Dec 17, 2017
Studies suggest working out can actually increase productivity enough to counteract that time away from the office.
take a quick midday power nap instead
cocoa have been shown to boost cognitive skills and improve mood
Just 20 minutes outdoors is enough to feel more alive.
regular, healthy meals and snacks can improve cognitive function
Complex carbs (like whole grains) are a good bet.
Just a few desk stretches may be enough, but studies have suggested a little yoga could fight depression and anxiety or other stress-related disorders
chemicals can have both long and short-term effects, including energy-draining allergies and headaches. Add a plant, though, and those threats could diminish.
studies suggest laughing can boost energy levels,
there's no need to invest in a light therapy box if there's a sunny window available.
chewing gum can increase alertness and improve mood.
making the brain work a little quicker may help the body follow suit! Thinking faster (i.e. reading at a quicker pace, brainstorming in a group, or learning a new concept) made one group of study subjects feel more energized
a three-minute long cold shower could be enough to counteract some of the effects of chronic fatigue
Deep yoga breathing from the diaphragm gets blood pumping, which also may boost energy all day long
it can be hard to remember to drink enough water. But even mild dehydration can cause sleepiness, so try chugging a glass or two when fatigue strikes
Turn up the volume.
Don't just turn on to tunes to chill out
one study showed singing significantly increased energy levels among college students (more than just listening quietly to tunes)
Plan to do the most engaging or interesting task of the day during the sleepiest time of day
Being too cold may cause the body's temperature to drop, which tells it "time to sleep!"
Move closer to a window. The daylight, fresh air, or even simply a natural view can all help boost alertness.
eople who are less social are generally less happy and don't sleep as well. And compared to sedentary or quiet office work, chatting it up made study subjects feel more awake.
Lemon is considered a stimulating scent, and one study showed it improved subjects' moods
the color red is associated with winning and self-confidence. Try looking at some red or violet hues (or wearing them) to feel more awake.
Sit up straight, though—that's shoulders back, eyes dead ahead, and lower back slightly arched—to feel more energized and possibly even get a boost of self-confidence
getting away from the desk at lunchtime could help reenergize and refocus
People who eat breakfast every morning report less fatigue
yoga, which uses various postures and deep breathing for exercise and meditation, can be an excellent fatigue fighter
Singing gives you a kind of emotional high while it reduces levels of stress hormones in your body. So grab a hairbrush, put on your favorite song, and sing away
Try to get to the fridge or water cooler for a refill every few hours. The walk there will also help you wake up.
Eat a handful of almonds or peanuts, which are high in magnesium and folate (folic acid). These nutrients are essential for energy and cell production.
Grab a mint from your bag. Peppermint's sweet aroma is another fatigue fighter for some people. More research is needed to see if and how these aromas actually affect a person's energy level.
Regularly squeezing a workout into your day -- even if you can spare only 10 minutes at a time -- will help keep your energy levels at their peak.
Research suggests that just a few minutes of walking outside on a warm, clear day may enhance mood, memory, and the ability to absorb new information. Going outside can even improve your self-esteem.
Snacks that combine protein with slow-burning carbs -- like banana slices with peanut butter, or granola with fresh berries -- are best for maintaining your blood sugar levels over the long term.
Hang out with upbeat friends. Emotions are surprisingly contagious. People who are constantly negative and down can sap your energy,
Sep 21, 2016
Aquests paràgrafs són un extracte del document Anarquía i poder. Destaco sobretot el que intenta comunicar sobre les nostres relacions amb altres persones i institucions.
Som inevitablement responsables de les nostres creences i decisions.
Comença per cercar poder, no autoritat.
Les treballadores que realitzen una feina tenen poder; els caps que els diuen què han de fer tenen autoritat. Els inquilins que mantenen un edifici tenen poder; el propietari, el nom del qual figura en el títol de propietat, té autoritat. Un riu té poder; un permís per construir una presa atorga autoritat.
Sense llibertat el poder no té valor.
Comença per construir relacions basades en la confiança.
La confiança situa el poder en mans de qui la concedeix, no en qui la rep.
Idealment, l'amistat és un vincle entre iguales que es donen suport i es desafien l'una a l'altra, tot respectant l'autonomia d'ambdues.
“Els teus drets acaben on comencen els drets de l'altre”. Segons aquesta lògica, com més persones, menys llibertat. Però la llibertat no és una petita bombolla de drets personals. No podem diferenciar-nos de les altres tan fàcilment.
La teva llibertat comença on comença la meva, i acaba on acaba la meva. No som individus separats. Els nostres cossos estan conformats de milers de diferents espècies vivint en simbiosis: no són castells impenetrables
Què és el que potenciarem en cada persona que ens creuem?
Quan creixem en aquesta societat, ni tan sols les nostres passions ens pertanyen: aquestes són conreades per la publicitat i altres formes de propaganda per mantenir- nos corrent com ratolins sobre les rodes del mercat.
Estem tancades en el nostre sofriment i els nostres plaers són les cadenes que ens atrapen.
Renunciar al plaer que obtenim en imposar, dominar i posseir, per poder buscar plaers que ens arrenquin de la maquinària de l'obediència i la competència.
Els nostres enemics no són éssers humans; són les institucions i rutines que ens allunyen les unes de les altres i de nosaltres mateixes.
Hi ha més conflictes dins nostre que entre nosaltres.
