OJO OREOFE
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Hi there, My name is Ojo Oreofe. I am a professional writer with over two years of experience creating content for a variety of audiences. I have worked as a freelance writer for multiple publications. In my free time, I enjoy reading.
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Forgiving Yourself
Anybody can make mistakes at some point in their life. Why, then, does your world come to an end when you make the same mistake? Oh, you start seeing darkness; you're so hard on yourself; you struggle to forgive yourself; you struggle to love yourself again, you start feeling like the worst person; you feel like the murderer; you start feeling like everybody knows about your secret.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Psyche
How To Charge Phone
Have you ever been lost in a new City without navigation or run out of battery at your favorite bands concert when they were about to play your song these are just two of the many moments you need your phone not to fail you but your battery begs to differ what can you do to win this argument well the first thing you'll probably do is shut down all the apps that you have running in the background it seems like the logical way to go but it actually only makes things worse when you force quit an app your phone spends its precious juice on closing the app and clearing it from RAM and when you decide to open the app again it'll spend more resources on bringing it back to life when you leave one app and start using a different one the first one is stored in Ram it sits there quietly in the ready to relaunch in exactly the same condition State and we'll jump back into action without wasting any extra battery time or data phone has its own memory management mechanisms it'll close the apps that you haven't used for a long time or the ones that are using more battery than they should those greedy Little Pigs you can help the system work smoothly and fast by not trying to do the job for the phone and letting it decide which app to keep running in the background do you have a bright image from your last vacation as wallpaper on your phone it's not so obvious but this phone could actually be the reason why you're losing battery faster than ever many new phones have an OLED display when you set a dark wallpaper it doesn't have to waste power on lighting up black pixels so the larger the darker areas on the screen the less battery it eats you can also turn on dark mode it can boost up the battery on your phone or tablet quite a bit you can choose to activate it at sunset or Sunrise automatically every day by the way if you turn on dark a la mode you'll wind up with chocolate ice cream on your phone better skip that one one solution that always helps both on phones and laptops is adjusting the screen brightness you can deactivate the automatic brightness mode to save some juice it's brought to you by a light sensor that spends even more power on collecting and analyzing data about the surroundings to pick the right light level you can manually dim your screen brightness to a comfortable level and waste energy on something you don't really need you can also shorten the auto lock time to a minimum the sooner your screen goes off when you're not using the phone the less energy it's heating the default timeout is 30 seconds for most phones but you can bring it down to 15. twice as fast could be a great energy saver for you do you like to charge your phone from zero to one hundred percent or maybe even let it eat some extra juice after it hits the 100 Mark Well you aren't doing the battery any good like this experts say that the best range is between 25 to 85 percent if you want your battery to last longer and live a healthier life if you let the lithium ion battery go down to zero all the time and then juice it back up this can wear it out faster than normal another possible solution for your hungry battery is a portable charger they come in all possible shapes colors and sizes you just need to decide how much power you want from it there are models that can help your phone last until the end of the day and some stronger ones that will keep you covered for an entire weekend do need to charge your portable battery before it can feed your phone but don't overdo it only charge when you're about to use it because the more power you run through it the shorter it will serve you smaller more affordable models usually last 200 to 300 Cycles if you don't use it that much at least charge it once every three months to keep the battery active and yes it's perfectly safe to use your phone while it's charging from your new external battery have you already tried buying a charging phone case for your favor Gadget it's a perfect option for you if you spend a lot of time away from the outlet but then again don't we all also it doesn't take up any extra space in your bag unlike an external battery it does make the phone itself bulkier though if you want a more powerful case you can you get pair that it's going to be bigger and heavier than the other models and of course when choosing the ideal case don't fall for a lower price a bad quality knockoff can seriously damage your phone or its battery
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Longevity
Law Of Gravity
If it weren't for the gravitational force on earth we would float instead of walk i have what we call the board of mystery it's what binds us and mostly everything around us to the earth but in some places on earth a strange phenomenon is at work and the gravitational force becomes zero here are some places on earth where gravity doesn't seem to work.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Earth
Proper Communication Etiquette
Communication can be a challenge. By the way, it's not just to you who're reading this. A lot of us were not brought up in an environment where people could listen to us, where we were heard, or where we had a platform to air our issues and to talk about different things. A lot of people don't know how to communicate, especially from upbringing, and then when you grow up and you have to talk to your boss, you have to talk to your spouse, your roommate. And you find it so challenging to ask for what you want or to communicate your desires because that is an unfamiliar territory to you. In order for all forms of relationships to thrive and be, effective and healthy, we must communicate.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Motivation
Interesting Facts About YouTube
