All Of Us Want To Live Happy Life Full Of Various Events
Mar/100
All of us want to live happy life full of various events. We set different goals and try to reach them; want to travel and see as many interesting places as we can; devote time to our family and friends. All these activities make us feel that our life is successful and happy. And we are able to do everything abovementioned only in case we are healthy and energetic. Just imagine if you wake up in the morning and feel already slack and tired. Will you be able to make any steps towards your goal? When you feel unwell, you will hardly have desire to do anything except of lying in the bed and taking medicine. That is why if you really want to be successful, you should take care of your health as well as of your career.
Being healthy means physical and mental health. For physical health we need to think of proper eating strategies, regular physical activity and enough sleep. Mental or psychological health requires timely rest and absence of stress. Of course, the latter is an integral part of our lives that is why we should at least try to minimize them and avoid additional stress.
Speaking of proper eating strategies we should mention healthy diet which supposes consumption of vegetables, fruits, fish, cereals, and dairy products and refusal from fast foods with all kinds of junk food they offer. In this case you will be able to preserve not only good health, but also perfect body, since you will give no chance to extra kilos to appear.
Physical activity is a must for everyone, since we spend too much time in front of our PCs and in our cars. This makes us weaker and weaker. But our bodies need motion in order to remain strong and healthy. Sedentary life leads to a number of diseases, so it is better to prevent them by regular exercises. You may not obligatory go in for professional sports. It is enough to do to morning exercises or attend gym a couple of times per week in order to be in good shape. Regular exercises will give you enough energy which is so important for our everyday life.
In order to better resist to stress we need to rest before we are squeezed like a lemon. Taking late hours is harmful for everybody, so it is advisable to go to bed before midnight irrespective of how many things you still have to do. Your health is more important than any kind of business, because you will not be able to cope with all your tasks and problems without it. So sleep when you need it and try to find a couple of minutes for a short break during the day. Thus you will be able to restore your strength and successfully struggle with further difficulties.
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Watch Alfie G. Fripp On BBC "This Morning"
Feb/100
Alfie Fripp, a former squadron leader from Bournemouth, is is the oldest surviving and longest serving British POW. Held during World War II in the Nazi prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III, Alfie Fripp is a Veteran of the Great Escape. He is “Uncle Bill” to Robert Fripp and Patricia Fripp.
Visit Patricia Fripp’s YouTube Channel for more videos of interviews with Alfie Fripp; view stories of his life, World War II, Nazi prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L22CgxkiWY
How You’re Ruining Christmas – And What You Can Do to Save It
Dec/090
You’re ruining Christmas.
Not for me – how could you ruin it for me? No, you’re ruining it for yourself, for your family and friends, for everyone who loves you and who you love in return.
You started in August, when you saw the first little corner of the Mega-Mart decked out with Christmas bows and dancing Santas. It was just a few little grumbles then, but by Halloween it had grown into a roar. Every Christmas decoration, every carol, every artificial tree display you took as a personal affront.
“Can you believe it? Greedy bastards!”
“Ugh, Christmas is so commercial now. Wake me up for New Years!”
“Look at those people fighting over toys like animals. They’re disgusting.”
And on and on and on and on and on. We get it. You HATE Christmas!
What’s that? You don’t hate Christmas? You say you just hate the materialism of it, the way it’s turned from a wonderful tradition into a buying frenzy, the forced gift-giving, the greedy little children waiting to open the latest whiz-bang-o on Christmas morning?
I see. You hate that everyone else just doesn’t get it. Not like you do.
OK, so: what are you going to do about it? Because nobody can ruin your Christmas but you. Not a thousand Grinches, not a million Scrooges, not a googol saccharine greeting card ads.
How to save Christmas
1. Give gifts.
I know this whole “mandatory gift-giving” thing is a drag. Why can’t you just give gifts when you feel like, instead of when society tells you to?
Here’s the thing: in every society in the world, gift-giving is an obligation. One of the highest obligations, actually. It is the fundamental basis of all human economic behavior. Here’s why: giving gifts ties us together in a profound way. It creates a web of reciprocity that binds us, one to the other.
Consider what a student told me about his family’s gift-giving tradition some years ago. He has 4 brothers, all scattered around the nation, reuniting in the family home in Queens, NY, every Christmas. On Christmas morning, they meet around the tree, and each gives the other $100. Cash.
There’s a practical reason: they don’t all want to fly home laden with bulky presents, then fly away laden with new ones – and they don’t want to get home just to find that the present they picked out is unwanted. But if you’re doing the math, you’re noticing something odd. Each gives the other $100. That’s $400 out ($100 to each of 4 brothers) and $400 back ($100 from each of four brothers). It’s a wash.
And yet, something happened there. It’s clearer if you ask yourself: why $100? Why not $20, since nobody was coming out of the exchange ahead? Or why not $1000? Or a million? After all, nothing’s coming out of anyone’s pocket, right?
They give each other $100 because they’re brothers, and because that feels right for a gift for a brother. You don’t give nothing, because that’s like saying your relationship isn’t worth anything. You don’t give a crazy amount, because that’s absurd.
