Present for today

Treasure every moment they you have...
and remember "Time wait for no one"
Yesterday is history...
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called a present

Seize the day

Test the product before selling

When I sell something, don't forget to test the product as a customer's view. Please be a customer and test my product as I'm really a customer. So that I will know where is my weak point.

I can make huge differences.

My strong suit is I just be quiet when something wrong.
My aunt kick a basket to my mom when I was young. I said to myself that I's a little kid who can not help anybody. From this context, I also think that nobody can help me.

Change this context to I'm somebody who can make a huge difference to others then I can get others acknowledge.

:)

Something from "Devil ware Prada"

If I do sth good, everybody just ignore it, not even thank you. But if I do sth bad or wrong, I'm gonna turn to be the worst ppl.
So... do my best, stop being a couch potato and start working.
I love my work. :)

Living Passionately

Don't be excited when I get sth new and then change to the duty when the time pass.

Don't think that I'm helping, think that I'm responsible to it.

Landmark Fever

I'm so sick of the Landmark. Today, I have an agreement to assist at midday but I just can't go. While I was driving from Rangsit to Bangkadee, I only think about that so I drive to the Landmark instead of Bangkadee Herrrr....
Be present
("-_-)

Never hungry, never enough

Think about the guy who live day by day, they're very happy eatting while I eat just to get full and never enough.
Will I hungry for the knowledge??? I read just to pass the exam. Will I hungry reading?? Not just read for something. Read by my heart. I'm really hunger for knowledge.

Bring the love of "Singing"

Read like I love it sooo much the same as I love singing.

Never hungry, never enough

Think about the guy who live day by day, they're very happy eatting while I eat just to get full and never enough.
Will I hungry for the knowledge??? I read just to pass the exam. Will I hungry reading?? Not just read for something. Read by my heart. I'm really hunger for knowledge.

Bring the love of "Singing"

Read like I love it sooo much the same as I love singing.

Never hungry, never enough

Think about the guy who live day by day, they're very happy eatting while I eat just to get full and never enough.
Will I hungry for the knowledge??? I read just to pass the exam. Will I hungry reading?? Not just read for something. Read by my heart. I'm really hunger for knowledge.

Landmark Trap

Don't forget that the time before I join the Landmark and after it.
Don't think that I know a lot, I'm here before you, I'm greater that you.
Don't be soooo high because it's easy to drop but if I'm down below, nobody can make me go down more than this.
Most important, Landmark is not my life, don't feel good or energitic only when I'm in Landmark.

Come and update this again!!!

Exploring Google's Hidden Features

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Google Is a Calculator

When you can’t be troubled to reach over and pick up the handheld
calculator sitting on your desk, you can use Google as a high-tech web-based
calculator. All you have to do is enter your equation or formula into the
standard Google search box, and then click the Google Search button. The result
of the calculation is displayed on the search results page; it’s that
simple.

You can use the standard algebraic operators to construct your
calculations—+, -, x, and / for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division, accordingly. For example, to add 2 plus 3, enter 2 +
3 and press Enter. To divide 10 by 2, enter 10 / 2,
and so on.

And Google’s calculator isn’t limited to basic addition and
multiplication. It can also handle more advanced calculations, trigonometric
functions, inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions, and
logarithmic functions. Just enter the proper formula into the search box, and
wait for Google to display the answer.

Google Knows Mathematical Constants

In addition to performing calculations, Google also knows a variety of
mathematical and scientific constants, such as pi, Avogadro’s Number, and
Planck’s Constant. It also knows the radius of the Earth, the mass of the
sun, the speed of light, the gravitational constant, and a lot more.

For example, if you’re not sure what the value of pi is, just enter
pi into the Search box and press Enter; Google returns
3.14159265, as it should. How about the speed of light? Enter speed of
light, and Google returns 299,792,458 m/s. It’s amazing what
Google knows.

Google Converts Units of Measure

Another surprise is that Google’s calculator also handles conversions.
It knows miles and meters, furlongs and light years, seconds and fortnights, and
even angstroms and Smoots—and can convert from one unit of measurement to
another.

The key to using the Google calculator as a converter is to express your
query using the proper syntax. In essence, you want to start with the first
measure, followed by the word "in," followed by the second unit of
measure. A general query looks like this: x firstunits in
secondunits.

For example, to find out how many feet equal a meter, enter the query
1 meter in feet. Not sure how many teaspoons are in a cup?
Enter 1 cup in teaspoons. Want to convert 100 U.S. dollars into
Euros? Then enter 100 usd in euros. And so on and so forth.

Google Is a Dictionary

Want to look up the definition of a particular word, but don’t want to
bother pulling out the old hardcover dictionary? Not sure of a specific
spelling? Then use Google as an online dictionary to look up any word you can
think of. It’s easy—and there are two ways to do it.

The first approach to looking up definitions is to use a ´All you have
to do is enter the keywords what is in your query, followed by
the word in question. (No question mark is necessary.) For example, to look up
the definition of the word "defenestrate," enter what is
defenestrate.

When you use a "what is" search, Google returns a standard search
results page (typically with several useful definition links in the list), as
well as a definition section at the top of the page. This section includes a
short definition of the word and two useful links. The first link, disguised as
the result title, is actually a link to other definitions of the word on the
web. The second link, Definition in Context, displays an example of the word
used in a sentence.

Google Is a Glossary

Even more definitions are available when you use the Google Glossary feature.
Google Glossary is what Google calls it, anyway; really, it’s just another
advanced search operator that produces some very specific results.

The operator in question is define:. Use this operator
before the word you want defined, with no spaces between. So, for example, if
you want to define the word "defenestrate," enter the query
define:defenestrate.

When your query includes the define: operator, Google
displays a special definitions page. This page includes all the definitions for
the word that Google found on the web; click a link to view the full definition.

And here’s something else to know. If you want to define a phrase, use
the define: operator but put the phrase in quotation marks. For
example, to define the phrase "peer to peer", enter the query
define:"peer to peer".

Google Lists All the Facts

When you’re looking for hard facts, Google might be able to help. Yes,
Google always returns a list of sites that match your specific query, but if you
phrase your query correctly—and are searching for a fact that Google has
pre-identified—you can get the precise information you need at the top of
the search results page.

What types of information are we talking about? Fact-based information, such
as birthdates, birthplaces, population, and so on. All you have to do is enter a
query that states the fact you want to know. For example:

• To find the population of San Francisco, enter population san
  Francisco.


• To find where Mark Twain was born, enter birthplace mark
  twain.


• To find when President Bill Clinton was born, enter birthday bill
  clinton.


• To find when Raymond Chandler died, enter die raymond
  chandler.


• To find who is the president of Germany, enter president
  germany.

The answers to these questions are displayed at the top of your search
results page. You get the precise answer to your question, according to the
referenced website. Click the associated link to learn more from this
source.

Google Displays Weather Reports

Did you know that Google can be used to find and display current weather
conditions and forecasts? It’s a pretty easy search; all you have to do is
enter the keyword weather, followed by the location. You can
enter the location as a city name, city plus state, or Zip code. For example, to
view the weather forecast for Minneapolis, enter weather
minneapolis.

