negative feeling, I tried to figure out how could I overcome this innate nature.

As I searched, I figured out that I need to do these 5 easy-to-remember steps in my everyday routine - which I could share to every reader:

1. Make it a drive to motivate yourself.
Since this is already innate, you can't stop it. But when you say you wanted to stop it, it doesn't mean that you can't control it. You can! It's just a matter of choice to stay motivated through your competitive nature or not.

2. Make other people your inspiration, not a tool for comparison.
Everyone's unique. This is an overused adage to describe humanity. Yet, sometimes, it's hard to absorb especially for those who are living life with a rush race. But, instead of making others your destruction, make them your inspiration.

For example, your co-worker has a promotion. Instead of grumbling, and getting depressed why you weren't chosen, try to identify why she has the promotion, and make it a drive to improve or to change strategy to get what she got.

3. Make yourself proud, in a good and gentle way.
How is this possible? By simply re-think your accomplishment done in your lifetime and then asked yourself then, how did I manage to make them? Do others achieve the same as I do? For sure, achievers achieve a lot of stuff in their lifetime.

4. Make some boosts to your hidden confidence, and show them off!
At times, the culprit behind the negative competitive nature is their hidden insecurity. This negative feeling usually resulted to negative competition. As a competitive woman myself, I can confidently say that I needed to boost my confidence to overcome this not-so-good competition [I felt].

5. Make your miserable life worse from negative competition.
Yes, you can dig your own grave yard. This is what other people could say to me. Because of being so negative when it comes to other people's achievements, such as promotions, etc. I usually feel down and stressed. The outcome? My editor noticed my mediocre outputs, etc. Simple as that.

The point here is, in order for a person to cope with his competitive nature is to change the way she thinks before stepping to another level of emotions which would create problems later on. These problems include pessimism, insecurities, negative competition, and etc.

Take these simple notes from a competitive woman like me, and let's see if these are good pieces of advice are good enough.

Feel free to give comments below. I appreciate them a lot! Thanks!

Love Boosters, Tips: 5 things couples take for granted

Love can be the most exciting, thrilling feeling anyone could ever feel. Thus, when a man meets his woman of his life, he wishes to do everything to make her his. On the other side, the woman does the same, too, in her most feminine way.

However, this kind of impression tends to low down especially when the couples are already in a stable relationship, where commitment was already acknowledged by the two. There are things that the couple shouldn't take for granted nor take too little. Or else, the relationship built together with hard work and passion, will just go to waste.

1. Forgetting the importance of appreciation.

Not at all times, the couple needs to appreciate every little thing the partner does. This would be a bit exaggerated. But it doesn't mean that the couple won't say their sincere appreciation to their partner to these little things they do. For example, if he had seen or heard you complaining about your writing job. Without saying anything, he buys a big load of notebooks for you. This needs appreciation, indeed.

2. Forgetting what's hurtful when said.

It doesn't literally mean that when the two different people are officially engaged, they can do things they wanted to their partners. If they did something bad, awful from their mistakes, one can't just do insult nor degrade them because of these petty things.

There may be problems to occur in the future, considered bigger, more serious and so on, but they shouldn't forget that your partner is a human, too, has feelings. They can be hurt from what you said. It's not meant to say that you can't just say something corrective to your partner, but one should keep in mind that when you say something like that, consider what angle you should say, in what manner, that he can accept without really feel disrespected nor degraded.

3. Not taking your partner seriously.

This can be the worst thing in a relationship, a big mistake anyone can do to their partners. In simple terms, why build a long-term relationship with someone who doesn't take you seriously?

4. Enclosing "self" fearing partner to dump them.

It's normal to feel a bit pressure to be yourself especially if you wish to keep the person you really, really like, or perhaps, you love [in a committed relationship]. However, if you can't be yourself, how do you expect your partner treat you?

I have this personal experience with fearing that my partner would leave me if he knows that I think this way and that way. Another instance was, when we had a small talk that ended in a very unexpected way. One was hurt, one felt guilty, which is really not right.

To enable one to establish a long-term relationship, or if one wishes to have it, always remember, the real person to belong with is the person who's able to be with you no matter how "jerk-ish" you are. If you know what I mean.

5. Leaving each other a calm, normal sex.

This may be the optional thing for couple, but in order to enhance status of relationship, one should be creative or both of them should be creative to think of new ways to drive each other in a steamy sex. Having the hottest sex is relative to showing how much you enjoyed, loved to make him/her feel how you love him/her -- in bed.

With these being said, one short tip for couples alike. In order to have a stable, long-term relationship with your partner, the couple should be able to show to his partner how "stability" while loving means through respect, care, and love.

