While some home-organization gurus will tell you to start in the kitchen, I’m going to advise beginning in another area. The kitchen will be the third place we attack and this doesn’t make it less important, but I will explain why I’m starting elsewhere.

First, if you look around your home, you probably see lots of clothes. Am I right? You’ve got clothes in closets, you’ve got clothes in piles (meaning to put them away and not having time, eventually just pulling them out of the pile and wearing them), and you’ve got clothes in laundry baskets. You might even have rumpled clothes in the dryer or (heaven forbid!) the washer. If it’s the former, the clothes are only rumpled. If it’s the latter, they’re probably rumpled AND smelly and (potentially) mildew-y. Yuck! Somewhere in this Mt. Vesuvius of laundry, dirty, clean, or otherwise, is your home. And I’m guessing that if you have a laundry room, you keep the door closed, as there are multiple Mt. Vesuvii piling up in there. If you don’t have a laundry room but have a laundry closet (with room for the washer, dryer, and some shelves), I’m betting you haven’t seen the top of your dryer for weeks or even months. It’s covered in rumpled clothes and towels, right?

Have you guessed where we’re starting? That’s right! The laundry area of your home. And here’s why: if you get your laundry room cleaned and organized, you’ll be much more apt to actually DO the laundry that plagues you and helps your home to be disorganized. And because you won’t want to undo the work you’ve done in the laundry room, you’re more likely to fold the laundry when it’s done, and put it away. There’s something that’s a breath of fresh air about a straightened laundry room—sort of like when you walk in to a closet where everything is hanging neatly.

So start with small steps:

Can you see the floor? No? Then pick up what’s on the floor and put it in laundry baskets. If you don’t have enough laundry baskets to accomplish this, then just sort the things in to piles outside the laundry room. I make piles of light clothes, whites, darks, and towels/rags.

Can you see the top of the dryer? If not, put the excess clothes in the aforementioned piles. Grab one rag to dust and have two plastic grocery bags—one to collect junk, and the other for later. Dust the dryer from the lint-leftovers and use a little window-cleaner if it doesn’t come off readily. Don’t neglect the area where the “start” button is—that can be grimy, too!

Can you see the top of the washer? If not, repeat the steps in #2, using the window cleaner if necessary.

Okay - now you’ve got your washer & dryer cleaned off. Congratulations! Let’s continue to take small steps in the laundry room….

Now take a critical look at your supply-shelf. Do you have empty bottles or boxes lying around from spent detergent and/or fabric softener? Clean those out. Use that grocery bag that you’ve put excess dryer lint in and pitch those empties. Then organize what’s left. If you need to add things to your shopping list, now is the time— now you know what you’ve got and what you need to buy. When you organize your supplies, I recommend putting the detergent and any liquid softener above the (gasp!) washer. Make it easy to reach. Put the dryer sheets over the dryer—why reach more than you have to? If your shelves are higher than you’d like, use the top ledge of your washer & dryer to hold supplies! I’ve never seen a washer and dryer that don’t butt up to a wall for the electrical plugs they need. So use that space to your advantage. Put the detergent box or bottle on the top of the washer, along with whatever other washing supplementals you have. Put the dryer sheets on the top of the dryer so you don’t forget and end up with a load of static cling!

If you have wire-shelves above your washer & dryer, you’ve got a built-in place to hang a trash bag. Use that extra grocery-sack and cut one of the handles in half. Then tie those two ends around some of the wire-shelf and use the bag to collect dryer lint and empty containers from your emptied laundry supplies. When it’s full, cut it down and put it in the trash and put up a new one.

Now look at your floor. Does it need sweeping? If so, grab a broom and sweep. It won’t take you more than 5 minutes and you’ll feel much better about your room and your work—especially if something you’ve just washed falls on the floor as you’re transferring stuff to the dryer.

Congratulations! You’ve done the preliminary work of organizing your home—you won the battle in your laundry room! Take a 15 minute break and enjoy this victory. Then start the task of doing the excess laundry that you’ve been collecting—one pile at a time. When the first is done, swap it out immediately to your dryer or to hangers, if that’s more appropriate. Take it one pile at a time—in other words, small steps! Soon, you’ll find that it really only takes 5-10 minutes to fold warm clothes from the dryer and put them in laundry baskets, ready to transfer to the appropriate rooms, closets, and drawers. The rewards are huge here—keep up on it (one load every day) and you’ll win the war against the Mt. Vesuvius of clothes in your home.

