#extramilers

[alanianatkinson]

THE EXTRA MILE

VALUE TIME, EVEN IF IT IS A MOMENT.STOP GIVING AWAY YOUR TIME AND TALENTS. VALUE WHAT YOU KNOW AND START CHARGING FOR IT. HOWEVER GO THE EXTRA MILE WITH YOUR TALENTS WHEN YOU DO START CHARGING. ALWAYS MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO PAY ATTENTION IN ALL THAT YOU DO AS EVERYTHING IS YOUR TEACHER. ~ ALAN IAN ATKINSONWriter, Author, Storyteller

[vaishusayzz]

Create don't just consume - Petition for PIL

The society we are living in , striving hard to prove our stance, pride and legacy in check is all ultimately a facade, imagine we are surviving that's the more apt word so surviving in the society where a human can't even lean on another when he's in trouble.

Because if he do he's been shamed or judged by people ultimately leads to his mental stress and a pang of guilt strikes him results in the unfavourable situations.

Our society should be the one where everyone can believe and trust one another and helping another that's the ideal society we need to create. Instead we are focusing on our own good to fill our own stomach to decorate our own house to adorn us with jewelries worth lacs, is this all we really need or aimed to?

These are all just the material possessions these can come and go, but what about a human life?

Every 3 minutes we are losing a life to suicide. Just because of our carelessness, ignorance and negligence. Every soul needs someone to hear them what they feel or trying to say. We need to provide that safe and secure environment for them to trust and open up. Instead our lust over power, possessions won't help them to bring back up at any cost.These devastating losses aren't losses but a human soul those deserved to get love and live longer with happy smiles.

To bring change for good to prevent losses, Mr. Seelam rightfully started a petition that helps people to get knowledge about mental health and their benefits. This small initiative is indeed a treasure, imagine our future generations get to know about mental health at early age and guess what they even know how to prevent and take precautionary measures, unlike us idoly sit and watching them take their own life.

This petition is an powerful initiative to let the children to know about mental health as their school syllabus more like a subject advocating the cause to educate people about it's seriousness.

Our families are important to us right just like for others it's as much as important like us. If a person who lose his/ her life because of this we don't sit in the corner blaming everything right! Our minds and hearts desperately wish not to happen to any others just like it's happened with our dear family members or anyone who is closest to us.

Just think like that and strive forward to contribute for the cause. Every family is important, every soul in the earth is to be protected.

So, we can bring the change if not for us, for our future generations, sign these petition to create a promising future for our little buds

https://chng.it/ndY8LJVzjZ

Your one signature can't change the country's welfare but for a family, for future generations, be the reason to be the one who will bring smiles, who saves life for a good cause.

WHAT'S THE USE OF THIS?

A Good question, at first I too thought of this, how can a signature bring changes to one's life, it's your contribution to bring change. As you already know not a single finger can do anything but five fingers togetherly a hand can, it's just like that. Stand proud and contribute for the cause.

Children will grow up understanding

what's mental health, prevention, precaution, effects everything they learn about it. It's about understanding emotions and building resilience and guiding them in a right way .So that the awareness among them will create the high chance to understand other people unlike us and it will lessen people dying in future.

Families will no longer suffer

When the proper education and awareness is given there shall be the risk reduction of people dying to this cruel manipulative monster.

Future crimes will be prevented.

As we all know, people who were manipulated by bad people and prohibited contents will easily fell in to the bad hands. These cruel things happening because as a parents, friends and wellwishers we fail to give the attention when they needed, when they seek for attention and love, we should ensure that we are there for to provide them. If not, they will seek outside and results in unfavorable results.

We are the reason that people turn into criminals.

AIMS TO ACHIEVE:

https://www.middlemen.asia/

Mandatory mental health education

As previously said, it's significant that we need to impart education not only for children but to adults, many lives were gone because of this. Not knowing why they even sacrificed their life. In future, it shouldn't be the case , so we should toil harder to make people by intervene them earlier through make them to understand by giving education and provide awareness about it as possible.

https://wedidit.in/

It's never too late! The chance is still there.

[note-to-self-chronicles]

[twistedkittyart]

I was so happy today to receive this review, this is why I like to put so much time and effort into my orders, because it makes people so happy.

