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The average American salary is $51,000 per year and it costs nearly 24% of that income just to run a single-family home of 1500 square feet per year.[2] With property taxes, insurance, credit card debit, loans, mortgages, and living expenses absorbing another 68%, only 8% of an annual salary is left for emergency, entertainment, or vacation expenses. People are realizing there’s more to life than spending your health to gain your wealth....

If relationships worked the way they did in the movies, your partner would have said something like, “Honey, I completely understand where you’re coming from. You don’t have to say it. I’ll not let anything hurt your any more.(Hug)” But because life isn’t a movie, there’s a chance your partner actually said something closer to, “Why are you getting so offended? I didn’t mean anything by it. You’re being dramatic for no reason....

Author Robert Greene paints early humans as a benefactor of this misunderstood emotion in his masterpiece, Mastery. While the Business Insider published an article that plays on the distress our worries can bring, there is a one solution to disheartening worries that will empower you to be decisive. Worry will, as long as you allow it, become a trusted confidant. Unless, of course, you enjoy the emotional roller coaster. Robert Greene has nearly two decades of brilliant and insightful books on the nature of mankind....

For those who live alone or are just starting to move out of their comfy parental homes, it is a tedious job to remember to clean shower heads. Heck, I didn’t even know you had to. So the next time you feel that your house is being infested by tiny creatures who aren’t helping with the cleaning or rent, take a look at all you missed out on for the past couple of months....

So it was in 2011 when Lacey decided to become an adoptive mother – a decision that would change her life forever. The Family She Always Wanted Not long after her certification came through to legally adopt, Lacey received a phone call asking if she would be willing to foster four children – but not just any four children – they were all sisters. Knowing the importance of keeping siblings together for the sake of family ties, bonds and sisterly love, Lacey gladly agreed to take in the four girls to create a stable and loving environment for all of them, together with Lacey’s own parents....

What Exactly Is Dynamic Stretching? I’m glad you asked! In short, it’s “stretching as you are moving”. Some examples would be: high kicks, jump squats, jump lunges, and knee-to-chest. The type of stretching you’re probably used to doing is called static stretching. It requires little movement, such as reaching down to touch your toes. How Is It Different from Traditional Warm-Up? Simply put, it’s more effective than traditional stretching. When you’re engaging in static stretching you are loosening up your muscles, but it doesn’t necessarily get them ready for what you’re about to perform....

Hair habits that help you to grow hair faster 1. Avoid using heat on your hair Using heat on your hair is very damaging. If you don’t think you can give up your straighteners or hairdryer, consider cutting down and always use a heat protection spray. 2. Trim your hair regularly If you want long hair, you may want a trim. It may sound counter-intuitive, but if you leave split ends they work their way up your hair, meaning more hair needs to be cut off eventually....

This little gem comes from Matt’s Idea Blog almost a year ago and helps me get through educational reading, particularly when I want to read a lot of books in a short time. It’s a simple process. The first 3 steps should take around ten minutes [not much extra, hey?] and prepares your brain to take in the information. Because you’ve, essentially, already read the book three times, when you do finally read it in it’s entirety the information becomes much easier to sink in....

An information oasis – where you can get only the gems of the information without the noise – is the dream land of Information Age. It is the place where the information you consume boost your personal effectiveness rather than decrease it. But how do you get there? How can you find your information oasis in the midst of information desert? Here are eight tips: 1. Minimize your news consumption News is probably the most noisy kind of information you could get....

An old saying goes, time is money. These days, we should rephrase it along the lines of information is money. No one could ever doubt how valuable data acquisition is today and how important it is to create your data bank of reliable sources, from ultra-competitive brands like Apple or Samsung, to whom suffering an information leak would translate in the loss of thousands or millions of dollars out on patent royalties, to small businesses that can’t risk their investments....

Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Jack Canfield

The 7 Productivity lessons from Ants is an amazing infographic by Ninja Infographics at Visual.ly. These simple yet effective lessons will help you get more efficient at work and elsewhere too. So, the next time you are getting in your own way & your goals seem too difficult. Don’t look up for inspiration, look down instead. You may find the amazing ants motivating you to keep going. What unusual sources do you draw inspiration from?...

It is the learning when you fail that deserves celebration, not the failure itself. Failure without lessons learned is a failure. When you fail forward, you learn in the process of failure, which means you’ll inevitably get closer to succeeding. Failure is not a joke; it can be expensive, embarrassing, or heart-breaking. However, the truth is that people who shun failure deny themselves the opportunity to reinvent and innovate. We all fail at some point in life, but we get to choose whether we stay down or fail forward....

Dr. Laura Miele-Pascoe, a professor with Ohio University’s Masters in Coaching Education, wrote about the psychology of injury for professional athletes in an article for Psychology Today. Discussing the career-ending injuries of athletes like Lamar Odom, Miele-Pascoe points out that, “Not everyone has the capability of overcoming what I call the darkness inside of their psyche. Some people turn to drinking; others turn to drugs . . .” This can be said for anyone who has suffered a health crisis and is struggling to cope....

They fall into a category of fermented foods which are making a huge breakthrough in American grocery stores. If you are not familiar with fermented foods, or the powerful health benefits that come from adding them to your diet, then this article is for you. Read on to learn about the 5 simple foods you can incorporate into your diet for both better digestive health and mental wellness. Fermented Foods: A Hot [Ancient] Trend If you are just now noticing fermented foods in your grocery store, it’s good to keep in mind that fermented foods are not a new trend....

While others choose more general, less specific goals such as be more organized, be healthier, or manage time better. Whatever your goals or New Year’s resolutions are, there almost always seems to be the assumption that we won’t keep our New Year’s resolutions by the end of the year. Most of the changes we wish to make are positive habits we hope to incorporate and establish in our everyday lives....

Of course there’s more to fitness than that, but many would agree that this alone could take you very far. Burn more than you eat and you may just have a six pack and the appearance of ripped muscles. Eat more than you burn and you’re on your way to bulking. So what does this suggest? It’s suggests that fitness should be a daily focus. Getting Ripped If you’re looking to get ripped, then these should be your daily aims:...

Remember Why You Went Wireless Shut ‘Em Off Set expectations at work Set expectations at home Geek it up The worth noted point is to be clear on when to stop. Technology such as wireless can allow you to access your information and emails everywhere, but you have to be in control and set a timeframe when not to use it. Five Tricks to Tame Technology

1. Identify your Android category Android is an extremely capable and robust operating system, which is what has made it so popular among the smartphone manufacturers. Droids are available across many categories, such as low end, medium end and high end. Naturally the low-end phones won’t be able to compete with high-end phones in terms of performance, but their optimization levels are different. Low-end Android. Processor < 1GHz; RAM < 512MB....