Google displays current weather conditions and a four-day forecast at the top
of the search results page. And, while this is a good summary report, you may
want to click through to the more detailed forecasts offered in the standard
search results listings below the four-day forecast.

Google Knows Current Airport Conditions

Weather information is important to travelers, as is information about flight
and airport delays. Fortunately, you can use the main Google search page to
search for this information, just as you did with weather forecasts.

To search for weather conditions and delays at a particular airport, all you
have to do is enter the airport’s three-letter code, followed by the word
airport. For example, to view conditions at the Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport (with the code MSP), enter msp
airport. This displays a link to conditions at the chosen airport;
click this link for detailed information.

Google Tracks Flight Status

Google also lets you track the status of any U.S. flight and many
international flights. All you have to do is enter the flight number into the
Google search box. For example, to find out the status of United Airlines flight
116, enter ua116.

Google now displays links to three sites that let you track the flight
status—Travelocity, Expedia, and fboweb. Click one of these links to view
real-time flight status—including maps of where the plane is in its
route.

Google Tracks Packages

Airline flights aren’t the only things you can track with Google.
Google also lets you track the status of package deliveries, from the U.S.
Postal Service, FedEx, and UPS. All you have to do is enter the package’s
tracking number into the Google search box, and Google will display a link to
the service’s tracking page for that package.

Google Is a Giant Phone Directory

As part of its massive database of information, Google now includes listings
for millions of U.S. households in what it calls the Google PhoneBook. You
search the PhoneBook listings from the main Google search box, using specific
query parameters.

All you have to do is enter some combination of the following parameters:
first name (or initial), last name, city, state, or Zip code. For example, to
search for John Smith in Minneapolis, enter john smith minneapolis
mn. As you might suspect, the more details you provide, the more
targeted your results will be.

When you enter your query using one of these methods, Google returns a search
result page with a PhoneBook Results item at the top of the results list. The
two or three names listed here aren’t the only matches in the Google
PhoneBook, however. To see the other matching names, click the PhoneBook Results
link; this displays a full page of PhoneBook listings.

And here’s something even more cool—Google lets you perform
reverse phone number lookups. Just enter the full phone number, including area
code, into the standard Google search box. You can enter all 10 numbers in a
row, without hyphens (like this: 1234567890), or use the
standard hyphenated form (like this: 123-456-7890); Google
accepts either method. When you click the search button, Google displays a
single matching PhoneBook result.

Google Knows Area Codes

It goes without saying that if Google knows phone numbers, it also knows area
codes. If you have an area code and want to know which city it serves, just
enter the area code; Google will return the city in which that area code
resides.

Google Has Movie Information

Numbers aren’t the only types of information available via a Google
lookup. You can also use the standard Google search box to look up movie reviews
and showtimes. All you have to do is enter the word movies
followed by the name of the movie. For example, to find out when Casino
Royale is showing in your neighborhood, enter movies casino
royale.

Google now displays a movie information section at the top of the search
results page. From here you can click to view movie reviews, showtimes for a
theater near you, and so on.

And if you can’t remember the name of a given movie, you can use Google
to figure it out for you. Just enter the movie: operator,
followed by whatever information you do know—an actor’s name, the
movie’s director, a plot detail, or whatever. Google returns a list of
movies that match your search criteria, along with reviews for each movie
listed. Click the movie title to view more reviews for that movie.

Google Loves Music

Google not only lets you search for movie information, it also is a great
search engine for music. Google knows the names of tens of thousands of popular
performers; all you have to do is enter the performer’s name in the search
box, and Google returns specific information about that performer.

For example, when you search for norah jones, Google
displays a Norah Jones section at the top of the search results page.
This section includes a brief listing of the artist’s most recent (or most
well-known) albums and songs.

And there’s more. Click the performer’s name and you see a visual
listing of the artist’s albums. Click any album art or title and you see a
listing of album tracks, a link to album reviews, and links to download tracks
from the album from a variety of online music stores. Back on the main artist
page, there are also links to websites devoted to the artist, news about the
artist, photos of the artist, and mentions of the artists in Google Groups
discussion forums.

Google Knows the Answer to the Ultimate Question

Let’s return to Google’s calculator for one final hidden feature.
As you recall, the Google calculator has been hardwired to include the answers
to some fairly complex—and fairly fanciful—calculations. For a bit
of fun, try entering the query what is the answer to life the universe
and everything. Google’s answer should delight long-time fans of
Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
(It’s "42", in case you were wondering.)

Wake Up W/O an Alarm

How to Wake Up Without an Alarm Clock
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Fingernails screeching down a blackboard, the shrill tones of the Emergency Alert System, Carrot Top: few things are as obnoxious as an alarm clock. Human beings have survived for most of our history without these confounded noisemakers—-why would you need one now? The answer, of course, is that everyone else has one, and it would look bad if you were the only one wandering into the office two hours late. But like momma said, just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t mean you should. Waking up naturally is much easier on you, as your body will slowly adjust from deep sleep to a calm awakening. Here’s how to separate yourself from the alarm clock without quitting your job or dropping out of school.

Steps

Get Into a Rhythm

1. Determine what time you need to wake up on most days. Make this your sleep goal.
   
2. Use your alarm clock to wake up at approximately that same time each morning. Our bodies’ physiological processes are governed by the circadian rhythm, a cycle that in humans is closely adapted to the 24-hour day. You will get use to waking up. By training yourself to wake up at the same time each day, you “set” your circadian rhythm.
   
3. Figure out how much sleep you really need. Depending on your age, you probably need 7-10 hours of sleep each night. Individual sleep needs vary, however. Getting adequate rest is the most obvious way to help you wake up when you want.
   
4. Go to bed at approximately the same time every night. Once you know when you need to get up and how much sleep you need, you can determine what time you need to go to sleep. While you may initially find it difficult to go to bed at the same time each night, if you make an effort to do so it will become easier over time.
   
5. Wean yourself off the alarm clock. After as little as a week of using a regular bed time and wake-up time, you should be able to wake up at about the correct time without your alarm. The more consistent your schedule is, the better, but even if you occasionally go to bed later or earlier than your usual time, your body should still feel ready to get up at your set time.
   

Use Your Senses

1. View your sleeping environment and decide what you can control. Awakening can be triggered by external cues such as light and sound; hence the effectiveness of the alarm clock. These triggers can override the circadian rhythm.
   
