Category: People

{Are you pregnant and seeking a unique name for your baby girl or maybe you are not pregnant but need to get some baby names ready.}

Below are 60 baby names for your girl child with wonderful meanings

1. Allegra: Joyful

2. Halona: Of happy fortune

3. Joy: Happy

4. Trixie: Happy

5. Beatrix: She who brings happiness

6. Farrah: Happy

7. Caroline: Song of happiness

8. Felicity: Happy

9. Carolina: Song of happiness

1o. Luana: Content, happy

11. Chloe: Fresh blooming

12. Madison: Gift of God

13. Violet: Flower

14. Victoria: Victory or triumphant

15. Sophia: Wise

16. Emma: Whole or complete

17. Olivia: Olive, symbol of peace

18. Isabella: Devoted to God

19. Hannah: Favor or grace

20. Amity: Friendship, harmony

21. Nadia: Hope

22. Angelica: Angelic

23. Irene: Peace

24. Linnea: Flower

25. Orianna: Golden

26. Abigail: father’s joy

27. Bethany: the house of song

28. Charity: love, faith and hope

29. Elizabeth: the oath or fullness of God

30. Faith: faithful

31. Judith: praised

32. Mary: wished-for child

33. Naomi: beautiful; agreeable

34. Phoebe: the shining one

35. Tabitha: gazelle, beauty, grace

36. Jolie: Cheerful, pretty

37. Elle: Beautiful fairy

38. Lily: Purity and beauty

39. Mabel: My beautiful one

40. Karishma: Miracle

41. Alazne: Miracle

42. Karamat: Miracle

43. Jamille: Beautiful

44. Kenna: Attractive

45. Lana: Attractive, peaceful

46. Naveen: Beautiful

47. Belinda: Very beautiful

48. Cher: Dear one, darling

49. Aphrodite: Goddess of love

50. Theophilia: Loved by God

51. Cara: Beloved

52. Vida: Dearly loved

53. Carina: Beloved

54. Amada: Beloved

55. Amor: Love

56. Darlene: Tenderly loved

57. Kalila: Dearly loved

58. Milada: My love

59.Grania: Love

60. Amia: Beloved

{Everyone wants to be happy and successful but not everyone achieves this. So what is it about happy and successful people that separates them from the crowd?}

Below are 15 habits of happy and successful people

1. Happy and successful people respect others and also expect respect in return.

2. Happy and successful people don’t compare themselves to others.

3. Happy and successful people learn from the mistakes of of others.

4. Happy and successful people always finish what they start.

5. Happy and successful people take risks.

6. Happy and successful people don’t pretend to be what they are not.

7. Happy and successful people don’t complain because they know complaining solves nothing and only weighs on ones nerve.

8. Happy and successful people don’t hold grudges.

9. Happy and successful people are willing to admit when they are wrong.

10. Happy and successful people don’t waste their time with negative or toxic people but surround themselves with positive people.

11. Happy and successful people think outside the box.

12. Happy and successful people give without expecting in return.

13. Happy and successful people accept constructive criticism because they understand others may have a clearer perspective than themselves.

14. Happy and successful people are not people pleasers. They focus and act on what they believe is right and don’t act simply to please.

15. Happy and successful people aren’t rigid. They are open-minded.

{When you don’t live within your means, you will find yourself in debts, stagnation, and you wouldn’t make any significant growth as a person.
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Living within your means would set you on course to planning your life better and achieving set goals.

How can you live within your means?

{{1. Have a budget }}

Have a budget, have a plan of how you spend your income. Don’t just spend money — plan how you spend.

Create a list of your expenses for each week or month, depending on how you earn and have a plan on how much that should be allocated for each.

{{2. Tally it with your income }}

Let your budget don’t be ambiguous; it should tally with your income. The aim of the budget is to keep you on track on how to spend your money.

{{3. Stick to the plan }}

The problem with many isn’t really that they don’t plan their money. It’s that they don’t stick to the plan. Don’t just have a plan for nothing; try to live accordingly.

{{4. Keep records }}

Keep records of your expenses to know where your money is going. Keeping records would give you an idea of how you spend your money.

{{5. Cut unnecessary expenses }}

Cut down on things you don’t really need; track unnecessary expenses and reduce what you spend on those items. Avoid splurging and impulse purchases; they would wreck your finance.

Have a list of your needs and wants, and try to spend more on your needs and cut down your wants.

{{6. Set saving goals }}

Set money aside for savings; have a goal to save a certain percentage of your income each month. Save for a future goal and save for emergency — very necessary.

{{7. Don’t live on someone else’s budget }}

Don’t do something because someone else did it. Plan your life according to your budget and stop trying to impress or imitate people; you will never live within your budget when you do this.

If you want to enjoy a financially healthy life, free of debts, and one you can plan your future, you ought to live within your means.

