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Benefits of Composting

Wait! Don’t throw those vegetable pieces, table scraps, and coffee grounds in the garbage. Instead, compost them for your summer garden. If you get started now, you’ll have some awesome compost by midsummer to supercharge your plantings. Composting transforms organic waste into a soil amendment chock-full of nutrients and is a great way to recycle kitchen waste, save money, and go green.

What’s a SMART Goal?

Even if you’re not a management expert, you can benefit from learning about SMART goals. SMART is a memory jogger to help a goal-setter remember to set goals and objectives that are

S specific (defined and clear),

M measurable (determine if proceeding toward the goal),

A attainable (realistic),

R relevant (important to the goal), and

T time-limited (an end point in the future when the goal should be realized).

Applying the SMART criteria can help ensure that your personal and professional goals are achieved, and it can help you accomplish more goals more quickly. SMART is easy to remember and easy to learn, not only for employees but also for young people at a point in their lives where goal-planning should be learned as an important life skill.

Empty-nest syndrome

Empty-nest syndrome is the name given to a psychological condition that can affect parents (most commonly women) around the time that their children leave home.

Because so many people feel they suffer from this condition, the charity Parentline Plus has recently set up a specific advice line for them.

Empty Nest Syndrome is not a term you'll find in many medical text books, but it has become a useful ‘label’ for the feelings of sadness and loss, which many individuals experience when their children fly the nest.

It's most common in autumn, when vast numbers of teenagers go to college or university.

It can also happen when a child gets married, because matrimony is a clear signal that parents are no longer needed in the ways they once were.