   
   • Light: Your mind will respond to light and bring you out of sleep. Leave your curtains or blinds open to wake up with the sunrise. Close them if you need to sleep later. Adjust the positioning of your bed to catch the light at the right time—you may need to move your bed occasionally since the sun will strike your room at a slightly different angle as the seasons progress. If you are camping, locate your tent so that the sun will hit it unobstructed (make sure there are no trees, hills, etc. that will prevent the sun from hitting your tent early in the morning). Remember that the sun rises in the east; in the northern hemisphere a south-facing orientation will receive more sunlight, and in the southern hemisphere a north-facing orientation will get more, but unless you are trying to wake up when the sun is high in the sky, you will still want to face to the east to catch the sun when it rises. As stated earlier, the position of your bed will depend heavily on the time of the year, and the time you want to wake up. If you need to get up before the sun rises, putting the lights in your room on a timer can also help, as this may not seem as disruptive as an alarm clock.
   • Sound: Noises (such as that pesky alarm) also bring you out of sleep. Identify what sounds regularly occur around where you sleep—and when they occur. Trains, automobiles, animals, and other people going about regular tasks can serve as waking cues. You can take advantage of this by noting what wakes you up and when. Consider leaving your window open to capture more sounds.
   • Temperature: Your sleeping body is very sensitive to temperature. If you turn your heat down at night and have a timer on your thermostat, you can set the heat to come back on about an hour before you want to wake up. Assuming you were at a comfortable sleeping temperature all night, this should prompt you to awaken. You can also use temperature in conjunction with light, since sunlight hitting your bed directly will warm you up. You may even be able to choose what blankets you use so that you will be comfortable throughout the night (your body temperature drops after midnight), but begin to get too hot as your body temperature naturally rises (regardless of external temperature), toward the end of your sleep cycle. If you want to take a brief nap outside on a hot day (when you are camping or backpacking, for instance), you can choose someplace to sleep where you will be in a shadow initially, but where you will eventually be in the sun.
   • Smell: If you drink coffee regularly, the easiest way to use smell as a trigger to awake is to put your coffee maker in your bedroom and set its timer for just before when you want to wake up. The brewing coffee may coax you out of sleep, and if you’re tired when you wake up, you don’t have far to go for a cup of joe.
   • Feeling: Drink a tall glass of water before going to bed. You will find that you wake up very promptly.
   
   

Set Your Mental Alarm Clock

1. Recognize that scientists have been unable to prove that the "mental alarm clock" can or should work effectively. That said, many folks swear by it. Others report that it makes them tensely look at their watch every 30 minutes to make sure they don't oversleep. If you want to experiment, follow the steps below:
   
2. Determine what time you need to wake up. Unlike the method above, this method does not require that you wake up at the same time each morning. Scientists have discovered that about an hour before a person expects to wake up, the body begins releasing a relatively high concentration of the hormone adrenocorticotropin into the blood. They believe that this may prepare the person to wake up. If this is true, you need only prompt the release of this hormone at the right time.
   
3. Note the time when you go to bed.
   
4. Calculate the number of hours before your intended wake-up time. If possible, try to sleep for a multiple of about 90 minutes; your sleep cycle repeats in approximately 90 minute intervals (this will differ from person to person). You can use this to your advantage, as it's easier to awaken from the lighter part of your sleep cycle.
   
5. Envision your wake-up time. As you lie in bed, think about the time at which you want to wake. Visualize a clock with that time on it, and visualize yourself getting up at that time. You may even find it helpful to tell yourself out loud, “I will wake up at (the desired time).” While this may sound silly, controlled experiments have revealed that many people can use these techniques to successfully and regularly awaken at the correct time without using an alarm or other external trigger. How the brain manages to keep track of the hours is unknown.
   
6. Use your alarm clock as a backup. If you have an alarm clock available, and you absolutely must wake up at a certain time, it is best to set it just in case this method doesn’t work. Many people are apparently unable to use this method effectively. Additionally, using an alarm clock may also help you to wake up before the alarm goes off because you will truly expect to awake at that time. This strong expectation should prompt the release of adrenocorticotropin. While adding this step doesn’t really free you from the alarm clock, you may still be able to enjoy awakening without the harsh jolt of the alarm.
   

Tips

• Using your circadian rhythm and regularly getting the same (adequate) number of hours of sleep during the same time period is the most effective way to wake up for most people. You can combine all three methods above for extra effectiveness. If you must deviate from your established sleep pattern, it would be wise to use an alarm.
  
• Since core body temperature is naturally higher during morning and normal waking hours, if you need to sleep in the morning or day it may help to allow your body a slightly cooler sleeping environment. This may enable you to fall asleep more quickly, rest better, and thereby be able to wake up at the desired time.
  
• Children are also a very effective replacement to an alarm clock. In most cases they even wake you up earlier so that you gain additional time in the morning.
  
• As you're lying in bed, look at the time, (say, 9:30) and decide what time you want to wake up (say, 6:30). For about 20 seconds say this in a whisper, while thinking intently about it: "It's 9:30, and I need to wake up at 6:30, it's 9:30, and I need to wake up at 6:30..." Don't stay up too long reciting this, though...you could oversleep.
  

Warnings

• Be aware that time changes for daylight-savings can interfere with your body's alarm clock.
  
• Drinking alcohol to help with falling asleep can lead to poor sleep later—as well as long-term difficulties with snoring and sleep apnea. If you use it, do so sparingly.
  
• Caffeine can help cover feelings of sleepiness, but may also interfere with your ability to sleep later—when you really want to be sleeping—and thereby confuse your sleep clock. Use it sparingly and avoid caffeine completely in the hours prior to your desired bedtime.
  
• Be careful of taking naps. Napping can mess up the circadium rythms set by a regular sleep schedule. They can make it harder to fall asleep at the planned time. If you do need to nap, try to keep it under 30 minutes. If you are napping every day, then make this part of your regular schedule and take the same length nap at the same time each day.
  
• Stress hormones keep your body alert and interfere with sleep. This can be used to your benefit if you're worried about waking up and therefore sleep lightly, but regular sleep patterns are difficult to establish when your body is stressed. Find ways to relax so you can sleep better and wake up when you want.
  
• None of these methods are 100% effective, and what works for one person may not work for another. Try them out when you don’t have something vitally important to do at a certain time, or use your alarm clock as a backup.
  
• If you work "nonstandard" hours, your sleep–wake cycle is likely somewhat confused already. You can use these techniques to help settle your body into a better sleep rhythm, but this may take significant time. If you frequently have to work different shifts, these techniques will be especially difficult to use.
  
• If your work demands long periods of time without sleep or with sporadic sleep (e.g., medical resident), then it may be necessary to rely on an alarm, possibly as a backup in case these methods do not work.
  
• Don't expect this to work if you're under 25 or so, most young people have lives that involve many different kinds of hours.
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Wake up As Soon As the Alarm Goes off
  
• How to Get Better Sleep
  
• How to Sleep Easily
  
• How to Adopt a Polyphasic Sleep Schedule
  
• How to Know if You Have a Sleep Apnea
  
• How to Cope With Sleep Paralysis
  

External Links

• National Sleep Foundation
  
• Hallym University (Korea) Information about circadian rhythms
  
• FDA More on circadian rhythms
  
• Nature Of particular interest are a number of articles on the “mental alarm clock,” such as “Timing the End of Nocturnal Sleep” from January, 1999. These are not available for free, however.
  
• Google Books Limited preview of “Understanding Sleep and Dreams,” by Paula Belcher and William Moorcroft.
  