{There are basic fundamentals every man should know. You can’t call yourself a grown man if you don’t know these fundamentals.}

Here are 15 basics every grown man should know

1. Every grown man should know how to treat a woman with respect.

2. Every grown man should have his own apartment.

3. Every grown man should have a source of living and stop depending on his parents.

4. Every grown man should know how to prepare at least one great meal.

5. Every grown man should know how to keep his apartment clean.

6. Every grown man should know how to be sensitive to the needs of his woman in bed.

7. Every grown man should know sleeping around is for boys and not mature men.

8. Every grown man should have at least a week’s worth of clean underwear. Stop wearing underwear for two days.

9. Every grown man should know how to pick out clothes that look great on him.

10. Every grown man should have some savings.

11. Every grown man should know the importance of being responsible for his mistakes.

12. Every grown man should have at least one good suit.

13. Every grown man should have a hobby that doesn’t involve beer.

14. Every grown man should know how to make his own decisions. Stop depending on your mother for every opinion.

15. Every grown man should know how to impress his woman by being more than a little generous.

{A materialistic woman is every man’s nightmare; she’s the type that loves you or pretends to care about you because of what you have, not really that she actually cares.
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A materialistic woman only comes for what she can get, and without those things, she wouldn’t be there for you.

These are some signs she exhibits.

{{1. SHE’S SELF-CENTRED}}

A materialistic woman is also self-centred; she only cares about herself and her needs. She’s only interested in what she can get from you and not necessarily your relationship with her.

{{2. SHE ALWAYS WANTS SOMETHING}}

A materialistic woman is always in need; she always wants something, she’s always in need of something and she never hesitates to make her request known.

{{3. SHE’S ONLY LOVING WHEN IN NEED OF SOMETHING}}

A materialistic woman might not necessarily love you or truly love you, but she could become caring and loving all of a sudden, just when she needs something from you.

{{4. SHE NEVER GIVES}}

A materialistic woman is also stingy with her things; she never gives but always expects a lot from you.

{{5. SHE LOVES LUXURY}}

Love for luxury and comfort is another sign of a materialistic woman; she wants the best of everything and isn’t ready to be with you when those things aren’t going her way.

{{6. SHE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH}}

A materialistic woman doesn’t care about building your financial life; her love for luxury and material items would overshadow the need to care about your financial base. She isn’t the type that would encourage you to save, instead she will cause your expenditure to be extremely high.

{{7. SHE EASILY CAUSES A FUSS WHEN YOU DON’T OBLIGE TO HER REQUESTS}}

A materialistic woman would easily get angry when you don’t meet her needs; she wants her every will to be done, and she would be angry when her needs aren’t met.

A materialistic woman isn’t the ideal person to have a relationship with; she would only be there when things are going alright. Once the going gets tough, she will be a shadow of her loving self.

{You might think that you can never get face washing wrong but there are common mistakes most people make when washing their face which can lead to a whole list of skin woes including dryness and irritation. You just might be making these mistakes too.}

Below are 9 face washing mistakes you are making that could ruin your face

{{1. Washing your face too much }}

Washing your face too much can irritate your skin ironically leading to an overproduction of oil. Washing your face once or twice a day is recommended.

{{2. Ensure you use the right water temperature }}

I understand you enjoy the feeling you get when using hot water but the truth is you should avoid using hot water for your face as it can damage your skin’s natural, protective oils and lead to over-drying or over production of sebum. Extremely cold water isn’t good for your face too either. Lukewarm water is your best bet to get the grub off your face without any skin damage.

{{3. Exfoliation }}

Exfoliation is good for your face as it helps remove dead skin cells. You should avoid too much exfoliation as it irritates the facial skin and when you do not exfoliate at all, it gives rise to blackheads and acne. Moderation is key and stick to exfoliating two or three times per week max.

{{4. Rubbing your face with towel }}

Rubbing your face with towel is bad for your face as it tugs and pulls your skin, putting your elastin at risk. Pat your face with your towel instead of rubbing it.

{{5. Moisturizers }}

Applying moisturizers while your face is damp helps maximise absorption and seal in moisture. The best time to apply moisturizers is immediately after cleansing.

{{6. Makeup removal }}

Makeup removal before going to bed is a must and not a choice as it helps your skin breathe. Your skin finds it difficult to breathe under that clump of makeup.

{{7. Pick the right cleanser }}

You shouldn’t use any cleanser just because your friend is using it. Pick a pH balanced cleanser that’s perfect for your skin. Creamier cleansers work well with dry skin while foaming or gel cleansers work well with oily skin.

{{8. Ensure your hands are clean }}

Before washing your face, you must ensure your hands are clean. Your face can’t be clean if you use dirty hands to wash them.

{{9. Rinse your face properly }}

Ensure your face is rinsed properly of any cleanser as residue can lead to dryness.

{If you hate working out or you have a man who hates working, this news will definitely make your day.}

According to a study published in the Journal of Health Psychology, people who dislike working out are usually more intelligent than their counterparts with huge muscles.

To arrive at this conclusion, the researchers from Florida Gulf Coast University studied 60 students.

The researchers found that people tend to be less physically active if they have higher levels of a trait called “need for cognition.”

What this means is that people who enjoy cognitive endeavours (thinking) are less interested in physical activities and tend to engage in physical activities less often.

So people who hate being physically active by going to the gym can console themselves with this study. LOL.

