Are you looking for to join an organization with unique projects and volunteer opportunities? Are you hoping to take on leadership positions and lead a large team? Are you interested in environmental issues? Do you want to make sustainable education more prevalent with our youth? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then join GreenWaySquad! Hello, my name is Madhavi, and I'm the founder and CEO of GreenWaySquad! (We are not a formal nonprofit yet but we are in the process of registering)At GreenWaySquad we engage in sustainability projects, create video content, and write articles to broaden sustainability education in our schools systems. Growing up in a world in which youth especially, don't seem to have enough information on topics like recycling or feel hopeless that individual actions make much of an impact, I created this organization to give hollistic information to viewers and encourage them to recycle more. We plan to integrate the curriculum that we develop in various elementary schools across not only the United States but also internationally! So if you are interested in an impactful youth-targeted sustainability organization, please reply "Sustainability" to this post, and I will dm you about our various leadership positions and the application. If you are interested in collaborating with us to host a sustainability or STEM-centered event/project, please reply "Collab" to this post, and I will dm you to discuss the details!

I live in South America in Perú, and i would like to apply to an Ivy league in the USA but the problem is that the school system is so different. In my country AP classes don't exist, schools don't have a sports team, we don't have clubs or science fair(just one year for ninth grade). I really think my hands are tied right now.🥲

When you are constantly overwhelmed by extracurricular after extracurricular and honors course after honors course it's hard to put your 100% into what you do. When it seems hard to focus when you are having conversations and also thinking of "bigger" things like global warming, your research project or getting into your dream school. But here's why putting your focus into what you want to do matters. It's because it builds discipline, understanding, and helps you with your learning. Giving everything your 100% is a lifestyle. And it doesn't mean constant pressure to always hit a home run. Rather, it means always trying your very best and being focused on what you are doing. When it comes to self-improvement, you should be aiming for an A+ everyday (without biased grading), and be doing everything you can to reach to your full potential. In life, everything is important and unimportant at the same time. It's what you make it to be. But while talking to your grandmother a little longer or having a deep conversation with your best friend without your mind wandering may not seem like much to you, but giving them your full focus makes them feel so much better. And in turn, helps your relationship thrive. Similarly, daydreaming in class instead of listening to a lecture can have various consequences on your grade, and you can end up having to restudy the entire lecture at home. Not listening to instructions could cost you a thumb-literally when it comes to biology class. So how can you improve yourself to put your 100% into everything you do? And without getting burnt out that is? The answer is simple, to enjoy it! It's why doing the extracurriculars that you love can make you happier and taking the courses that you love. But even if you don't enjoy it, learn to like doing it. It sounds hard to suddenly do it, if you condition yourself to believe it, you can definitely do it! I have definitely been a victim of doing clubs that I don't love and think of clubs and APs when I'm talking to my parents and siblings. I still am actually! But I'm slowly changing for the better. That's why I hope we can make this change, together.

When we expect to be rewarded, we take action. The more rewarding an action is, the more likely we are to repeat it until it becomes a habit. Hence, the first step to forming good habits is to make them more attractive. Understanding how dopamine affects your body will help you. Our motivation levels are affected by dopamine, a hormone and neurotransmitter. We are more motivated to act when our dopamine levels rise. “Gambling addicts have a dopamine spike right before they place a bet, not after they win”. Using social media, eating junk food are all associated with high levels of dopamine and are highly habit-forming. The hormone dopamine is released not only when we experience pleasure but also when we anticipate it. Think about before going on a vacation. Sometimes the thinking and anticipation of the vacation is better than the actual vacation. Making our habits attractive is vital because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that drives us to act. Here, you can use a strategy known as… Temptation Bundling The temptation bundling process makes a habit more attractive by combining an action we need to do with one we want to do. For example, you could bundle watching Netflix (something you want to do) with working out (something you need to do). Even if you're not looking forward to doing some exercise, you'll Primal Motivators: The Source of Cravings In your normal everyday life, you wouldn’t say something to yourself like “I want to eat this pizza because I need to consume this food to survive.” Surface-level cravings are merely manifestations of our deeper underlying motives. And these underlying motives guide our behavior. Here are some examples of underlying motives: - Conserving energy - Obtaining food and water - Finding love and reproducing - Connecting and bonding with others - Winning social acceptance and approval - Reducing uncertainty - Achieving status and prestige Your brain did not evolve with a desire to check Instagram every 5 minutes or play video games. Online platforms and products do not invent new motivations but rather appeal to the underlying motives of human nature that we already have to gain our attention.