How to Save Money on Gas

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Gas prices keep going up, and our wallets keep getting thinner. This how-to reviews many ways to save money at the local gas station.

Steps

1. Don't drive. Don't drive when you don't have to. Carpooling, walking, taking the bus, and riding a bike not only save gas, but also are better for our environment and may be better for your health. Do you really need to drive to the store that is only a couple of blocks down the street?
   
   
2. Get a credit card. Some credit cards offer gas savings when you use the card for purchases. This works in much the same way that some credit card companies give you frequent flyer miles when you use their card for purchases. But watch for interest rate charges.
   
   
3. Get a membership card. Some gas stations offer membership benefits. There are also department and grocery stores that give discounts at the fuel pump when you use their store membership cards.
   
   
4. Give your car a tune up. While giving your car a tune up won't actually save you money at the pump, it will save you gas. Using less gas saves you money. Have the oil changed, and have a certified mechanic give your engine a look over.
   
   
5. Check the web for deals. Web sites let you find the best deals in your area. Check out the external links below to start.
   
   
6. Buy a Diesel. Diesel cars can often get better mileage than comparable hybrids and do not have batteries that need replacing. Getting a Diesel car also allows for use of Biodiesel fuel.
   
   
7. Buy a hybrid car. Not only do hybrid cars give you immediate savings at the pump, the U.S. government and your local state offer tax breaks for people who use gas-saving cars. Federal deductions for using gas-saving cars can be as high as $2,000.00, but check before buying to see if they're still in effect. If you can't afford the growing number of hybrid cars out there, consider getting a regular car with good MPG (miles per gallon), like the Honda Fit. In general, the smaller the car, the better the mileage.
   
8. Use the lowest recommended octane for your car. The lower octane gas is cheaper. Most modern cars are engineered to run efficiently on lower octane fuel. Check your owner's manual to be sure, as not all car engines should use lowest octane gas.
   
   
9. Mix octanes. Using a higher octane has no effect on fuel efficiency and doesn't really gain you anything and costs more. In some areas, the lower octane may be too low for your car and the mid-grade or higher octane may be more than what you need. To avoid overpaying and still get the correct octane for your car you can mix the gas. For example, if your car takes 87 octane and the pumps have 85 octane and 89 octane, then when filling your car, fill half the tank with 85 octane and the other half with 89 octane and this will give you an equivalent of 87 octane plus it will save you money because the lower octane gas costs less. However, if you do not have a way of thoroughly mixing the fuel as it is entering your tank, your engine may receive "bursts" of lower octane fuel, causing problems.
   
   
10. Avoid idling. While idling, your car gets exactly 0 miles per gallon. Although it is said that starting the car uses a lot of gas, it is still very little compared to idling for more than a few seconds. Idling to warm up is particularly bad, as the engine needs extra fuel to warm up. After start up, allow your car to idle 15-30 seconds, then drive conservatively until it reaches normal operating temperature. Park your car and go into the restaurant rather than idling in the drive-through. Idling with the air conditioning on also uses extra fuel. Warning: stopping and starting the engine frequently will cause extra wear. Don't stop the engine if you are going to idle for less than a minute. Note: diesel engines use much less fuel to idle than gasoline engines.
    
    
11. Combine trips. If you can do several short trips in one longer trip, you will save fuel and time. Make lists to avoid having to go back. Call ahead to avoid wasted trips.
    
    
12. Plan your trips in advance. This can prevent wasting fuel and wasting time. Plan to use alternative routes. Often back roads can prevent you from stopping at traffic lights and more importantly sitting in traffic jams.
    
    
13. Buy a GPS system. Global Positioning Systems help you navigate to find the fastest and shortest distance to your destination. A good GPS can save you time and fuel. Also the cost of GPS systems has really come down and you can get a good GPS system for around $350. Also, there are some creative ways you can use GPS systems to save money on gas. For example, you could use a GPS to calculate how far away you are from the next state and if you know fuel tax is less in the next state, just put enough fuel in to get you to the next state and fill up with gas where it is cheaper.
    
    
14. Check the tire air pressures weekly. Buy an inexpensive manual air pump and an accurate tire gauge (not a pencil gauge as they are not accurate). Keep all tires inflated to the pressure as recommended for your car. Go by the sticker on the door frame or fuel filler flap and not the tire wall. Don't be afraid to experiment with higher tire pressure, as long as you don't exceed the rating marked on the tire. Generally speaking, a slightly higher pressure will improve fuel mileage.
    
    
15. Drive at a consistent speed Avoid accelerating fast or braking suddenly. Use cruise control when you can.
    
    
16. Slow down. Air resistance goes up as the square of velocity. The power consumed to overcome that air resistance goes up as the cube of the velocity. Rolling resistance is the dominant force below about 40 mph. Above that, every mph costs you mileage. Go as slow as traffic and your schedule will allow. Drive under 60-65 since air grows exponentially denser, in the aerodynamic sense, the faster we drive. To be precise, the most efficient speed is your car's minimum speed in it's highest gear, since this provides the best "speed per RPM" ratio.
    
    
17. Clean out any unnecessary items in your car. If you have heavy objects in your car that you don't need, remove them. If your car is lighter, it will use less fuel to get where you're going.
    
    
18. Remove unneeded racks. If you have a bicycle or ski rack, remove it when you're not using it. It causes drag and lowers mileage.
    
    
19. Don't fill until the last quarter tank. If you do this, it can extend your gas because you are hauling a lighter load as the tank nears empty. This also allows you to buy gas on low-cost days. However, in cold weather, you may not want to do this. Also, running a car with less than a quarter tank of fuel can shorten the fuel pump life, and letting your tank empty completely can cause fuel pump and filter problems. And you never know when you might be in an emergency and need some gasoline in your car!
    
    
20. Fill the tank full. If you need to fill up, fill up all the way. The more money you try to save by adding $10 today and then $20 tomorrow will be wasted since each time you will have to travel to the station and wait for a pump. Instead, do it all at once and $ave time and money.
    
    
21. Avoid buying gas with ethanol, if possible. The lower energy content of the fuel will almost always lower mileage. Other additives may do the same, or may increase mileage depending upon your vehicle. Experiment to find out. Also the minimal price difference is often offset by a lower price due to lower fuel taxes or subsidies. Consider using ethanol because it is a lot better for the environment. Note, however, that turbocharged cars often get better mileage with ethanol blends. This is because the higher (over 100!) octane of ethanol permits more boost, which means more efficient fuel usage.
    
    
22. Avoid having to stop. If approaching a red light, see if you can slow down enough to avoid having to actually stop (because you reach the light after it is green). Speeding up from 5 or 10 miles per hour will be easier on the gas than starting from full stop.
    
    
23. Anticipate the stop signs and lights. Look far ahead; get to know your usual routes. You can let up on the gas earlier. Coasting to a stop will save the gasoline you would otherwise use maintaining your speed longer. If it just gets you to the end of a line of cars at a red light or a stop sign a few seconds later, it won't add any time to your trip. Ditto for coasting to lose speed before a highway off-ramp: if it means you catch up with that truck halfway around the curve instead of at the beginning, you haven't lost any time. (Do not coast to slow down until you're in the exit deceleration lane, unless you have checked your mirror to make sure you won't interfere with non-exiting traffic in the right-hand travel lane.)
    