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How to Sell Yourself to Employers

Your job hunting tactics mould the kind of work you are getting.

It takes more than being at the right place, at the right time; marketing yourself is something you should prepare for. Employers will only hire you if you are able to communicate your knowledge and skills. Developing and utilizing your marketing flair is, therefore, important to land you the job you dream of!

You are a Product

And because you are one, you need to pack yourself in a saleable image. It is important that you present yourself in a pleasant way. Start with your resume. Don’t hand in unpolished personal data. Is it updated? Does it respond to the job ad? Customize your resume according to the needs of the vacancy. Your cover letter should also be in ‘mailable’ form meaning that it should not tolerate nor accommodate typos. Especially don’t misspell your employer’s name! Then when you step into a room of a panel of interviewers, make sure you look agreeable and ready to do business. Remember what they say, “First impression lasts” and with job interviews, that interview day may be your only time to convince them you are worth it. So, do your best.

You are more than a Package

Consumers barely buy something just because it looks pretty. They often want to know “what’s in it for them?”. When you go out there and market yourself to employers, you follow the same concept and tell them what you can do for them. They won’t hire you for nothing. They always want something back commensurate to if not more than what they are paying you. Applicants sometimes fail the interview by asking so much about what the company can do for them. Remember they’re the ones you have to convince to buy you and not the other way around. So, don’t go bragging and making them feel they owe you a favor by letting you come here to waste your time for a little chitchat.

Your Sales Spiel

There is no such thing as too much advertisement. If you want that job that bad, then go your way to get it. Yet, there are some pointers that you might want to take to heart to make your spiel right. Avoid being overconfident or too talkative during your interview. Nobody wants a blabbermouth. Know the company and the open position well and tailor fit your answers to the traits needed in the position. If you know these information, it’s easier to persuade them that you are a perfect fit for the job. You are in to impress them by making them find the qualities they need in you. However, don’t lie. Recruiters do reference checks so, make your spiel impressive but honest.

Make them Come Back for More

Only a few interviews end leaving employers a good impression. End yours with one. After you have emphasized the skills that you can offer, let them know you are interested. Good advertisements on television always leave the customer remembering about a good line that was said. It may be serious or funny but it leaves them thinking about it. If you can close your discussion like a bomb, they are most likely to get back to you a day or two later.

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You start your quest in getting your life together by figuring out what it is that would make your life feel more complete. Do you want to be happier? Do you want to be more satisfied? Are you looking for more contentment in your life? If you don’t know where you stand right now, then you certainly won’t be able to figure out what you need to do in order to reach the happiness, satisfaction, or contentment you crave.

WHY CHANGE NOW?

Getting your life in order can entail many different things. Maybe your finances feel out of control, but your physical health is great. Perhaps you have the highest degree you can possibly attain, but your house is so full of clutter you can’t see the floor. Whatever has led you to decide to get your life in order, there is no harm in making positive changes in every aspect of your life…even the ones that you didn’t necessarily think needed improvement.

READINESS

Have you had your “a-ha” moment?What has led you to decide to get your life together? Obviously there has to be something going on that makes you feel as though your life is not in order if you have made the decision to make some changes. Did you wake up one morning and make the bold proclamation that today is your day to change your life? Or did you receive another delinquency notice in the mail to add to a growing stack? Maybe you broke off a relationship with your romantic partner and you’re ready for a fresh start. If you know your motivation, you are more likely to attack the task at hand and begin down the path of changing your life with full vigor.

Are you just sick of your current life? Sometimes there isn’t a big, defining moment that leads people to want to change their lives. Instead, it may be a series of events that shed light on the fact that it is time to get their life together. Many people simply realize for no particular reason that the life they are living is just not the life they had envisioned for themselves, and if this is the case for you, there is still great motivation to change your life for the better. Examine all the things you do not like about your current situation so you can fashion a new life that will make you happier.

You decide when you’re really ready. Your parents or other loved ones may have been harping on you for some time to get a better job, go back to school, stop eating junk food, or whatever else needs changing in your life. The decision ultimately rests with you, however, and until you are personally ready to make all the necessary changes, you probably won’t have the dedication needed to see real results. Don’t do something just because someone else tells you that you need to…do it because you want to, and because you are also ready to take on the responsibility of getting your life together.

