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Peer Improvement

... , but there's also a lot of bad things. Because you never hear the real story. It's just all comparison. There's a lot of really good aspects to it but there's a lot that I think is kind of dangerous for people, too.JESS, 32, COThe issues one can experience in comparing their own self-improvement process to others is multiplied by social media. Young people tend to post such content as a positive; sharing their own experiences with self-improvement on social media demonstrates to their friends and ...

House Funders

... helping them set savings goals, creating spendings challenges, and providing platforms to share other young people's experiences of home funding. - Nontraditional House Funding Resources - Fundrise eFund Housing management company Fundrise has created a crowdfunding platform called the eFund for people to help fund affordable homes in urban areas. Prospective home buyers purchase shares (a minimum investment is 100 shares, currently $10 each), which enable the construction of new developments ...

Life Skills

... as the ‘50s and saw a resurgence during the ‘90s, it’s once again enjoying a moment due to parental concerns about the future implications of our tech-obsessed society. Indeed, forest schools are increasingly popping up around the globe, most notable in the U.S. and the UK. Students not only are provided with the opportunity to learn outdoors skills and engage with the natural world but also are introduced to experiences that allow them to enhance their sense of self-sufficiency and problem ...

Show Me Love

... spoil themselves with presents and experiences rather than expecting someone else do so. Likewise, Singles Day, which first started as a holiday in China for the unattached to celebrate themselves and indulge, has become the world’s biggest shopping holiday, and even those in relationships, not wanting to miss out, use the day to honor themselves. While such public displays of love for oneself show no sign of slowing, young people aspire to be so comfortable in their relationship with themselves ...

Well at Work

... - MOZ To encourage employees to use their 21 allotted days of vacation, software company Moz offers $3,000 in vacation reimbursements for food, lodging, entertainment, and transportation.AFAR Afar, a San Francisco-based travel magazine, offers a yearly $2,000 stipend for employees to travel to any international destination they haven’t visited before. Participants are expected to post about their experiences on Afar’s website.GRAVITY PAYMENTS To promote his employees’ financial wellness, Gravity ...

The Freeform Movement

... involve a competition, but rather celebrates them for their own merits.Companies with brick-and-mortar stores should consider allowing consumers to utilize their space for unstructured or creative experiences, and brands without a physical presence could consider creating pop-up spaces for this purpose.  - FREEFORM WISDOM - THE OVER-SCHEDULED CHILDOne of the first books to highlight the downsides of overscheduling, The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap from child ...

The Parent Trap

... with their children, and toys can often become a crutch to help them bond or keep their kids busy. Yet many parents are now trying to have less in order to just enjoy their time together—a desire that’s consistent with their overwhelming preference to give their child cool experiences rather than cool products (85% of parents in U.S. and 83% in the UK). They recognize that raising kids is rarely calm, but by rejecting the pressure to learn, do, and buy everything, they can only make ...

Accelerated Adulthood

...  "the path" to adulthood, Zs are redefining the path through adolescence, making it a shrunken life stage as they quickly enter into adult-like experiences and challenges. They don’t just wait until they’re of age to vote to pay attention to politics, they begin following along and getting involved online and offline much sooner; they don’t just start noticing the opposite sex is actually cute and doesn’t have cooties, they have to figure out where they fall on the gender identity and sexuality ...

Mixed Emotions

... within the hustle and bustle of everyday life.Young consumers look to brands to help them become happier; emphasize the ways in which your product or service will contribute to overall emotional wellbeing. Recognize the value and validity of emotions and emotional health in messaging and advertising instead of focusing solely on utilitarian benefits. - Emotion-Managing Experiences - The Class Founded by fitness instructor Taryn Toomey, who describes it as a “cathartic mind-body experience,” The  ...

WELLth Investors

... unleashes a flood of chemicals in the brain that trigger the same types of bonding responses that make communal experiences like laughing, dancing, and worshipping such enduring aspects of human culture. In other words, sharing the workout experience helps turn fitness into a rewarding addiction, one that is amplified when Ys post their workouts on social media and receive positive feedback from followers [ROI (Return on Image), The Cassandra Report, Fall/Winter 2014]. The endorphins and ego boost that ...