Abby Bustin

During and after watching the video 10 Ways To Have A Better Conversation I was so amazed. I loved how she formatted the TED Talk. She told facts, things that famous people said, talked about what usually happens with conversations, and then gave us 10 rules for how to improve our conversations. What she said that I found really interesting was this: "Pure Research did a study on 10,000 American adults and they found that we are way more divided than we ever had been in history, and we are way less likely to compromise. We make friends based on what we already believe." This was a great way to start the talk. Before talking about the 10 rules, in the beginning Headlee made two points that really made me more cautious. These were that a conversation requires a balance between talking and listening. Another one was that M. Scott Peck said "True listening requires a setting aside of oneself." I had many takeaways from the "10 ways to have a better conversation...

While creating my own blog, I thought it was important to research and find other blogs that I could get inspiration from. In this post I inserted pictures and brief descriptions of why they are good to scroll through and why I find them interesting. You should check them out! This is the first blog. It's called Simply Recipes. It shows all different kinds of food that are cool to make.    https://www.simplyrecipes.com Simply Recipes is a good mentor blog because it is very organized. I like how they chose a color scheme of Teal and Red, colors are important in blogs.  My family and I love to cook but we never know what food to make. I never realized there were blogs that show ideas for what to cook. That's why I love this blog. They have different tabs for what people look for which is very helpful. I'm already doing this with my blog which I like, it looks professional. Also for the different recipes this blog has pictures to represent what each one looks like. This is ...