Don’t change your life to mirror someone else’s.Maybe you were going along enjoying life when you met someone who really seemed to have his or her life together, and it made you feel a little inferior. Perhaps you decided at that point that you were going to make big changes and get your life together in order to be more like this person. Beware of making big changes just because you get the impression from someone else that they have some sort of better life than you do. The decision to change your life should rest in a conscious decision on your part that life just isn’t working out the way you would like it to, and now is the time to make the necessary changes to get everything in order. You should also realize that the side of people that is public, in other words the side of people that you actually see, is oftentimes not a true representation of what is going on in their lives. The person you know who seems so well put together and in control of things, might actually be crying themselves to sleep every night because they are so miserable. So yes, there is always room for improvement in people’s lives, but the decision to get your life together should be a decision you make on your own, regardless of what other people say or do. Don’t allow yourself to be convinced that your life is unhappy or out of control when in fact it isn’t all that bad.

WILLINGNESS

Some changes aren’t easy.If you have some serious issues in your life that need to be addressed, such as addiction or destructive relationships, you are going to have to work mighty hard to get your life in order. If you have always gone out on Friday nights with your friends, and then decide that you need to get your life together and stop drinking, you may find it harder than you thought to turn down their invitation when Friday night rolls around. Even small changes are sometimes difficult; someone who starts each morning with a flavored coffee drink on the way to work, may find it hard to break the habit after he or she decides to try to end unnecessary expenses in an effort to become more financially secure. The question as to whether you are truly ready to take on all the challenges associated with getting your life together is a question that can only be answered by you.

How gung-ho are you?It is one thing to decide that you need to change your life, but it is another thing entirely to take the necessary steps in order to do so. Just recognizing all the different aspects of your life that need improvement can be exhausting, let alone implementing all the essential steps for change. If you feel ready to attack the aspects of your life that you don’t like, then move full speed ahead. You may find that, as you begin to make changes and notice differences, your motivation will increase exponentially. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. If your friend hands you a book about getting your life together and suggests to you that your time has come to fix your life, you probably will be less willing to analyze your life as you might have been if you had come to the conclusion yourself. The person who makes the decision that your life needs a little more order is you, and nobody else.

ABILITY Sometimes, getting your life together will entail things like paying down debt or paying for occupational training. If this sort of thing sounds out of your financial league, you should recognize that where there is a will, there is a way. There are many people who are, at this very moment, delivering newspapers or moonlighting as kitchen staff to get the necessary funds to pay for the things they desire. The opportunity to make extra money is all over the place; you just need to be willing to seek it out and work a little harder than usual to obtain it.

If you don’t have the resources, create them.

It’s up to you…mostly.Yes, the responsibility of getting your life together rests squarely on your shoulders. This does not mean that other people cannot assist you along the way. You never know who might have just the advice you need in order to move forward, and sometimes it comes from the most unexpected places. Maybe you have worked next to someone for years and never knew that they were once in a position that you would love to be in, such as a professional singer or perhaps a teacher. While you are attempting to figure out ways to get your life together, it would be wise to chat with other people about their various life experiences. You really never know what sort of valuable information you might discover about someone and additionally might be able to apply to your own life.

You can do it, really.Some goals seem so incredibly unattainable that many folks won’t even bother trying to reach them. If you wistfully dream about someday being out of debt, what is stopping you from starting to pay your debt down slowly this very day? If you dream of losing weight, why not go for a walk? Little changes can make a big difference, and you need to stop looking towards a quick fix. The more you work towards a goal, the easier it’s going to get. Consider the beginning of your efforts as a sort of initiation period that everyone needs to go through before efficiently getting their lives together. You may look back on these days in amusement someday, with a sort of fond admiration for your willingness to move forward. “I remember struggling to get up the nerve to enroll in college,” you might hear yourself say in the future, as you look on to your classroom full of students. “If I could do it, so can you!”