My gift wrap is an add on option on Etsy and Beautifully Handmade (links in bio). It means your jewellery is wrapped in black tissue paper, tied with an organza ribbon to compliment the jewellery inside and sealed with a copper wax seal with a sprig of lavender (International orders do not have the lavender sprig due to import restrictions in some destinations).

[travelingare]

📍Syntagma Square,Athens,Greece

Christmas in Athens has something of the timeless charm of the city.. Between the silhouette of the Parthenon and the bustling streets decorated with lights, the spirit of the season fills the air with magic and joy. Syntagma Square comes alive with the magic of Christmas, where bright lights, happy tunes and the warmth of the season combine in a magical symphony that transports the visitor to a winter fairy tale... This Christmas, let's all meet in the heart of the city, and enjoy the unique atmosphere of ancient history surrounded by festive wonder.

📸@d.tzankatian

Wording:@extramilers & @mariagr_1

[ambuschool]

Bersyukur

Aku bersyukur banget, Allah crossing path sama orang2 baik yang mendukungku untuk riset.

Aku cuman ngide bahwa monev ini instead of jadi report doang kenapa gak di leverage jadi riset? Terus temen2 di kitabisa sebagai donor setuju. Risetku didanai! Tiket domestik dibeliin, akomodasi disediain :”) aku modal flight dari melb ke bali aja :”) Alhamdulillah.

Walau ternyata metodenya berganti terus aku harus ngolah kuisioner sendiri dan ku sub-con ke ifdhal yg anak statistik, tapi dukungan dari temen2 kitabisa beneran GEDE BANGET! Bantuin bikin protokol, weekly meeting untuk make sure bahwa kita on the track! Mereka gak leave me behind dengan argumen “Lah kan elo peneliti utamanya??” Enggak coy, mereka juga sesemangat itu alhamdulillah 😭

Alhamdulillah kedua adalah, orang random yang kutemui di conference bulan november lalu dan kuajak makan di Kenangan, dan lanjut ngobrol sampe late night, mau jadi supervisor penelitian ini! Omg jujur ini kuasa Allah bgt 🥲 kita cuman pernah ketemu sekali, tapi sekali itu emang kita ngobrol deep banget sih, makan dari jam 5an sampe aku pulang dari kenangan tuh jam 9.

Ngobrol ngalor ngidul tentang akademik. Padahal beliau adalah professor di Bangladesh dan jadi senior lecture di Brisbane! Entah kenapa kita nyambung aja jujur heran bgt?? Karena topic interest kita sama sih sebenernya yaitu rural health! Dan karena kesamaan race (asia) dan jg agama (muslim) mgkn itu yg bikin kita semakin engage.

So far sebenernya kukira cukup email2an aja utk ngabarin progress, tp jujur gue lost banget karena ada perubahan metode penelitian, akhirnya kita arrange meeting di hari sabtu ini! Omg beliau mau meluangkan waktu di hari sabtu loh 😭😭😭 apalagi ditengah culture work life balance orang Australia, jadi ini extramiles juga buat doi 😭😭 alhamdulillah tsumma alhamdulillah.

Makanya aku juga mau melakukan yg terbaaikkk, bismillah!

Hari ini aku baru kelar submit assignment, blm ada tenanga buat ngurusin protokol, tapi tadi menyelesaikan ppt utk besok ngisi kelas buat adik-adik.

Jujur, ternyata tahun ini “naik kelas” juga coy. Kalau tahun lalu juggling akademik dan urusan rumah, sekarang ditambah riset dan kerjaaan 😩😩 heran bgt sm diri sendiri, sampe ngerasa apakah aku adrenaline junkie, udh tau juggling tp masih aja segala diiyain heraann 😭😭😭

Yaudah gitu aja dulu. Besok cukup padet, walaupun nggak ada kuliah tapi besok ada course climate change, mentoring 4 NGO, ke psikolog dan ngisi kelas persiapan buat adek2.

Laa hawlaa walla quwwata illa billah. Semoga Allah mudahkaaan!

[voidsentprinces]

The gas station I work at technically (G&M Extramile partnered with Chevron) is beginning to put up QR Code Ads at the pumps about "Why California gas prices are so high" during an election year. And I am about 45% sure it'll just lead to a page of them bitching about the state taxing Chevron less than their due and they're still probably whinging about it.