Welcome to my top YouTube secrets, from the strange way it started to the unexpected things people search for to the cool tricks you didn't know you could do on it. So the site is actually called YouTube because it allows you to upload your own videos and two because back when everyone was using those old CRT televisions based on cathode ray tube technology, tube was what people used to call their TV and it was actually meant to be a dating site. It's crazy to think about now, but the entire concept of YouTube back in 2005 was for people to upload videos of themselves talking about the partner of their dreams in the hope of finding them, but no one did, which led the founders, who were basically a set of three ex-paypal employees, to even start offering random women twenty dollars to upload and get the ball rolling, but none of them said yes, which is when they made the best decision of their lives by opening YouTube up to all kinds of videos, not just dating requests, and then starting things off with the very first one, which was no joke just 19 seconds of one of these founders standing around at the zoo can you imagine telling this guy back then that this video would ever get to tens of millions of comments and hundreds of millions of views.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Fiction
Food Allergy In Children
As a parent, you may feel as if you have a lot to worry about. And if your child has dietary allergies, things might get even more problematic. Not only must they be kept away from electrical outlets and busy roadways, but they must also be kept away from foods such as peanuts, shrimp, milk, and eggs. After all, symptoms such as tingling or itching in the mouth, hives, and difficulty breathing can swiftly escalate into a life-threatening situation.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Families
Reading Can Change Your Brain
What if you could simply read a book and rewire your brain to be more awesome? Reading can help you to develop new perspectives and ideas, which can in turn influence the way you think and act. So while reading may not be a magic bullet for instantly "rewiring" your brain, it can certainly be a valuable tool for personal growth and development.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Humans
Facts About Sexual Desire
What is being turned on supposed to feel like? According to all of the messaging around us, it's this simple, automatic thing that you should just get, especially when you're young. But sexual desire is really anything but simple, and yeah, we're talking about sex, but before you all go getting frisky in the comments, sexual desire is an aspect of physical and mental health. There's lots of very legitimate science around it, but it's treated as taboo or inappropriate, and that leaves a whole bunch of really important issues lurking in the dark.
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Humans
Childbirth Myth And Facts
If your water bursts, it implies the baby is on its way, even if merely digesting the placenta is beneficial. Don't go there. It is a fallacy that labor just takes a few of hours. We'll be busting myths about birthing today. Oh, this is wonderful wide hips mean easier birth. This is a complete lie, because what we see as your hips aren't even representative of what's going on with the bones in your pelvis, which actually important. The bony pelvis is joined by cartilage, which is softer and loosens up towards the latter stage of pregnancy, giving the baby a little more room, and then labor, with all those contractions and coordination that drives the head into the pelvis. A lot relies on the baby, right? I think one thing that frustrates people is when they ask if they will have a vaginal delivery at 38 weeks. We can't tell because there are so many other factors that go into whether or not your baby is coming out vaginally. It's not just the baby's size, it's the baby's position, it's how well the baby tolerates holding its breath every three minutes. the best position to labor and give birth on is your back that's a myth what you might see on television or in the movies of a patient flat on their back is actually the worst position to labor and give birth in we love to have patients be in bed certainly on their side but there's also a lot of opportunity to be sitting up and even to be walking around depending again on the situation with your pregnancy your baby and your labor there's the opportunity potentially to take a shower some people use birthing balls as a place to sit many places now have wireless fetal monitoring where you actually can even monitor the baby while you're moving around and a lot also depends on whether or not you have anesthesia because once you have an epidural it is fabulous for taking away the discomfort on your abdomen and those contractions but it does in many ways weaken your leg muscles so most hospitals will not allow you to walk around with your epidural in just because you may not be as strong this is definitely a myth You can induce labor by eating spicy food, so this is a myth; there are several of them out there; all of the things that people believe you can do to induce labor include pineapples, cream cheese, and other dairy products. That one about rough roads and having sex has some truth to it, right? I know it's not a myth, but nipple stimulation genuinely works. The difficult aspect about nipple stimulation is that you get so many contractions at once that the kid doesn't like it. The sex and nipple stimulation have sort of valid plausible reasons why they may help but I don't think there's a protocol for how to do it and how to do it safely we know how to induce labor we have different medications that we can use vaginally medications that we can use in the iv and we know how to do that safely sex is fine if it's comfortable and something that you want to be doing walking being active kind of getting out and about but i think this baby's gonna come when the baby's gonna come your water breaks with no warning i know people see it in the tv and movies and it's a very dramatic event and it's clear-cut and you rush to the hospital the baby is born that's not always how it happens sometimes it does break with a huge gush and it's very obvious sometimes there's a leak and patients are unsure and sometimes people don't know whether it's urine or it's their water breaking if it's urine it comes out and then it stops and if it's your water it continues it does not stop so put a pad on and if the pad is consistently wet and saturated you have to think