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Money. 60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life.
At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small steps, and take them consistently, for a period of 100 days. Below you’ll find 60 small ways to improve all areas of your life in the next 100 days. Home 1. What you may not know about doing laundry. By Sarah Stebbins Clothing and Outerwear Button-Down Shirts.
Unbutton the shirt. Unfasten all buttons, including the tiny ones at the collar, before laundering. Otherwise, the agitation in the machine and the weight of other garments may cause buttonholes to tear. New York City Apartment Sails Back in Time. America's Best Affordable Places, 2011. Seven myths about caffeine. By Melissa Breyer More from Care2 Green Living blog For many of us, a morning without coffee or tea is a like the proverbial day without sunshine.
5 Mistakes I Continue To Make in My Marriage. Wedding-ringsOne of the main themes of my happiness project is marriage.
For me, as with many people, my marriage is one of the most central elements in my life, my home, and my happiness. When I started my happiness project, and I reflected about the changes I wanted to make, I realized I had five particular problem areas in my marriage. Here they are, along with the strategies I try to use to address them, though they remain challenging: 1. Demanding gold stars. In response, I now think more about doing things for myself. 2. 3. 4.
Great Homes Right Out of a Box. Prefab is often synonymous with cheap and shoddy when it comes to homebuilding.
Houses partly built in a factory are known for their low costs and fast construction. You just need some land to build on. The manufacturer simply delivers the home in pieces and sets it up. But like many construction advancements, prefab homes have come a long way in recent years, making them attractive to even affluent buyers. Prefabrication techniques reduce waste, making it a more eco-friendly homebuilding method, and factory precision keeps modern clean edges and angles all in line. Here are some cutting-edge prefab home options: A list of the coffee giant's off-the-menu items - The Ultimate Guide to Starbucks' Secret Menu on Shine.
9 Habits That Can Do More Harm Than Good. By Amanda Greene The basics of staying healthy seem pretty easy to follow: Eat well, exercise, get enough sleep and you should be on the right track, right?
Surprisingly, it can be more complicated than that. Oftentimes the very choices we make to benefit our health can be the same ones that hurt us in the long run. Read on to learn which unexpected habits-like brushing your teeth after every meal or slipping into a pair of comfortable sandals-might be causing you harm. 1. If you reach for hand sanitizer any time you make contact with the outside world, you might want to take pause. Find out 9 health "rules" that you can bend. 2. Who isn't tempted to buy the latest skin creams and serums promising to shed years from your face?
3. How to Choose Your New Best Friend. Photo by: Blossom BerkofskyThe Outdoor Man's Sidekick: Australian Shepherd-It's the new: Border collie Potential names: Patch, Bear, Patagonia Preferred mode of transportation: Vintage Land Rover ... more Photo by: Blossom BerkofskyThe Outdoor Man's Sidekick: Australian Shepherd-It's the new: Border collie Potential names: Patch, Bear, Patagonia Preferred mode of transportation: Vintage Land Rover Defender There's a reason Aussies are known as "Velcro dogs"-the devoted breed will happily attach itself to your hip and follow wherever you go, whether it's a brisk walk around Bonnaroo or the entire Appalachian Trail.
9 Gadgets to Keep Your House Clean. Dr. Oz on How to Spot an Eating Disorder in Teens. It seems like teens these days have more pressures than ever: Studying harder to get into the school of their dreams, sweating more to make it on the high school team, texting incessantly to keep up with the lives of their friends.
Some of these kids do a marvelous job handling it all, some of them hit some roadblocks, and still others aren't quite sure how to best cope with everything going on in their lives. According to Drs. Mehmet Oz, Michael F. Roizen, and Ellen Rome, authors of YOU: The Owner's Manual for Teens: A Guide to a Healthy Body and Happy Life, one of the ways that some teens try to cope with not only these pressures but also the pressures they may feel to have the perfect body is through how they treat their bodies-namely in the form of eating disorders, the point when a major part of their lives is being controlled by thoughts and actions involving food, weight, and/or body.