Stop Work Be More Productive And Kill Computer Related Stress
Sorry, computer related stress (CRI) will eventually harm you if you insist on slaving away non-stop at a computer for hours without a break. To make sure you can be more productive long term, you MUST pace yourself.
- For starters, you need to take a five or ten minute break from working about once every hour. Exercise, take a rest, or do something enjoyable during the break. Try and forget about the work you have been doing; fretting only contributes to muscle and mental strain.
- Massaging your hands and forearms several times a day will improve circulation.
You should also massage your neck muscles to relieve the tension of keeping your head in one position for any length of time.
Work downwards from your head to your shoulders, pressing more firmly as you go on. You may want to rub in a small amount of good-quality hand cream or massage oil, as this will stop your skin becoming dry and sore.
- Try to work in a reasonably warm place. Your muscles must work harder if they become chilled, and are more likely to feel strain easily. Also, your hands will ache and feel weak after working too long in a cold or draughty spot.
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Do a few easy stress relieving exercises.
Buy a stress ball - a huge variety are available off the Internet. Slowly squeeze the ball with your hand ten to fifteen times. Do this exercise frequently, as often as once every hour if you need to do a lot of computer work.
Another good stress releieving exercise is to slowly spread your hands out, making your fingers spread out as widely as they can. Then, slowly curl your fingers inwards until you make a loose fist.
Relax then repeat this five times each hand.
Finally, let your arms dangle by your sides and gently shake them out a few seconds. This will help relieve muscle tension.
- While you are working, yawns every once in a while - with some jobs, this will come naturally! This will put more oxygen into your body because doing repetitive, non-active things causes your air (oxygen) intake to drop, lowering your energy level. During your breaks, 'charge up' on oxygen by breathing deeply and smoothly but DO NOT hyperventilate.
- Continual focussing at one distance (the screen) soon tires your eye muscles. So while you 're working, periodically look away from the screen every now and then and focus your eyes on varied distant objects. This will give your eyes a break from constantly focusing on one thing.
Don't be pressured! If anyone queries you easing off every now and then, show them this article and ask how they want you tomorrow - well and working or off with injury, seeing a doctor?
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Car Care Tips
It's true what they say ? if you treat your car well, it will never give you problems. Car breakdowns happen only to people who are neglectful. If you know how to keep you car in top shape, you can expect it to never let you down.
Aside from a regular oil change, battery maintenance, and regular fluid check up, there are also other important car-care routines to keep in mind:
Use only the best quality fuel. Remember that fuel acts as your car's food ? if you feed your car well, it will perform better.
Use only clean-burning gasoline that not only accelerates your car's performance, but also helps clean out engine deposits and is safe to the environment.
Maintain your tires. Make it a habit to check your tires' air pressure at least once a month. Proper tire inflation not only prevents flats, but also saves you fuel and keeps your car and engine stable.
Don't wait for your tires to get all worn out before you replace them....
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Beyond Paint: Decorating Walls With Stencils
Painting walls in various colors is a quick and easy way to decorate any room in your home. But when you're looking for something a bit more artistic and unique, you might try your hand at stenciling.Stencils come in a variety of forms: Simple geometric shapes to elaborate scenery. Really good stencils can actually reproduce famous paintings and designs too.A simple room decoration stencil pattern to start with is borders. Stenciling borders can be done in addition to existing wallpaper, or as a replacement. Stenciled borders can be repeated geometric designs, or more detailed repeating patterns such as vines, flowers or leaves.
Borders can also be placed at the top of a wall, the bottom, or in dead center for variating effects and design influences.Stencils allow you to create friezes as well. This is done simply by starting with a strong contrasting color at the top, and carried downward through gradually fading tints until they are lost in the general color of the wall There...
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How To Save At The Gaspump
With some analysts predicting gas prices to peak at as much as $2.50 per gallon or more, those of us on a budget will have to find ways to meet the higher cost of fuel or cut back on our gas consumption. Five weeks ago I was able to pay $1.77 per gallon at a local station; the price has now jumped to $2.19 per gallon and climbing. So now when I fill up my 13-gallon gas tank I'm paying $5.46 more. Filling up twice a week, or about 10 times a month on average, will cost me $54.60 more each month. Fortunately, I have some wiggle room in my personal budget to meet this increase.
For those who don't have that flexibility, here are some tips to help you survive the pumped up prices awaiting you at your neighborhood gas station:Maintain Your VehicleKeeping your tires properly inflated,your engine tuned, and checking your oil regularly are a few small ways that will help you save on fuel consumption and costs. Under-inflated or over-inflated tires can cause poor handling. You'll also...
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Make Lemonaid from a Lemon
Lemonaid from a Lemon?by: Debra VaughnAbout 2 months ago my family grew by one more. When we had our baby,
the reality that we could no longer fit our family into a car hit us.
Our back seat simply would not fit 2 carseats and a carrier car seat.
So off the the dealership we went to buy a mini-van.
After browsing several dealerships in one day.
I found two vans that
I liked at two different dealerships. Here is how I got a van that is
practically brand new, though the year of the van is 1996, for
$8,999.00. The best part about it is, you can do it too!
First, my husband and I went to 3 different dealerships. We found
three vans that we loved. at the last dealership, I fell in love with
a particular van.
The van was marked at $13,995. I mentioned to the
salesperson that there was a van that was practically identical at
the dealership right across the street...
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