Have a happy relationship! Wish you the best! :)

Salutatory Speech Way Back 2005; A Quick Recall To How I Made It In Front in Grade School

My Salutatory Speech
Riverdale Grade School
Delivered March 2005

Honorable guests,
Faculty members and staff of Riverdale Grade School, headed by our beloved principal, Mrs. Maybelle Soriano.
Mr. and Mrs. Sigfried Soriano, the founders of this institution
Our school directress, Mrs. Marjorie Austria
Parents, co-graduates, ladies and gentlemen,
Good afternoon.

Welcome to this memorable occasion on the 3rd graduation rite in this laudable center of learning. Today is one of our momentous events as graduates of this school. This shall be remembered because we successfully passed the first segment of our educational ladder. Yes, gone are the days of homework, exam, and other school activities. But this, my fellow graduates, is just the beginning of reaching our dreams.

It is indeed my pleasure and great privilege to be speaking to you today. At this occasion that marks the successful passage of 28 students inluding me from Riverdale Grade School.

I, therefore, wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to each and every graduand, equipped with firm determination to succeed in their elementary years. Bonafide graduates, statistically, nearly all of us will be marching not only the perdon seated beside us, but also to remind us that the person is our classmate, a future high school student and a very possibly friend. As a student, it will be difficult and harrowing experience. But it is much more bearable if we go through it with people you're familiar and comfortable with.

Today, it s our turn. So be good to each other and act with honor - because our reputation will be a legacy to this institution. As we leave the portions of our dear alma matter, we have a very fulfilling and enriching years ahead of us. And I wish that all of us will achieve our greatest dream and future glory through the best education that everyone will pursue.

In closing, I offer my heartiest congratulations to all of us, my co-graduates. "Education is not a preparation for life, education is life itself. The future is ours to make the best of. I wish our success and happiness in whatever we do.

Thank you and good afternoon.

20 Qualities A Woman Has That Make You Love Her Forever

Once in a lifetime, we may able to meet that woman - a woman whom we consider "The Dream Girl" or perhaps "The One". There may be a lot of funny and unexpected situations may happen to us before we meet them. At times, we often ask ourselves why do all the sh*t happens before we can ever meet that woman we are looking for.

However, if you happen to meet her, it's like you've seen a diamond in the widest sand dunes in the Arabian desert. Probably, you already got that woman - the woman you've been waiting for; that woman whom you'll never imagine to let go.

These types of woman are one of the most crucial and so rare to meet. You're lucky if ever you have the chance to meet her.

1. She's naturally beautiful.

A lot of beautiful girls are out there. You can hang out with them and have some few drinks. You can even meet them in the park or in a grocery store. They are everywhere.

But only a few women who are really beautiful inside out. In the modern times, beauty is measured in make-up, fashion, and other superficial standards.

When we try to define the beauty of the woman you'll probably be with is something that is real. It is something you just can't  see from the outside. It is hidden in her eyes.

2. She's kind and nurturing.

When we label a woman who is really kind and nurturing, is someone with an attitude which can be observed by the way she treats you. As simple as it is!

This kind of woman has that soft and genuine heart that shows perfectly how empathetic she is. She is someone who acts motherly but not really mothering you, just act motherly, but still lady-like.

3. She's smarter than you.

Guys are naturally born competitive. They are naturally born leaders. It's usual to see how guys compete with each other in several ways. But, wait, there's always a woman who can make him shut up and think. Why? She knows much better on things he only knows the least.

However, this does not imply that this character of the woman gives negative impact towards men, instead, it beautifies the relationship and assures the man who has a great woman with him, he knows he can be guided, directed to a right path. Guys sometimes act stupid and reckless towards their decisions.

4. She's high-spirited.

As guys, you don't want to be involved with a boring and monotonous woman in a relationship. Although sometimes, a relationship can be rough and tough, which likely can cause flatness in the end. There are times when there's some creativity in the relationship, it's more likely the one we want to keep.

However, if you're with a woman who can be a variety. She can be boring at times since this is really inevitable, but, she can be also dynamic, lively, cheerful, and adventurous. If you happen to meet this type of woman, keep her.

5. She loves you deeply.

This is one of the most important value and attitude in a relationship. Guys tend to be over-emotional to some small things and act stupid in front of them. Yet, she's still loves you deeply.

As a man, you can really see that in her. That no matter how cocky (but not that much), stupid (not all time) you are, but still she's loving you with all her heart, probably she's the woman you should never let go. Ever!

6. She compromises.

Only a few people can do this. Usually types of women like an office-girl, or really professionals are hard to pin down and make them compromise. They usually prioritize their selves over something related to romance or emotions.

But if your woman can do compromise over some things (especially those big ones), she's the woman you can really be with you for lifetime.

7. She can make you feel home.

When you're really in love, it's one of the most special feeling in the universe. For guys, it's like you are in the world where you are supposed to be. Most of the guys find a home in the woman's eyes, they won't let them go.