    
24. Take off slowly from a full stop. This is one adjustment that will have dramatic effects on your gas mileage; don't tear off from a stoplight! If you move out slowly, it will help save you money at the pump. Also, if you are driving a stick shift, note that 50% throttle at 1200 rpm's uses less gas than 10% throttle at 2500 rpm's. As long as the engine is not lugging or pinging, shift as soon as possible and use plenty of throttle. The engine is more efficient when it does not have to pump air past a closed throttle plate. Warning: this advice is only true for fuel-injected cars or those with constant velocity carburetors.
    
    
25. Park in the first spot you find. If you wander all over the parking lot looking for that really close parking space, you'll use more gas. Don't be afraid to walk a ways if it comes to that - the walk will do you good!
    
    
26. Use A/C only while slowing. This is sometimes enough to keep your vehicle at a reasonable temperature without using fuel and going easier on the brakes. You can also use the A/C to cool the car and then switch to the fan only. (Turning on the A/C at low rpm's may save the compressor from a "jolt" and additional wear.)
    
    
27. Shift into neutral if you are not comfortable with downshifting. Standard transmission vehicles may save gas by shifting into neutral when going down hills steep enough to maintain speed (although engine braking is safer on steeper declines). Do not do this in a Hybrid car, they use this "regenerative engine braking" to generate electricity and charge the batteries. NOTE: This strategy will result in more wear and tear on your brakes. Neither of these strategies is recommended for normal automatic cars. Also, if you own a car with fuel injection, it is more efficient to keep the car in a high gear while going down hills. Simply take your foot off the gas.
    
    
28. Park in the shade. Gasoline actually evaporates right out of your tank, and it does so faster when you park directly in the sun - winter or summer. Parking in the shade also keeps it cooler inside, and you will need less A/C to cool off when you get back in. If there is no shade available, park so that your gas tank (the actual tank under the car, not the valve to fill it) is facing away from the direct sun.
    
    
29. Drive a small motorcycle or scooter instead of a car. They are cheaper and often get 70 MPG or better. Riding gear is available for most weather conditions. A good example is the Kawasaki EX250, which costs about $3,000, gets 60-70 MPG at highway speeds, and can go 0-60 MPH in under 6 seconds!
    
    
30. Use a synthetic oil instead of 10W30 and 10W40. This will cause your engine to run better and giving you better mileage..

Tips

• Gas prices are statistically the cheapest on Wednesdays, but this is only statistically true over a large number of days. It won't be true every week.
  
  
• Getting a fill-up three days before a holiday will help you save on the price bump.
  
  
• At every oil change, check your air filter. Clogged air filters cause engines to work overtime which requires more fuel. Reusable air filters are not recommended, as they can destroy expensive Mass Airflow Sensors if they are over-oiled. A quality paper filter does a better job of filtering.
  
  
• Use a fuel injector cleaner or complete fuel system treatment occasionally. Not only will you see a boost in gas mileage, but in your car's overall performance. Fouled injectors vaporize fuel poorly, affecting how completely the fuel is burned.
  
  
• Most car modifications do not improve mileage. Extra wings add drag. Power improvements often hurt mileage. However, if your car is turbocharged, chiptuning may result in a mileage boost. The mileage boost will be canceled out if you drive more aggressively due to power improvements.
  
  
• So-called gas saving devices don't work. Use these wikiHow tips and save yourself the cost of the snake oil.
  
  
• Many of these tips change slightly if your engine is turbocharged or diesel. For instance, diesel engines use almost no fuel while idling. Diesel trucks will often be left idling all night to provide heat or power for the trucker inside the cab, at the cost of relatively little fuel.
  
  
• Wholesale unleaded is now a traded commodity. Watch the futures price as it will forecast price at the pump, which will be about equal to the wholesale price plus taxes plus about a nickel per gallon for the station.

Warnings

• Keep in mind that low octane gas is usually slightly worse for the environment.
  
  
• Check your vehicle's Owners Manual for minimum fuel octane ratings. Some engines are designed to use higher octane fuels. Using a lower octane fuel (over extended periods of time) in these engines may result in premature engine failures.
  
  
• Nearly all gas-saving devices do not work, and some even decrease fuel mileage. Intake twisters, gas pills and fuel line magnets do not help mileage. Even if the mileage improvement claims were true, they often cost enough to negate any potential savings.
  
  
• Be very careful when shifting into neutral when going down hills. While you are likely not to need to accelerate, you can never know that types of accidents/problems other cars will create that will necessitate an immediate increase in speed.
  
  
• Getting into the habit of downshifting to slow the car instead of using the brakes will cause early wear of your clutch. It is generally known among auto mechanics that it is better to wear out your brakes than to wear out your clutch. Brake pads can be replaced for much less money than a clutch, which often requires removing the entire engine, transmission, or both.

Related wikiHows

• How to Fix Cars Air Conditioning
  
  
• How to Fill Air in a Car's Tires
  
  
• How to Calculate Your Car's Fuel Efficiency (MPG)
  
  
• How to Understand the Basics of Car Maintenance
  
  
• How to Live Without a Car
  
  
• How to Make Money As Oil Prices Rise
  
  
• How to Change the Oil in Your Car

External Links

• FuelEconomyTips.com
  
  
• MPGResearch.com
  
  
• e85 Information
  
  
• Consumer Utility Services How to save money on gas bills
  
  
• Gasbuddy.com Find the best deals in your area. Uses user-submitted data.
  
  
• AAA Triple A offers tips for saving gas. (PDF - requires Acrobat Reader.)
  
  
• Hybrid Car Advisor Resources, articles and links to assist consumers interested in the hybrid car option.
  
  
• Ridester.com A road trip marketplace where you can get free gas by offering rides to feedback-rated riders traveling your way.

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How to Keep Awake While Reading?

How to
Keep Awake While Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.

Source

The rules for reading yourself to sleep are much
easier to follow than are the rules for keeping
awake while reading. Just get into bed in a
comfortable position, see that the light is
inadequate enough to cause a slight eyestrain,
choose something you don't care whether or not you
read, and unless you have insomnia, you will be
nodding soon enough. Those who are expert in
relaxing with a book don't have to wait for
nightfall or for bed. A comfortable chair in the
library will do at anytime.

Unfortunately, the rules for keeping awake do
not consist in doing just the opposite. It is
possible to keep awake while reading in a
comfortable chair or even in bed, and people have
been known to strain their eyes by reading late, in
light too dim. What kept the famous readers by
candlelight awake? One thing certainly -- that it
made a difference to them, a great difference,
whether or not they read the book they had in
hand.

