10 things I hate about you (who hasn’t seen this movie) and 10 reasons I’ll give to convince you to watch it.

Directed by: Gil Junger
Production company: Touchstone pictures
Running time: 1 hour 39 minutes worth your time.
Based on: Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the shrew’.


A newcomer at Padua high school ( filmed at Stadium High School, Washington), Cameron falls in love (at first sight) with Bianca the beautiful. Rich and handsome but dumb Joey has his eyes on Bianca as well. Kat is the older sister of Bianca who doesn’t care about social life. Their strict father won’t let Bianca date unless her sister does. In order to take Bianca out Cameron along with his geek friend Michael makes Joey to pay bad boy Patrick to take Kat out. Things don’t go as smoothly as planned but that’s the fun part. Patrick’s ways to impress Kat is reason 1. Reason 2 is that fight that happens. Reason 3 love can make bad boys turn soft. Check out the movie for details.


Reason 4, the cast: Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona10/10 actor, Julia Stiles as the savage Kat Stratford damn I worship her, Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford perfect for the role, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James again perfect for the role. Rest of the cast is irreplaceable as well.


I am seriously obsessed with this movie. I have literally watched this one multiple times and have the whole script learnt by heart. I suggest anyone whom I cross paths with to watch this. Reason 5, it is definitely hands down one of the best rom com out there.

Reason 6,


Reason 7, “Patrick Verona: See, first of all, Joey is not half the man you are. Secondly, don’t let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want. Go for it!”

Reason 8, (lesson learnt)

Reason 9, (lesson learnt)

This can totally be a movie for your family night. Who doesn’t love a rom com plus it has Heath Ledger. Though the movie does contain a few slang words but that’s mild. Trust me it will leave you smiling at the end all satisfied.

Reason 10, 7.3/10 IMDb rating and 11/10 from me.

Thank you for reading. Have a nice day!

Shrestha Dutta is a high school pass out (batch 2019-2020) from DeNobili school Dhanbad, Jharkhand. She is a design aspirant and currently preparing for NIFT entrance exam.
Shrestha is passionate about art, books, movies, fashion. Team Marvel (cinematic universe). She is a normal teenager who has a lot of questions about life. She is an optimistic and happy person in general.

Psychological impact of Covid-19

As a result of the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a situation of socio-economic crisis and profound psychological distress rapidly occurred worldwide.

So this blog will look into various forms of psychological distress bought in by this pandemic due to educate and sensitize the readers about these issues.

Many psychological problems and important consequences in terms of mental health including stress, anxiety, depression, frustration, uncertainty during COVID-19 outbreak emerged progressively.Common psychological reactions related to the mass quarantine which was imposed in order to attenuate the COVID-19 spread are generalized fear and pervasive community anxiety which are typically associated with disease outbreaks, and increased with the escalation of new cases together with inadequate, anxiety-provoking information which was provided by media.The psychological reactions to COVID-19 pandemic may vary from a panic behavior or collective hysteria to pervasive feelings of hopelessness and desperation which are associated with negative outcomes including suicidal behavior.Importantly, other health measures may be compromised by abnormally elevated anxiety.

As the general population became increasingly exposed, anxiety-provoking topics related to this emergence of the health and socio-economic crisis need to be rapidly identified to early detect dysfunctional processes and maladaptive lifestyle changes potentially leading to the onset of psychiatric conditions.

So let us discuss the most important psychological impacts of COVID which are the root cause of other mental disorders :

-uncontrolled fears related to infection

This is commonly one of the most frequent psychological reaction to pandemics. Several existing studies demonstrated that those who have been exposed to the risk of infection may develop pervasive fears about their health, worries to infect others and fear infecting family members.

-Pervasive anxiety

Social isolation related to restrictions and lockdown measures are linked to feelings of uncertainty for the future, fear of new and unknown infective agents resulting in abnormally increased anxiety.Anxiety may be directly related to sensorial deprivation and pervasive loneliness.

-Frustration and boredom

Distress, boredom, social isolation and frustration are directly related to confinement, abnormally reduced social/physical contact with others, and loss of usual habits.