8. She can be brutally honest, but in a nice way.

Flattery can make any one's ego fed and satisfied. However, for this kind of woman, she can be so brutally truthful to what she really sees; she won't hesitate to tell you that you're already doing the most stupid thing. They feel better when you're corrected. She loves to be honest.

9. She's strong but still lady-like.

Any man likes to be with a strong woman. Sometimes, they like women who thinks positive amid tough situations. Although these women can feel bad towards the bad situation but still they are able to move forward.

10. She's driven and determined to do what she wants.

Being driven is one of the most attractive attribute any woman should possess. This particular attitude creates much attraction to men. Why?

Basically, guys and girls alike think that without drive in life, everything is boring and seem impossible. But for some guys, they like women who are really determined to reach whatever goals she has or whatever plans they have before, she's really having that attitude of wanting to get them.

11. She encourages you.

Everyone needs encouragement. It's one thing that drives people and makes people to move forward especially for guys. Since men are naturally born competitors, they need someone whose able to feed them with positive energy. Thus, they don't want naggers. Instead, encouragement-givers.

12. She's already secured (emotionally).

Other women tend to have that intention to make their guys to feel jealous just to make them feel secured that their guy really love them. This is actually stupid. But sadly, a lot of childish women do this.

For a woman whose already emotionally-stable, they don't need to do that stupid move just to prove their guy's love for them because they already know it.

13. She isn't an attention-getter.

There are some girls who like a princess - that type of woman who usually demands so much attention from their guy. They seem to act like princesses in the fairy tales. But for this type of woman, they don't need it. They're already secured about their selves.

14. She's independent, but not over-rated.

Guys, just accept that your woman doesn't have all the world revolved around you. She also has her friends, hobbies, etc. So, not all time she's thinking, wondering or daydreaming about you. She's too busy for that.

15. She shows confidence in front of your friends and family.

Guys, be honest. You know that you have had several girlfriends whom you're hesitant or feel embarrassed whenever you bring them with your family or friends, right?

It's usually brings a big slap on our faces whenever our families and friends give their awful comments to our girlfriends.

But, with a real woman, we don't have to worry because they know how to carry their selves with utmost confidence when they're with your closest friends or families.

16. She's not shy towards sex.

Confidently, a real woman - a really real one, is not shy whenever the guy opens about sex. She can confidently articulate how she wants to be f**ked, and so on. Because for her, sex is just natural drive to humans. So, there's no need to be shy talking about it.

17. She can also say "I don't know".

Although you have a real smart woman with you, but there are things that she doesn't know, too. But, she's humble enough to admit it.

This time, when your woman can say that three precious words to you with all confidence, keep her. She's really rare.

18. She can laugh at your jokes and can be extremely funny.

There's a famous adage that says that when your partner can laugh at your stupid jokes and can make you laugh, too, she's a real keeper. That's basically true! Not all couples have that.

There's also a common saying  when someone can make you laugh, that same person makes you fall in love (faster), too!

19. She's loyal.

If she happens to be hot and sexy in the eyes of your guy friends and they usually tell you "Hey, you really got that hot chick beside you!" "You're lucky to have her! She's too hot!", but still she sticks on you. Keep her! Not everyone is blessed to have that kind of woman. Really.

20. She means the world to you.

You can't really imagine life without her. That's basically it.

All of us wanted to be with the person we really love and willing to spend much of our time with them. However, there are really times where everything seems to fail. But, you don't want losing her to be part of the list.

You can just fail or be defeated in battles of life but never that battle of losing her. If you already felt this, probably you have finally met that "Dream girl" or "The One."

She means the whole world to you.

Fed Up With Overtime? Try These!

We know that overtime work is often not within our control, but sometimes it can be. Just try your best to make your overtime workload a minimum. 

Employees are often tasked to do a lot of work which leads to stressful and long hours. Yet, they are doing it for the sake of higher payments. Thanks to the high product demands of most companies, employees have better chances to be paid on an overtime-basis and get higher payments all together.

Employees around the globe think that working beyond 40 hours per week will make them more productive and help them finish more work. In general, working beyond 40 hours per week is simply unproductive.

However, CATO Institute, an American public research organization, revealed that overtime hours are highly more taxable than those regular working hours in a week. According to this research, the higher the number of hours worked by an employee, the higher the tax bracket an employee belongs to. This is another burden for both employees and employers.

On the other hand, having overtime will be a burden to the employee, too. It makes the weekends much stressful and not relaxing. Therefore, any hired individuals should avoid working overtime. Therefore, work in a regular number of hours. Here are some ways to avoid overtime:

1. Be early to work.

There's a famous saying, "An early bird catches the worm." If an employee goes to work as early as he can, thus, he can also finish a lot of stuff early, too. As simple as that. In most cases, employees goes to offices tardy, that's why, they usually make their 8-hour work longer since they have to finish stuff needed to be done in a day.

