Maybe you prepare your holidays by making a schedule of which museum you want to see when, where you want to eat, and what night activities you will squeeze in. Or maybe you join a guided tour and stop by the top-ranked places of the country you are visiting, typically one after another in a rather tight time-schedule. Just take your snapshots and keep going! I want to invite you to do the total opposite....
What’s your favorite time waster? Tell us in your comments to this post. Susan Sabo is the writer at Productivity Cafe – a favorite place to stop and spend some time.
Keeping a busy family on track can take the skills of a juggler, the planning of a master strategist and the organization skills of an army supply corps officer. But a simple family communication station can make keeping track of who needs to be where much easier. A family communication station is the one place where all the information lives. It has information on schedules, shopping lists and events, as well as a place to check and leave phone messages....
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We all have ups and downs to life. How do you deal with the downs? Do you numb yourself and avoid them? Or do you find the hidden gift held within them? Each time a painful emotion is felt, it provides an opportunity.Pain gives us the gift of growth in a hidden package.Something is shouting out for a change.If we pause and open this gift, a great secret of freedom and love can be revealed....
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This story begins with you lying down poolside for some fun with your friends. Everyone is in and out of the water without giving much thought to whether or not you applied your sunscreen. You have indeed skipped that step and opted to tan without any protection from the sun. Now it’s time to pack up and you’re on your way inside the house when it happens – your skin begins to burn....
I’ll tell you why: people can make connections and communicate and open dialogue. By “adding friends” and building your space, and adding multimedia, and using the tools on there, you can establish connections. The benefit of using this social sharing sites (Flickr, Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIN, Upcoming.org, etc, etc, etc) is that you get a different, digital connection to people. Some are people you’ve not met that you could stand to meet....
This question needs no guessing anymore. The future is here. There are many technologies that are part of our daily reality that many of us first saw while we were watching the Star Wars films. Let’s take a look at five of these developments that went from screen into our lives. 1. The Hologram “Help me Ob Wan Kenobi. You’re my only help!” When movie-goers first watched that scene in 1977, it was impossible to imagine something like that ever becoming a reality....
Start on your first $1 million at age 16 – [MSN Money] $25,917 by the time you are 30 * $71,625 by the time you are 40 * $197,943 by the time you are 50 * $547,037 by the time you are 60 * And $1,114,423 by the time you are 67 And you will have started and finished all of your saving before turning age 21…
What is the problem with stereotypes of men or women? They are usually simplistic, untrue and are based on certain assumptions we make which are shakily based on gender. They assume that men and women will behave according to the gender role. They forget one key fact which is that each person is an individual. These stereotypes are “sweeping generalizations” as my father used to say. He was right. Now that gender differences are less rigid and women start to gain equality, isn’t it time to abandon some common stereotypes about men and lay them to rest for good?...
The first R is the reminder, and it stands for the event that acts as a kind of signal that triggers the habit. What is important here is to be as specific as possible when it comes to choosing the preceding event. For example, if you say “I’ll do yoga for 15 minutes when I get up,” it’s too general. A better solution would be to say “After I brush my teeth, I’ll do yoga....
Fortunately, Slightly Steady has a pretty useful list of the most common garden pests along with great organic pest control methods to keep your garden clear of bugs, critters and poisons. While she has specific methods for slugs, powdery mildew, ants, rabbits, deer, mice and birds, perhaps the most useful, and most interesting suggestion is her organic pest control for other bugs. Essentially, she collects all of her garlic and onion waste, adds water to it and then leaves the concoction in the sun until it smells terrible....
1. The Statistician The Statistician will be the one constantly reminding you of your odds of success. If you’re trying to start your own business, they’ll be the one reminding you that most businesses fail within their first year. If you’re applying for a job, they’ll tell you that hundreds of other people are applying for the same position. Of course, they do so under the guise of being a friend that “doesn’t want to see us let down....
Omega-3s Fatty fish like salmon and tuna contain healthy fats that feed the brain.The natural oils of these fish are full of Omega-3 fatty acids like DHA,[2] which are essential for brain health. Eating salmon, tuna, and other fatty fish has been shown to stimulate brain cell growth. It also has links to improving mood and reducing stress, which can help improve cognitive ability. Additionally, the Omega-3s in salmon and tuna may reduce the risk of cognitive and memory disorders like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease....
Though we live in an era of readily available inspiration and abundance, many of us find that time escapes our control and that our physical, mental and emotional demands are at an all time high. This can trap us into a pattern of constant internal struggle, where we are driven by the sole motive of “keeping up” to prevent what we personally percieve to be avoidable and difficult consequences. Burnout is conceptualized as a general feeling of exhaustion and inability to cope due to prolonged stress....
For an imaginative mind, reading fiction may appear to be the most suitable selection, but non-fiction holds its own in this department and when given the chance, it is just as captivating and consuming as it’s whimsical fictional counterpart. In the UK, a whopping 90 percent of books making the 100 All-Time Best Sellers list are fiction. This gross under-representation of nonfiction literature from the list demonstrates just how underrated and under-appreciated nonfiction truly is....
1. Wiktionary Founded on the same ideology as encyclopedia project Wikipedia, Wiktionary is another testament to what internet users can create together. It has many of the same downsides as Wikipedia, though, mainly that anyone can edit a page. That ultimately leaves accuracy a bit of a question mark. But, like Wikipedia, Wiktionary has a community of editors determined to make Wiktionary as accurate as possible. Don’t treat this as the be-all end-all source, but it could be one of the best online dictionaries for your needs if used responsibly....
Bacon. Yes, bacon. Everyone loves bacon. It brings peace and love to the world (well, except when there’s one piece of bacon left on the table). In this day and age, bacon ain’t just for breakfast no more. With the whole world growing increasingly fervid about bacon, innovative bacon recipes are popping up left and right. Some are stranger than others (yet just as delicious – come on, it’s bacon!...
Meanwhile, the evidence mounts that common chemicals play a role in breast cancer incidence. Hormone-disrupting chemicals pose a particular concern, since breast cancer is sensitive to hormonal changes. One recent study found women who work in the plastics and food canning industries had a fivefold increase in premenopausal breast cancer. The conclusion? Exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals, including phthalates, bisphenol-A, and flame-retardants, is a decisive factor in breast cancer incidence. Learning more about these chemicals and working to avoid exposure to them is a key cancer prevention strategy that everyone can embrace....