What sorts of changes are ahead?This book emphasizes four main categories of change for people who are looking to get their lives together: emotional, physical, financial, and spiritual. A person cannot hope to have their life in order if they are an emotional wreck. Emotional problems, whether minor or major, have such an enormous affect on a person’s daily dealings that nobody can have a smooth life without working through whatever emotional problems he or she might have. Physical health also has a tremendous influence on how together someone’s life is. Inside, a person may feel like a million bucks and be ready to conquer the world, but if they can’t walk up a flight of stairs without panting and sweating, they are not living life to its full potential. Financial issues are a big problem for many people. Even if every other aspect of a person’s life is in order, financial problems can cause someone to feel quite anxious and out of control. Finally, spirituality is brought up as a major aspect of getting a life together for a few reasons. Real solace can be found in spirituality for many people, but even if someone decides to denounce all religions, they should do so after making an informed decision. Spirituality is just another section of people’s lives that always has room for improvement and reflection. Other topics are mentioned, and are all worthy of consideration by someone who is looking to get his or her life in order: attention is given to things like occupational satisfaction, educational goals, and the idea of starting a whole new life somewhere new, complete with a different home, job, and friends. There are countless other topics that should be brought into consideration when getting your life together, and just because something isn’t covered here, it doesn’t mean it’s not an important and valid topic that deserves attention. You are the only person who truly knows what you need to change in order to get your life together, but the hope is that the topics discussed in this book will work as an outline for making great things happen for you.

Change can be awful scary and intimidating.Your current life, although it is perhaps not what you truly want, is what you are used to, and for this reason alone, you may be reluctant to try to switch things up. But you’ll never know what might have been if you don’t give changing a try. It may be that someday you look back on the day you decided to get your life together and breathe a sigh of relief that you were willing to take the first step.

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Stress management wouldn’t seem like something that would be a part of setting goals but it could be the difference between you achieving them and not achieving them.

There is positive stress and negative stress. Positive stress adds anticipation and excitement to life, and we all thrive under a certain amount of stress. Deadlines, competitions, confrontations, and even our frustrations and sorrows add depth and enrichment to our lives.

Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help you achieve your goals. Insufficient stress acts as a depressant and may leave you feeling bored or dejected; on the other hand, excessive stress may leave you feeling all mixed up inside.

What you need to do is find the optimal level of stress which will individually motivate but not overwhelm each of us.

How Can I Tell what is Optimal Stress for Me?
There is no single level of stress that is optimal for every person. We are all individual creatures with unique requirements. As such, what is distressing to one may be a joy to another.
And even when we agree that a particular event is distressing, we are likely to differ in our physiological and psychological responses to it. That’s just human nature. The person who loves to arbitrate disputes and moves from job site to job site would be stressed in a job that was stable and routine, whereas the person who thrives under stable conditions would very likely be stressed on a job where duties were highly varied.
Also, our personal stress requirements and the amount which we can tolerate before we become distressed changes with our ages. It has been found that most illnesses are related to unrelieved stress; for example, anxiety disorders, bowel disorders etc.

If you are experiencing stress symptoms, you have gone beyond your optimal stress level; you need to reduce the stress in your life and/or improve your ability to manage it.

Stress symptoms include, but are not limited to:
Anxiety attacks
Headaches
Fatigue
Loss of appetite
Increase of appetite

How Can I Manage Stress Better?
Identifying unrelieved stress and being aware of its effect on our lives is not sufficient for reducing its harmful effects. Just as there are many sources of stress, there are many possibilities for its management.
However, all require work in order to be effective. Changing the source of stress and/or changing your reaction to it. So you might be wondering how do you do it? Let me show you.

1. Become aware of your stressors and your emotional and physical
reactions.
Notice your stress and its beginnings. Don’t ignore it. Don’t gloss over
your problems.
Determine what events stress you out. How much do these events mean
to you?
Determine how your body responds to the stress. Do you become nervous
or physically upset? If so, in what specific ways?

2. Recognize what you can change.
Can you change your stressors by avoiding or eliminating them
completely?
Can you reduce their intensity over time?
Can you shorten your exposure to stress by taking a break, or leaving the
physical premises?
Can you devote the time and energy necessary to making a change (goal
setting, time management techniques, and delayed gratification
strategies may be helpful here)?

3. Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress.
The stress reaction is triggered by your perception of danger and/or fears
physical danger or emotional danger, and fears of failure etc.
Are you viewing your stressors in exaggerated terms and/or taking a
difficult situation and making it a disaster?
Are you expecting to please everyone because I’m telling you that you
can’t?
Are you overreacting and viewing things as absolutely critical and urgent
all the time? Do you feel you must always come out the winner in every
situation?
Work at adopting more moderate views; try to see the stress as
something you can cope with rather than something that overpowers
you.
Try to temper your excess emotions. Put the situation in perspective. Do
not labor on the negative aspects of everything find a positive in them if
you can
Take personal time to evaluate your surroundings clearly
Take a deep breath when overly stressed and count backwards from 10
Exercise a little bit or take a walk daily

4. Build your physical reserves.
Eat well-balanced, nutritious meals.
Maintain your ideal weight or appearance.
Avoid nicotine, excessive caffeine, and alcohol.
Mix leisure with work. Take breaks and get away when you can.
Get enough sleep. Be as consistent with your sleep schedule as possible.

