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My name is Anna and I am a student at Wollongong TAFE in my final year of completing the Diploma of Communication and Media. It's highly likely I'll go to university next year and obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media. My ultimate goal is to get a great job where I can voice my opinions without committing defamation. Ha Ha. I am not young but I am young at heart and it breaks my heart to see young people putting obstacles in their own path and not living up to their potential. That is why I chose the topic of self confidence for my feature article. It touches on and encompasses so many issues confronting not only young people but every member of society. I hope you read my work and enjoy it. Thanks.

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this is the image I would like to use for my article

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Below is the image at: www.totalperformance.com.au/.../

(I ran out of time. The image is of a cat looking in a mirror and seeing a lion)

This is a draft of my recipes

Sesame Chicken Kebabs

Ingredients

500g chicken breast fillets
1 Tbsp sugar
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp sesame seeds
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp soy sauce
4 green onions, cut into 4cm lengths

Method

1. Cut each fillet into 6 and combine with remaining ingredients. Set aside to stand for 15 minutes or longer, if possible.
2. Thread chicken onto four skewers with green onions and cook on lightly oiled barbecue plate or cook under grill for approximately 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
Serve with a leafy salad or steamed rice

Thai Vegetable and Chicken Rice Paper Rolls

Ingredients

1 x 500 gram pack Thai Vegetables
1 Tablespoon oil
1/2 Barbecued Chicken
1/4 cup Thai BBQ sauce
50 gram snow pea shoots
18 small round rice papers
Method
1. Heat oil in a large wok or frying pan and stir fry the vegetables for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside to cool slightly.
2. Shred the chicken into small pieces and toss with the BBQ sauce.
3. In a shallow dish, soak the rice paper sheets one at time in warm water, draining on paper towel.
4. Lay the rice paper flat and place spoonfuls of Wok Thai vegetables down the centre, top with chicken and sauce and snow pea shoots. Roll up and enclose the filling at the base leaving the top of the roll open.
Serve warm or cold with an asian dipping sauce

Lasagne with Mozarella

Ingredients
250g San Remo Instant Lasagna
250g grated cheese
Meat Sauce
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 stick celery, finely chopped
2 x 400g cans peeled tomatoes
400g mince
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup water
Method
Meat Sauce Heat butter in saucepan and fry onions, garlic and celery until soft. Reserving all liquid, drain tomatoes and chop finely. Add tomatoes to pan, cook on high for 5 minutes. Add meat and cook until brown.
Mix in sugar, tomato paste and season with salt and pepper. Add the water and cook gently for 20 minutes.
Lasagna Preheat oven to 200ºC.
Pour 1/2 cup of meat sauce into base of lightly greased baking dish. Alternate layers of lasagna, meat and grated cheese, finishing with cheese.
Gently pour the reserved tomato liquid over the top and down the sides of the lasagna, until liquid level reaches top pasta layer. (If liquid amount is insufficient, use water).
Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 minutes, lower heat to 150ºC and bake for a further 10 - 15 minutes. (Test by pricking with fork).
Let stand 5 minutes before serving

Macaroni Cheese

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups dried macaroni pasta
2 cups low fat milk
salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons cornflour
2 rashers rindless bacon, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cups grated tasty cheese
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
2 tomatoes, chopped
Method
Boil the pasta in a large saucepan of salted water until tender – about 7 – 8 minutes but check on the macaroni pasta packet for instructions.
While the pasta is cooking, spray an oven proof pie or small lasagne dish, approximately 20 x 20 cm, with non stick baking spray. Preheat oven grill to medium high.
In a medium bowl, whisk milk, salt and freshly ground black pepper and cornflour together. Drain the cooked macaroni and return it to the saucepan. Stir in the milk mixture, the chopped bacon, onion and half of the grated cheese.
Place the saucepan back on medium heat and stir for 6 – 8 minutes until the mixture thickens. Pour into the prepared dish. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and place under the grill until golden brown – approximately 5 minutes. Sprinkle over parsley and chopped tomatoes to serve.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 3 – 4

Lamingtons

Ingredients
Cake:
125g Butter or Margarine
1/4 Cup Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Cups Self Raising Flour
1/2 Cup Milk
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
Icing:
3-4 Tablespoons Boiling Water
30g Butter
2 Tablespoons Cocoa
2 Cups Soft Icing Mixture, sifted
2 Cups Desiccated Coconut
Method
Cream butter and Caster Sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
Sift the flour and then fold into the mixture alternately with the milk and vanilla.
Pour the mixture into a well greased 18 x 28cm lamington tin. Bake at 350oF (180oC) 30-40 mins. Turn onto a cake rack to cool.
ICING:
Make the icing by pouring the boiling water on the butter and adding the cocoa and then the sifted Soft Icing Mixture. Beat well together.
When the cake is thoroughly cold cut the cake into squares, about 5cm, or rectangles. Using a long pronged fork dip each piece into the chocolate icing and then into coconut.
Leave to set on cake rack.

