Studies have shown that being in or observing nature — trees, flowers, lakes, gardens, parks, etc. — helps calm and quiet your mind and lift your spirits. It relieves your stress both physically and mentally. It doesn’t have to be real nature. It can be photos or sketches or paintings or videos. The mind and [...]
Read more »Exercise, health and human performance
I’m constantly harping on the issues of health and well-being in human performance. A recent experience with sore muscles called it to my attention again. Then, when I visited my iGoogle page today, I found a related Wikihow article. So I was inspired to mention it here. Yesterday, I did more lifting of heavy objects [...]
Read more »Time Saver/Multitasking Tips — Exercise and Use Your Computer
Among the exercises I do, I spend at least 30 minutes daily on either my stationary bike or on a stepper. I prefer the bike, but the stepper has allowed me to put my laptop on a kitchen counter and keep working while exercising. Recently, I found a great gadget that lets me use my [...]
Read more »How about a “laughter break?”
The proverb “laughter is the best medicine,” is so old and well-used that we no longer remember its origin. I was first introduced to it as a kid reading “Readers Digest,” in their column “Laughter is The Best Medicine,” a column still being published. And I was delighted as a graduate psychology student, years later, [...]
Read more »Tendinitis, productivity, trackpads and dictation
If you notice that it’s been a while since I’ve been posting, it’s because I’ve been having trouble with elbow tendinitis and the possible onset of carpal tunnel syndrome. So, I have to restrict the amount of use I make of my computer. The keyboard isn’t nearly so much a problem since I have Dragon [...]
Read more »Are you sitting down for this? Sitting kills.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’ve probably heard one report or another about the damage done to your body if you sit for long periods of time. The folks at medicalbillingandcoding.org have developed a very helpful graphic presentation that explains much about how that works. And they’ve been kind enough to spread [...]
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