-LONELINESS

The final effect of social isolation is pervasive loneliness and boredom, which have potential dramatic effects on both physical and mental individual well-being. Pervasive loneliness may be significantly associated with increased depression and suicidal behavior.Unfortunately, the isolation is progressively enhanced by anxiety, panic or collective hysteria. Cognitive functions and decision making are firstly impaired by hyperarousal and anxiety and later by disabling feelings of loneliness.

After looking at these gruesome psychological impacts,it is crystal clear so as to how psychologically damaging this pandemic has been!The protective factors against these impacts include social support and psychological support.

Implementing community-based strategies to support resilience and psychologically vulnerable individuals during the COVID-19 crisis is fundamental for any community.The psychological impact of fear and anxiety due to the horrible spread of pandemic needs to be clearly recognized as a public health priority for both authorities and policy makers who should adopt clear behavioral and interventional strategies to reduce the burden of disease and the dramatic mental health consequences of this outbreak.

ATTITUDE v/s EGO…The real life stories…!!!

Attitude is a huge thing and small part of Attitude is EGO, Example if Attitude is a Continent then Ego is just a small country in it Attitude can be divided into two parts first Right attitude and Second is Wrong attitude people get confuse between ego and attitude because ego is the part of wrong attitude but the best part is that you can be a good attitude person without having an ego. Likewise, Every Indian is an Asian, but every Asian will be an Indian is not compulsory similarly,

“every Egoistic person will for sure have Attitude, but person who has Attitude doesn’t have Ego”.

Your attitude matters in your life – Journey of life Continues

Hence even you should be a person who has attitude you shouldn’t be a person who is egoistic or who has a bad attitude (wrong attitude) Now let’s talk about definition, Attitude shows what we think about other things How we feel and how we respond in any situation whereas Ego always allow us to think about our self-esteem and self-importance for example, person who has a Good Attitude will say No matter what happens I will win whereas an Egoistic person will say, that no matter what happens no one can beat me Good attitude person will live life as if he is the king of the world. Whereas bad attitude person lives a life as if everyone is their slave and everyone should always obey them.

 

Now let’s talk about today’s Book summary which is related to this Topic Author Ryan has accomplished huge successes in a very young age he was only 19 years when he became the youngest executive in the Talent Management Agency who later did signing of big rock bands, and also did consulting for many books which was sold in millions at the age of 21 he was the marketing director of an amazing Company AMERICAN PAREL. At the age of 25 he was also the best selling author everything was so perfect, but suddenly one day time changed and everything changed in his life he lost everything, he started failing in his life, he made a tattoo in his hand, he tattooed the most important reason of his failure in his hand so that he never forget that and should never repeat that same mistake in his life and can avoid such failure again.

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The tattoo which he made in his hand was “EGO IS THE ENEMY” because his ego was the main and the most important reason for his failure and that reason he never wanted to forget Ryan defines Ego as an unhealthy belief which make us obsessed about self-importance. Ryan says that ego is “something which converts our Confidence to Arrogance Ego is that dangerous thing which ruins or destroys our long term goals by just giving us short term satisfaction, and by making us feel; superior from others for just for short time and such ego is not at all right”. Author says that every person in their lives always stays in one stage out of three first stage is ASPIRING, second is SUCCEEDING and third is FAILING:

  1. Either person is aspiring, means working on something in order to achieve something in his life wanted to become something in his life.
  2. Either person has already achieved in his life, means he already faced success.
  3. Either person is failing in his life, he is not able to achieve anything huge in his life.