[muhammedkhaled]

The Timing of My Life..

Timings; it was all about timings..

Good Intetions; and bad behaviour.

I spent forty-nine days working tirelessly to make someone's dream come true. I had a fucked up sleeping pattern, 3AM meetings, nonstopable work, hours of calls to achieve an only one thing. A damn one thing that wasn't even for me. I wasted 70,560 minutes to achieve someone's desire and dream.

I "had" a girl whose her fairytale dream is a blowing mind proposal. I addressed every single contact I know to make a big step on mena's most reputable concerts'. We designed a concert of well known local and international singers and bans.. it should have been done on the stage, Infront of 500,000 I was about saying how much I want this. Now, I am tweeting about how foolish I had been infront of the 7 followers I have or smth hahaha.

The funny part is that the moment when everything was settled perfectly and they just have to receive a confirmation about our attendance, she was continuously rejecting the calls, I yelled, she ignored. Not even this, the moment I was thinking of doing this, she crossed over the limits. Not just a single limit. She swam in a river of sins. Although, I am super proud for knowing how capable am I for achieving big things. But, i never thought myself going extramiles for a blurry future. However, the funny thing.. she spent years and years waiting for this, she waited so long for a fairytale proposal; the moment when the universe called. She rejected the calling. She didn't even know that was the moment. (Till now btw). After Recapping so much memories, I always had thoughts about why does everything bad happens to her? I figured out that she is the one who choose. She is the one who insists on living with misery. She could have just hours and hours of happiness. I was trying to help out, she rejected the help. She decided to let me sink with her instead of getting rescued.

Wishing her the best, wishing her inner peace..

She standardised irritating me with my mom's death. She was extra harsh. I will never forgive. I will never forget; I really don't ask for revenge or bad karma. I just wish to never hear from her again. Never listens to her "مبرارات فارغه" or the way she insists on saying "انت مش فاهم قصدي". She is a person who never says sorry. Never feels sorry. Never control her feelings while being angry. I just need her to have a blessed life.. away from me. Won't interfere in my life ever again. If she is really insisting on messing up her life, her call. My life? Not acceptable.

She doesn't just accept her past, or living her present, or valuing her future.

Salute.

[eurotravelspots]

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[northernlionsbloodmoney]

Jacksons / Extramile increased the price of a single small plastic cup for water from 0.16 to 0.54 which is over a 300% increase

[affordabletobaccoaustralia]

Should You Tobacco Store Online?

Whether or not tobacco retailers should sell cigarette online depends on state and local regulations, including age verification requirements and shipping restrictions. Tobacco sellers must also comply with federal rules, including the PACT Act and FDA compliance inspections, which are searchable in an online database.

Smoke shop owners who want to make the move to online shopping tobacco need robust point of sale tools with airtight age validation integrations and e-commerce platforms that close the potential loopholes that can set them up for regulatory noncompliance.

Safety

Whether you’re buying from a tobacco store online or the neighborhood smoke shop, you can rest assured that these merchants have the legal and regulatory requirements to operate safely. Smoke shops are required to report ingredients and harmful constituents, maintain meticulous inventory logs, and submit regular reports. Many states also require background checks and fingerprinting as part of the licensing process.

Tobacco retailers often advertise their products with branded signs, displays, and shelving units that are positioned at eye level to attract youth. They also use promotions and price discounts to draw in new customers. The tobacco industry invests nearly half of its marketing dollars in retail advertising.

The FDA conducts surveillance and inspections of retail establishments that sell tobacco products to ensure they are following restrictions on advertising, sales, and marketing to reduce youth access to and use of these products. Point of sale (POS) systems with age verification integrations can help you stay compliant.

Convenience

The convenience of tobacco products has made them a staple in the lives of many consumers. It is important to note that convenience stores must comply with local, state, and federal regulations when selling cigarettes and other tobacco products. It is also vital to educate employees on how to verify the age of tobacco purchasers and prevent proxy sales to minors. This includes teaching staff how to recognize valid IDs, and the best way to handle a situation where they are asked to sell to a minor.

