Kind of an interesting topic for weekend reading.
Gay by design,or lifestyle choice?
Who determines taste anyway? Is the perception of what kind of car you have being based on sexual preferences sensible? Or is it a marketing gimmick? The answer looks like gimmick. Being a woman doesn’t stop you from doing ‘guy things’, so I guess these cliches are just part of the social undercurrent.
Weekend thought.
Something I saw on T.V the other day made me think- how money smart am I? Not much and that’s what kids should be taught in school. It’s not selfish and materialistic to teach your kids the value of money and the need for it. The entire world operates on it and being money-stupid can lead you to poverty land. Something you don’t want for your children.
5 steps to raising a money-smart kid is a great article if you want to educate your kids about money. I remember asking my dad to just pull money out of the bank with his card.I believed the money was always there. For one thing my dad never talked finances so I never understood.
It’s a good idea to teach kids the truth. Money doesn’t grow on trees and schools should teach kids more practical things. If you can be made to read a seventeenth century poet, well understanding the way your home budget works should also be part of your curriculum.
What do you think?
I can be as cool as a sage but there are anger triggers that change me to an angry monster. It could be anything…silly things like things that thoughtless people say, frustration that I messed up an assignment….you must have those bad-mood days too. Days when everything you do and say take you to a dead end.
Some ideas that help:
1. Counting to ten doesn’t ever occur to me. When I’m angry I’m angry. I just become my ego and see red in everything.
2. Breathing does help. But as usual I forget to take in those deep breaths. Do you see yourself breathing deeply durimg a terrible traffic jam?
3.Thinking in the long term is an idea that really works for me. Is it worth it getting angry over this moment? Will it make any difference a decade later? When the answer is no way,I’ve calmed down.
4.Thinking from the other person’s point of view is so difficult, especially when you’re having an argument. But a moment in another person’s shoes will make all the difference.
5.Avoid confrontational situations. If you can’t adjust with someone, try not to meet them. If you have to, be amiable and not on the defensive.
6. Talk less when you’re angry otherwise you’ll just end up saying things you don’t mean and that you’ll regret.
7.Don’t take your anger to bed.
8.Tap on your funny bone. Sometimes humor defuses a bad situation.
9.I think sometimes saying how angry you are helps. Being quiet and unhappy about a situation doesn’t help. EXPRESS, don’t yell.
These tips are swell too.
Right now no one has the time to keep fit and do exercise. So when you hear about people taking their pets out for a session of dog yoga, you are surprised and amused. What do pet lovers come up with these days?
Gentle stretching, dog massage and doggy props to ease those postures seem to calm the pups down. Think about you and your dog destressing in a yoga class. Instructors believe it’s partner yoga in that you spend more time with your pet and you bond. It’s also fun.
That’s what we think. Wonder about the dog:)
Cute article:
Man’s best friend does downward facing dog
It’s happening to me. I’m addicted.
Not to cigarrettes or alcohol. I’m addicted to the internet. And its starting to affect my life. Soft addictions are not killers yet. But research says that they sap away at your precious time and stress you out. Many addicts are in denial. I mean what is the big deal about being a gaming lover or browsing on the net?
Nothing except it means you’ll have less QUALITY of life and too much PC spells neck,shoulder and back problems.What can you do to fix it?
1.Checking your mails can turn into an obsession. I’d say switch those email alerts off!Checking your emails can actually keep you in the office longer. If you are freelancing, you’ll notice how nothing ever gets done when you start typing out those emails. Fix a time for it.
2.Get your PC in good shape every once in a while. Virus attacks can make you lose a lot of your information and it takes ages to get everything back in order again.
3.Make sure your spam filters are installed.You don’t want to waste your time on spam.
4.If you’re a blogger, write your posts in advance and future post it(if that’s an option for you) or save them and post them as required.
5.Prioritize. Is answering this mail as important as going out for the morning walk you had planned?
6.It’s all about planning. Schedule times when you’ll be on online forums. Don’t keep checking on new messages.
7.Unsubscribe from newsletters you are never going to read.
8.If you have to work in front of the computer all day, keep yourself hydrated, take breaks every hour and make sure that you get lots of sleep.
9. Review your day before you go to bed. Don’t check your mail or watch T.V before you hit the sheets. A doctor told me this one. That way the next day you have no excess baggage.
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Have you ever thought that you are not good looking enough? We all have our Ugly Betty moments. When Dorothy talked about Salma Hayek’s tryst with deformity, I was smiling cheek to cheek:) What the mirror tells you and what others see is different.
Other people see the potential inherent in us. I see my weaknesses. So I kill myself more than anyone else can because I’m too self-critical and analytical. A lot of eating disorders out there come from feelings of insecurity and lack of self worth.
Either you gobble food or purge it;this can destroy your body. Fixing the way you look at yourself is really the goal. If you can fix the broken mirror in your head, maybe you can start looking at your body in a new constructive light.
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When Kelly asked about happiness in her blog lawmummy.com, I started wondering about what makes people happier in general.
Though many think that money doesn’t really make us all happy inside, I think money is important. Research says that money doesn’t really change your happiness levels at all. So even if you are super rich, you could get depressed.