Whether you read actively or passively, whether
you try to keep awake or not depends in large part
on your purpose in reading. There are many kinds of
reading and many sorts of things to read. You may
be seeking the same effortless pleasures of
relaxation that the movies and radio so readily
afford, or you may be making the effort to profit
by your reading. Let me roughly divide books into
those which compete with the movies and those with
which the movies cannot compete. They are the books
that can elevate or instruct. If they are fine
works of fiction, they can deepen your appreciation
of human life. If they are serious works of
nonfiction, they can inform or enlighten you.

Everyone admits that if your aim in reading is
to profit -- to grow somehow in mind or spirit --
you have to keep awake. That means reading as
actively as possible. That means making an effort
-- for which you expect to be repaid.

Everyone admits that good books, fiction or
nonfiction, deserve such reading. To use a good
book as a sedative is conspicuous waste. To all
asleep or, what is the same, to let your mind
wander during the hours you planned to devote to
reading for profit is clearly to defeat your own
ends.

The sad fact is that many people who can
distinguish between pleasure and profit (and who
know which books give which) nevertheless fail to
carry out their reading plans. The reason is that
they do not know how to read actively, how to keep
their mind on what they are reading by making it do
the work without which no profit can be earned.

I have one simple rule for keeping awake while
reading. It underlies every other rule for
successful reading. You must ask questions while
you read -- questions which you yourself must try
to answer in the course of reading. Asking and
answering questions is what pays the dividends in
reading.

Any questions? No. The art of reading consists
in the habit of asking the right questions in the
right order. Let me illustrate this by giving you
the four main questions you must ask about any book
or, to make it more concrete, about any nonfiction
book.

• What is the book as a whole about?
  Here you must try to discover the leading theme
  of the books. And how the author develops this
  theme in an orderly way by subdividing it into
  its essential subordinate topics.


• What in detail is being said, and
  how? Here you must try to underline for
  yourself -- with a pencil, perhaps, or mentally
  if the book is borrowed -- the main ideas,
  assertions, and arguments that constitute the
  author's message.


• Is it true, in whole or part? You
  cannot answer this question until you have
  answered the first two. You have to know what is
  being said -- and to do that you must know how
  it is being said, for you must be able to
  penetrate through the author's language of his
  mind -- before you can sit in judgment and
  decide whether you agree or disagree. When you
  do understand a point, however, you are
  obligated, if you are reading seriously, to make
  up your own mind. Knowing the author's is not
  enough.


• What of it? If the book has given you
  information, and especially if it is true, you
  must certainly ask about its significance. Why
  does the author think it is important to know
  these facts? If the book has not only informed
  you, but also enlightened you, it is still
  necessary to seek further enlightenment by
  asking what follows next, what is further
  implied or suggested.

These four questions summarize all the
obligations of a reader. They apply to anything
worth reading -- a book or an article or even an
advertisement for something you may be interested
in buying. Knowing these questions is, of course,
not enough. You must remember to ask them as you
read. The habit of doing that is the first mark of
an active reader. But more than that, you must be
able to answer them precisely and accurately. The
trained ability to do just that is the art of
reading.

This ability most of our college graduates lack
today, for the art of reading is no longer taught
in our "over-progressive" schools. But, college
graduate or not, you can learn to read for profit,
and profitably, if you will only try. It is
necessary, of course, to know more than these four
questions, because skill in answering them can be
acquired only through following all the rules of
the art of reading.

To answer the first question, for instance, you
must follow the rules for reading a book
analytically. A book is a complex structure, a
whole having many parts, which you must know how to
take apart. To answer the second question you must
follow the rules for reading a book
interpretatively. To reach the author's mind, you
must know how to see through his language, and this
means weighing his words, turning over his
sentences, and tying up his paragraphs. And to
answer the first two questions, you must follow the
rules of critical reading, which tell
you how to make a fair and dispassionate judgment
of the true and the false before you decide to
agree or disagree with the book's message.

To expound and explain all these rules in a
helpful way cannot be done here. What I have said,
however, makes the two main points. Unless you want
to keep awake while reading, there is no need to
develop skill or art in reading. But if you do want
to, you must do more than keep your eyes open and
your mind off your work, finances, basketball,
cooking and the children. You must keep your mind
on the book -- as actively as possible. To learn to
do that, you must keep asking questions and keep
trying to answer them.

One word more. People go to sleep over good
books not because they are unwilling to make the
effort, but because they don't know how to make it.
Good books are over your head. They wouldn't be
good for you if they weren't. And books that are
over your head weary you unless you reach up to
them and pull yourself up to their level. It isn't
stretching that tires you, but stretching
unsuccessfully because you lack the skill. To keep
on reading actively, you must have not only the
will to do so, but the skill -- the art that
enables you to elevate yourself by mastering what
at first right seems to be over your head.

The more you keep awake while reading, by
sustaining the activity of asking and answering
questions, the more exciting you will find the
process. Don't be afraid that it will become too
exciting.

Intellectual insomnia is still quite a long way
off.

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How to become an early riser?

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
- Aristotle

Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I’d almost always sleep in late. I usually didn’t start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon.

But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher, not just in the morning but all throughout the day. And I also noticed a significant feeling of well-being. So being the proactive goal-achiever I was, I set out to become a habitual early riser. I promptly set my alarm clock for 5AM…

… and the next morning, I got up just before noon.

Hmmm…

I tried again many more times, each time not getting very far with it. I figured I must have been born without the early riser gene. Whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that blasted noise and go back to sleep. I tabled this habit for a number of years, but eventually I came across some sleep research that showed me that I was going about this problem the wrong way. Once I applied those ideas, I was able to become an early riser consistently.

It’s hard to become an early riser using the wrong strategy. But with the right strategy, it’s relatively easy.

The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. So you figure out how much sleep you’re getting now, and then just shift everything back a few hours. If you now sleep from midnight to 8am, you figure you’ll go to bed at 10pm and get up at 6am instead. Sounds very reasonable, but it will usually fail.

It seems there are two main schools of thought about sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same times every day. It’s like having an alarm clock on both ends — you try to sleep the same hours each night. This seems practical for living in modern society. We need predictability in our schedules. And we need to ensure adequate rest.

The second school says you should listen to your body’s needs and go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. This approach is rooted in biology. Our bodies should know how much rest we need, so we should listen to them.

Through trial and error, I found out for myself that both of these schools are suboptimal sleep patterns. Both of them are wrong if you care about productivity. Here’s why:

If you sleep set hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. If it’s taking you more than five minutes to fall asleep each night, you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep. Another problem is that you’re assuming you need the same number of hours of sleep every night, which is a false assumption. Your sleep needs vary from day to day.

If you sleep based on what your body tells you, you’ll probably be sleeping more than you need — in many cases a lot more, like 10-15 hours more per week (the equivalent of a full waking day). A lot of people who sleep this way get 8+ hours of sleep per night, which is usually too much. Also, your mornings may be less predictable if you’re getting up at different times. And because our natural rhythms are sometimes out of tune with the 24-hour clock, you may find that your sleep times begin to drift.

The optimal solution for me has been to combine both approaches. It’s very simple, and many early risers do this without even thinking about it, but it was a mental breakthrough for me nonetheless. The solution was to go to bed when I’m sleepy (and only when I’m sleepy) and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time (7 days per week). So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5am), but I go to bed at different times every night.

