by Faye Arcand | Nov 19, 2020 | advice to teens. Auntie advice, Faye Arcand, self improvement
Have you ever heard the saying “the world is your oyster”? I was recently chatting with a young man who’d never heard the Shakespearean adage from yesteryear. We were talking about making life changing decisions with the current covid situation and all the...
by Faye Arcand | Nov 12, 2020 | Faye Arcand, school bullying, self improvement
As a young person, I had many experiences that still haunt me today. Yesterday, a memory—as vivid as though it just happened—popped into my mind and I couldn’t get rid of it. It was my best friend’s 12th birthday party. We did everything together, though I was a year...
by Faye Arcand | Oct 26, 2020 | advice to teens. Auntie advice, Faye Arcand, self help, self improvement
Today I was scrolling through blog posts when I tripped upon these words from one of my faves: MillennialLifeCrisis on WordPress. The entire blog post read: “Maybe I’m not good enough. Maybe it is time I realize that.” Twelve words are arranged in a...
by Faye Arcand | Oct 20, 2020 | Faye Arcand, How to Make Your Writing Better, My Twisted Writer Brain…, self improvement, Word Choices in Writing
I’ve done well over 200 blog posts in the last couple of years, and I’ve come to enjoy the process. Blogging is a lot of Hard Work. I don’t think everyone appreciates the time and effort that goes into each post, but with that said, I do it because I...
by Faye Arcand | Oct 19, 2020 | advice to teens. Auntie advice, Auntie Says..., Faye Arcand, realationships, self help, self improvement
Living Alone is a Great Start Have you ever lived alone? And, here I mean by yourself…no parents, no siblings, no children, roommates, or spouse. I’m talking–lived alone–paid your own way and depended on no other person except yourself? Have...
by Faye Arcand | Sep 29, 2020 | Faye Arcand, How to Make Your Writing Better, My Twisted Writer Brain…, self improvement
Speech tags are like flag posts at the end of a sentence. They contain a noun/pronoun, (a name or he/she to indicate who is speaking) and a adverb to tell us ‘how’ they are speaking. Using such mechanical devices in writing can reflect poorly on the writer...
