Networking, exfoliating, and eating intuitively

I like the "How To" format that I write and get paid for occasionally, but I do feel kind of weird about subjective topics where there's actually more than one "right" way to do something. Sometimes, I probably leave good stuff out, and other times, it's my particular take on a subject. Take for instance my piece on "How to Practice Intuitive Eating." This takes pieces I've read by other authors and some ideas I've synthesized myself. There really isn't a "right" way to eat intuitively other than the main idea of listening to your own body wisdom. So, if you read any of my How To articles, keep in mind that I realize that unless it's a really specific concrete skill, it's just my particular take on how something is done.

Having said that:
How to Practice Intuitive Eating

Natural Ways to Exfoliate Skin

How to Use Networking in a Job Search

How does it feel to lose out to an 11-year-old film critic?

The editor of the Milan News-Leader paper and I are former colleagues and still stay in touch. She sent me this link to a blog entry about a full-grown man who lost out to her 11-year-old movie reviewer in the Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

Exerpt:

Meet Ryan Michaels. Ryan Michaels is an award-winning journalist who does movie reviews for Heritage Newspapers, Inc. Ryan’s reviews are printed in the Saline Reporter and Milan News-Leader, published online and occasionally broadcast over the Internet.

Ryan Michaels is 11 years old.

The “award winning” aspect of Ryan’s title refers to the Michigan Press Association’s 2008 Better Newspaper Contest. Two weeks ago, Ryan received honorable mention in the category of Local Columnist for a weekly paper with a circulation under 4,000. I’ll give you one guess as to who didn’t.

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If you have time, check out Ryan's blog, too. Highly entertaining.