I go to bed when I’m too sleepy to stay up. My sleepiness test is that if I couldn’t read a book for more than a page or two without drifting off, I’m ready for bed. Most of the time when I go to bed, I’m asleep within three minutes. I lie down, get comfortable, and immediately I’m drifting off. Sometimes I go to bed at 9:30pm; other times I stay up until midnight. Most of the time I go to bed between 10-11pm. If I’m not sleepy, I stay up until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer. Reading is an excellent activity to do during this time, since it becomes obvious when I’m too sleepy to read.

When my alarm goes off every morning, I turn it off, stretch for a couple seconds, and sit up. I don’t think about it. I’ve learned that the longer it takes me to get up, the more likely I am to try to sleep in. So I don’t allow myself to have conversations in my head about the benefits of sleeping in once the alarm goes off. Even if I want to sleep in, I always get up right away.

After a few days of using this approach, I found that my sleep patterns settled into a natural rhythm. If I got too little sleep one night, I’d automatically be sleepier earlier and get more sleep the next night. And if I had lots of energy and wasn’t tired, I’d sleep less. My body learned when to knock me out because it knew I would always get up at the same time and that my wake-up time wasn’t negotiable.

A side effect was that on average, I slept about 90 minutes less per night, but I actually felt more well-rested. I was sleeping almost the entire time I was in bed.

I read that most insomniacs are people who go to bed when they aren’t sleepy. If you aren’t sleepy and find yourself unable to fall asleep quickly, get up and stay awake for a while. Resist sleep until your body begins to release the hormones that rob you of consciousness. If you simply go to bed when you’re sleepy and then get up at a fixed time, you’ll cure your insomnia. The first night you’ll stay up late, but you’ll fall asleep right away. You may be tired that first day from getting up too early and getting only a few hours of sleep the whole night, but you’ll slog through the day and will want to go to bed earlier that second night. After a few days, you’ll settle into a pattern of going to bed at roughly the same time and falling asleep right away.

So if you want to become an early riser (or just exert more control over your sleep patterns), then try this: Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning.

Edit (5/31/05): Due to the (mysterious) popularity of this post, I’ve written a follow-up with some extra detail and clarifications: How to Become an Early Riser - Part II. And if you really want to take sleep to the next level, read about my experiences with Polyphasic Sleep, where you only sleep 2-3 hours a day by taking 20-minute naps every few hours, around the clock.

Edit (5/29/06): Be sure to read the related article How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off.
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Speed reading basic

Speed Reading Basics
By Jonathan Mayheart
Credit:http://all-free-info.com/speed-reading/

Speed reading is vital in today�s business and academic world, with the vast information that the internet offers, and the huge amounts of reading tasks an average manager or student faces, there is really no choice but to try and increase the intake of information.

In the last forty years there has a been an explosion of information, we are living the information revolution and that requires a lot of young professionals a great deal of effort in digesting this information and making good use of it.

Most of the people who attend speed reading courses and classes have some kind of problem, or believe they have some kind of problem, with their reading, here are a few of these potential problems.

Lack of concentration or partial/impaired concentration is an obvious problem for speed reading, the effects of the environment on ones reading rhythm and the general tendency of some people to be able of acceptable reading rate only in ideal situations. This problem is one of the basic speed reading problems and is usually dealt with in most courses.

Poor eye movement may cause some readers to shift their eyes to other directions and than go back to the book or paper to relocated the last point read. This problem also correlates with poor mechanical skills, which can be a real problem in speed reading.

Short attention span is a clear problem, almost everyone knows this problem, you start strong and begin to slow down as you read on. This kind of problem typically creates a situation of going back to re-read some lines over and over again, or a need to read the same sentence a couple of times for lack of understanding or loosing the line of thought altogether.

Reading by heart, when a person reads to himself (muttering the words or even reading out load) is an obvious problem since speed reading is much faster than talking, the reading out load inhibited the ability to read fast and also regulates a slow input of information into the cognitive.

Delayed reaction to information and material � This delay often comes from inattention, reading ahead or distraction. Desire to remember every word � This is loosely related to the tendency to re-read or slow down.

So what can you do to increase your reading skills? Do you really need to try speed reading you should you consider just eliminating some of these problems. The answer is most likely dependent of what you need, no matter what you problem is, you need to address the problem.

To try and read faster, here are a few tips that would get you going. Think of reading as a �pick and choose� activity, where you can choose to read the words and phrases that are critical to comprehension, and skip over the connective tissue.

One major key in speed reading is filtering out all the words that has nothing to do with the subject and naturally, there a lot of them. All the connecting words, basically words that are there to connect one word with the other to make a sentence (TO make A sentence) the �and� �it�s� and �and�s� have got to go, just make yourself blind to them, go over these words and do not dwell on reading or noticing them.

Practicing time reading is also good, set up a timer and see how much you read in one minute, and in five minutes. Try and honestly estimate how much did you get from the text (make sure this is something you read for the first time), and try to beat yourself at this over and over again, until you start to feel that you have moved up one level. Experiment with different texts, and try to find books with text that has some questions about what you just read so you can apprise your understanding. Evaluate your situation every time you do this, reading faster sometimes mean that you will make more mistakes on understanding the subject, you should start making �mental notes� while reading so you will not fail answering the questions.

Train yourself to read more quickly by forced timing. If you are a runner, training for a race, you go out and run every day and you try to improve your time or your distance.

Set a timer and run a reading race every day for two to four weeks. You do not have to spend more than five minutes on this exercise. You may become frustrated, at first, by the fact that you cannot read as fast or remember as much as you would like.

Practice makes perfect, and this is the most basic thing you can do to increase your reading speed, in two weeks you should see some improvement, and you should work on the weaker aspects of your reading skills. This is the start of speed reading, and once you master the basics you will be on your way to becoming a speed reader.

Jonathan Mayheart has been writing speed reading tips and advice for internet sites in the last few years. Jonathan currently writes Speed Reading articles for the tips and advice website

10 วิธีคืนสมดุลจิตใจสลายความ "เครียด"

1. ฟังเพลง (เราว่าข้อนี้ช่วยได้เยอะนะ)
หามุมสงบ นั่งปล่อยใจให้ล่องลอยอย่างเป็นธรรมชาติ แล้วฟังเพลงเบา ๆ โดยเฉพาะเพลงจำพวก Meditation ซึ่งเดี๋ยวนี้มีให้เลือกหลากหลายแบบตามความต้องการ ทั้งเสียงของดนตรีบรรเลง หรือเสียงธรรมชาติ จำพวกเสียงคลื่น..เสียงน้ำตก..เสียงนกร้อง รับรองว่าจะช่วยสร้างสมาธิให้กลับคื่นสู่สมองและจิตใจได้อย่างน่ามหัศจรรย์ในช่วงระยะเวลาเพียงสั้น ๆ เชียวล่ะ

