Maria C. Borg

Youth worker back at uni studying sociology - navigating voluntary organisations, civil society, in a small island state democracy.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

HOW TO HACK YOUR HAPPY HORMONES

DOPAMINE (Increase Drive):

• Home cleaning
• Focused work
• Phone detoxes
• Cold showers

OXYTOCIN (Increase Love):

• Acts of service
• Physical touch
• Grateful thoughts
• Active listening

SEROTONIN (Improve Mood):

• Time outside
• Eating healthy
• Calm breathing
• Good night sleep

ENDORPHINS (Reduce Stress):

• Stretching
• Baths & saunas
• Singing songs
• Exercising

[philosophy for life @philosophy_life]

“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.”

― Rumi

[philosophy for life @philosophy_life]

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”

― Patrick Ness

[Maria C. Borg @MariaCBorg1]

Open call for good practices ahead of the 4th Youth Work Convention - looking forward to having you here in Malta in May 2025!!!

[Youth Partnership @eucoeyouth]

✨ Have inspiring youth work practices? Share them at the 4th European Youth Work Convention in Malta (27-30 May 2025)! We're calling for initiatives on: Youth Work Core, Environment and Systems

💡 Apply by 15 January 2025: https://t.co/0IjTzlzQW7

#YouthWork #EYWC

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

World Press Freedom Index 2024:

1. 🇳🇴 Norway
2. 🇩🇰 Denmark
3. 🇸🇪 Sweden
4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands
5. 🇫🇮 Finland
6. 🇪🇪 Estonia
7. 🇵🇹 Portugal
8. 🇮🇪 Ireland
9. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
10. 🇩🇪 Germany
11. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
12. 🇱🇻 Latvia
13. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
14. 🇨🇦 Canada
15. 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
16. 🇧🇪 Belgium
17. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
18. 🇮🇸 Iceland
19. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
20. 🇹🇱 East Timor
21. 🇫🇷 France
22. 🇼🇸 Samoa
23. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
24. 🇯🇲 Jamaica
25. 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
26. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
27. 🇹🇼 Taiwan
28. 🇸🇷 Suriname
29. 🇸🇰 Slovakia
30. 🇪🇸 Spain
31. 🇲🇩 Moldova
32. 🇦🇹 Austria
33. 🇲🇷 Mauritania
34. 🇳🇦 Namibia
35. 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
36. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
37. 🇸🇨 Seychelles
38. 🇿🇦 South Africa
39. 🇦🇺 Australia
40. 🇲🇪 Montenegro
41. 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
42. 🇸🇮 Slovenia
43. 🇦🇲 Armenia
44. 🇫🇯 Fiji
45. 🇹🇴 Tonga
46. 🇮🇹 Italy
47. 🇵🇱 Poland
48. 🇭🇷 Croatia
49. 🇷🇴 Romania
50. 🇬🇭 Ghana
51. 🇺🇾 Uruguay
52. 🇨🇱 Chile
53. 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
54. 🇧🇿 Belize
55. 🇺🇸 United States
56. 🇬🇦 Gabon
57. 🇲🇺 Mauritius
58. 🇬🇲 Gambia
59. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
60. 🇱🇷 Liberia
61. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
62. 🇰🇷 South Korea
63. 🇲🇼 Malawi
64. 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
65. 🇨🇾 Cyprus
66. 🇦🇷 Argentina
67. 🇭🇺 Hungary
68. 🇨🇬 Congo
69. 🇯🇵 Japan
70. 🇰🇲 Comoros
71. 🇦🇩 Andorra
72. 🇲🇹 Malta
73. 🇳🇵 Nepal
74. 🇽🇰 Kosovo
75. 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
76. 🇬🇾 Guyana
77. 🇬🇳 Guinea
78. 🇧🇼 Botswana
79. 🇳🇪 Niger
80. 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
81. 🇧🇷 Brazil
82. 🇵🇦 Panama
83. 🇶🇦 Qatar
84. 🇸🇿 Eswatini
85. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
86. 🇹🇭 Thailand
87. 🇬🇷 Greece
88. 🇧🇯 Benin
89. 🇨🇾 Northern Cyprus
90. 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
91. 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
92. 🇭🇹 Haiti
93. 🇸🇳 Senegal
94. 🇿🇲 Zambia
95. 🇹🇩 Chad
96. 🇹🇿 Tanzania
97. 🇷🇸 Serbia
98. 🇦🇱 Albania
99. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
100. 🇮🇱 Israel
101. 🇰🇪 Kenya
102. 🇬🇪 Georgia
103. 🇦🇴 Angola
104. 🇲🇿 Mozambique
105. 🇲🇻 Maldives
106. 🇲🇾 Malaysia
107. 🇧🇮 Burundi
108. 🇲🇳 Mongolia
109. 🇪🇨 Ecuador
110. 🇮🇩 Indonesia
111. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
112. 🇹🇬 Togo
113. 🇲🇱 Mali
114. 🇵🇾 Paraguay
115. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
116. 🇧🇳 Brunei
117. 🇹🇳 Tunisia
118. 🇨🇴 Colombia
119. 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
120. 🇲🇽 Mexico
121. 🇱🇸 Lesotho
122. 🇨🇩 DR Congo
123. 🇧🇴 Bolivia
124. 🇵🇪 Peru
125. 🇸🇬 Singapore
126. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
127. 🇺🇬 Uganda
128. 🇲🇦 Morocco
129. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
130. 🇰🇼 Kuwait
131. 🇯🇴 Jordan
132. 🇸🇻 El Salvador
133. 🇵🇭 Philippines
134. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
135. 🇸🇸 South Sudan
136. 🇴🇲 Oman
137. 🇬🇹 Guatemala
138. 🇩🇿 Algeria
139. 🇱🇧 Lebanon
140. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
141. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
142. 🇱🇾 Libya
143. 🇷🇼 Rwanda
144. 🇸🇴 Somalia
145. 🇭🇳 Honduras
146. 🇧🇹 Bhutan
147. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
148. 🇸🇩 Sudan
149. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
150. 🇰🇭 Cambodia
151. 🇵🇰 Pakistan
152. 🇱🇦 Laos
153. 🇾🇪 Yemen
154. 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
155. 🇻🇪 Venezuela
156. 🇵🇸 Palestine
157. 🇹🇷 Turkey
158. 🇮🇳 India
159. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
160. 🇩🇯 Djibouti
161. 🇷🇺 Russia
162. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
163. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
164. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
165. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
166. 🇧🇾 Belarus
167. 🇨🇺 Cuba
168. 🇮🇶 Iraq
169. 🇪🇬 Egypt
170. 🇲🇲 Myanmar
171. 🇨🇳 China
172. 🇧🇭 Bahrain
173. 🇻🇳 Vietnam
174. 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
175. 🇮🇷 Iran
176. 🇰🇵 North Korea
177. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
178. 🇸🇾 Syria
179. 🇪🇷 Eritrea