{I’ve heard people say ’24 hours isn’t enough in a day’, but is that really true?}

You can’t affect how many hours you have in a day, but you can affect how you spend each hour of the day. And people who really believe that 24 hours isn’t enough in a day would still achieve little each day even if they are given additional 10 hours daily.

{{1. You don’t practice good sleep routine }}

Your sleep affects your morning and even your whole day. If you don’t sleep well, your sleep would affect your day and you would be unproductive.

{{2. You don’t plan your morning }}

Your day wouldn’t be efficient enough if it isn’t well planned from the start. Plan how you would spend each day from the moment you wake up; it would help guide you and make you more efficient.

{{3. You prioritize lesser important things }}

Prioritise your day well enough and do the more important things over the lesser ones. You waste your day when you prioritise it on things that are lesser important over the important ones.

{{4. You spend your energy on unimportant things }}

When you spend your time on irrelevant things, you would find that you would have been exhausted by the time you needed to do something important, and you wouldn’t be efficient enough in doing the more important stuffs.

{{5. You procrastinate a lot
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This is a major way a lot of people waste their day. You keep avoiding the things you should do now for a later date and always a later date. Procrastination is a sign of laziness and nonchalance.

{{6. You avoid difficult tasks }}

Running away from difficult tasks wouldn’t solve them or take them away. But many tend to avoid these difficult tasks, and they only end up piling difficulties.

{{7. Not contributing anything to your daily growth }}

Do something each day that would make you a better person with each day and that would ensure your personal growth. You waste your time when you avoid growing your inner self.

Your time is like a seed, and each hour wasted is like a seed that’s thrown away — that would never germinate and would never bring forth fruits.

How do you spend your 24 hours?

{Let’s face facts; there are more unhappy people than happy people in the world today. That’s why the world is full of fighting, crime, anger, wickedness, murder, suicide and a host of other terrible things. Just imagine a world filled with happy people and how peaceful it would be?}

But then there are barriers that are keeping you from being happy that has little or nothing to do with money. You would only understand this article after you’ve understood the barriers that are holding you from happiness.

This is how to break those barriers.

{{1. BREAK THE CHAIN OF HEDONIC ADAPTATION}}

Hedonic adaptation is a term used by psychologists to explain why happiness doesn’t last, no matter what happens. The idea behind this is that no matter how good something made us feel, we get back to our previous emotion after a while; that’s why the feelings of getting married, promoted, moving into that big house, buying a new car fade off after a while.

How then can we fight against hedonic adaptation? It’s simply by being grateful for all that you have and appreciate the fact that you are alive to fight for the things you don’t. Being grateful in every stage of life you find yourself is highly important.

{{2. BE FOCUSED}}

A lack of focus can also make you unhappy, while being focused can make you extremely happy. It’s like preparing for an exam. When you are sure that you are absolutely prepared for the exam, you would feel calm, happy and relaxed. But when you aren’t prepared, you feel jittery and tensed.

Lack of focus could come in distractions, side attractions or even friends. And you would never be happy until you learn to be focused on whatever it is you want to achieve. So kick off those distractions and stay focused.

{{3. LET LOVE INTO YOUR HEART}}

This is probably the greatest key to finding happiness and breaking the barriers of unhappiness. Let love in your heart, love yourself, love your friends, love your family, love those around you, love nature, love good things, love that stranger that you don’t feel the need to love. When you let love in, peace and happiness would come along. Love is probably the greatest gift of life and it attracts other positive things like happiness and peace of mind.

{{4. DON’T GIVE FEAR A CHANCE
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Don’t give fear a room in your life, else you would find yourself being a tenant and at its mercy in your life. Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Read these tips to overcome fear.

{{5. FIND A PURPOSE}}

Live for something or you would fall for everything. Finding a purpose in life is probably life’s trickiest tasks, but when you find that purpose, unhappiness would be far off from you.

Living your life without a goal, without passion, without a drive would make you be tossed around, to and fro.

Break these barriers and you would break the barriers to unhappiness.

{Sometimes you might read something and the next minute you have totally forgotten what you read. This doesn’t mean your brain is being ineffective; there are so many things your brain does every day, whether you’re conscious of it or not.}

To easily remember what you read, these four tips would come in handy.

{{1. IMPRESSION}}

Make an impression with the text you are reading, picture a scene of it and play it in your mind. You can also highlight those important areas and read them out loud repeatedly.

{{2. ASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH WHAT YOU’RE READING}}

It’s easier to remember events than to remember what you read, that’s because you associated with the event. You can do that with your reading too. Associate what you’re reading with certain aspects of your life, relate it with your life and the things going on around you.

{{3. RE-READ}}

Reading it once might not be enough, read it again and again. Practice makes perfect remember? The more you read and repeat it to yourself, the better you would remember it.

{{4. DISCUSS}}

Discussing what you’ve read with someone else or a group of people is probably the surest way to remember what you read. If you notice, you easily recollect your discussions with friends and to a large extent remember how each word was said.

Discussing what you read is like combining tip one, two and three together.

Have issues remembering what you read? Try these out.