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http://chetansurpur.com/blog/2010/11/magic-work-cycle.html A year ago, I switched to the Colemak keyboard layout . I’ve since had zero pain in my hands when typing for many hours straight, I’ve been able to type faster, and I make fewer mistakes while typing. A few months ago, I decided to try the biphasic sleep cycle . It worked as advertised, allowing me to get better sleep and need less of it. I used to sleep for 9 - 10 hours each day, and now I need just 6 - 7.5 to stay just as sprightly, if not more. A few weeks ago, after these successful life hacks, my friend told me about the eccentric work cycle that he follows.

Life Hack - The 30/30 Minute Work Cycle Feels Like Magic | Chetan Surpur

http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that treats problems and boosts happiness by modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts. Unlike traditional Freudian psychoanalysis, which probes childhood wounds to get at the root causes of conflict, CBT focuses on solutions, encouraging patients to challenge distorted cognitions and change destructive patterns of behavior. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | zen habits

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.” - Henry David Thoreau If you’re trying to simplify your life, it’s best to follow the four simple steps I’ve outlined before — it’s just the simplest method. But sometimes life gets in the way, and you need a workaround, some way to get past your usual obstacles and to trick yourself into keeping things simple. I use these “hacks” myself (in this case, “hacks” refers to workarounds or tricks to reach your goal), and I’ve found them to be effective in many cases. http://zenhabits.net/21-easy-hacks-to-simplify-your-life/

How To Whiten Your Teeth For Free

NOTE: As with anything else, you should always contact your physician or dentist before trying any home remedy. How can I get whiter teeth for free? Don't spend your hard-earned money on expensive teeth whitening kits! Get the very same results absolutely free. Don't pay a high office call to go to the dentist and get your teeth professionally whitened! You can have white teeth with things that are probably just sitting in your medicine chest or kitchen cupboard. http://www.essortment.com/whiten-teeth-free-60140.html
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RISK Author unknown To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. http://www.iamthewitness.com/Risks.html
http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/01/04/25-questions-that-provoke-thought/ post written by: Marc Email If the question makes you think, it’s worth asking. What is it like to wake up every morning and pretend that you aren’t dying? Do you believe in the death penalty? What if someone murdered your mother in cold blood?

25 Questions that Provoke Thought

It is easy to go with the flow. Doing what comes naturally is ingrained in everyone’s DNA. However, in the realm of health and fitness this can have disastrous consequences on our lives. Simply following the course of life that many are on this very second will honestly lead them to an early grave. Not that I mean to scare anyone just for the sake of it, but living a healthy, fit life is not something that comes natural to anyone. If you are currently on the path of least resistance then you may need to consider applying the following 7 essential changes to your life immediately. http://www.fithacks.com/index.php/2010/01/14/7-essential-changes-you-need-to-make-right-now/

7 Essential Changes You Need to Make Right Now

November 3, 2009 You think you’re learning everything you can in your biology and anthropology classes, but textbook editors simply don’t have all the space they need to give you the full story of your body. Some of the facts below are trivial, some are ancient history, and some of them may very well save your life one day.

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With all the work that's put into fitness and health, it's a wonder how some people manage to have lives outside of work and exercise. A healthy lifestyle can be a pretty hard thing to achieve. There seems to be so much micromanaging involved, from scheduling your workouts to tracking your diet for calories, carbs, proteins, and fats. That's what lifehacks are for.

50 Lifehacks to Help You Live Longer and Healthier

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Researchers looked at regions where people live long lives Dan Buettner says they found common practices in these "Blue Zone" regions People live longer when they have active physical and social lives, he says Buettner: Pills, diets aren't as important as having purpose in life Editor's note: Dan Buettner is the author of "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest." He spoke at the TEDxTC Event at the Science Museum of Minnesota in September, 2009. His Web site is http://www.bluezones.com/ For more TED Talks, click here In the same way organisms select for characteristics that favor the survival and well-being of its species over successive generations, so too do cultures. With organisms, we call this process evolution and it represents a sort of accumulated wisdom.

Uncovering secrets to a longer life