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The Cognitive Scientist’s Handbook to Working an Optimal Day

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So during this time, what we’re good at mentally is alertness, vigilance, attention to detail and information review,” Loney says. This habit might be silencing phone notifications on your work email, shutting the door to your home office or listening to a meditative podcast or audiobook on your commute home. From 3-10 p.m.

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How Happy Are You?

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Because that apparently isn’t enough, late in the year, this magazine came along with another fun game. For my own experiment, I used a fairly basic spreadsheet and phone alerts. When my phone buzzed to remind me to record my score, it was as if I was being evaluated in front of a live audience of one. and ending at 11 p.m.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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He suggests trying things like calling your cable company and asking a phone rep to waive a late fee. When you decide to speak up about an important matter, is phone, email or face-to-face best (assuming you have options)? Obviously, it’s helpful to be able to write your thoughts, step away and review them later before hitting send.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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If you had asked me a week before that accident if I was happy, I would’ve said yes,” I told life coach Martha Beck over the phone. “ Over the phone, she relives her moment of clarity with me, recalling the incident that inspired her 1999 book, Expecting Adam. “I And everything changed. “If I don’t belong at that job.

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12 Essential Tips Every Solo Traveler Needs to Know

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Keep these documents in the cloud and on your phone to easily access them from the road. While you’ll need your physical passport to fly home, having a photo or scan of your passport on your phone can help you when filling out paperwork or if you need to provide identification but don’t want to hand over your original documents.

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41 Ways to Improve Yourself in Just 10 Minutes

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A review published in Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports found that peer support and online peer groups may help “facilitate long-term adherence” to weight loss regimens. Put down your phone. Try putting your phone out of sight (and touch) for 10 minutes of uninterrupted productivity. Skip the cup of coffee or burst of sugar.

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What a Child Can Teach You About Life and Love

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Other than occasionally replying to a text from Gillian to confirm that, yes, we were still alive, I didn’t use my phone. I began to protect time in the early evenings: “Nope, I can’t review that presentation right now; it’s dinner time.” I carried him upstairs to his big-boy dinosaur bed and laid down next to him for a few minutes.