Apr

10

How to read people

Posted by Sarah R

April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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According to Joe Navarro, former FBI special agent (I want that job) and author of What Every Body Is Saying, you can learn to read people pretty well with just three little tips.
*If a person smokes or bites her nails excessively, she is soothing herself because she’s stressed.
*If someone preens (wears [...]

Mar

16

Gross places for your stuff

Posted by Sarah R

March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I read a really interesting article on Prevention.com today about some bad places we put everyday things. The Worst Places for Your Health - I thought I’d share some of them with you. Mostly you’ll have to go to the article to read why, but I’ve thrown in some of my own comments on some of [...]

Feb

22

In Case of Emergency

Posted by Sarah R

February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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If you’re in a accident* and allergic to a certain medication, will the EMTs know it?
Probably not, unless you keep an emergency card in your wallet, your purse, your car, taped to your fridge or you wear a piece of jewelry that explains.
My friend Ellen lives with dystonia, a serious medical [...]

Oct

8

Overwhelmation!

Posted by Sarah R

October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

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Hi! You’ve reached Women’s Health, but currently I’m away from my desk
Right now I am:

working 40 hours a week at one job,
being trained for new duties at that job,
working 10 hours a week at another job,
handling a huge and somewhat mentally overwhelming project at that job,
trying to write enough to keep [...]

Sep

26

Hack your life, ed II

Posted by Sarah R

September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Stop saving everything: essentially, limit your storage space so that you have less stuff. This fits along with the “one in, two out” rule I wrote about yesterday. If you have less stuff, your life has less hassle; I promise.
Prevent your email from overwhelming you: cut back on the information that floods your [...]

Sep

25

Hack your own life

Posted by Sarah R

September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Thinking about simplifying your life? Check out some of these “hacks” to do just that!

Three-box clean-up: Use three mostly self-explanatory boxes to help you clean: trash, donate and maybe. Use that last “maybe” box to hold on to stuff you aren’t quite sure of yet. Put the box in a storage place for [...]