Life Tips
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Editorial Guidelines For Life Tips
We only accept 20% of submissions we receive, follow the guidelines below to increase your odds…… ¶ We’d love to accept a higher percentage, but many of the submissions don’t fit what we’re looking to publish. ¶ Keep in mind that this is a labor of love for us, and we receive many submissions every single day. So, we have a limited ability to provide feedback on every submission we receive. ¶ Editorial Guidelines ¶ Focused on improvement. The message conveyed must help people get to the next point in their lives.
Joel MwakasegeFeb 16
A One Minute Life Tips Guide
A guide to make your reading here worth while. This is where you will find all things you need to know about our publication.(Updated) ¶ If you love people and believe in change then this is the right place to be. I believe if a person is loved enough, cared for enough, he will be willing to learn, to change, challenge, improve anything. ¶ This is where you will find all the links that can make your reading and writing experience more rewarding. ¶ How To Be Added As Author And Submit Articles To Life Tips ¶ Send an old fashioned email to [email protected]Joel MwakasegeFeb 26, 2015
Behind the Scenes: How (and Why) Life Tips Exists
It’s time to take a moment to talk about what I’ve learned thus far from curating articles in Life Tips.Medium is a moving target as are all things born from our age. ¶ Meaning things change quickly much more than we know or care to admit. Much has been altered around here, but what I will be sharing with you here, today, are the practices that have stood the test of time for me. ¶ The Beginning ¶ Life Tips was a delightful accident. ¶ At the time, I was reading a lot of stories with thrill and gusto in them.Joel MwakasegeSep 25, 2015
fuck me up, vons hollywood
I used to go grocery shopping for the week on Wednesdays after work. Despite half the traditional week being gone, and the weekend with its…promise of lazy patio margaritas and fourth meals close by, the errand — a remnant of a schedule long past being stuck to, from a city I left — was as perfect as I needed it to be. ¶ Wednesday nights at the grocery store are hectic, yes, but manageable; like the first flight out of LAX that’s 85% business people. We’re all George Clooney with our easily slipped off shoes and appropriately packed carry-ons.
Aubrey BellamyApr 1
You asked me for a gift the other day
When I was thinking what I should give to you. I thought I should write something I know I don’t know much we just met few days ago.When I was thinking what I should give to you ¶ I thought I should write something ¶ I know I don’t know much we just met few days ago ¶ But in this few days I’ve learned that you are an humble person. ¶ You mean what you say and I feel welcomed when you are around. ¶ I wish to spend more time close to you. ¶ The other day you welcomed me to eat with you. ¶ I didn’t come but I smiled at you, you didn’t ask why.Joel Mwakasege15 hrs ago
Writing is to the rest of us, what sports and winning championships is.
Is living — is a key to a gate that lead to an interesting life.Is living ¶ Is a key to a gate that lead to an interesting life. ¶ Is where we get that sense of relief. ¶ Is a breather and place we use to understand more of the world. ¶ Is where we seek answers and ask difficult questions. ¶ Is where we go and tell ourselves that it will be ok. ¶ Is where we are home. ¶ It’s not comfortable here but at least we get to do and share with the world what is it that goes on in our livesJoel Mwakasege2 days ago
All things writing is not about except this one thing
Writing is not about impressing people, is not about looking important.Writing is not about impressing people, is not about looking important. ¶ Is not about a lot of things but what writing is about is about you and me. ¶ Is about the rest of us while we’re sharing our fears, our worries and our feelings. ¶ Is about saying your not alone. ¶ Is about sharing. ¶ Is about all things that we wish were said and remain unsaid. ¶ Is about voicing all those unpopular opinions.Joel Mwakasege3 days ago
Still Born
When the nurses in the delivery ward of a hospital receive word that a patient is incoming with a stillborn, an entirely different set of…procedures are put in place. The first thing you notice, if you’ve been previously admitted for a regular birth, is the lack of urgency. AT ALL. There are no moniters, no one scurries in to make you comfortable or begins an endless series of tests. There is simply silence. The door opens periodically. A nurse who just began her shift who hasn’t been told, or a chaplain who offers solace and Last Rites for the child who never had any to begin with.