Modern POS systems make it easier than ever to comply with tobacco industry laws, with features like electronic age verification and sales restrictions settings. They help retailers maximize their tobacco sales while reducing their liability risks and operating costs. Using a tobacco-specific POS system also makes it easy to manage inventory, promote special offers, and generate sales reports. These convenience measures can help retailers capture new revenue and increase their profits.

Discount and bonus offer

Tobacco stores offer a variety of discounts and bonus offers. They may offer a buy one, get one deal, or give a customer loyalty program coupon for a dollar off of a carton of cigarettes. They also promote their brands through sweepstakes. However, it’s important to note that these promotions are not effective unless they are carefully planned and measured. Small and growing businesses should start with a few promotions, measure their impact, and only expand on the ones that are successful.

A VIP loyalty program can be a great way to reward your most loyal customers. This type of program rewards customers based on their purchasing habits, encouraging them to purchase more frequently and reach certain thresholds of spending. It can also help your tobacco store stand out from competitors. For instance, a retailer like ExtraMile Convenience Stores LLC rewards its loyalty members with tobacco rebates and coupons. This helps to increase sales and create a loyalty community that makes its customers feel valued.

Legality

While selling tobacco products online is technically legal, it is not without some pitfalls. Some states and cities have strict regulations that apply to tobacco and vape products sold online. For instance, some states require a certain distance between tobacco retailers. In addition, Google and other major advertising platforms have policies against advertising tobacco or vape products. This means that if you run an online tobacco store, you must be able to follow all the rules and regulations in your state and those of any states that you are shipping to.

You must also make sure that you comply with the PACT Act by validating a customer’s age during each sale. A modern smoke shop POS system has airtight age validation integrations that keep you in compliance with the law. In addition, a few countries have banned tray/mobile sales of tobacco or vape products. These measures help ensure that underage buyers do not get access to tobacco products.

[vaishusayzz]

Light in the Chaos - Serve mankind with WeDidIt (NGO)

As the title suggests the Community WeDidIt is truly a gem consists of group of trailblazers who formed this thriving NGO just to serve mankind. People who are kind are just equal to who enough to serve people with kindness and compassion.

People during pandemic happened in the half of 2019 twisted the world upside down

WeDidit Foundation: Turning Compassion into a Movement

In a world that’s often too busy to care, one man decided to pause—and act. That single act of courage snowballed into a foundation that has transformed countless lives. The story of the WeDidit Foundation, founded by Sree Krishna Seelam—a name now synonymous with grassroots change and relentless compassion.

The NGO set out to make a difference. Moved by the suffering he witnessed in neglected communities, it stepped in where others stepped away. Their early efforts—organizing small food drives, conducting night classes under streetlights, and rescuing abandoned children—were just the beginning!

With that belief, he built the WeDidit Foundation—a name that reflects unity, victory, and hope.

How They Do It: Heart-Driven Campaigns That Matter

The WeDidit Foundation is more than an NGO—it’s a people’s movement. Every campaign, every effort is powered by volunteers who lead with heart and action.

Their most impactful initiatives include:

GreenSteps – Drives that combine community clean-ups with environmental education. That supports farmers in large scales with their daily chores to inculcate efficient farming.

Cleaning riverbanks- Encouraging young individuals to clean riverbanks to advocate the cause of greenery and sustainable development.

Notebook recycling- Notebooks recycling really serve greater cause the environment by assisting students to recycle used notebooks for a better cause in that way we can reuse the things that's been used already.

Educational support- Educational support by our men nearly ranging up to 100 rural girls in India to have right and ensuring that they have complete access to the education and higher education as well, to promote the cause of women can also contribute to the society.

Middlemen. Asia - Middlemen Asia is an AI powered tool that helps people to get rightful legal service. Even poor or lower middle class people can access to the service if they are struggling for a cause. It's like bridges the gap between the citizens of India and the legal System.

Volunteers say it best:

“We don’t wait for change—we do it.”

The Effects: Every Life Touched Is a Victory

Through thousands of hours of grassroots work, the WeDidit Foundation has:

Educated over 12,000 underprivileged children.

Empowered 7,500+ women with vocational skills and health knowledge.

Rescued and rehabilitated street children and the elderly.

Reached more than 3 million people across urban and rural India.

We didn’t build a foundation for recognition. We built it for resurrection—of dignity, dreams, and hope.”

How Can We Create Impact Together?

