Is Your Attitude Toward Sleep in Need of an Overhaul?

My attitude toward sleep has shifted quite a bit over the last handful of years and particularly over the last two or three when things became quite stressful. I’ve discovered that the way I think about sleeping alters my behaviors, when then have an impact on how much rest I get in a typical night.  Since I’ve been sharing my tips about this for a while, I thought I’d continue my trend from this perspective.

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Eat Your Vegetables and Fruits in This Order to Minimize Food Waste

Lately, I’ve taken on an effort to minimize food waste as my own personal mission.  I know how important it is to eat vegetables and fruits as a regular part of my daily diet, but it’s impossible to ignore the fact that so much of it spoils quickly. If you’re anything like me and you shop at a farmers’ market and grocery store once per week, then strategy is involved to make sure you’re not just throwing food away when it goes bad before it can get eaten.

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How to Exercise Safely in Hot Weather

Every year I come to realize just a little bit more how important it is to know how to exercise safely in hot weather. I’ve known its importance to some degree for my entire life. Still, it isn’t until this particular time in my life that it has truly felt real, not just conceptual. So, as though there aren’t enough places sharing tips of this nature, I’m going to share my favorites here, in case it reaches someone and helps to save them from having something dangerous happen this summer.

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