9 habits that may do more harm than good The basics of staying healthy seem pretty easy to follow: Eat well, exercise, get enough sleep and you should be on the right track, right? Surprisingly, it can be more complicated than that. Oftentimes the very choices we make to benefit our health can be the same ones that hurt us in the long run. 1. If you reach for hand sanitizer any time you make contact with the outside world, you might want to take pause. 2. Who isn't tempted to buy the latest skin creams and serums promising to shed years from your face? 3. Forgoing sky-high heels and toe-pinching boots for the freedom of flip-flops is giving your feet a much-need break, right? 4. Rushing to brush immediately after every meal may seem like a great way to keep your oral health in check, but according to Greg Diamond, DDS, a New York City periodontist, it's better to hold off. 5. 6. 7. By reaching for a bottle of H20 you may think you're doing your body some good by avoiding tap water, which can be filled with who-knows-what. 8.
Heloise Cleaning your Computer • Remove individual keys to clean and wipe the underside with a microfiber cloth. Some keys have springs and it might be tough to get them back in place. • Lay an extra place mat over to keyboard (when not using) to prevent dust, dirt and pet hair from getting on or in it. • Keep food or drinks away from your computer. Uses for Microfiber Cloths To help make cleaning easier, manufacturers have introduced wonderful new cleaning products and equipment. Bathroom, Kitchen Store a couple of microfiber cloths in these locations because they will clean and shine the chrome, spiff up mirrors and are great for wiping off the sink. Pets Freshen up your dog by lightly dampening a microfiber cloth with water and wiping over its fur. Plants To take dust off live or artificial leaves, lightly dampen a microfiber cloth and wipe over the leaves. Computer Pet hair, dust, ashes from smoking can migrate into your computer and clog the open holes. Heloise Hints /FamilyNet Channel 1.
How to Get Oragnized - 100 Organizing Tips The meals, the kids, the housework, the job…the only way to stay sane is to get organized. Fat chance, you say? Remember, the goal of organizing isn’t to make your house pristine; it’s to make your life more functional. So don’t straighten for neatness sake—create an organized foundation for all the roles you play. The Housekeeper 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 6 fascinating people who own almost nothing Most of us can only handle stacking, storing and stepping over our stuff for so long before we start to feel claustrophobic. We go on a cleaning spree and give (or sell) it all away. But that's only a temporary fix. Living small requires a more permanent shift. You might find it hard to believe, but there is a growing demographic of people convinced that no person needs a house full of possessions to survive. These aren't tent-dwelling hippies, but successful, intelligent individuals and families who have rejected the stuff-cluttered life for something more meaningful. On the brink of turning 30, Millburn and Nicodemus (pictured above) discovered that working 70-80 hours a week for a corporation and buying more stuff didn’t fill the void. Photo courtesy of guynameddave.com We often dismiss lifestyles of few possessions as something reserved for college kids and bohemians, but who ever said age sentences us to a prison of clutter? Andrew Hyde - Author and vagabond Photo: ManVsDebt.com
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Organize Your Whole House with One Trip to the Dollar Store There are any number of excuses I can make for why I haven’t taken the time to organize our house: not enough time to do it all, don’t know where to start, organizational supplies are too expensive, etc. It’s easy to get discouraged and quit before I am even started. But the truth is, the supplies to get an entire house in order don’t have to cost a small fortune. Most of them can be found right at the local dollar store. To prove this to myself, and to you, I took a trip to my local Dollar Tree. ONE trip, no going back for forgotten items or things they didn’t have in stock. The uses for some of the supplies are obvious; you use the drawer organizers to organize drawers and the laundry bags to hold dirty (or clean) laundry. I have compiled 100 ways you can organize your whole house using items from the dollar store. 1. 14. 19. 22. 26. 28. 35. 37. 40. 42. 49. 54. 58. 61. 63. 64. 66. 69. 74. 78. 80. 82. 83. 86. 88. 90. 91. 94. 97. Hide Your Power StripsUnder-Shelf Storage <!
15 famous people who mysteriously disappeared The Lost Roanoke Colony. The Dyatlov Pass Incident. The death of Natalie Wood. We love a good unsolved mystery, and unexplained disappearances that have managed to baffle historians have also intrigued the general public. In a majority of these cases, the unaccounted-for person was legally declared dead at some point, although their body has never been recovered and their whereabouts are still unknown. So cue up the appropriate music and join us as we delve into the realm of the mostly unknown. Who: Henry Hudson Missing since: 1611 Where: James Bay, Canada Henry Hudson (a.k.a. the famed British navigator who has a river, bay, straight, town, bridge, etc. named after him) must have been a rather pushy fellow to work for. Not a whole lot of particulars are known about the mutiny that ended Hudson's fourth expedition as only a handful of the Discovery's crew survived the voyage back to England to stand trial. Who: Amelia Earhart Missing since: 1937 Where: The Pacific Ocean Who: Harold Holt
IHeart Organizing The Art of Getting Started This is my first blog for , and I've decided to begin at the beginning. Like many writers, I dread the start of a new piece of work, or, to put it more accurately, I dread the of the start. To begin anything is to open myself up to the possibility of failure and disappointment, two things nobody enjoys very much. Ideally, I would only ever embark on projects that were guaranteed to be perfect both in conception and execution, and were therefore also guaranteed to be anxiety-free, but as it is I am a real person doing real things in the real world, so my choice is to face the anxiety - the feeling I mentioned earlier - or never get anything done ever. Perfectionism is, apparently, functional for some people. More often, though, it's caused me grief . It wasn't until my mid-30's, when I was finally diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, that I really understood what had been going on in my head and in my college room.
Free Downloads Are you looking to simplify and organize your life? Choose from a variety of FREE planning forms below. You can download each form individually by clicking on the form’s name, or you can download all the forms in one category as a single file by clicking on the Master List beneath the heading. Feel free to print as many as you need! Budgeting Workbooks: Budgeting Workbook — this is the workbook I use to track all our finances. Daily Planners: Read more about how I use my daily planner. UPDATE: you can now get the Single planner in a fully editable format here. My Daily Planner – Single — This is the worksheet I use every day. Meal/Menu Planners: Shopping Planners: Shopping List: Organize your weekly shopping and easily pair coupons with in-store specials. Food Preserving Worksheets: Holiday Planner: Gift Inventory — Track your gift ideas, gifts purchased, and your spending. Miscellaneous:
9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier Happiness is the only true measure of personal success. Making other people happy is the highest expression of success, but it's almost impossible to make others happy if you're not happy yourself. With that in mind, here are nine small changes that you can make to your daily routine that, if you're like most people, will immediately increase the amount of happiness in your life: 1. Start each day with expectation. If there's any big truth about life, it's that it usually lives up to (or down to) your expectations. 2. The most common source of stress is the perception that you've got too much work to do. 3. I'm not talking about a formal, wrapped-up present. 4. Arguments about politics and religion never have a "right" answer but they definitely get people all riled up over things they can't control. 5. Since you can't read minds, you don't really know the "why" behind the "what" that people do. 6. Sometimes we can't avoid scarfing something quick to keep us up and running. 7. 8. 9.
Test Your ESP & Psychic Experience Forum for Empaths Found a great little psychic test website that I'd like to pass along. You can test your psychic ability with a series of fun & interesting tests. I spent 30 mins this morning; seemed to have great success with the number test, not so much with the others. Computer psychic tests are impersonal and may throw empaths off. Looks like a great site to share empath and psychic experiences as well. Michael