The point is, quite literally, that it’s the thought that counts. We say it all the time, but they actually mean it.
So you’re going to give gifts. Because you think highly of the people around you.
2. Embrace materialism.
I know, you don’t mind giving gifts, it’s the materialism of it. Why do you have to go out, braving the maddened crowds, overflowing parking lots, and bitter winter cold to prove to your family and friends that you love them?
Well, you can make gifts, and if you’re talented at making things, by all means go ahead and make to your heart’s content. But here’s the rub: most of us aren’t. Good at making stuff, that is. We spent years developing a set of skills that allow us to get along in life, and making things isn’t really on that list. You can market the heck out of just about anything, balance the yearly books, make a global distribution network sing, or serve up platters of pasta like nobody’s business – but those highly developed skills don’t really translate to Christmas morning goodies.
Here’s what you are good at: you’re good at shopping. You do it to survive, and you’re still alive, right? I know that seems cold and detached to you, but seriously: it’s humanity’s oldest skill. 100,000 years ago your great-great-great-great[…]-great-grandmother walked through the savannas, forests, deserts, and river bottoms of Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia looking for food and raw materials, and every now and again she grabbed a nice melon or a juicy turtle thinking “You know who would like this? Sally in accounting would just eat this up!”
That’s what you’re doing out there in the malls, craft fairs, and boutiques of the Christmas season: putting your own survival needs on hold for a minute while you consider the needs and desires of the people you love. Putting your skills to the test as surely as your woodworking father or candle-making aunt is.
3. Sing a carol. Decorate a tree.
It’s amazing to me that people can decry the materialism of Christmas in the same breath as they complain about hearing “Silent Night” or “Little Drummer Boy” over the PA.
I mean, we say we want to strip away the materialism so we can get at the “real meaning” of Christmas. Well, here’s the thing: those Christmas carols are the meaning of Christmas. They’re songs about love, joy, peace, and happiness – all things that we’ve been trained to see as stupid. That’s right – we are a cold, detached, ironic, cool-seeking people who hates songs that talk about being happy as if it were something people could do.
Put that in your corn-cob pipe and smoke it.
Christmas carols are our Christmas traditions. Some of them are hundreds of years old. They connect us with our parents, and their parents, and their parents parents, and so on – to people who wouldn’t know a Tickle-Me Elmo if it bit them on their bellies like bowls full of jelly.
Take away the gift-giving, and what we have are the songs, the red-and-green tinsel, the soft glow of the tree. Kids laughing. Seriously, you’re gonna bah-humbug Christmas carols?
4. Go to church. Or don’t.
For some of us, Christmas is a religious holiday. Not all of us. Maybe not even most of us. But if you’re one of the people for whom this day is important because it marks the birth of Our Lord and Savior, by all means, go to church. Celebrate. Pray. Give thanks. It’s a wondrous thing, to have a messiah.
But for many of us, Christmas is a day off from work, a day full of tradition and a spirit of giving that lets us be with our families. That’s not nothing! We live scattered lives – even if we live in the same city as the rest of our family, which is pretty unlikely, there’s a pretty good chance we don’t see them as often as we’d like. We don’t celebrate them as often as we’d like. And certainly not all together, in one place, with gifts and feasting and songs.
Let’s say you give up the gift-giving. No more materialism for you! And let’s say you give up the carols. And the tree. See, I get all that. I disagree, but I get it. It’s overwhelming. It’s too much. I understand.
But there’s your family, all with the same day off. Who cares why – you all have the day off! That’s a rare and special thing. So what are you going to do?
You could do what Jews have been doing for the last two millennia: catch a movie with your family and go out for Chinese. It’s great: the roads are practically empty, there’s always a great selection Christmas week (as studios rush to get their big Oscar contenders out before the year-end deadline), and Chinese food is delicious. What’s more, you’ll spend the whole day relaxing with your family, just enjoying each other’s company.
Or create your own traditions. Go sledding or hiking or kite flying (for our readers in the Southern Hemisphere). Pull out the photo albums and play “What was I thinking?!” Play GiftTRAP or some other party game.
4. Stop your whining and have a merry Christmas!
The world is how it is. We’re consumers, and we live in a commercialized society. If that bothers you – and it should – by all means, devote yourself to changing the world. But start December 26th and keep at it until next November, when it’s needed. Everyone’s a critic from Thanksgiving to Christmas, and we do nothing about it.
Becoming a revolutionary for the Christmas season isn’t helping. All it’s doing is ruining your holidays for you, and for everyone who cares about you. Instead of whining about how much Christmas sucks, how about applying some positive thinking to finding the special core that makes Christmas work for you, whether that’s the social relationships that Christmas gift-giving cements into something solid and enduring, the traditions that give us permission to imagine a world in which being good to one another isn’t an absurdity, or the time you get to spend celebrating your family.
It’s up to you. The stores are doing what they have to do to make money, which is their job. The mobs of shoppers are doing what they have to do to make their Christmas work for them. You’re the only one who can make Christmas special. You’ve got a week. Have at it!