5. Maintain your emotional reserves.
Develop some mutually supportive friendships/relationships.
Pursue realistic goals which are meaningful to you, rather than goals
others have for you that you do not share because they won’t succeed.
Expect some frustrations, failures, and sorrows and let them go.
Always be kind and gentle with yourself be your own best friend.

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The Biggest Reasons Why You Should Start A Home Vegetable Garden
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The Planting Plan
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Vegetables

Starting The Plants
Sowing and Planting
The Cultivation of Vegetables
The Vegetables and Their Special Needs
Best Varieties of The Garden Vegetables
Insects and Disease, And Methods of Fighting Them
Harvesting and Storing

Fruits

The Varieties of Pome and Stone Fruits
Planting; Cultivation; Filler Crops
Pruning, Spraying, Harvesting
Berries and Small Fruits
A Calender of Operations Conclusion

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Where do you wish you were right now?

Hawaii? The Bahamas? New Zealand? If you could choose one spot in the world to be your dream vacation destination…

…where would it be? Second question. Do you think you’ll ever get there?

Travel can be expensive. Airline tickets, steep hotel rates, the hidden cost of meals and more. Will you ever have the money to pick up and leave for your dream destination?

YES! You will if you plan ahead using the insider techniques of professional travel agents. Inside my report, you’ll find out how you can make it to your first dream destination a lot sooner than you think.

I’ve put down all the tips, tricks, and tactics to making dream travel possible in one easy to read report. You can find all my secrets inside…

Give me 50 minutes and I’ll have you planning your next trip like a professional travel agent.

“If you didn’t think you could afford the

vacation of your dreams, think again”

Dear Vacation-Seeker,

Money stops most people from traveling to their dream destinations. Or at least the misconception that they can’t afford to travel to the places they’d love to see most.

The secret inside the travel industry is that traveling can be VERY affordable when you plan ahead. Preparation is the key to traveling to anywhere in the world for far less than you thought possible. (Just ask any travel agent.)

With the right insider tips, you’ll find yourself cutting costs on every aspect of your trip! To hotels, air fare, meals, and more! Just keep reading and I’ll tell you all you need to know…

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 AMAZING APPLE SMOOTHIE
2 cups applesauce
1 cup apple cider
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons Vermont maple syrup
1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.
APPLE CARROT QUENCHER
2 cups carrot juice
1/2 cups apple juice
6 ounces non?fat vanilla or plain yogurt, frozen
1 banana
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!
APPLES AND CREAM SMOOTHIE
2 cups vanilla low?fat ice cream
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon or apple pie spice
1 cup fat free skim or 1% low fat milk
Ground cinnamon (optional)
In a blender container combine low?fat ice cream, applesauce, and the 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon or apple pie spice. Cover and blend until smooth. Add fat free skim or 1% low fat milk. Cover and blend until just mixed. Pour into glasses. If desired, sprinkle each serving with additional cinnamon. Serve immediately. Makes 4 (8?ounces) servings.
APPLE PIE SMOOTHIE
1 frozen banana
1/2 peeled, chopped apple
1 cup apple juice
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
Blend. Great substitute for applesauce! Control the consistency by adding more
or less chopped apple.
APRICOT APPLE SMOOTHIE
1 apple (golden delicious), peeled, cored & chopped
1 cup apple juice
4 apricots, fresh, pitted (skin optional)
1 banana, peeled
3/4 cups yogurt, plain
10 ? 12 ice cubes
1 tablespoon honey
Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
ARTIC FOREST SMOOTHIE
1 peach, frozen
10 blueberries, frozen
1 cup light (reduced sugar) fat?free vanilla yogurt, frozen
1/2 cups 1% milk
1/2 tablespoon crushed pecan
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!
AVOCADO AVALANCHE
1 large avocado
2 teaspoons condensed milk
1 cup ice
Scoop out avocado into blender. Add 2 teaspoons condensed milk or a little more, depending on how sweet you like it. Then add the ice and blend all of it together until it?s a semi?creamy texture.
AVOCADO BANANA BERRY SMOOTHIE
Half a ripe avocado
1 to 1 1/2 frozen bananas
4 to 5 frozen or fresh strawberries
Splash non?fat soy or other nut milk
Pinch cardamom
Pinch allspice
Whatever else strikes your fancy . . . Nuts, fruits, spices, etc throw all ingredients into a blender and blend until desired texture is reached. I prefer it smooth, but some like a chewable drink. Very, very delicious! Serves: 1
BANANA BLUEBERRY SMOOTHIE
2 bananas
1/2 cups blueberries
1 cup plain yogurt
Peel bananas, slice and place on a cookie sheet. Put in freezer and freeze until solid. Remove from freezer and place in blender. Slice berries and add to blender. Pour in yogurt. Blend until smooth. Pour into glass and serve

