You can begin implementing these easy SEO writing tips starting today! — If you feel like your articles are the proverbial needle in a haystack, you’re right: Sticking out online is tough, but not impossible. The key to ranking on Google is search engine optimization (SEO). With these 10 SEO writing tips, most writers can increase their chances of reaching new readers. …

People often set lofty goals for both but with the right plan, they're both achievable. — Like fad diets, language learning strategies or apps tend to rise and fall in popularity. “Duolingo is the best way to learn a language.” “You can learn a language in 3 months.” “Studying multiple languages at the same time is easy.” “Total immersion is the only way you’ll learn a…

I don’t think there’s such a thing as destiny. Rather, our reality seems to be a mixture of circumstances, luck, and beliefs. Where you’re born, who your parents were, your biology — these are circumstantial. You can do very little to change them. Luck is being at the right place…

These hacks have made me more productive, and adopting just some of them might help you get more bang for your buck in terms of your time. — Managing my time is not easy. I wake up at 6, 7, or 8 am, and before I know it, it’s dinner time. This usually results in many unfinished tasks throughout the day and week. Can you relate? In a world where we have more time freedom and the tools…

As a first-generation immigrant now living abroad, I can celebrate the good of being American while understanding how things can still be better. — It’s so easy to kick a dog when it’s down. My story isn’t extraordinary. I happened to immigrate to the States from the Dominican Republic as a six-year-old through a rather uneventful sequence of events. No escaping strife back in my birthplace. No traversing through dangerous trajectories on my way…

Language learning has its ups and downs, but if you can anticipate these excuses, you’ll fast-track your language learning! — Whatever your reason for learning a language, you’re bound to face plenty of self-sabotage. We’re human, and it’s natural to feel discouraged when trying to achieve difficult things. Language learning is no different. As a former ESL teacher, and someone who speaks 4 languages and has studied plenty of others…

As a teacher, you have transferable skills that you can leverage in other roles and side hustles (with a bit of training and patience). — If you’re thinking of quitting your teaching job, you’re in good company. Whether it’s the administration adding pressure from the top on already underpaid teachers, disrespectful children who think they’re adults and couldn’t care less about a lesson, and parents that treat teachers like babysitters who’ve failed their children —…

Credit scores are like GPAs — a really good score can give you access to the best financial resources, and a bad one will require a bit more collateral to get you where you want to go. Whether you want to build your credit or bring your score up following…

Relying on online platforms to make a living is no longer a viable option — Like many, I started teaching English online at the start of the pandemic. Though I had explored the option a year earlier, it wasn’t until the summer of 2020 that I took the leap and earned money online for the first time. It was a glorious feeling. Never had I…