Now the biggest obstacle which stands firm in front of us during all three stages to defeat us is nothing but our OWN EGO. Now let’s see how EGO Comes between all three stages to destroy our goals:

1.Aspiring, Rohit has seen a video related to body building he loved that video, hence he decided that he will for sure become a bodybuilder no matter what happens after deciding. On first day he started posting workout pictures on social media pages by NO PAIN NO GAIN #WORKINGONMYDREAMS with this he started showing off more than his actions, he do less and show more after few days his entire motivation goes down, and he return to his normal life. Well this happens to many people and the reason for this is EGO Our Ego always makes us think what others are thinking about us therefore instead of taking maximum action for our goal completion. We started doing easy things to impress others such has we started talking more, we start uploading pictures on social media pages which in reality nor impress others not even allow us to complete our goals because in show off and talking same resources are required which is needed to complete our actual goals, which is our time, mental physical health /energy and our will power and mostly we use all these and finish it just by showing off and talking. Hence it will be best if you avoid wasting your energy on talking and in thinking about it all day, start using that same energy in taking action and in completing your goals.

 

2.Succeeding, at age 18 Howard Hughes took the biggest decision. He gave money to his relatives and bought 100 percent shares of his family business and became owner of that company. It was an Oil drill bit company this was the very bold decision because he wasn’t much aware about the business but still it proved to be the most brilliant move of his, Hughes shifted that company from 1 million dollar to 1 billion dollar he became very successful. His overconfidence or can say his Ego destroyed his success his ego made his career the most embarrassing the most dishonest and waste career in the history. The first huge Success of Hughes made him believe the he is very talented and he can be successful in any business, hence he get into Aviation field, film making and in stock market, and in every field he faced a huge loss in fact a biographer has shown Hughes end life in his book like he was sitting in his favorite chair naked, without taking care of his health, without bathing he was fighting with lawyers with investigators, investors by hiding his every wrong doings. So, that he doesn’t lose his everything Hughes Ego was the reason for his embarrassing end even after getting success he failed miserably most of the time when people get success, then their ego shift them from humble and learning person to overconfident person about their capabilities therefore they failed to maintain their success and hence they lose everything in their lives.

 

3.Failing, after many scandals and 300 million loss, company gave two options to American Apparel Founder Dove Chaney, first option to resign as a CEO from the company and to work as Creative Consultant and for that he will get a good pay or salary, and second to resign and completely leave the company at that Time Dove rejected both options and chose the third and the worst option which was to FIGHT. He filed a case against his company, he sue his company, instead of searching a better CEO for a company. He made that company to reach to bankruptcy his ego didn’t allow him to think better for his company instead he destroyed his company as well as himself because after that case his life was so devastated that he used to sleep on his friend couch because he was bankrupt, had no money. Ego is something which never allow us to understand our own shortcomings and faults just like an alcoholic who feels the whole world is doing wrong with him. He himself does the worst for himself, without realising that he is the biggest enemy of himself. Similarly, when we fail to achieve something, at that time instead of taking responsibility our ego starts making excuses starts blaming world and others our ego blames and make excuses so that our respect doesn’t decrease hence we do everything but never realize our mistakes and shortcomings because of which we fail to overcome it and fail to get success and achievements in our lives.

Leadership Without Ego: How to Get Your Ego Out of the Way?

How do Social Media Platforms help to boost your Website?

Social Media Platforms are a great way to boost your Website. With the help of social media platforms, you can quickly increase the traffic on your Website. But, to learn how social media networking platforms can help to make your Website a success, you need to have a decent idea about how it works. Hence, here is a detailed list of the benefits of using social media sites to boost your Website.

Benefits of using Social Media Sites to Promote your Website

Several social media sites will help boost your Website if you know the correct way to do it. Now, you might think about the benefits of using social media sites to promote your Website. So, here are some points which would help you to understand the benefits:

  • You can create a productive relationship with your clients on social media platforms. This will make the bond more durable, and your Website would become successful.
  • You would be able to interact with the clients through social media platforms. More interaction would lead to more client satisfaction.
  • Advertising your Website on social media websites is much more affordable than using print media or broadcast media. You can quickly post pictures or articles on various social media platforms like Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram for free and promote your Website.
  • Your Website will become more widespread through social media platforms. You will be able to aware more people around, which will end up in more clients, and the chain continues.
  • You will be able to get feedback from your clients almost instantly. Once they like your Website, they would share them on their social media platforms, which would be a bonus for you.

How to Boost Online Sales?

