So what is time management? Well, it is basically how you organize your time. It involves planning your day out and allocating certain times of the day and a certain amount of hours or minutes to doing an activity. We all have daily time wasting habits. Here are examples of actual (and funny) ways that…
What to do About Stress?
Everyone will experience stress in different aspects of their lives; it may be at work, with their family, in their love life or with their health. However, whatever might be the cause of your stressful day, it creates the same effect on your body, mood, and even on other people. Life is full of hassles,…
Are Your Friends There When You Need Them?
This summer I did a lot of soul-searching. I realized I’ve outgrown some of the people in my close circle of friends. What I mean is their idea of friendship is not the same as mine. I’ve always known that, and it never bothered me before. But this year it does. I’m not saying my…
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger. It’s True!
I’ve heard this cliché all my life but never really “got” it until recently. Maybe that’s because I grew up in an abusive family. Surviving my childhood taught me fierce coping skills. For those skills, I’m grateful. I also believe it molded me into the loving, compassionate woman I am today. It’s why I go…
How to defeat stress.
Any negative feelings like anger, concern, guilt, depression, frustration can bring about stress. It increases your blood pressure level, will make you anxious or nervous, and can lead to muscle tension. Even though some level of stress could be helpful for your work, your health can be much worse when under stress for a long…
How to Change an Unhealthy Behavior that Seems to be a Solution to a Problem
Doesn’t seem to make sense that we indulge sometimes in behaviors that actually hurt us in the long run does it? Yet many people eat sugary snacks or just overeat to deal with stress. Others may smoke cigarettes because nicotine can, in fact, both help them feel less anxious and less angry as well. So…
Tips on How to Avoid Getting Stressed at Christmas
Stress isn’t something most people want to associate with their Christmas break but, unfortunately, all too often in this day and age the two go hand in hand. Society puts so much pressure on individuals to host the perfect Christmas meal and hand out perfectly personal gifts. In the run up to the year’s big…
Managing Your Papers: Inbox, Outbox, and Everything In Between
Set up a system that syncs with the lifecycle of paper. No matter how organized the rest of your office may be, it’s easy to feel like things are out of control when your desk is covered with papers. Although you may have heard rumors that the so-called “paperless world” has arrived, you and I…
Concrete Ideas on How to Cope With Stress
Stress is just a part of life and can be found no matter where in the world you go. Is stress merely part of the inescapable human condition? Are we as a species chronically worried and unhappy or does bad luck simply find us wherever we are? It’s not practical to believe that we are…
Body Art – Let your tattoos do the talking
Body art, (tattoos) or (tattooing) has been a mainstay in popular culture for years, however, during the crazy nineties and the naughty noughties the tattoo popularity sky rocketed and entered the mainstream. Today you will find that tattoos is everywhere, also you may have noticed that body piercings or modifications has been closely linked to…