Dustin M. Wax is a freelance writer and project manager at Stepcase Lifehack. He is also the creator of The Writer’s Technology Companion, a site devoted to the tools of the writing trade. When he’s not writing, he teaches anthropology and gender studies in Las Vegas, NV. He is the author of Don’t Be Stupid: A Guide to Learning, Studying, and Succeeding at College.
Follow him on Twitter: @dwax.
How to Start Running – Without Feeling Like a Failure
Dec/090
Do you sometimes wish you were fitter? And maybe slimmer? I do. In fact, I’m determined to lose 7 kg in four weeks and get really fit. But how to get fit in a hurry – without spending hours at the gym?
One of the fastest ways to get fit is to start running.
It can be daunting if you’ve never run before. Especially if you have friends, colleagues or family members who talk casually about how they run 7 miles each morning before breakfast. (Don’t you sometimes want to throttle them?)
I just spent three weeks with my family and two of them, my brother and my niece, thought nothing of running for an hour-and-a-half after spending an exhausting day stumbling through thick rain forest. It made me feel like a fitness failure…
In the end, I started to run too. Because running is great for getting fit fast. There are some important advantages of running as a fitness strategy:
- It boosts cardiovascular fitness.
- It tones your whole body because so many muscle groups are involved when you run.
- Weight-bearing exercise, such as running, is especially good in promoting bone density and protecting against osteoporosis, which affects men as well as women.
- Running is a natural movement. The body is designed to be able to run.
- As one of the most vigorous exercises out there, running is an efficient way to burn calories and drop pounds.
Here are some tips that will help you develop running:
1. Buy good shoes
It’s worth going to a specialty shop to buy a pair of running shoes. Make sure that the salesperson looks at the shape and arch of your foot to figure out the best shoes for you. The reason good shoes are important is because it will soften the impact and protect your joints.
2. Take it slow
When you start running, it doesn’t matter how slow you go. Remember that your body needs to get used to new movement.
3. Ease into running with interval training.
The best way to get fit fast is through interval training. This means short burst of high intensity exercise alternating with recovery periods. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, more calories are burned in short, high intensity exercise.
Try alternating 5 minutes of walking and one minute of running for twenty minutes. As you get fitter, you can lengthen the periods of running. Once you get used to running, you can alternate slow jogging with fast sprints.
4. Warm up first
It’s important to warm up your body before running. Otherwise running will feel very hard and your body will moan and groan. Walking is a great way to warm up the body. Stride out and pump your arms. Start with a medium paced walk and then speed up until you start to sweat. Once your body is warm, you are ready to run.
5. Use correct running technique
Beginners like me find it difficult to relax while running. Keep your head up and your lower arms in hip height, and run without bouncing. It all helps to work your body more efficiently. Check out this video about correct running technique.
6. Run with others
A great way to keep up your motivation is to run with others. See if a colleague or a friend is willing to come running with you. Set an interval schedule for your run and stick to it.
7. Keep an exercise diary
Keep a record of your new exercise routine. Write down each day what kind of exercise you have done. A great way to track your growing fitness is by measuring your resting pulse before you get up in the morning. As you get fitter, your resting pulse will get lower.
8. Add strength exercises to the mix
Building strength in your legs will help you to run. A simple way to build your leg muscles is by doing squats. Stand with feet a little more than shoulder width apart. As you squat, keep your feet on the ground and swing your arms to the front in order to keep your balance. Start with 3 sets of 10 squats but don’t get carried away. If you do too many at one time, you might have difficulty walking the next day! As you get fitter, you can add more sets to your squat routine.
9. Add a cool-down period after exercise
It’s important for the body to cool down after running. The best way is to walk at a medium pace until your heart-rate returns to normal.
10. Stretch after running
It’s a good practice to stretch after running because it keeps your body flexible. Watch this short video on which stretches to do after running.
If you follow the ten points above, you will become a runner – without feeling like a failure. Remember that you can start running at any age. Bob Hayes took up running when he was 60. After a little while, he decided to enter a 5km fun-run and his son gave him his first pair of trainers. He said afterwards, “I wasn’t feeling as fit as I would have liked to. Perhaps age is catching up on me?” Yeah, right!
Fast forward 20 years…
At age 80, Bob completed his tenth 50-mile ultra-marathon in Montana and has made running history. He said afterwards:
“I’m in the best shape of my life.”
If you follow these 10 tips, you will get into the swing of running. Soon you will feel your body tone up and slim down in response to the exercise. Best of all, you’ll begin to feel confident, healthy, and attractive.
Mary Jaksch is an author, Zen Master, and psychotherapist who likes dancing tango in skimpy dresses. Her blogGoodlife Zen focuses on personal growth for intelligent people. Get her FREE eBook Overcome Anything: Finding Light after Darknessclick here.Mary is also Chief Editor of Leo Babauta’s blog Write to Done
A legacy for our children?
Dec/090
The world can’t afford any more political procrastination on climate change, warn Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson
Age endows the gift of perspective and perhaps even a little wisdom. As we consider what remains of our own lives, one issue that looms above all in potential scale and consequence: climate change. We cannot ignore the changing weather patterns that are already causing immense suffering, and that climate change is potentially undermining the lives and livelihoods of future generations.