June 19, 2023
Bloom 360
SET DAILY SMART GOALS | “To become more productive, in a world filled with distractions and interruptions, you have to set Daily SMART Goals. SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. This method of goal-setting allows you to set and accomplish your goals in a manner that is easy to understand. Your daily goals must be concise, able to be measured in some way, within certain reasonable parameters and sensible.
A good SMART goal must be completed in a specific time frame for it to be effective. Goals that are not time-bound tend to drag on forever, never getting accomplished.” — Brian Tracy
Converting Frustration Into Energy | Anger is often a challenging emotion to control, but with a little practice, you can redirect the anger so that it becomes a positive force in your life.
PINK TAX | The Gender- Based Price Discrimination. Pink Tax isn’t an actual tax; it refers to discriminatory pricing that markups the cost of goods marketed to women, for which men pay less for similar products.
Digital Nomads Are Settling Down | The digital nomad has become an iconic character of the modern remote-work era. The words often conjure the image of a professional writer or tech worker with a computer, meandering through the streets of a picturesque foreign city, or tapping away at a keyboard in a beachfront café. They see the world, they meet new people, they work on their own time. But this might be slowing down or coming to an end as some people who have tried combining working with travel have found the lifestyle isn’t quite what they thought. The reality of this set-up is not always so glamorous.
NAMESAKE: Did you Know that the Marie Biscuit was named after the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia?
The tea biscuit was created by the London bakery Peek, Frean & Co. Ltd in 1874 to celebrate the wedding of the Grand Duchess Maria to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. For the occasion, the bakery made the sweet small round cookie stamped with the Duchess name, Marie.
From the UK, Marie Biscuit became popular throughout Europe and around the world.
GBV | One-third (33%) of young German men think violence against women is acceptable, according to a survey from the children’s charity Plan International. The results of the survey were published in the German newspaper Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, as CNN reported.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik is “hurt” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not yet commented on the allegations of sexual misconduct against the outgoing wrestling federation of India (WFI) chief.
Malik, the first Indian woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal, is among a group of top Indian wrestlers who have been protesting for months, demanding the arrest of the influential MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, for sexual harassment. Mr Singh has been questioned by police but not arrested.
Egypt’s National Council for Women will launch an initiative to establish a museum to showcase and shed light on women’s heritage.
The museum will record and document the heritage and history of Egyptian women, through the ages until today, as well as recognize their achievements and contributions and role they played in shaping the history of Egypt.
Sarah Shendy Becomes Ohio’s First Egyptian Female Police Sergeant
Sergeant Sarah Shandy has been serving with the police department for 15 years and was appointed in 2020 as Director of Ohio’s Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment by Governor Mike DeWine. In 2017, she received the 40 Under Forty police award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
MOVIES: Latest film by Saudi Actress Dina Shihabi’s, Catching Dust, premiered at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival on June 11.
Dina Shihabi was born on Sept. 22, 1989, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She spent her childhood in Beirut, and Dubai, where she developed interest in dance and acting. At the age of 18, she moved to New York City to pursue her passions.
SPORTS: Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif wins Valencia Open 2023 title & advances in the WTA Ranking to 31, the best in Egypt’s tennis history.
SAILING: Kirsten Neuschäfer becomes first woman to win Golden Globe Race
Solo Sailer Kirsten Neuschäfer became the first women to to both complete and win the nonstop around-the-world Golden Globe Race,after sailing for 235 days at sea aboard Minnehaha, her 36-foot Cape George sailboat. The native South African is the first woman to win in the race’s history, since it started in 1968.
WORLD RECORD: Guinness World Records for Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci’s Non-stop Cooking Record Confirmed.
The efforts by Baci to break the record for cooking non-stop have been recognized by (GWR). On May 11, 2023, Baci cooked for 100 hours Straight to Break World Record.
BOOKS: Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author “Eat, Pray, Love,” decided to indefinitely pause publication of her latest novel, “The Snow Forest,” after an “overwhelming” wave of criticism on social media and Goodreads from Ukranian readers who expressed anger, sorrow and disappointment. The backlash was triggered by the books setting in 20th-century Siberia, Russia.
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