Mental activity can keep your mind sharp. Continue to learn and challenge yourself and your brain continues to grow. Review the following tips to help challenge your brain to continual growth: – Learn to play a musical instrument – Play scrabble or do crossword puzzles – Interact with others – Switch careers or start …
You just bought the perfect leather briefcase, and oops, a co-worker spills their morning coffee on it! What to do? Leather accessories are an investment in style and panache. Leather communicates your commitment to quality and eye for detail. But, you don’t want taking care of your leather items to be a job in …
“Welcome to my morning, welcome to my day. Yes, I’m the one responsible, I made it just this way.” (“Farewell Andromeda,” John Denver) The alarm clock goes off, and a deep sleep unceremoniously crashes into another morning. Bleary eyed, after a speedy debate over 5 to ten more minutes of blessed “snooze alarm time” …
What exactly is motivation? Everyone does not always define motivation the exact same way. Some people describe motivation as a mental force that drives a person to accomplish an end such as finishing a project or saving for retirement. Some people say that motivation is why some individuals do one thing and others do …
In a relationship, jealousy has always been considered to be unhealthy if it leads to non-stop fights and arguments. In fact, jealousy is the top reason why many marriages end up in divorces. A jealous partner is annoying, embarrassing and greatly frustrating. Jealousy can be caused by insecurities in a relationship, further provoked by …
Parkinson’s disease affects approximately 1.5 million adults in the United States. Due to a deficiency in the chemical dopamine, which controls muscle coordination and movement, Parkinson’s disease most often affects motor skills and speech. People with Parkinson’s disease often experience difficulties with movement; many of them shake uncontrollably or go rigid. Balance is often …
The Secret is a very well-done, extremely publicized and super-well marketed movie/documentary on the “Law of Attraction.” Brought to us by the same gang of people who did the very interesting movie What the Bleep Do We Know, The Secret is probably the first high-budget, widely distributed movie on the topic, or actually on …
Nail Biting is a habit where a person usually bites their fingernails or toenails. This may be because a person is feeling bored, nervous, stressed or he/she maybe hungry. The reasons are varied. Excessive nail biting is a sign of mental or emotional disorder. This habit can be compulsive and a person maybe busy …
The metaphor of the “rat race” as a way to talk about the nature of contemporary life is instructive. I wonder about its origin. And just what is a rat race? I picture a maze in some scientific laboratory with a dozen rodents scrambling in all directions, trying with great frustration to find their …
Symbolism plays a big part in how we communicate. It was believed to be the earliest form of communication as evidenced throughout history. Man has an innate need to express his feelings. But there are some things that we just cannot put into words, or sometimes words aren’t enough, that one single representation is …