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1 – Love Boosts Your Immune System Scientific research has found that love has a positive impact on your immune system. Studies show that couples who are happy and in love have better functioning immune systems than those that don’t have love in their life. A specific study, conducted by Jan Kiecolt-Glaser and Ronald Glazer, found that couples who argue in a negative manner had poorly functioning immune systems, while those who argued in a more positive and loving manner had increased immune functions....

You’ve made the decision. Now you need a plan. A plan to avoid relapsing. According to an article by Warren Thompson, MD, FACP, more than 80 percent of patients who choose to stop drinking wind up relapsing within the first year. You don’t have to be part of this statistic. Use these eight tips to help you create a bigger and brighter future. 1. Surround Yourself with a Strong Group of Sober Friends If you continue to socialize with your former drinking buddies, you’re more likely to relapse....

1. No Need to Water Normally a real lawn would require regular watering in the early morning and late evening, but artificial grass never needs water. The only time that artificial lawn needs water is when it is time to clean it—which is only occasionally. When cleaning, you will need to hose the blades off with a short burst of water to get rid of the dirt. Because of this, you will see the advantage of a reduction in your water bill....

Over time, I’ve learned about nine big benefits of living in a tiny house: 1. You can take it traveling One of the biggest benefits of having a tiny home is the ability to just hitch it to a truck and drive it to a new location. Whether you’re trying to move to a new spot of land or just go on vacation without having to pack up some suitcases, having a tiny home makes it surprisingly easy to see new places....

As you go about that all important life-task of building your community of friends and loved ones, here are 9 moments in friendship that highlight it’s vital importance and the winding path to true friendship (grounded in reality of course, not the beautiful, well-moisturized, social scenes of the umpteen sitcoms apparently featuring friendships in their narratives.) 1. The spark of bonding This is that moment when you know, you just know, that there is a connection....

1. Grapher Access: Finder – Utilities – Applications – Grapher For math geeks as well as those intimidated by equations, Grapher is a powerful tool to visualize pesky formulae. The software sketches out 2D and 3D graphs in seconds from any mathematical equation. In fact, it can chart multiple equations at once. The interface is simple with three panes: equation editor on the top, equation list on the left, and the graph area....

One of the best marketing tactics that costs almost nothing is implementing a referral process. Instead of spending money on ads to acquire new customers, why not get your current customers to acquire new customers for you? With years of experience in the marketing realm, from helping run Kickstarter campaigns that generated over $600,000 to being acting president of San Diego Digital Marketing Experts, I know the ins and outs of effective marketing....

This is an all too familiar scenario in modern offices. Open-plan designs make it difficult to get things done. It can be hard to block out the noise and activity going on around you. From your boss to your friends, your co-workers to your family, nobody seems to want you to get any work done. Here are a handful of suggestions that can help you to minimize the interruptions and stay focused at work:...

Many of us do not save for retirement due to the fact that we can’t find room in our budgets to save money. In addition, it’s also common to make the decision not to save for retirement because we place more value on spending our money today rather than years in the future. The final reason why we usually don’t save for retirement is that we don’t have a retirement plan, thus don’t know how much we will need in order to retire....

What’s new on Gmail? Gmail Mobile. It also has these cool features: Automatically optimizes the interface for the phone you’re using Opens the attachments you receive in messages, including photos, Microsoft Word documents and .pdf files Lets you reply by call to people whose phone numbers are in your Gmail Contacts list

You’ve probably used a handy invention called “coffee sleeves” if you’ve ever visited a coffee shop. These insulators make it bearable to hold that super-hot cup of coffee. Jay Sorensen is the inventor of the coffee sleeve. He came up with this idea when he was driving his daughter to school when he spilled a cup of coffee in his lap, because the coffee was too hot to hold. It’s common wisdom that innovative ideas must be original, new, and a flash of creativity out of the blue....

Although there is still insufficient evidence for many of the claimed effects it has on ailments such as ear infections, scabies or ringworm, it is still a good natural remedy for some of the health problems that we will be mentioning below: 1. It helps clear acne One of the benefits of tea tree oil which has received rave reviews for a very long time is it’s reliable ability to clear acne....

What Excites You? It’s hard feeling happy and passionate about something you dread. Sadly, it’s one of the reasons many people struggle to get out of bed every morning for work. If a person actually had a forceful passion about the work he does, would he need 3 alarms to get him up in the morning? Highly unlikely. He’d be feeling so stoked for the day ahead that getting up is no issue at all....

Be honest with yourself: Do you spend every minute and hour of your day on activities that are truly worthwhile? How many hours do you spend scrolling through social media? Or on television? How many hours do you spend working with laser focus? How many hours do you actually spend talking to your family or playing with your kids? If you spend more than half of your time on things that aren’t very important, it’s alarming....

Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: Shared economy is big business. Name one sharing service that’s catching a buzz among your fellow business owners for making life easier. SittingAround for Mompreneurs Babysitting coops is a concept that many mompreneurs find interesting in the early stages of startup when you can’t justify paying a babysitter or nanny, but you also can’t justify not. Sharing the responsibility with other trusted parents is a great way to work around the expense of childcare while building your business....

With its special sounds and lights during sleep, it will make you realize that you are in your dreamland. And once you do realize that, you can do anything you want. As outlandish as it may sound, this is what will happen when you will wear this Kickstarted product. It’s a proven fact that your dreams can significantly impact your waken life. And when you are the one who is steering the dreams, everything is going to be fine....

Life is chaotic. Sometimes we don’t pay enough attention to our relationships, and we unknowingly do things that sabotage them. We leave people thinking that we don’t care about them, when the truth is we’re just busy, forgetful, or, as Jennifer Aniston once said, “missing a sensitivity chip.” Take a step back for a moment and assess if you’re guilty of any of these five blow-offs with your family, friends, co-workers, or business associates....

With the fall semester just starting up, StudyRails has a special offer for Lifehack readers: a free semester of StudyRails, running through January 31, 2009. The normal price for a StudyRails account is $4.95 per month. The first 100 readers who email lifehack@studyrails.com will get free accounts.

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