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Life

Refresh Your Style for 2021 with Blue Light Glasses

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Looking for a way to change up your style in the New Year? With video conferencing still being one of the primary forms of day-to-day communication, a new set of frames may be just what you need to add a little spark to your New Year style!

Glasses can instantly give you a new look and aid in the expression of your distinct personality. Blue light glasses provide an added benefit in that they protect your eyes from excessive computer usage and prevent possible vision loss in the future.

Ready to learn how to revolutionize your style in just a matter of seconds? Keep reading! We’ve carefully selected a few different types of frames just for you.

Retro

Accentuate those beautiful eyes of yours with soft, sixties glam. Rounded, cat-eye frames like these make your eyes the main attraction and can bring together just about any look, casual or formal with a sophisticated finish. Bring a fresh blast from the past to your video calls with these unforgettable retro specs.

Modern

Talk about distinct! These cube-shaped frames are unlike anything we’ve ever seen. They scream unique and are great for those not afraid to stand out from the crowd. Are you an early adapter, a trendsetter, or a risk-taker? Well, these frames may be right up your alley. 

Bold

Nothing says bold like bright colors. Red or burgundy frames are the perfect way to convey bravery and passion. According to color psychology, every color communicates something different. Take a look at a color psychology wheel and decide what you want to say through the shade of your specs!

Scholarly

You can never go wrong with serious, yet playful traditional rounded glasses. Toted by academics and scholars across the globe, these specs show that you are ready to roll your sleeves up and learn. 

What new accessories will you add to your style for the New Year? Let us know in the comments.

Wishing You a Successful and Stylish New Year!

Post Graduate

Life

20 Ways Twenty-Somethings Can Level Up in the New Year

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People sometimes view their twenties as the last chance to really have fun and goof off. Many say it’s a period of life planning, a time to work hard so you can play hard later. Most view it as somewhere in between. No matter what end of the spectrum you’re on, it’s always beneficial for any one of any age to have some sort of goal.

Not sure where to start? No problem, we’ve put together a list of twenty ways twenty-somethings can begin to level up and become the best version of themselves.

Practicality

1. Vision Casting & Goal Creation

After a certain age, life begins to move at lightening speed. You’ve heard the phrase, “life is short.” Well, it’s true. One way to get a handle on the pace of life is to create attainable goals for yourself and have a vision for the future. You can easily do this with a vision board  or a planning journal. Many times we find ourselves unhappy with our current circumstances, and if it isn’t due to lack of patience or discontentment, it may be because we failed to envision what we wanted a certain part of our lives to look like. Start thinking about what you feel lead to do and working towards it.

2. Saving & Budgeting

It’s tempting to let the satisfaction with getting more money than you ever have in your life replace the nudge you feel to save for the future. Let’s not do that. As we said earlier, life goes by fast, and it’s easy to loose track of time. Start saving money for the day you no longer want to work for a living and keep track of your expenses.

3. New Skill Acquisition

Just because you just finished 12-24 years of schooling, doesn’t mean you have to stop learning. Learning new skills is personally enriching, and depending on your career field, can lead to advancement in the workplace. You can search for free videos and articles online or sign up for formal courses on topics relevant to your personal ambitions.

4. Digital Networking

It’s no where near as complex as it sounds. LinkedIn is not just for jobs. The career-focused website is great for maintaining relationships with former classmates and colleagues. It’s also great for forming new professional connections that can one day be taken offline.

5. Knowledge of Basic Money Management

After you start saving and budgeting, double down to make sure you actually understand the basics. Books like Why Didn’t They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By teach you basic terminology, rules and conditions around how money actually works and how it’s handled our society. 

6. Starting That Project

Just start. Write something down. Sign up for a free account. Send the email. Make the phone call. You may not have everything you need yet, and it may not be the right time, but what if it is? Even if you start humbly, the point is, you started.

7. Going Back to School

Graduate school has many benefits. The value of an advanced degree goes far beyond a salary hike. It can be personally enriching, build your professional network and even earn you another set of lifelong friends. In many professions, a graduate degree opens up another level of impact that can be used to help more people on a greater level. Find your “why” and plan your academic career accordingly.

Spirituality

8. Prayer & Devotion

Closeness to God is the best way to be the best version of ourselves. God knows exactly who we are, what we need and how to accomplish it. Spend some time in prayer and Biblical devotion and watch your life change.

9. Forgiveness

Holding a grudge will only cause you more emotional harm. You don’t have to re-establish a relationship with that person, but let whatever they did to you go, for your sake.

10. Service & Generosity 

Giving to others requires sacrifice on our part, but comes with so many hidden blessings. While we may loose something we didn’t really need all to ourselves in the first place, we gain so much more. We are replenished, restored and reactivated when we release what we have to others.

11. Stopping Comparison

You have a unique purpose and calling, so why would your life look like his or hers. Stop comparing your journey to others’ journey when it’s not meant to look the same. You can loose yourself trying to live someone else’s life.

12. Positive Affirmation

Sometimes we just need a little reminder of who we are and what we can do to get us going. You can use sticky notes to place helpful, positive reminders, that you can easily access throughout the day, all around you. 

13. Emotional Health Evaluation

Life is not always black and white. Things happen, and our souls sometimes pay the price for it. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. What’s way worst than a fictitious stereotype is the accumulation of hurt and pain with no outlet. Therapy is a great tool for achieving internal freedom.

Soul

14. Friendships & Community

Friendship and community are great for the soul. There’s nothing quite like getting together with people who all have each other’s best interest at heart and want to see each other succeed. Surround yourself with great community who want to see you win and will cheer you on as you endeavor to reach higher heights.

