Day: October 14, 2019

October 14, 2019 at 11:00PM by CWC Never stay less than a year at any job is one of those golden rules of résumés, right up there with having no unexplained employment gaps or wild changes in industry. So, what’s a hardworking professional to do when they gave it the old college try, but know their new job isn’t right for them? In this week’s Good@Work column, career expert Amy Odell—whom you may know as the former editor of Cosmopolitan.com and founding blogger of New York magazine’s The Cut—explains why a short stint is only part of the picture. Question: I recently left my “comfortable” job and started a new one. I’m now six months in and realizing I completely regret leaving my old gig. I know I’m unhappy and have given it a decent amount of time and effort, yet nothing seems to change. I want to leave but I’m worried what other companies (and friends/family) might think if I leave too soon! How bad is it really to jump around jobs too much? Will potential hiring managers see it as a red flag?? My parents have been at the same company their entire career so I’m worried about not living up to those expectations! Answer: It sounds like your two big concerns about leaving are what your parents will think and what people who might hire you in the future will think. But this is your life and your career and the thoughts and feelings you should be most concerned

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October 14, 2019 at 10:30PM by CWC Let’s take a time machine back to early 2015 when the blue and black dress (or was it white and gold?) took the internet by storm. Twitter users quickly pinned the difference in perception to the commonly held belief to that each of us leans toward being right-brained (creative and emotional) or left-brained (analytical and rational). Now that the goddess Lizzo has recirculated a sneaker with similar color-shifting trickery, the mystery has returned to cyberspace once more. This time, Matt Johnson, PhD, a professor of neuroscience and founder of neuromarketing blog PopNeuro, wants you to know the cold, hard facts. Whether you see the shoe as green and grey or pink and white has nothing to do with being “left-brained or right-brained.” And, by extension, says zero about how artsy, intellectual, or analytical you are. “There’s a lot of talk about people being right-brained or left-brained,” says Dr. Johnson. “To a neuroscientist, this is second only to ‘we use only 10 percent‘ as the most frustrating colloquial belief about the brain.” The idea of learning something about your personality from a widespread meme is tempting—no argument there. But, according to Dr. Johnson, it’s nothing short of fantasy.   View this post on Instagram   I SEE GREY & TEAL BUT MY WHOLE TEAM SEES PINK & WHITE HELP A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating) on Oct 13, 2019 at 2:15pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js “There’s no evidence that certain people use one hemisphere more than

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October 14, 2019 at 10:00PM by CWC Pop-culture imagery has fed me a ton of lies over the years about how sex looks. (Like, why is everyone on TV so okay with breaking lamps and running into walls in the heat of the moment?) The most enduring and wildly incorrect one, though, is that if you’re a woman having penetrative sex, after three thrusts, max, you’ll orgasm. The boils my blood because in reality, fewer than 20 percent of women can orgasm from penetration alone. Welcome to the orgasm gap! Typically, the concept points to how during the sexual encounters of heterosexual men and women, 65 percent of women report reaching orgasm versus 95 percent of men, according to a 2017 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. But, since that’s based on the sexual encounter of penetrative sex, we need to widen our understanding of what constitutes sex in the first place and then make those practices the norm. Because while that low statistic isn’t the most confidence boosting, other research has found that only about 5 percent of women report never being about to climax ever. “The main contributing factor to the orgasm gap is that for most women, penetration alone is not the primary source of pleasure,” says Shannon Chavez, PsyD, licensed sex therapist. “Society contributes to this problem by defining ‘sex’ as ‘penetration.’” It’s worth noting that experts say people with vulvas who are in non-heteronormative relationships tend to have more orgasms, and one reason for this is

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October 14, 2019 at 08:30PM by CWC Nothing makes me feel more effortlessly cool than minimalist nail art. I could be wearing a sweatshirt from college and jeans, but if my nails are on point, I have influencer-level confidence. Should I shoot a close-up of my hands wrapped around my coffee with my nails in plain view? I think yes. You don’t have to shell out the big bucks for cute nails or settle for a one-note solid coat. Trust me: I’m not exactly skilled at creating works of art on dime-sized canvases, but the best part is that I don’t have to be with minimalist nail art. Bless the manicure-inept trendsetter who dreamed this up because the latest nail styles require almost no skill at all. All the minimalist nail art ideas rounded up here take less than 15 seconds to do (after your basic mani is set of course). Minimalist nail art that gives you more time to do literally anything else   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Charlotte Mealing (@multibendybeauty) on Oct 13, 2019 at 11:12am PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js 1. Bold lines Bold, dark lines on a light-hued mani looks both trendy and timeless. As shown here, you can get a little whimsical too; the lines don’t have to be uniform.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by alua beauty (@aluanewyork) on Oct 9, 2019 at 9:59am PDT 2. Oversized dots Going big with your dots transforms your minimalist

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