Going out for a walk or engaging in exercise gives you a high. That’s because a chemical called serotonin increases in your body and your happiness goes up too.
Chocolate makes me happy. It contains an endorphin-increasing component called phenylethylamine. Too much chocolate isn’t good for you though. Watch out for the high sugar.
Relaxation makes us all happy.Going outside, talking to friends, enjoying ourselves.
The happiness quotient in our lives should go up more. Happiness helps health to improve. I’d say try to do what you love as much as possible. Take it easy and if you are in a stressful situation do your best to come out of it.
Read The happiness diet for great tips on enhancing your happiness.
Today is World Health Day, so I became a little thoughtful.We live in a world ravavged by disease. Although obesity is making headlines, many parts of the world are battling TB,malaria,AIDS and Hepatitis. It is disease that stops nations from progressing. In Africa, entire villages have been wiped out by AIDS and that means that the remaining few never get a chance to smile.
One author that made me think about world health is Jeffery Sachs. In his book The End of Poverty, he talks about the economic possibilities that could lead to upliftment of poorer nations. Poor nations are being held back by a variety of factors and disease is one of them.
TB is a preventable disease and lack of awareness and medicine make saving lives all the more impossible.Malaria is another example. By using mosquito nets, malaria can be lessened. The thing is that there is so little money out there. Even buying nets is impossible. Who would think about mosquito nets when there is no food?
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Babies are in an enviable poistion right now because they are the only ones privelaged enough to have fat-based products. So babies can have yoghurt and full cream milk without worrying about the calories.
Why can babies have more fats? Well they grow terrifically fast, tripling their birthweight in the first year and growing as much as ten inches long. Their brain is growing rapidly too and 60 per cent of the brain is made of fat.
But parents be warned. Don’t fatten up your baby all that much as it could get them into trouble later on.
Read Why Babies Need Full-Fat Foods for more
I just can’t figure out how to eat with chopsticks. So this one is for me.How do you do it? It’s healthy and the most sensible way to have noodles.
I found a step-by-step instruction kit on the web:
-You pick up the first chopstick with the middle finger and thumb. Stiffen your hand for a firm grip. So the broad end of the chopstick lies on the part where your thumb and index finger connect. The narrow end of the chopstick is supposed to rest on the tip of your ring finger.
-Grip the second chopstick with your index finger. Place your thumb over the second chopstick. The idea is to have a comfortable grip. The narrow tips of the chopsticks should be even with each other to help prevent them from crossing or being unable to “pinch” the food.
-Hold it steady. You hold the first chopstick steady and move the second (top) chopstick by moving the tip of your index finger up and down while the thumb remains relatively steady.
-Practice opening and closing the chopsticks and don’t stab your food. Never pass food with chopsticks as this is considered bad manners.
Yesterday Brick O’Neil from EncouragingHealth told me that his fitness guru was Susan Powter. Remember her slogan”Stop the insanity”? Says Brick:
“She had a saying that has always stuck in my mind. She said that people have to do three things in order to be healthier, lose weight and generally feel better about themselves.
Those three words? Eat, Breathe, Move ”
What caught my attention was the importance given to breathing.I once went for Art of Living classes and there my teacher told me ” Neel,you’ve got your breathing all wrong.” And I sat in class thinking that we automatically inherited the knowledge of breathing.
For starters, our breathing is too shallow and fast. We are in a hurry and so we’re mostly oxygen starved and that’s where the fatigue comes from. We’re stressed out and indoors much more these days. All this changes the way we breathe.
Breathing through the nose..not through the mouth… is important. When we do deep breathing our entire body benfits. Blood circulation improves as does metabolism. It’s the best way to destress!
Read this detailed article Importance of Breathing for more breathing facts.
We all love Chinese takeaways but the big bad studies are out and it seems that eating Chinese takeaways may just be hazardous to your health. Why?
Just when you think banning trans fat has taken the zing out of your eating experience this study shows up. Well Chinese food sold in restaurants is pretty calorie rich and sodium-filled too.
The best way to be safe is simple. Eat with chopsticks; that way you eat smaller portions. Stay away from the sticky deep fried foods. Opt for veg dishes; even the starters can be pretty calorie heavy. Stay away from additional salt like soy sauce and other accompaniments. Share your meal if you can.
Personally I love Chinese food. But which food IS healthy these days?:)
Chinese restaurants a nutritionist’s nightmare, group says is a great read.
Even if you’ve done botox and cosmetic surgery what could give away your age is your hands. All those blue veins protruding and telling everyone:hey she’s just done cosmetic surgery;she’s old. Look at her poor old hands.”
So it’s more than your fortune that your hands reveal. It’s your age too.
The ‘hand lift’ is a new procedure that’s catching up in a big way. Either fat from another part of the body is transferred to your hands or you have fillers injected. With your hands rejuvenated you look at yourself differently.Interestingly, no one applies sun block on their hands. We don’t care for our hands enough and it shows. But surgery for young hands……….I don’t know about that.
Read this:
Hands up if you’ve had cosmetic surgery
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