Once you are aware of the benefits of using social media sites for your Website, it is essential to know how you can boost online sales. Here is a list of few steps you can follow to increase online sales of your Website:

  • You have to keep on promoting your products on social media platforms. More advertisements would lead to more customer awareness.
  • You have to post pictures of the products you are selling on your Website. This will help you to get the particular customers who would be interested in buying those products. 
  • You have to frequently post about your Website and your products on every social media platform you have. Every day, you would have to make a post regarding your online Website.
  • Always interact with people on social media sites. Always be available to check on the comments and queries. Try to answer each one of them. 

If you want to boost your Website and reach a more significant number of audiences, all you need to do is make people aware of your Website through social media networking platforms. You will be able to reach several people, and that’s how it will be much convenient for you to promote your Website as well as boost online sales of the products on your Website.

Social Gathering: Going, Going, Gone!

We were used to having all kinds of events in the conventional way till the announcement of the lockdown on 25 March, which was a Wednesday. There were social gatherings planned for the weekends. The gatherings were to have a wide range. Some would be get-togethers of personal friends and some of official colleagues. Those were arranged for networking and for extending contacts for business. Those were also arranged simply for fun and frolic to release stresses of life. We used to forget various problems in life at favourite spots with our favourite companions. We felt happy and relaxed when we communicated face-to-face. There is a difference in nature of various social gatherings. The purpose of business gatherings is different from wedding ceremonies. The gathering of office colleagues has a different purpose from that of friends.  Unfortunately social gatherings are spoken in the ‘past tense’ now.  Strict restrictions during the pandemic have a vast effect on our social life.

In the new development people are adjusting to the ‘virtual’ social gatherings. It can no more be physical, at least not in near future. Gatherings of all age groups are taking help of various video-calling applications— Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. WhatsApp only used to allow four for video call before the lockdown. But afterwards it has been upgraded to eight. The party-goers have changed their party mode. They are sending invitations via Zoom links to have a “Zoom Party” in houses instead of physically attending house party or bar or disc. Whenever there is time for celebrations or even for any stress call friends are there to meet via video calls. We can talk there for hours because of user-friendly network plans. Delicious food from restaurants was paused for about three months. Now due to the Unlockdown 1.0 restaurants and food stalls are opening gradually. But people are still feeling uneasy to have food from there. Some food bloggers are now going out to review the protections taken by the restaurants. It is helping foodies to gain confidence about the places they used to frequent.

Companies like TCS, Infosys have announced that a section of workers can continue their ‘work from home’ without losing the jobs. The decision is taken for maintaining social distancing in offices. No more brainstorming in cosy conference rooms. The ‘new’ conference rooms are virtual. The great fun and dance in weddings are not viable as the number of invitees has been severely restricted by rule. Not more than fifty people are allowed in such event of a lifetime. The families of brides and grooms are now in a dilemma in choosing the preferred guests in the stipulated fifty-people guest list. Newly-wed couples have to wait for the whole year to go for honeymoon because of flight restrictions, both domestic and international.

Educational institutions used to have lively seminars in auditoriums or lecture halls. Now it is time for Webinars. Students are given the links to attend educational webinars from home. But it is ‘beneficial’ for backbenchers. They log in and put audio and video in mute mode to ignore the lectures. They can do whatever they want in their rooms while the speakers are busy speaking. Some companies have started giving free online courses on various topics for two weeks or for a month. The target audience is the youth who will be given e-certificates on completion. There has been a huge increase in demand for virtual internships or remote internships from college and university students and freelancers. They have decided not to waste time and do something which will be useful for the future. It seems the youths have become more matured in this lockdown.

The entire routine and plans have gone upside-down for people everywhere. We even do not know when will the normal time be back. For people this is a pretty unusual, if not abnormal, year. Many are getting adjusted to this sort of routine but it is more difficult for the elderly, especially who live alone. We have to think about them and take care of them in this situation.

Finally, some of us think that we the human beings deserve this for destroying the Mother Nature for long. Thus, we now face the consequences of our Karma. However, it calls for a different debate.