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

#MaltaSociologyConference will discuss Changing Spaces; Culture and Consumption; and Policy and Practice, followed by an open discussion and a presentation about the new journal of the Sociology Department @UMmalta - SociologyMT
https://t.co/U73XIIENm2 #Sociology #Malta

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

⚠️#MaltaSociology Conference 2024

⚠️Programme and Registration ↘️
https://t.co/u1m7t2ov3B

#Sociology #Malta

[Patrick Dunleavy @PJDunleavy]

Don't always hang out with people like you | LSE Business Review https://t.co/xIncbKIZ7b

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

#Malta #MaltaSociology #Sociology

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

Check out the latest edition of the Malta Sociological Association Newsletter! Full version available here https://t.co/3NZZLpYN9x
#Malta #Sociology

[Maria C. Borg @MariaCBorg1]

Yesterday at Science in the City, Malta with the MSA - Malta Sociological Association. It was lovely to meet and have conversations on what people want in their ideal village, creating awareness on the importance of Social Impact Assessments (SiAs).

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

Come visit our stand and design your own village during Science in the City, Malta Tritoni Valletta

@SciCityMalta #ScienceInTheCity2024 #Malta

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

Come visit our stand and design your own village during Science in the City, Malta Tritoni Valletta

@SciCityMalta #ScienceInTheCity2024 #Malta

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

Today, at @SciCityMalta!
https://t.co/oczWD9gSLg #Malta #ScienceInTheCity

[Maria C. Borg @MariaCBorg1]

Happening this Saturday! Come join us!!

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

Design Your Ideal Village

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 6-11pm

Location: Triton Square, Valletta

#ScienceInTheCity2024 #SocialImpactAssessment #Sociology #Malta #ESDW2024 @SciCityMalta

More details: https://t.co/oczWD9gSLg

[Maria C. Borg @MariaCBorg1]

@BriguglioMike Prosit

[Maria C. Borg @MariaCBorg1]

Join us this Saturday !!

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

Design Your Ideal Village

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 6-11pm

Location: Triton Square, Valletta

#ScienceInTheCity2024 #SocialImpactAssessment #Sociology #Malta #ESDW2024 @SciCityMalta

More details: https://t.co/oczWD9gSLg

[MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology]

#ScienceInTheCity #Sociology #Malta @SciCityMalta @UMmalta @ECRepMalta

[United Nations @UN]

Young people worldwide are agents of change, playing a key role in the achievement of the #GlobalGoals.

On Monday’s #YouthDay, join us in celebrating the determination, ideas and leadership of young people as we pursue a better world. https://t.co/rt7H5u6mTv

[philosophy for life @philosophy_life]

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

― Socrates