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I think we can all agree that stress is a very terrible thing to suffer from. More and more people are having mental breakdowns as a result of high levels of stress. Don’t believe stress can kill? Here are some areas of our body where stress will attack and cause very detrimental results…

1. Our brain
Intense stress will result in a surge of hormones that will cause our bodies to go into over work mode. We will be unable to relax or sleep and as a result our bodies will suffer. Memory loss will also be a common symptom, as will headaches and extreme migraines

2. Our lungs
We hyperventilate when we experience stress. Besides facing difficulties in breathing we will also experience asthma and other potentially fatal respiratory conditions!

3. Our heart
Think heart attacks only kill people who smoke? WRONG! Let stress control your life and you will soon be having heart palpitations and chest pains. You will also experience high blood pressure which will require extended bed rest

Now with all that is said, perhaps it is time you took some time off and cure yourself of stress. Check out ways to alleviate stress and mindfulness based stress reduction and before long you will be rid of stress!

I visited my eldest niece last week and I saw how she was struggling with her English homework.

“I just can’t seem to write good essays. All I did write what I could think about and I can’t even fill two pages!” She lamented. I patted her back and told her not to worry.

“The key to writing essays is to take it easy and imagine you are not writing a school essay, but a story! Think of the stress you would experience if you think how hard you need to try to churn out a good essay. Take a back seat and let it wash all over you…”

“Do you have other tips, Uncle?”

I sure do! Here are 3 basic methods to write good essays

1. Whether you are writing a med school application essay or an English essay, it pays to collect your thoughts and draft out what you want to write. Draw a mind map or pen down your thoughts on the back of a cereal box, just do it and you’ll see your thoughts will flow better!

2. Write but don’t take too much time to edit or else you’ll never finish your essay!

3. It’s good to know your grammar and tenses so don’t be afraid to ask someone to help proofread your essay or article.

My mom says I am a social networking addict. That’s not true, I only have accounts on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and dozens of other accounts I use to keep in touch with my friends! Heh heh so maybe what she said was true and that I cannot live without my Internet. To be honest, I’ve been thinking of going further with my love for the Internet. I plan to get another degree online. Since I am spending so much time online already, why not take one step further and improve my education? That way I am not only wasting my time on Facebook playing Pet Society, ha ha, but I can also gain more knowledge and hey perhaps own another degree to my name!

There are many accredited schools online offering an array of certification for master of business administration and even an online nursing degree for aspiring nurses. Those who yearn to be doctors can take up online doctoral programs and easily become a good medical practitioner in no time!

I’ve told my girlfriend about my plans and she supports me all the way. Perhaps she’ll even take up an online course with me!

Learning and loving online, I just love the Internet, don’t you?

I’ve never been to many countries and I am envious of people who are actually lucky to go travelling across the globe. Since I was a kid, I vowed to myself to see all the 7 wonders of the world and I’ve yet to see one! So this year, or rather, the next, I’ll allow myself some “Me” time and go travelling! Of course, I cannot travel in the lap of luxury yet, being rather strapped for cash, so I’ll look out for good deals and budget travel bargains.

To help me with that, I found a grea Budget Travel Blog that’s pretty useful in dishing out budget tips and tricks. You can Google all you want but sometimes reading useful blogs are the best because you know that they are written in a personal way by someone who really cares.

I like the blog because it’s pretty honest sounding and doesn’t come with too much ads or endorsements about certain travel companies. The author offers an unbiased view on everything he knows to be right.

Well, time to plan my next trip and hopefully before I turn 30 I will be able to see all 7 wonders of the world!
Good luck to me!

Recently I found a “hidden treasure” in the form of several GBs of family photos, videos and some MP3 folders that I never knew existed! That was so cool – now that’s why my hard drive was filled to the brim! I found them all inside a folder named “To Be Backed Up” but the thing was, I never quite found the time nor initiative to back up my files. And there they lie, dormant until I discovered them.

Backing up your files can do a whole lot of good for your computer. Vowing to finally back up my files and unclog my hard drive, I found a great Online Backup solution in the form of iDrive.com. A lot of my friends have been raving about iDrive recently since they started promoting their services online – I see a lot of positive posts on blogs I read. Thinking I’d give it a try, I checked out the site and instantly fell in love with their web 2.0 feel.

