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Overwhelmed at your first job? Here’s how to survive the workload

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025 Daisy Linden0 Comments

So you’ve landed your first job. The ink is still drying on your offer letter, you’ve pressed your only ironed shirt twice to make sure it looks “professional enough”, and maybe your parents are still asking how the benefits package works, though you barely know yourself. And then, suddenly, you’re at your desk, emails already piling up, someone from IT hovering to set up your logins, and your boss casually dropping a “can you handle this by Friday?” into the air like it’s nothing. Welcome to managing workload at your first job

Let me tell you: it’s not nothing. And …

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How to actually feel comfortable in your own home (without losing your mind)

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Daisy Linden0 Comments

Home. People throw the word around like it’s just bricks and wires, but anyone who’s ever dragged themselves into an apartment at the end of a miserable day knows it’s either your shield or it’s a trap. The walls and roof don’t matter much unless they do their job: protecting you, holding you, giving you a place to breathe when everything outside feels like too much. Some homes never get there, they stay stiff and temporary. Others, sometimes without fancy furniture or gadgets, end up feeling like the only place that makes sense.

Let’s talk about what actually makes that …

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Penguins caught whispering under water: what their secret calls might mean

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 Daisy Linden0 Comments

I’ve always loved the idea that animals have entire conversations we can’t quite hear, like eavesdropping on a party through the wall but only catching laughter or a sudden gasp. Turns out, scientists recently confirmed that penguins, yes, those wobbly tuxedo birds we usually see sliding on ice, are carrying on with their own chatter while diving for food. And not just random noise either. Calls. Repeated. Purposeful. Almost like an underwater group text with terrible reception.

The research wasn’t a quick one-off. It spanned two full years, equivalent of two breeding seasons, focusing on Gentoo penguins in Antarctic waters …