We work hard so we can afford holidays or a move to a bigger home and improve life quality. Don’t wait for a holiday or a new home to bring balance to your life. Reserve Sundays for doing meaningful things you don’t get to do on weekdays and improve life quality now. 1. Slow Down Turn off the alarm. If your internal clock wakes you up at the usual hour, use the time for deep breathing exercises or read inspiring quotes and experience positive emotions....

Instead of setting aside hours every weekend to weed and mow your yard, try investing in an automatic mower and try pulling up a few weeds every day when you get home. When you want to improve your home from the inside, the same principles apply. Installing a mirror and a rug in your hallway will make it look bigger and help you hide worn carpeting practically instantly. Of course, as this infographic points out, some methods to improve your home will take longer than ten minutes, but adding in a few minutes of preparation will make these bigger jobs go smoother and faster....

As the installation and configuration is not self-explainary. Grinn also offers a how-to to work through the setup: Incorporate Google Calendar Into Outlook – [Grinn Production Blog] The best thing about Google Calendar is that it’s online. We here at Grinn Productions do a lot of web-based applications and have developed plenty of them for our clients. However, they do have their limitations. A major one is that of hardware support....

For those of you who do not eat bugs the question is: should you eat bugs and what are the benefits of eating them? This video from TED-Ed is pretty convincing. It explains how eating bugs dates back to our ancestors, yet over the years we’ve become urbanized and have lost our taste for bugs. Starting around the 1:45 mark, you’ll see that there still are some areas in the world where eating bugs is culturally acceptable....

If you’re wondering whether there’re some faster ways to boost your confidence, paying some attention to what you wear can be a good idea. Your attire has a significant effect on self-esteem and confidence. Almost all of us know that how we dress will affect the first impression with leave for others;[1] but not so many of us are aware of the fact that it’s also affecting how we perceive ourselves....

Tim speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, a national champion in Chinese kickboxing, and has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003. In this interview, I ask Tim about his views on productivity and 20/80 rules. Tim also gives me some great answers on his thoughts on lifestyle, work life, and outsourcing. An Interview With Tim Ferriss Q: Tim, you have done a lot in your life – you are a kickboxing champion, a world record holder in tango, as well as running a multinational firm....

I work a great deal with deviant behaviors, both as a counselor to the perpetrators as well as the victims. So, I get a chance to look at things from both sides of the spectrum. This bit focuses the facet of that spectrum known as stalking and how to protect yourself from it. Here is the nitty gritty on stalkers. Here is the “how come?” Here are your pro-active self defense steps....

Email has managed to take hold of too many lives, distracting us from what we really should be doing by sucking us back into responding to messages coming at us on an ongoing basis. The technology of email is wonderful in that we can actually communicate with each other from opposite ends of the globe or from right next door with just a few keystrokes and a “whoosh” from our computer’s speakers, but it has come at a cost that is getting out of control....

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Using this extension, simply right click on the tab and unload it. Doing this will keep the tab open in the browser, but without slowing down the browser. For prolific readers, procrastinators, and savers, the BarTab Lite X extension can be a real life saver. While it is for Firefox users only, there are many similar types of programs being created for other browsers as well. BarTab Lite X [Firebox Add-ons]

But, while Earth Hour is a great awareness raising campaign and does provide some relief against our constant pummel on nature, it doesn’t solve the huge problems we’re facing. Even if you’re one of the few who still think that global warming is an elaborate prank, there’s no arguing the fact that looking after our one and only planet is important—after all, there’s nowhere to go if we kill this one....

These students will, after all, graduate into one the strongest job markets the United States has seen in recent years. Unemployment for college educated workers over 25 is hovering around 2.4% nationally and in a recent study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, 37% of employers say they plan to pay 2016’s graduates more than they paid 2015’s graduates. A survey conducted with the help of Linkedin found that companies hired three times as many job seekers that came from network referrals than those who simply applied....

It is an utility that obsoletes your start menu – because it can index any programs, documents, or folders with keystrokes. How many keystroke it involves to launch Firefox? Press Alt-Space to activate Launchy panel, type ‘fir’ and it should choose Firefox for you. If it is not? Hit Down-arrow and run it by Enter key. As it stores the running frequency, next time when you type ‘fir’, it should prefer the Firefox shortcut than others....

Here are some epic examples of clean web design inspiration to inspire your design: Furnde Theme – Enes Dal The stark feeling of this design mirrors the decor and home goods it’s pushing. As stark, clean, even brutalist design is on the rise in web design, it’s also huge in architecture and decor as well. Whether you’ve noticed the rise in Instagram photos with white backgrounds, white desktops, and white and cream fashion statements, or you already have your house decked out with white and gold – it’s hard to deny the trend if you’re watching social media influencers....

People who seem to have all the luck are not usually blessed by an outrageous amount of good fortune. They simply have a healthy attitude, which enables them to capitalize on situations. Those who are closed minded and negative simply don’t allow as many good things into their lives, or if good things appear, they don’t even recognize them. Having a positive way of organizing your thoughts allows you to create your own luck in everyday life....

1. Make a daily to-do list Many people make a to-do list; that’s nothing new. However, the way in which successful people approach their to-do lists is much different than the way others do. While many people (myself included) make a to-do list that is relatively underwhelming, successful people tend to overload their to-do list, giving them too much to do. This doesn’t mean they actually finish everything on their list; it just means they always have something to do....

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Sure, LinkedIn has had an official iPhone app for a while. Sure, you could use the app on your iPad in 2X mode. But that’s hardly fun is it? Well, I’m happy to let you know that your long (long, long) wait is finally over. Yes, LinkedIn has updated their iOS app to fully support both the iPhone and iPad. Oh, and not just support the iPad, but support the new iPad with Retina graphics and a gorgeously simple UI that, well…you just have to see for yourself....

Just give me 10 trees! Researchers in Toronto studied the health benefits when people lived near trees. This study was led by Omid Kardan, a psychologist from the University of Chicago. Toronto was an ideal location because it happens to have 530,000 trees in its urban areas. Researchers also had access to the health records of over 30,000 residents in the Toronto area. Basically they found that having just 10 trees in the neighborhood was beneficial for health and can help lower heart disease, obesity and diabetes....

These foods are excellent diet foods because they help you feel full and gain nutrients, without any risk of weight gain. It’s also worth noting that while some people claim that you shouldn’t eat fruits while dieting because they contain too many sugars, most fruits are actually fairly low in calfories. In fact, garlic has way mor calories than watermelon, papaya, apples and many other sweet snacks. While not all of the foods on this infographic are zero calorie foods, they are all good for you and you should remember that it’s also just as unhealthy to intake too few calories as it is to take in too many....