This is My Draft Article

Get what you want – with confidence.

A confident person believes they can succeed, have the ability to tackle whatever life throws at them and aren’t discouraged by setbacks. But there are many people who are reluctant to take steps to improve their self-confidence because a lack of confidence serves their emotional needs.

If you don’t try you won’t fail. Failure hurts most where you are least confident. If you consistently refuse to try new things you are protecting yourself from the inevitable setbacks that happen as you reach success. There’s safety in being stuck in a rut. Perfectionists use the excuse “If I can’t be or do the best, I don’t want to try” to stick to the easy and predictable.

Some people find that telling others that they lack confidence gets them positive attention as others try to build them up. They also tend to attract people who are confident in the areas where they are not a success. This means they can always find someone to help him or her out so they never have to change.

The opposite of low confidence is not over-confidence and pride. Those who brag and big note themselves are often the least confident underneath. People with true confidence are often genuinely modest and believe they aren’t special.

Be honest with yourself as you think about the hidden benefits of staying as you are. Being aware that some of these reasons might be holding you back may help you question whether they are worth holding on to.

When you lack confidence you often don’t even know what you feel or need because you don’t think this is important. When you lack confidence you tend to put others first, even when it’s not appropriate. This is particularly true of girls, who spend a lot of time and energy trying to please everyone but themselves.

Most unconfident people find it difficult to listen to their heart. Whatever you call it – heart, gut, instinct – this natural response to what is happening in your life is valid. When you tune into your own instincts you know what you want and whether something is bothering you.
This becomes important when you assert yourself by saying no, or making requests of people or setting boundaries.

When to say no

You must say no when:
You’re overworked
You’re tired and stressed

You have a right to say no when:
It’s something you don’t want to do
It takes away from what you want to do
It’s thankless
You feel taken for granted

If someone asks you to do something, don’t agree right away. Buy some thinking time. Say something like, “I’ll have to check my diary” or “I’ll have to think about it”. If this person presses you for an immediate decision, say pleasantly that you’ll have to say no.
When you’ve definitely decided you don’t want to do something, be brief and direct. Say, “No, I can’t”, “It’s not convenient”, or “Not this time”. Don’t apologise or offer excuses. But be pleasant. “It’s not a crime to ask and it’s not a crime to say no”.

When people have come to rely on you saying yes, they’ll try to persuade you to change your mind. Don’t get drawn in to a discussion or argument. Just repeat your no and have useful phrases handy: “I’m sorry, I can’t”, “I really don’t want to”.

Instead of hinting at what you want or expecting the other person to guess what you want, simply ask politely.

It’s easy to scare yourself out of doing something with improbable scenarios of what might happen. When you ask yourself what the worst thing could happen is it puts things in perspective. You discover that often the consequences are not as bad as you imagine.
When you break out of your comfort zone and try something new you increase your confidence in your abilities. By trying new things on a continual basis you can lessen your fears and live life with fewer limitations.

Don’t let what happened in the past determine your future actions. You create your future and you decide how much you let the past affect you.
Just because you have lacked confidence or motivation for the last few years doesn’t mean you have to stay in a rut. You can change the way you think and what you believe. You can change what you think as you learn new ideas, concepts, way to do things.

Don’t treat yourself badly. Recognise your strengths and develop them. Accept compliments. It doesn’t mean that you’re full of yourself unless you walk around acting full of yourself. It shows that you value yourself and that you’re a great person. And, if you are good to yourself it has two benefits. It shows people how you want to be treated and encourages them to treat you well too. It makes you feel happy which makes you fun to be around.

In a social situation when you focus inward you tend to obsess about how you look, what you just said and what other people think about you. This you make you nervous, shy and scared of saying or doing something wrong.

When you focus outward you tend to ask people about themselves. You find out what they think, what they believe, their hobbies and interests and you become a more interesting person to talk to. This is also a good way of finding out if you have things in common with people so you can make friendships.

The people you mix with can either lift you up or drag you down. Since we spend so much of our time with other people it’s important that the people that you spend time with are positive or at least not too negative. If you have no choice but to spend time with someone negative try to limit the time you spend with them or try to counteract their negativity with positive thoughts and influences.

The media and society paints a bleak and negative picture of the world and you can’t help but absorb these negative messages. Just like the people who you mix with can affect you negatively so can the messages you receive through media and what you see of society. Don’t stay passive and absorb it all. Choose what you access through the internet and media.

You will save yourself a lot of unnecessary pain in your life if you stop focusing on what other people are doing and achieving. Focus on yourself in relation to your achievements. Set your own goals and beat your own records. This also ensures you don’t fall in the trap of undermining other people to make yourself look good. Walk tall. Walk with confidence.