gee maybe my water broke sometimes we will break your water for you for some patients they will be in labor and progressing nicely in labor and the water will not have broken on its own if you're unsure whether or not your water is broken it's better to come in and let us tell you yes or no rather than stay at home because if your water has broken and there's a long time before your delivery you do increase the risk for getting an infection if your water breaks that means the baby is coming very soon if only yeah we wish this is not always the case it is all over the map because a lot depends on how many children you've had if it's your fourth baby and you're contracting in your water breaks it's coming fast if it's your first baby your water breaks you're not contracting it could be 12 24 hours so it's hard to know contractions that come consistently with the baby's head against the cervix are what makes the cervix open the cervix has to get to 10 centimeters before you can push so that process is the process of labor if your water breaks in the course of that process great but that doesn't tell us the timing for some subset of our patients the water will break and the patient may not be in labor that happens in probably eight to ten percent of patients so if you think your water is broken you should call your provider and say my water's broken i am contracting or not contracting and when should i come in because that answer is going to vary depending on the circumstances around your pregnancy No, eating your placenta is not beneficial for you. Please, please, please do not consume your placenta. Many patients will inquire about the benefits of ingesting the placenta. While we are completely supportive of doing anything to prevent those issues, I believe we must acknowledge that there is no science behind the placenta being helpful to that. There was actually a recent publication from the American Academy of Pediatrics that outlined some of these less traditional practices surrounding birth, and this one is specifically mentioned in that publication. It is critical to pay attention to your nutrition. your hydration, relaxation when you can with a newborn, and lots of help from family and friends labor usually lasts a couple of hours there are occasionally patients who've had children in the past who start to contract at home and come in and quickly have a birth with us but it is definitely the exception not the rule depends on how many kids you've had labor usually last i'd say 12 to 24 hours is average for your first baby second third way faster thank goodness the labor process has multiple stages and phases the early part of labor can take a fair amount of time some people will start with cramping then the cramping is like unbearable and then they'll realize it's contractions those contractions then are maybe 20 minutes apart and then they're 10 minutes apart and you actually need a lot of contractions that are three minutes apart consistently to soften the cervix and most people will do some of that at home for several hours and then they'll call us and say i think i'm in labor and then we'll say come on in once you get to sort of that six or so centimeters things start to speed up and then you eventually get to you know 10 centimeters and then the real work happens usually you will begin to push shortly after you are determined to be 10 centimeters and then that pushing process is called the second stage of labor and it's from the time that you're fully dilated until the time that your baby is out once the cord is clamped and cut then we go on to the next step which is we need to deliver the placenta we then are going to do some things to help prevent you from bleeding so that's sort of the last piece making sure that we identify and repair tears that were created during the birth process Doctors smacked the infant on the back after birth; this is an ancient wives' tale from the movies. I think it comes from the desire to stimulate the baby to take a big deep breath after we clamp the cord but you don't really have to do that the babies do it on their own they start crying so sometimes you will see us rub the baby's back or tap the bottom of the baby's feet just to sort of make it go up and then it takes deep breath coughs up fluid and then starts screaming an epidural increases the chance of needing a c-section myth epidural does not increase the risk of needing a c-section i think that misinformation comes from the fact that some patients probably get the epidural so early that they're not even in labor and then it becomes intervention after intervention after intervention and some people end up with a c-section they'll explain the risks they'll explain the benefits and they'll explain the alternatives which is always to not have one but the risks that they will talk about are a tiny risk of infection and a very small risk of a headache after the procedure again this is shared decision making at its best it's great to have options for what you're going to use to manage labor because labor is painful get the epidural early before it's too late that's a myth yeah this is a myth but it's a really common one that we hear we wouldn't want you to get an epidural if you're not in labor there really is no too late unless it's that the baby's coming or that you're unable to really sit still for them to place the epidural itself i think it's our job to sort of work with you to figure out when is that just right for you and it may not be the same for every patient if you show up and you're 10 centimeters and you're like i want an epidural i will actually talk you down from that ledge because it's not that you can't get the epidural it takes about 15 minutes to get the effect of the epidural so 15 minutes into your 10 centimeters and pushing your baby might be out by then have the conversation with the anesthesia team even if you're not ready to commit meet the people learn about the risks and benefits before you're in the active phase of labor incredibly uncomfortable when it becomes harder to listen and process information c-sections are the easy way out myth myth If you compare maternal risks associated with vaginal delivery to a c-section, essentially everything is a little bit higher with a c-section and what do I mean by everything you have a greater risk of infection a greater risk of bleeding and a greater risk of having a blood clot after the delivery and the recovery is definitely longer the surgery itself is complicated so we don't wa
By OJO OREOFE3 years ago in Families