2. Be organized.

What wise employees do to save time amid tons of work to finish in a day, they usually have a to-do-list. This is really important to organize the job to do without procrastinating everything and at the same time, one can meet deadlines in a very hectice schedule though there are still lots of them are left unfinished.

3. Make a priority list.

Aside from making a to-do-list, make sure to make a list of things needed to be finished earlier than the others assigned. In this way, it will make work more systematic, fast, and punctual to the deadlines of each work.

4. Be wise in spending your breaks.

Having a break time does not mean doing unnecessary chats and dilly-dallies with office mates. This is good to be nice to colleagues but make sure it doesn't consume much of your vacant time. Make your vacant time more productive since this is the perfect time to freshen up and to relax a bit after hours of stressful work.

5. Weigh your meetings to attend.

By having an invitation to the meeting, does not mean that every time, an employee should always say "YES". Weigh the agenda and the importance of the meeting over the assigned work to be finished in a certain deadline. Not unless if the meeting is related to the work assigned. That would be okay and substantial.

6. Learn to say "NO".

This is a wise act by an employee. No need to be a superhero who can do every thing assigned. No one can do that especially if the deadlines are really hectic. By saying yes all the time, it will make your work more chaotic and unorganized. Before saying yes to a certain assignment, make sure to check your to-do-list and your priorities set in that day or in that week (stated in number 2 and 3). If the new task is already unmanageable, just say no to it and let others do the work.

7. No "Facebook-ing" at work.

This is a big no, no. Doing Facebook-ing, Twitter-ing, and so on really make big procrastination to the work and at the same time in the work place through wasting much of the time doing useless things and reading unnecessary posts from friends instead of reviewing the work or doing the assignment to meet the deadline.

8. Make your worktable clean.

If your worktable is clean, it will also clear up your mind midst very hectic work schedules and tons of work to be done.

9. Go home on time.

If your work ends in 5 o'clock in the afternoon, then go home in that hour.. No need to waste time extending more minutes or some hours after the regular working hours. Well, you're trying to avoid overtime, why doing so?

10. Don’t do other stuff besides work.

If the goal is to finish work in a certain time, make sure to have it in mind to achieve that goal. Therefore, don’t do other unrelated stuff to the task. For example, if the assigned responsibility is related to the communications of the company, just focus on responding emails, answering calls, and other tasks related should be accomplished.

Working more hours in a given time make any workers sound more hard working, determined, and interested in the job. But this is a wrong view of achieving 100% success in work. 

In order to achieve the set goals (that each company reminds their employees), make sure to do smart working instead. 

To do this, each employee should be focused on the given job and not doing tasks apart from the assigned. It’s good to be helpful but not all times. They are hired to do the job, therefore, they should be acquainted that they are employed to attain the aim. This, too, applies to you as an employee. By doing these, for sure, you can avoid working overtime.

12 Best Stripteasing Songs Ever

One of the most challenging in relationships is how to keep it alive. Relationships in the first few months can be cool and inspiring since the couples are just knowing each other well. However, as it goes on and on for several months, years, the adrenaline that couples experience in their relationship can grow less. Thus, in order to boost its innermost power, sometimes, one must do some "spice-ups". The most common thing is to do STRIPTEASING.

Stripteasing is one of the most creative activity that couples do to boost their relationship. As per experience, it may be tiring and sounds like a body workout (if the rough stripteasing is done), but the effect is really guaranteed. To achieve the goal of stripteasing, one must be open to this kind of sexual creativity.

Before knowing the songs, here are some quick tips to create an erotic-sensual atmosphere:
1. Have some dim lights.
2. Prepare your stripteasing clothes. Make sure this will not create "epic fails" later on.
3. Stripteasing is really way cooler if it's a surprise. So, it's best if your partner doesn't have any idea when or where you're going to do it.
4. Choose cool music. Make sure you're able to dance it well and you're body movements suit the music you chose. For slow music, make sure you're a bit flexible and fit to do the erotic movements. For beginners, you can do it with a bit of rock music. 
5. Make way for erotic facial expressions. This makes the stripteasing enjoyable and pleasurable.

So, here are the top 10 best stripteasing songs ever:

1. Eyes without a face by Billy Idol

2. After Dark by Tito & Tarantula 

3. You can leave your hat on by Joe Cocker

4. Sex (I'm a) by Lovage 

5. Closer by Nine Inch Tails

6. Cherry Pie by Warrant 

7. American Woman by Lenny Kravitz

8. Ride a White Horse by Goldfrapp

9. Pornstars are Dancing by My Darkest Days

10. Man in the box by Alice in Chains

11. Supermassive black hole by Muse 

12. Tainted Love by Marilyn Mason

One more tip. It's really important in stripteasing where you should show off some CONFIDENCE and that you should let him see that you really are ENJOYING every move you make!

Hope you'll have great time with these songs!