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WHY WORK AT HOME?
Why do people work at home? If you poll them (and that has been done, so there is no
need for you to start canvassing the neighborhood), you will find that a variety of factors
allow people to move from time clocks to self-reliance Let’s take a look at a handful of
popular reasons for pursuing a work at home career.

OPPORTUNITY
If the idea of working at home is appealing, you might just be an opportunity junkie.
Many of us crave the chance to do great things and find that our traditional nine to five
work environments are very limiting.

Women may have a glass ceiling with which to contend, but all of us have another even
harder ceiling to break through right above that one. It’s the inevitable ceiling of being
an employee instead of a business owner.
No matter how hard you work, no matter how smart you are, the structure of a traditional
job and the limitations inherent in your role as one of the hive’s worker bees will limit
you.

You might become a boss some day, but you will never become The Boss. The
opportunity just isn’t there.
Even if there is enough opportunity to entice you to continue making the daily commute
to the office for awhile, chances are those real chances for fulfillment are doled out
arbitrarily and unfairly.

The shots you do get to move up the ladder or closer to your goals are few, far between,
and inevitably mishandled by someone who outranks you.
Operating your own business from home restores opportunity. Any limits on your
success or growth are within your own control.

If you want to do something, there is no head office to clear it. You don’t have to fill out
a requisition form if you want to invest in yourself. You don’t need to smile during
evaluation week so that your middle manager with the happy face obsession will give
you a great performance review.

Opportunity is everywhere. When you have your own home business, the only limits are
the one’s you place upon yourself.

MONEY
Many of those who are break from the herd and work from home do so because of the
prospect of greater earnings. Along with the aforementioned opportunity in a general
sense comes the chance to make more dough.
Many work at home successes earn so much more than they ever would have if they
continued on their prior path that it boggles the mind.

If you get a halfway decent job that you can stay at for decades and you are a good
employee, you will probably find a way to make a decent living by popular standards.
Your income will allow you to buy a home, keep your lawnmower blades sharpened and
to occasionally take a family vacation. Two cars and a chicken in the pot are not things
at which one should sneer, either. They beat a worn pair of shoes and a “will work for
food” sign be a significant margin.

In the end, though, those in the regular workplace have a cap on their earnings. That
cap may not be expressed in any contract or the result of any hard and fast law, but it is
very real. The very factors that limit opportunity in general will also limit earning
capacity.

By stepping outside the employee circle and into the world of running your own
business, you can destroy that cap.
If having a chance to make big money is important to you, running your own operation is
definitely appealing.

FLEXIBILITY
The fact that you work nine to five, Monday through Friday, might not be that distressing
to you. Until your kid’s softball team makes it to the state tournament and plays their
Thursday semi-final game at six in a city two hours away.
The fact that you only have five vacation days per year until you have been with the firm
for more than two full years may make perfect sense for a company, but that provides
little comfort when you finally meet the woman of your dreams and she wants to take
you on a romantic, two-week tropical cruise. You get the idea.

Those who work from home have the ultimate in flexibility. They really can set their own
hours the way very few employees can. Some work early. Others work late. Some work
only a few hours a week, but for long hours on those days. Others work as necessary.
It depends on the home business. However, the home business is within the control of
its boss, and if she wants to take mid-afternoon naps or if he wants to spend
Wednesdays at the driving range, there is nobody one step higher on the corporate
ladder to tell her or him “no.”

