Exercise when you can:
With kids, full-time work and distractions like
tending to the house and cooking to deal
with, modern Americans don’t have “free
time” to play with. What we do have is commercial breaks. Pushups and sit-ups in the
span of three or four minutes throughout an
hour-long TV show will add up, especially if
you grab exercise time every day. Hit these
brief exercises whenever you can; chapter
breaks, while web pages take too long to
load, wherever you can.
Walk it off:
“Get it where you can” extends to walking,
too. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but taking the
car out of the equation for short trips can
make a big difference, especially if you have
regular walking around campus, your office
or even your yard to do.
QUIT SMOKING
Get rid of reminders:
You’ll get rid of cigarettes, naturally, but don’t
forget to throw out the ashtrays, too. Anything that you associate with smoking needs
to go.
INSIGHT
Break routine:
Smoking is a habit, and the only way to get
past it is to break the habits that surround it.
Don’t follow your friends to smoke breaks,
chew gum and avoid places where you habitually smoke. Chemical addiction is the major
part of the smoking problem, but changing
routine helps.
Get support:
Let people know that you mean to quit, and
let them know you need help with it. Support
from friends and family - someone to talk to,
or someone to talk you out of picking up a
cigarette - can make a difference, so don’t be
shy.
Consult a doctor:
If you have the means, head to the doctor
and let him or her know what you’re doing.
There are medications to help smooth out the
process of quitting, and a professional game
plan has a better chance of working than going cold turkey on your own.
SAVE MONEY
Whittle down:
Find ways to reduce the amount you spend
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