2. ฉายเดี่ยวดูภาพยนตร์
ขอแนะนำให้ฉายเดี่ยวแล้วตีตั๋วดูหนังดี ๆ สักรอบ เพราะการไปดูหนังเนี่ยเป็นวิธีที่เวิร์คที่สุดที่จะปลดปล่อยความรู้สึกให้ล่องลอยอย่างเป็นอิสระไม่จมอยู่กับปัญหา แถมระบายความอัดอั้นตันใจได้อย่างเห็นผล แต่ต้องถามตัวเองก่อนนะว่ากำลังอยู่ในอารมณ์ไหน เช่น ถ้าอยากร้องไห้ก็ไปดูหนังรักเศร้าเคล้าน้ำตาแล้วก็ร้องไห้ออกมาซะให้พอ หรือถ้าเครียดจัดก็จงไปดูหนังตลกแล้วหัวเราะให้หลุดโลกไปเลย

3. โทรหาเพื่อนรู้ใจ
อย่าคิดว่าตัวเองจะแก้ปัญหาทุกปัญหาได้ดีไปซะหมด หัวใจสาวมั่นแม้จะแกร่งเพียงใดก็ยังต้องการที่พึ่งพิงเสมอ ยกหูโทรศัพท์หาเพื่อนรู้ใจสันคนแล้วระบายความรู้สึกให้เพื่อนได้รับรู้ เพราะการมีคนรับฟังและให้คำปรึกษา จะทำให้ชีวิตที่เอียงกะเท่เร่เริ่มเข้าที่เข้าทางมากขึ้น อย่างน้อยก็ยังรู้สึกว่า ไม่ได้แบกปัญหาอยู่คนเดียวในโลกไงล่ะ

4. เขียนไดอารี่ (นี่ก็เห็นด้วย บางส่วน)
การเขียนไดอารี่เปรียบเสมือนการเปิดประตูอารมณ์ที่ปล่อยให้ความอัดอั้นตันใจต่าง ๆ ได้ไหลลงสู่หน้ากระดาษอย่างเป็นอิสระและเป็นส่วนตัวที่สุด เพราะการถ่ายเทความรู้สึกในใจออกมา จะทำให้จิตใจปรับสมดุลได้เร็วขื้น อีกทั้งระหว่างการเขียนไดอารี่นั้นยังถือเป็นการทบทวนความรู้สึกตัวเองที่ดีที่สุดด้วย ส่วนข้อดีสุดเลิศอีกข้อก็คือ ไดอารี่เป็นเพื่อนสนิทที่ไว้ใจได้ที่สุด เพราะรับฟังเราเสมอและไม่เคยเอาความลับไปบอกต่อไงล่ะ

5. พลังแห่งการสัมผัส

ลองมองหาใครสักคนช่วยโอบกอดหรือสัมผัสเบา ๆ เวลารู้สึกเหนื่อยล้าดูสิ เพราะร่างกายคนเราเวลาถูกสัมผัสเนี่ย จะทำให้เกิดฮอร์โมนที่ชื่อ “อ๊อกซี่โทชิน” ซึ่งมีผลในการลดระดับความเหนื่อยและความเครียด ช่วยให้ร่างกายที่กำลังอ่อนล้ารู้สึกผ่อนคลายได้อย่างไม่น่าเชื่อ

6. สร้างอารมณ์ขัน
พยายามมองหาเพื่อนที่มีอารมณ์ขันช่วยกระตุ้นจิตใจที่แสนห่อเหี่ยวให้หัวเราะได้อีกครั้ง เพราะคนที่หัวเราะง่ายจะมีสุขภาพจิตที่ดี เนื่องจากการหัวเราะจะช่วยลดความดันโลหิตและระดับฮอร์โมนคอร์ติซอลลง (ฮอร์โมนคอร์ติซอล = ฮอร์โมนแสดงความเหนื่อยล้าในกระแสเลือด) แถมยังช่วยเสริมสร้างระดับของ “อิมโมโนโกลบูลินเอ” ซึ่งเป็นสารแอนตี้บอดี้ที่สร้างภูมิคุ้มกันให้ร่างกายอีกด้วยนะ เพราะฉะนั้นหัวเราะเข้าไว้ แล้วจะดีเอง

7. สูดกลิ่นหอม
รู้หรือเปล่าว่า...กลิ่นหอมของดอกไม้นานาพันธุ์มีผลในการช่วยปลุกประสาทสัมผัสให้สดชื่นตื่นตัว แถมยังกระตุ้นพลังงานในจิตใจได้เป็นอย่างดี เวลาเครียด ๆ ก็ลองสูดกลิ่นหอมของดอกไม้สิ อย่างกลิ่นกุหลาบ มะลิ ลาเวนเดอร์ หรือจะหยดน้ำมันหอมระเหยในน้ำอุ่นกำลังดี แล้วนอนแช่ตัวให้เพลินสักครึ่งชั่วโมงก็ได้ กลิ่นหอมจะช่วยให้รู้สึกดีขึ้นได้อย่างบอกไม่ถูกเชียวล่ะ

8. ไปตากอากาศ
หาเวลาหลบไปสูดอากาศบริสุทธิ์กับชีวิตท่ามกลางธรรมชาติสักพักสิ หายใจเข้าลึก ๆ ช้า ๆ ปล่อยสมองให้ว่างที่สุด แล้วก็นอนให้มากที่สุดเท่าที่อยากจะนอน เพราะบางทีความรู้สึกเหนื่อยล้าและหดหู่แบบไม่ทราบสาเหตุเนี่ยมันมาจากชีวิตที่ยุ่งเหยิงจนเกินไป เพราะฉะนั้นหลบไปนอนตากน้ำค้างดูดาวเสียบ้าง หัวใจจะได้ชาร์จพลังได้ดีขึ้น

9. หาสัตว์เลี้ยงเป็นเพื่อน
ลองหาสัตว์เลี้ยงสักตัวมาเป็นเพื่อนเล่นก็ไม่เลวนะ เพราะการให้เวลากับสัตว์เลี้ยงตัวโปรด คุยเล่น หยอกล้อกับมันเสียบ้าง จะช่วยให้จิตใจอันแสนจะฟุ้งซ่าน สงบลงได้ แถมรู้จักการให้และมองโลกในแง่ดีมากขึ้นอีกต่างหาก ที่สำคัญยังช่วยลดความดันโลหิตได้อีกด้วยนะ

10. จินตนาการแสนสุข

อีกทางเลือกสำหรับการบรรเทาความหดหู่ในส่วนลึก เป็นการดึงตัวเองออกจากโลกปัจจุบัน ทำได้โดยหลับตาแล้วหายใจลึก ๆ จากนั้นก็สร้างจินตนาการถึงความฝันที่วาดหวังเอาไว้ หรือแม้แต่ความหลังอันแสนสุขที่เคยมีการดึงความสุขจากจินตนาการมาใช้จะทำให้เกิดพลังสร้างสรรค์ในหัวใจ และยังช่วยสลายความเครียดข้างในได้เป็นอย่างดี ทำแบบนี้เงียบ ๆ สัก 5 นาที

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