FAMILY
Every morning someone drops off his or her child at daycare, gets back in the car and
starts to do the math in his or her head.
Their daycare provider has the kid from eight until five-thirty, five days a week. That’s
forty seven and a half hours per week.
The parent has the child from about six a.m. until eight and then again from five-thirty
until that eight o’clock bedtime. That’s twenty two and a half hours per week. Even if
one gives himself or herself full credit for two full weekend days of “awake time,” the
total is still only at fifty two and a half hours per week.
That’s right, the child only sees his or her parent for about five more hours per week
than he does his daycare provider.
For many parents, that just isn’t tolerable. In fact, it’s heart-wrenching and it’s one of the
chief reasons why many are inspired to start their own work at home business.
Yes, it may be tough to seal big deals with a two year old trying to stick a Crayola up
your nose, but that challenge is far more palatable than the idea of a child growing up
with only slightly more contact with his or her parents than his or her babysitter.
Even those who don’t have children may be interested in the familial advantages offered
by stay at home work. Spouses can see more of each other. Those who are
accustomed to being forced to do business on the road can finally enjoy a husband or
wife again.
Working at home puts one in the midst of family as powerfully as regular jobs can
separate one from his or her home life.

INTERESTS
Many people feel trapped doing jobs they despise. You can see it in their faces. From
the angst-ridden barista at any one of ten local Starbucks who could be making shrewd
stock deals all day to the slow-moving housepainter who always wanted to be a chef,
you encounter people who are working outside of their interests and skills just to collect
a check.

Some people learn to compromise. They take solace in Mr. Holland’s Opus and
convince themselves that eventually all of that compromise will add up to something
meaningful. They shove their interests and true desires to the back of their mind and try
to retain focus on doing their job.

Yes, a few people are lucky enough to find employment that really matches their skill
levels and attitudes nicely, but many more spend their time doing things in which they
have only a marginal interest outside of the bi-weekly paycheck their efforts produce.
Though some will swallow the disappointment and frustration, those who decide to work
at home will not. They opt to pursue their dreams and to find ways to make their skills
and their “calling” into action.

It can be far more fulfilling than simply working for the sake of earning a salary. It
imbues one’s vocational life with great meaning and appeal.

Every year, thousands escape the rat race. They shed jobs that limit their potential and satisfaction. They find fulfillment in their work and unprecedented financial rewards. No more commutes. No more annoying supervisors. No more dead end jobs. They operate their own businesses from the comfort of their own home. Will you join them?

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If you, or someone in your home, is a snorer, you certainly aren’t alone. In fact, medical experts like lung specialist Laurence Smolley claim that nearly forty-five percent of all normal adults have a tendency to snore. Others make even more startling claims. One source argues that snoring affects fifty million households in the United States alone. That’s over one half of the households in the country.

Two thirds of adults living with partners report that their partners snore. Nearly sixty percent of all adults profess to snoring themselves, according to the National Sleep Foundation. In other words, snoring is anything but unusual. It’s more common than most people think and those who suffer from bouts of snoring should know that they are not alone in dealing with the problem.

Debunking stereotypes Many people think of snoring as a “male thing.” The stereotypical image of a problem snorer is usually a middle aged, overweight man with a tendency toward over-eating or drinking. It’s true that male physiology encourages snoring to some extent. It’s also true that dietary habits, the intake of alcohol and excessive weight can play a role in snoring. However, dismissing snoring as a uniquely male proposition is incorrect.

Anyone can be a snorer. Infants and children are often known to “saw a log” during their slumber and many are diagnosed with sleep disorders including sleep apnea. Women are less likely to be problem snorers than men, but as they age the likelihood of snoring increases considerably.

Age matters Physiological changes explain why women tend to snore more as they age. Post-menopausal hormone shifts and changes in body fat
distribution leave nearly forty percent of women over age sixty with a snoring habit. The age factor, however, isn’t unique to the fairer sex. A 1997 British Medical Journal study reports that that the percentage of snorers increases by approximately ten percent between the ages of thirty and forty. As we age, we are simply more likely to snore.

The physiology of snoring Snoring may be common, but it isn’t normal. It is symptomatic of a problem and should be taken seriously. Snoring can be defined as the noise produced when an individual breathes during his or her sleep. This breathing (particularly the process of inhalation) creates a vibration in the soft palate and uvula. Those vibrations create a sound as the tissues contact one another in the back of the throat and in the nose.