No act is too small. Here’s how you can be part of this revolution:

Volunteer your time – Be a mentor, a helper, or just a listener.

Sponsor a cause – Your monthly support can feed families or fund a child’s education.

Partner with purpose – Brands, professionals, and institutions can collaborate for deeper impact.

“Change begins when comfort ends. Are you ready to rise?”

Be a Voice. Be a Light. Be the We in WeDidit.

In a world that often feels divided, the WeDidit is a solid proof that unity still breathes. Every plate served, every child educated, every voice amplified—it all began with someone like you.

https://wedidit.in/

Step in.

Speak out.

Join hands.

Because we don’t wait for change. WeDidit.

[yourmeltedsunsets]

Friends, relatives or kahit family pa yan, pag toxic na and unhealthy, have the courage to cut ties. Let it go bago kapa baguhin or masaktan nang malala. For me, life revolves around relationships. We are connected with everything in so many ways and on different levels — romantic or platonic, relationship with our parents, with our siblings, at maging sa mga kasama sa work and within the community. All of these relationships affect our existence and well being. They can either make or break our own connection with ourselves and even with God. So when something is no longer working, pag hindi na nakatutulong sa pag grow mo, when it’s no longer serving you and the only thing is does is weigh you down, set it aside or drop it. Stay away from it if necessary. Your relationship with yourself is important. You, yourself, is important. You should not let yourself be consumed by something that is not aligned with your purpose. Pagka yung mga nakapalibot sayo are starting to make you wonder or even question your own worth, and if it’s making your faith weak or shake, mag isip isip kana kung tama pa ba ang mga sinasamahan mong tao. It’s not you being choosey, it’s you being selective. Tumatanda na tayo and we’re not getting any younger. We all have our own tables and it’s up to us who will take the seats. From time to time, we’ll have to remove some chairs and it’s okay. Hindi naman kase lahat deserving na umupo at makisalo kasama ka lalo na kung wala naman sila noong panahon wala kapang mailagay sa lamesa.

Kaya nga ako, I'd rather keep this 'selective civility' than waste my time and effort to people who don’t deserve my energy.

Reciprocity means a ton. Give and take must be a part of our guiding compass. Know your worth then add tax~ This is me talking beside experiences.

In my 28 years of existence, I can say na madami na din pala ako napagdaanan at nakilala.

Made tons of wrong turns, made a lot of extramiles, experienced the most random things, explored my sexuality, tasted the unimaginable, did the unexpected HAHAHAHHAHA

I even loved the ‘wrong one’.

Cross the ocean for quite a number of people who wouldn’t even jump a puddle for me.

Sacrificed opportunities for some.

Let some dreams slip away. Dame, sobrang dame.

Only to find out na hindi pala worth it. Hindi pala dasurb ng iba yung mga yon. Onting regrets pero, I did what I thought I had to. I did things for people out of love and because of love. Kase ako yun. Ganon ako. Hindi man halata, but I am loving, caring, supportive, sweet and so effin’ gay.😂

Pero para sa batang ako— WAG KANA DITO. Jan ka nalang. Madaming problema dito. Your love is not gonna be reciprocated by some. Madidisappoint ka lang. Masasaktan. People here will take you for granted. Love you when it’s convenient. Exclude you when you’re no longer needed. It is what it is😉

Waley lang. Mema lang HAHAHAHAHAHAH

K. Fine. Bye. 👋

PS: I now have a smaller circle. But it’s strong and solid. And I am contented. And I am beyond grateful for them. ✨

[travelingare]

📍Syntagma Square,Athens,Greece

Christmas in Athens has something of the timeless charm of the city.. Between the silhouette of the Parthenon and the bustling streets decorated with lights, the spirit of the season fills the air with magic and joy. Syntagma Square comes alive with the magic of Christmas, where bright lights, happy tunes and the warmth of the season combine in a magical symphony that transports the visitor to a winter fairy tale... This Christmas, let's all meet in the heart of the city, and enjoy the unique atmosphere of ancient history surrounded by festive wonder.

📸@d.tzankatian

Wording:@extramilers & @mariagr_1

[edlynmaggs]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!!

Truly, a friend that can go extra extramile for a friend.

I love you so much mhiiieee.

[goeen21]

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