Marisa MillerOct 4, 2014
Choices
If I choose this, I can’t choose thatIf I say this, I can’t say that ¶ If I eat this, I can’t eat that ¶ If I listen to this, I can’t listen to that ¶ If I buy this, I can’t buy that ¶ If I see this, I can’t see that ¶ If I love this, I can’t love that ¶ If I want this, I still want that
Danna Colman4 days ago
Office job? Can’t I just write in the park or something?
What a mid-30s career crisis looks likeFor most of my career (it still feels weird to call the things I do for money a “career,” but I digress) I was a freelancer. I didn’t have an office, or a formal setting in which I plied my trade(s). I’d work in bed, in the kitchen, at cafés, and a lot of the time, with a full charge and an Americano at Parc La Fontaine. That all changed when I moved to Toronto and got my first real “office job.” ¶ I’d worked in offices before, sure, but starting in September, 2011, I had a bunch of things I…
Dave JafferNov 18, 2013
The Bread Of Our Dreams
When John went to the new health food store that opened up in his neighborhood he had no idea what he was getting himself into…… ¶ His girlfriend had asked him to pick up some “healthy-looking” bread and some heirloom tomatoes and then she wrote down the word “acaí” on the back of his hand and told him that she was only doing that because she really didn’t want him to forget that item. The truth, of course, was that she didn’t know how to pronounce it, but that didn’t matter to John. He loved his girlfriend and he wanted her to have any and all of the stupid berries she desired, from acaí to goji to huckle to bumble.
elan galeApr 6
Here are two things worth understanding about poverty:
1. Poverty is not just real life but without money.Not if you define “real life” as the life you live right now. ¶ The non-poverty life is about possibility. The possibility of connection, of leveling up, of a tomorrow that’s significantly better than yesterday. ¶ No, the thing that’s possible doesn’t always happen, not for most people, but living with hope is something we take for granted. ¶ A life lived in poverty, though, is always about scrambling.
Seth GodinApr 8
DO IT ONCE AND MEAN IT.
Thank a person once, and do it sincerely. But don’t thank them again, or they may wonder if you’re worthy of their generosity.Apologize once, with all your heart, but don’t keep apologizing, or they may begin the think your sin is unforgiveable. ¶ Ask a favor once, because it’s hard to say, “I owe you two.” ¶ Ask a girl out just once. She’ll be twice as likely to give you a second chance. ¶ But try everything twice, if you don’t feel you really meant it the first time. ¶ By Sam Hayes
Sam HayesNov 14, 2015
A Love Letter For Real People
No frills, just the truth.I believe in you, babe. ¶ I believe in pouring myself out for you, for us. ¶ I believe you’re worth my time, as much of it as you want. ¶ I believe you’re proof that God loves me, even when I let Him down. ¶ I believe in second chances, third ones and several more afterward. We're not perfect. ¶ I believe your flaws are a part of your humanity, and I accept them along with the better parts of you.
Oreoluwa FakoredeApr 7
What Love Isn’t
For the days you’re not sure.Love is not a prison. ¶ It’s not butterflies in your stomach. That’s just chemistry. ¶ Love isn’t blind; it sees but chooses not to make a fuss. ¶ Love isn’t yesterday’s offences brought forward to support today’s argument. ¶ It doesn’t slam doors or smash things. Call insanity by its name lest it be mistaken for something else. ¶ Love is not convenient. You’ll be fighting your sense of self-preservation regularly.Oreoluwa FakoredeMar 24
14 Things I Didn’t Say To Her
Can we start over?Teach me how to love you. ¶ Tell the truth about the kissing. Don’t endure bad things. ¶ If it is too much, whatever ‘it’ is, say so. Telepathy is too rare to be expected. ¶ Don’t raise your voice. Don’t raise your voice. Just don’t. ¶ Are we really fighting? ‘Cause this feels like pure silliness. Kiss me already or I’ll lick your face. ¶ Cold hands need warm armpits. Let mine be twin furnaces.Oreoluwa FakoredeMar 17