The uvula (the hanging entity in the back of your throat) and the soft palate (the soft spot on the roof of your mouth) aren’t the only body parts involved in snoring, though. Your adenoids and tonsils may also be involved in the noisemaking activity. That’s one reason why many non-snorers are known to create a racket when they are sick or congested. But we don’t snore in the afternoon So, why do we snore while sleeping but don’t saw logs during the day?

It’s because of relaxation. When you sleep, your body relaxes deeply. Even your internal body parts take a break. Your throat muscles relax and when that happens, your airway closes partially. That might sound eerie, but it’s perfectly normal. However, if you add an obstruction of some sort to that natural closing of the airway, snoring can result. The physiology of snoring isn’t that complicated, but understanding that your hanging uvula and soft palate are vibrating on top of a partially constricted airway doesn’t really explain why you might be snoring in the first place. There are a variety of potential snoring causes. Consider a few of them:

. You may have a naturally narrow throat. When you relax the natural closing of the airway may encourage snoring. This genetic cause of snoring probably isn’t the most common explanation for a loud evening, but it may be part of the story.
. Carrying extra weight or fat in the neck can also cause a more restricted airway. That will, obviously, encourage snoring.
. Age naturally creates a narrowing of air passages, which makes snoring more likely. This is why many women who have slept silently for decades suddenly find themselves snoring after menopause.
. Smoking is a potential cause of snoring. When you smoke, muscles relax. We’ve discussed the role that can play in the process. Additionally, inhalation of smoke creates lung and nasal congestion, which will also spur snoring. Many studies indicate that second-hand smoke exposure can also turn otherwise silent sleepers into snorers.
. Irregularities with the nasal passageways may cause labored breathing and snoring. This may be a genetic situation or it may be caused by a facial trauma of some sort.
. Enlarged tonsils or adenoids may create airway obstructions that lead to more vibrations and, thus, more snoring. This can happen in cases of infection (such as tonsillitis) or when a person simply has adenoids or tonsils that are larger than average.
. Those with long soft palates or extended uvulas are far more likely to suffer from snoring than are others.
. Consumption of alcohol can cause snoring, as can some types of medication. Again, the culprit is over-relaxation which leads to additional airway closure.

Sleep position can also play a role in snoring. When you sleep on your back, your throat’s flesh may relax and block your airway more than when on your stomach or side. Propping your head up on pillows may also create an angle that will contribute to blocking your airways, encouraging snoring.

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Press This!: Post from wherever you are on the webA few months ago on my blog we started a conversation about the posting bookmarklet in WordPress and which systems we should look to for inspiration, like Flock, FriendFeed, Facebook, Tumblr, and Delicious. From these suggestions and the Quick Post plugin by Josh Kenzer, we developed a Press This bookmark you can add to your toolbar that provides a fast and smart popup to do posts to your WordPress blog:

Screenshot of Press This interface.

For example, if you click “Press This” from a Youtube page it’ll magically extract the video embed code, and if you do it from a Flickr page it’ll make it easy for you to put the image in your post. On my blog I’ve been experimenting with using different categories and the in_category() function — such as video, quote, aside, et cetera — to create a more tumblelog-like format.
Shift Gears: Turbo-speed your blogging

Gears is an open source browser extension project started by Google that developers like us can use to give you features we wouldn’t normally be able to. There are a lot of things we can do with Gears in the future, but in this release we’ve stuck to using what’s called a “Local Server” to cache or keep a copy of commonly-used Javascript and CSS files on your computer, which can speed up the loading of some pages by several seconds (they just pop right up!). You can install Gears for Firefox or Internet Explorer, with support for Safari and Opera pending. WordPress works just fine without it, you just get a little extra juice when you have it installed.
Theme Previews: See it before your audience does

Now when you select a theme it pops up a window that shows the theme live with all your content, instead of immediately making it active on your site. This is great for just test driving themes before making a switch over publicly, and it is also helpful when you are developing a theme and need to test it but don’t want everybody to see your ongoing mistakes development.

Here are some of the smaller features and improvements in 2.6:

* Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
* Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
* Bulk management of plugins.
* A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
* Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
* Plugin update notification bubble.
* Customizable default avatars.
* You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
* Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
* Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
* You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
* Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.
* Select a range of checkboxes with “shift-click.”
* You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
* A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
* Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.
* Version 2.6 fixes approximately 194 bugs

taken from Blogcatalog discussion