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Play ball!

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Mary Mandley
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By Chris Click
Lifeatstart.com reporter

It’s the best time of the year. Baseball season has finally started. A year full of homeruns, walk off winners, no-hitters, and unexpected surprises. It’s such a long season, but that is okay because nothing beats going to the ball park on a perfect 75 degree night.

Watching the games on TV is fun and all, but nothing is better than actually going to the ball game in person. Nothing beats sitting back watching the game with the smell of hot dogs, bright sunny skies, and the crowd occasionally doing the wave.

I go to about five Detroit Tigers games a year and I always have a great time. I’d recommend going to a baseball game in the summer and not in April. Going to games in 45 degree weather isn’t fun at all. Go out to the ball game and make it one of many memories in your summer.

Life is a rhythm

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Mary Mandley
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Kirstien Billings
LifeAtStart.com reporter

Music is a bunch of noises and words put together to make a song.

Music is a form of art, it is a way to express yourself by using your voice and many instruments. Also, it is a way to show how you feel. I listen to Alternative, and Classic Rock such as Aerosmith, Bears Den, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

There are multiple genres of music, such as Indie, Rock, Rap, Alternative, and more. All of which you can connect to. Listening to music, or creating your own can help express emotions that you can’t accurately describe to anyone.

I listen to a lot of music, and enjoy it because I feel the emotion. I connect with it, and it helps calm whatever I’m feeling in that moment. Music plays an important role in my life.

 

My hardest year yet

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Mary Mandley
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By Nyk Miller
LifeAtStart.com reporter

Ever since I came to Start I’ve been determined to get good grades and stay at my best. Sophomore year I got myself back on track, and junior year was by far my best for grades.

However, my senior year has been difficult. During the summer before my senior year started, I got a job at Get Air. I knew balancing work and school would be difficult, but I completely underestimated what I could handle.

Working 30 hours a week, and having three art classes and projects constantly due, I found myself stuck in an area I didn’t want to be stuck in, and from having so much to do, I’ve become lazy. I know that a lazy behavior is one to work on and not just accept, but I’ve found it difficult when I just want to catch up on sleep to get energy to do what I have to get done.

Working until midnight when I have assignments due at midnight, and then working the next morning, I find myself having very little time to get anything done. Not only for school, but for myself. I have had very little time to do anything I enjoy and just become greatly stressed.

I understand that this is just a normal part of life, but until I find a way to get used to it, I can say that it is greatly difficult. I’ve always been about being strong, but lately I’ve been falling behind on all of my school work and too stressed out to work properly, and I feel very ashamed of it all. I can’t wait until I find a way to balance it all and feel like myself again.

Good news!

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Mary Mandley
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By Alicia Woods
LifeAtStart.com reporter

Delivering bad news can be tricky, as it should be. So sharing good news should be a relatively easy feat, right? Wrong. Delivering good news, without a right course of action, can cause more harm than good. Without a suitable plan, your merry message of wholesome goodness can backfire completely. With these tips, you can make sure your good news stay good news.

Tip #1: Is it really good news?
Before you even think about making an elaborate plan on how to tell Jim he finally got that promotion ask yourself this: is it really good news? Are you sure the manager said “Jim” instead of that “Tim” fellow down the hall? Check your sources and make sure they’re reliable. If not your “good” news becomes “fake” news, and we don’t want another Donald Trump on our hands.

Tip #2: Plan is in motion!
Now that we have concluded that the news is in fact good, we have to have a plan. Don’t leave your conversation to chance and decide to let fate take the wheel. With a plan in mind your chance of an positive reaction increases. You don’t want anybody to have the wrong idea. Consider the 5 elements of communication: Who, what, why, when and how. With these things in mind, you are already on a path to succeed.

Tip #3: Who?
Make sure you know who you are delivering your message to. Don’t add unnecessary factors, such as unnecessary listeners, in your plan. The less drama the better. We don’t need Tim complaining on why he didn’t get that promotion.

Tip #4: What and why?
What needs to be said and why? Pick out the main points of your message and exploit them. No unnecessary information is needed. Be direct and considerate on your delivery and know why you need to tell them. Inconsideration can make things go south real quickly.

Tip #5: Anybody got the time?
Timing is everything. Make sure the recipient of your news doesn’t have anything else on their plate. Too much and it might tip over. If their attention is focused else where because of said events your news maybe undermined and, quite frankly, become bottom of the barrel.

Tip #6: How we doin’ this?
Pick your way of communication that benefits both you and them. Is the current message really worth the time and effort of going to said person and telling them that they simply have more work to do? Or can’t you just send them a text, email or even a letter to tell them of this momentous occasion?

Knowing how to deliver news is everything. Whether it’s good or bad, you need to know how to approach the situation. Next all you need to know is how to deliver regular news.

 

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