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False: Like smoothies, these might seem like a natural pre-workout boost, but they have lots of things that can make you jittery and raise your heart rate and blood pressure. It’s better to steer clear of energy drinks until after your workout.
One piece of advice my mom preached to my brother and me, “Never stop learning. Learn something new everyday.” She was on to something. Thanks, Mom.
“The brain craves novelty,” says Tracey Shors, PhD, a distinguished professor of psychology and neuroscience at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. And it doesn’t get it from a sudoku or brain-training app, which recruits the same skills repeatedly. “It’s like exercising one muscle—that one gets stronger, but your overall fitness doesn’t change,” says Langbaum. She and Shors agree it’s best to pick up interests that command your full attention and keep developing your skills, like playing a new instrument or learning a foreign language.
Whatever you’re going through is also being experienced by millions of others. If we can recognize our shared humanity—that not one of us is perfect—we can begin to feel more connected to others, with a sense that we’re all in this together. “So many people believe they’re ‘broken’ or ‘screwing up, when in actuality we’re all fumbling our way through this script-less existence together.
“I don’t think I ever have trouble with writer’s block. It’s different when you make it up as you go – that means you’re going to get stuck. I wouldn’t call it writer’s block, I’d say, “I don’t know where the hell this story is going.”
If you’re at a crossroads, take a chance opt to head toward the future. Uncertain for sure, but good things are waiting for you along the road.
“If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.”
The Quarrel
Maxine Kumin
Said a lightning bug to a firefly,
“Look at the lightning bugs fly by!”
“Silly dunce!” said the fly. “What bug ever flew?
Those are fireflies. And so are you.”
“Bug!” cried the bug. “Fly!” cried the fly.
“Wait!” said a glowworm happening by.
“I’m a worm,” squirmed the worm. “I glimmer all night.
You are worms, both of you. I know that I’m right.”
“Fly!” cried the fly. “Worm!” cried the worm.
“Bug!” cried the bug. “I’m standing firm!”
Back and forth through the dark each shouted his word
Till their quarrel awakened the early bird.
“You three noisy things, you are all related,”
She said to the worm, and promptly ate it.
With a snap of her bill she finished the fly,
And the lightning bug was the last to die.
All glowers and glimmerers, there’s a MORAL:
Shine if you must, but do not quarrel.
“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.”
~ Seneca the Younger
“The enemy is not the badly written page; it is the empty page the great advantage of a badly written page is that it can be rewritten. It can be improved. A blank page is zero. In fact, it’s worse than zero, because it represents territory you’re afraid, unwilling, or too lazy to explore. Avoid exploring this territory long enough, and you’ll abandon your book.”
Timothy Hallinan
The most important step to take when desiring to change is the first step. Go ahead, take the step and watch everything fall into place.
