Rediscovering Old Home Movies

Share Your Memories Over The Internet!

Making home movies has become one the most common hobbies nowadays, but just a few years earlier it was considered a luxury to have your own video camera. Compared to today’s nifty flash drive video recorders and DVD handy-cams, these early predecessors were heavy and bulky devices that recorded poorly on VHS cassettes. However, my fascination with video cameras has always remained ceaseless because they allow me to capture the most precious moments of my life.

Being a true home video enthusiast, I have been constantly learning and adapting as technology has gradually evolved in the home movies industry. I do enjoy using the new and improved cameras, but recently I have developed a new facet of my hobby. I had realized that my old home movies were becoming obsolete because I hardly watched VHS tapes anymore, so I decided to get a TV card installed on my computer. The TV card allows me to connect my old camera to my computer and digitally record from VHS tapes. As a result, I now take delight in managing my personal project of transferring my memorable videos on old VHS tapes onto my computer’s hard disk drive. It has taken me a while to learn this process of converting movies to digital format, but upgrading my old home videos is a fun extra-curricular activity that allows me to relive the good times from my past while availing the conveniences of modern technology.

Converting my VHS tape recordings to digital format has benefited me in many ways. Apart from being able to access my old home movies conveniently through my computer, I can now also share age-old memorabilia with friends and family using video-sharing sites such as YouTube. It is so much fun to have a laugh with friends over the internet and read comments on the videos I made with them during our childhood. I have a large collection of home movies that still need to be converted so these days you’ll always find me tweaking with my old VHS camera and computer settings during my spare time.

"Show Me The Money!"

Getting Paid More Increases Motivation.

Money has been recognized as one of the many factors that affect our motivation. Finance and Psychology are usually treated as two very separate fields of study, but they frequently intermingle in everyday life because money affects a large portion of our behavior and mentality.

Money is a very significant part of modern living. Although the value of money varies for different people, it is generally valued as an object of prestige and survival that can be applied for uses of leisure as well as necessity. Hence it is something that most people either desperately need or wish to possess. The fact that most people switch jobs because of better pay statistically demonstrates just how much money affects a person's choice of work.

In conclusion, it is reasonable to say that money is an effective motivator at work. Money is a means to fulfill our need for survival as well as our want for leisure. Whereas most people wish to also enjoy their work, money acts as a primary stimulus in terms of making people feel rewarded for their services. If your priority in life is to live the way you want then finding a job that gives you financial independence has got to be your first step towards freedom. Of course, nothing beats making money doing something that you love and I'm glad that I am able to use writing as a decent source of income.

Accepting The Present

Live Life Now!

Over the years, I have realized that life is a collection of moments rather than a grand plan. What we plan rarely happens, and even though we may have done quite well for ourselves, we always tend to have a certain irritation about things not going as we had planned.

People often tend to define certain rules and boundaries of behavior as a framework within which to live their lives. In contradiction, living for the moment is about taking things day by day and being happy with whatever comes your way. Even if you have long-term plans in life, you can live for the moment by breaking your plan into more short-term and attainable goals. Living for the moment teaches you to take everything step by step.

Planning too far ahead often leads to panic and disappointment. It causes anxiety over things you have little control of in your current situation. Instead, try to see what opportunities life has to offer now and don’t be afraid to follow your heart. Life is a gift and I have become a happier person by accepting the present!

A Passion For Writing

Why I Love To Write!

By Nadeem Alim

The act of writing can be described in various ways. For some it is a method of communication, whereas others may think of it as a form of business or creativity. What draws me most towards writing is that it is so diverse in its motives, methods and results. Although it is necessary to follow the proper rules of spelling and grammar, a good writer explores the written word as a form of art where the importance of expression often precedes all else.

Being someone who writes for his own enjoyment, the meaning of success as a writer changes for me. Although I do frequently receive comments from others and take them as constructive criticism, writing is primarily something that I do for myself. This in return elevates my level of enjoyment, because I do not consider writing to be an obligation. Instead, it is an opportunity to explore and express that I take pleasure in very much.

When I tell someone that I am good at writing, or that I write at all, I don’t necessarily have to support my statement with examples of my work. Instead, I tell them how writing brings joy to me. To me, being a good writer is not about earning a lot of money or becoming famous, it is about having a good attitude towards what you do. If someone has become rich and famous through writing but does not enjoy doing it then I would say that they are unsuccessful as a writer. In contrast, I would say that a struggling writer or even a pre-school student who is learning to write the alphabet is a more successful writer if they enjoy what they do. This is why sometimes I don’t even need to tell a person that I am good at writing; just telling them that I write at all is enough to feel honorable and honest about it.

Writing is not just something that I do, it is also a part of who I am. The fact that I take my writing personally often leads to problems with accepting criticism. I take negative comments very much to heart and do wish that people would learn to appreciate rather than criticize. Of course, when trying to apply your writing for academic or professional purposes you do usually have to listen to what others say. I feel that this does help me grow as a writer, but I am always very careful to not lose my own identity in the process of listening to and trying to please others.

One of the attributes of writing that I am most fond of is that it allows me to work from scratch. It is this origination of ideas that appeals to me, which is why any piece of writing is most fascinating to me in its early stages. When I write, I want other people or things to influence me as little as possible. Instead, I try to gather my own thoughts, observations and interpretations about the topic I am writing about and make my work as original as it can be. I can’t say that there is a particular person that has influenced my work. I do appreciate reading other people’s work, but becoming a writer myself is something that I have explored on my own and developed my own passion for.

I really am not choosy when it comes to my work so I can’t say that there is any particular type of writing that is my favorite. I keep my writing as diverse as possible because I want to explore more aspects of it. I feel that writing is a very vast field and should not be narrowed down to any specific type. I have tried many different types of writing in the past such as essays, poetry, copy writing, technical writing, blogging, reviews, content development and script writing. I have also written on various different topic categories including humanities, arts, business, philosophy, psychology, and history. Even after discovering these different types of writing genres I still feel that I need to continue exploring and improving my skills. Writing is a wonderful activity and I enjoy the process of writing just as much as the end result.