Downloading a trial version is easy but before long I realized that I could do a whole lot more with the paid version with only a measly $4.95 a month! Those with Internet savvy family members can also benefit from their new iDrive Pro Family Pack for only $14.95 a month!

Drugs and alcohol can destroy many a live and this is a fact that you can see in real life AND reel life. How many times have we seen people getting into mishaps when they drink too much or when their lives are too dependent on drugs?

If you have not been living a full and enjoyable live due to the dangers of alcohol, it is best to seek help via a alcohol rehab center. The La Paloma Treatment center has all the facilities and expertise you need to cure yourself of alcohol as well as drug dependency as they also have superior drug detox programs you can participate.

Another special feature concerning the La Paloma Treatment involves the residential drug rehab program whereby healing and recovery is achieved by getting to the root of the problem. This involves discovering and eliminating the core problems via round the clock care and support, recreation and expressive therapy, as well as a specially formulated 12 Step Recovery regime.

… before I discovered ACheapSeat.com. Now I know that some people rely on scalpers to get last minute tickets to events they badly want to go to. Others simply take a day or a WEEK off just to wait in line for th e best tickets to a world class concert or a pair of Super Bowl tickets. Me? I don’t relish doing either but how choice do I have?

That was before I found out about the site that gives me the best seats in the house without sacrificing my time nor dignity. I don’t need to queue for hours on end nor beg the scalpers to sell me their overpriced tickets. Whether it was Penn State Football Tickets or Philadelphia Eagles Tickets that you need, you can be sure to find them at ACheapSeat.com. You may even find the coveted Harlem Globetrotters Tickets that were not offered to the public. Trust me, I know so

I’m constantly intrigued by people’s love for the place they came from or live in. Like, just the other day I heard the song “New York, New York” and I was amused that someone apparently loved the city enough to write and sing a song about it.

If you like New York, check out BrooklynPrints.com, an online entity that sells works of art, printed art that is. Be it framed or unframed, colored or black and white, the prints are available for purchase at very attractive prices, good for lovers of this wondrous city.

I took a look at the entire gallery and was pleased to find such a tempting array of art one can find revolving around the subject of New York. My favorite image is of midtown Manhattan, taken at a very pivotal angle and showcasing the best of Manhattan buildings. New York is many things to many people but for me, I love the highrise and skyscrapers but when you are on the streets, you meet interesting people in the funniest sort of situations!

Check out their free e-card section if you want to send an e-card to a loved one. Perhaps he or she misses New York, so brighten up their day with a card from Brooklyn Prints. For delectable fine art prints, new york style, this site is the only one that’s worth your time.

Here’s the everyday scene in an everyday American family: The father is busy watching the sports channel, the mom’s thumbing through the latest Cosmopolitan, the teenage daughter’s on the phone while furiously texting on her iPhone, while her brother’s playing the latest Halo game on his XBOX360. Is there family interaction going on? Sadly, no. But this is what you normally see in a household.

People can stay under the same roof as their families and yet be very distant and uncommunicative. One way to foster closer ties is to shut off the TV and ban all electronic devices in the living room for several hours. You can play board games with your kids, have a family baking session in the kitchen or just leave the house for some much needed “together” time.

Besides that you can also soak in a family sized hot tub together and let the stress melt away. No more arguing amongst family members, just total relaxation and having a laugh together. There are many hot tubs spas available in the market, you just need to choose one that fits your budget. The idea of soaking in hot tubs and spas is not new, families in Japan find time to bathe together in a family tub for ages and this tradition is as old as time!

Did you know that the divorce rate all over the world is rising at an exponential rate? That’s certainly not a good thing! Authorities in India and Malaysia are paying and helping for troubled couples to take a second honeymoon.

If you find yourself being jaded and tired of it all, DO NOT throw in the towel just yet! There’s a great costa rica honeymoon spot waiting for you in the form of Florblanca. You could go with your spouse and fall in love all over again, all the while enjoying the wonderful view and the many things that you can do with the man or woman of your dreams!