15. Getting Out in Nature

Witnessing the beauty of the earth naturally boosts our mood and relieves stress. You don’t have to go on an elaborate, expensive vacation to do so either. The river a few miles away from your house, the park across the street or the public garden downtown will do just fine.

16. More Reading

Unplug from technology and immerse yourself in someone else’s reality. Take a break from the digital commotion to learn about someone else’s life experience, culture or philosophy with a good book.

17. Proper Resting

It’s hard to appreciate the benefits of an activity we take part in with almost no consciousness, but when we don’t have it, we definitely feel it. Try to get 7 – 9 hours of sleep each night even if you have to rearrange some things on your schedule.

18. Drinking Water

Don’t forget the power of water! The simple liquid substance substantially impacts internal and external parts of us from the clearness of the skin on our face to the protection of our spinal cords and joints. Health experts recommend about three liters a day for men and about two liters a day for women. Water bottles like the Bottlerix help you easily keep track of your water intake.

19. Travel Bucket List

Sometimes you just need to hop on a plane a get away for a while. It’s purely enjoyable to see new sights and participate in other cultures. Get yourself a travel planner and start dreaming!

20. Loving Others

The world can sometimes be a cold place. Make it better for everyone, including yourself, with your love.

We are so excited to be on this journey with you are here to cheer you on as you tackle your twenties!

With Pleasure,

Post Graduate

Life

Ugly Christmas Sweaters for Every Personality Type

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There are usually one of two reactions people have when they hear the term “ugly Christmas sweater.” Some light up and begin thinking of ways to wow during the office Christmas party. Others let out a sign of stress wondering why we have to do this every year.

Whether you’re the life of the ugly Christmas sweater party or the one who rolls their eyes when they get their email invitation, there’s a warm fuzzy top with your name on it (possibly literally).

Here are ugly Christmas sweater ideas for every personality type!

The Mildly Funny One Who Likes Light Mingling 

Everyone loves a good pun, especially around the holidays. This sweater will get a giggle out of everyone and will surely spark up cordial conversation across Zoom. Poor Mr. Gingerbread!

You will also win friends with this oh-so-relatable cozy gem. It’s what so many of us are thinking!

The Reserved One

You can still participate without bringing a ton of attention to yourself with this classy and christmassy top. Sequins, snowflakes and a smiling snowman make this sweater just the right amount of festive!

The One Who Actually Loves Christmas

Let’s be real. You love Christmas and you’ll get as ugly as you need to in order to get in the spirit. This one is for you, the traditional ugly-Christmas-sweater-lover. You can come dressed as a Christmas tree.

The One Who Actually Loves Fashion

Are you the fashionable one in the group? Does being stylish come natural to you? Well you can come dressed up. Spice up one of these ugly Christmas sweater dresses or ugly Christmas sweater suits. We can’t wait to see how you’ll make it yours. 

The Life of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

Ugly Christmas sweaters are your calling. Every year, you’re expected to come in something more outrageous, and honestly, it’s a bit stressful, but exhilarating. Come onto the Christmas party call with this sweater that looks like you decided to get Christmas tattoos all over your body…the night before. 

If that doesn’t satisfy you, come dressed as Santa or Mrs. Claus!

Have a Fashionable, Festive Holiday!

-Post Graduate

Life

Life After College: The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful

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After one last spelling and grammar check, I drug my cursor over to the File tab to print my very last undergraduate college paper. Bending over emotionlessly in my desk chair, I grabbed several pages of public relations recommendations from the mouth of my printer.

My eyes had been glued to the screen for hours, but not anymore. I turned the bundle of papers right side up and not too soon after detected a glaring error. I quickly scrolled back through the paper, fixed the error, and raced over to the file tab to print, but this time was met with a resistant orange glow. 

My printer had stopped working. After fumbling around for a few seconds trying to mentally sort out my printing options. I quickly got up from my chair, smoothed down my hair and headed over to the fast-casual dining hall to finish my print job. As usual, the lines were long and filled with late teens and early twenty-somethings attempting cram in one last late night meal. 

Walking through the door for what I knew would be one of the last times felt like completing a secret time-traveling mission, the future and the present had caught up to each other. Very rarely do we recognize the “good ole days” as the good ole days, but when we do, its an experience that cuts deep into our perception of reality leaving an unmistakable tingling in our souls.

This is it. It’s over. 

A few days later, I woke up at home to a cleansing spring breeze and an almost-Summer sunny day. My eyes opened to a different ceiling, a new horizon and a changing season. 

It had ended just as quickly as it started.

Graduation day was anticlimactic but held a strong-silent power. My college was the last to graduate in the university and the smallest. There were empty chairs left over from the other graduations that happened earlier that week.

We went in, got our names called, heard a few speeches and that was that. I didn’t have a job lined up, but went through my last three months bearing a big secret. I barely told anyone.

I had gotten into graduate school, a graduate school linked to one of the best universities in the country.

Being part public relations major drew many multi-level marketing companies to my email inbox. Many times I didn’t know what was up until I went through unlikely job scenarios like group interviews or meetings at random locations.

One day, when I went back to my off-campus apartment to finish moving out the rest of my things, I got a phone call. It was from a small, family-run company on the outskirts of town. 

Turns out, it was more than a phone call. It was a phone interview. I thought I did pretty good, at least better than the last one where they called hours earlier than expected, in-between classes.

A little while later, I went in for a face-to-face interview and right after Independence Day, I had a marketing job at a for-profit company which I later realized was rare in my region.

It was a fresh, fun environment with pizza Fridays, weekly happy hours, monthly birthday parties, wedding and baby showers and holiday parties. It took an hour for me to get there by bus and train, thirty minutes to get to my graduate campus back from work and thirty minutes home after a two hour, thirty minute class, but it was worth it. 

It was all worth it.

Kindly,

 The Post Graduate