Les mateixes esquerdes que travessen la nostra civilització també travessen les nostres amistats i els nostres cors. Això no és un conflicte entre persones sinó entre diferents formes de relacionar-se, diferents formes de viure.
Quines són les pistes que indiquen que estàs en una relació abusiva? L'abusador pot intentar controlar el teu comportament o dir-te què has de pensar; impedir o regular el teu accés a recursos; utilitzar amenaces o violència contra tu, o mantenir-te en una posició de dependència, sota una vigilància constant. Això descriu el comportament d'abusadors individuals, però el mateix pot aplicar-se a la Troika (CE, BCE, FMI), la NSA (Agència de Seguretat Nacional dels EUA) i a la majoria de les institucions que governen una societat com aquesta. Pràcticament totes elles es basen en la idea que els éssers humans necessiten ser vigilats, controlats, administrats.
Llibertat no significa triar entre opcions, sinó poder formular les preguntes.
És ingenu creure que podríem aconseguir la igualtat en una societat basada en la jerarquia.
Si un exèrcit estranger envaís aquesta terra, talés els boscos, enverinés els rius i forcés els infants a créixer jurant fidelitat cap a ell, qui no s'aixecaria en armes en la seva contra? Però quan és el govern local que fa això, els patriotes li reten voluntàriament la seva obediència, els seus impostos i les seves filles. Les fronteres no ens protegeixen, ens divideixen: creen friccions innecessàries amb les excloses al mateix temps que oculten les veritables diferències entre les incloses. Fins el govern més democràtic està fundat en aquesta divisió entre participants i aliens, els legítims i els il·legítims.
Només pots tenir poder quan l'exerceixes; només pots descobrir què t'interessa quan ho experimentes.
El diner és el mecanisme ideal per implementar la desigualtat. És abstracte: sembla com si pogués representar-ho tot. És universal: persones que no tenen res en comú l'accepten com un fet natural. És impersonal: a diferència dels privilegis hereditaris, pot ser transferit instantàniament d'una persona a una altra. És fluït: com més fàcil és canviar de posició en una jerarquia, més estable és la jerarquia en si. Moltes persones que segurament es rebel·larien contra un dictador accepten voluntàriament l'autoritat del mercat.
Lucrar-se significa guanyar més control sobre els recursos de la societat en relació a les altres. No podem lucrar-nos totes alhora; perquè una persona pugui lucrar-se, unes altres han de perdre influència. Quan les empresàries es lucren del treball de les treballadores significa que com més treballin les treballadores, més gran serà la bretxa econòmica entre ambdues classes.
De fet, no oblidem que el capitalisme no premia les emprenedores per solucionar les crisis, sinó per lucrar-se amb elles.
La pedra angular del capitalisme és el dret a la propietat
La idea de possessió legitima l'ús de la violència per imposar desequilibris artificials en l'accés a la terra i els recursos.
La teva casa no et pertany a tu, sinó al banc que et va donar la hipoteca. I tot i que ja l'hagis pagada sencera, el dret d'expropiació de l'Estat sempre pot llevar-te-la.
L'única seguretat real està en els nostres vincles socials: si volem estar tranquil·les pel que fa a la nostra protecció, necessitem xarxes de suport mutu que puguin generar-la elles mateixes.
Sense diners ni drets de propietat, les nostres relacions amb les coses estarien determinades per les nostres relacions amb les altres. Actualment, és exactament a l'inrevés: les nostres relacions amb les altres estan determinades per les nostres relacions amb les coses. Abolir la propietat no significaria perdre totes les teves pertinences; significaria que cap policia ni cap caiguda de la borsa podria llevar-te les coses de les quals depens. En lloc de respondre a la burocràcia, actuaríem des de les necessitats humanes.
Sense el lucre, tot esforç es transforma en la seva pròpia recompensa
Les coses que realment valen la pena a la vida pertanyen a l'economia de l'abundància: la passió, la companyonia i la generositat.
L'ANARQUIA és el que passa allà on l'ordre no s'imposa per la força. És la llibertat: el procés de reinventar-nos contínuament, nosaltres mateixes i les nostres relacions.
Sep 20, 2014
What you are saying is fine, however the day when you meet the girl of your live will come. You are feeling like that because you have not met her yet, and when you do, she will eclipse the rest. You will move other girls apart because of her.
I have heard words like these several times. People say them to me in response to my rejection of sharing my life with a single person.
Long time ago, during my first long term relationship, I thought that my girlfriend could meet other boys and do whatever she wanted with them. My unique request was that she did not stop to love me. When I told she so, it brought a lot of drama, cries, and "what you really want to do is to fuck other girls" similar sentences to our relationship. Partly it was true, I wanted to meet other girls, or at least to be allowed to do that. However the main reason was different. I had been seeing how other relationships failed, so I supposed that our relationship also would finish soon or later. I did not wanted she wasted her time spending it only with me. And it was principally about her, in those times I was really focused on my career.
Well, after several up and downs our relationship ended. When we broke up I had not stopped loving her, we did it just to be separated, and she still remains in my life. Fourteen years have passed since I met her, and she is still one of the most important persons in my life. To desist loving her is not in my plans.
I have met other girls in the last years. Some of them have gained a similar significance than she, for all of them I wrote this post. Some people freaks out when I talk about my beloved girls in plural. Usually this people do not understand that my feelings for them are similar to the feelings that monogamus people have for their partners. So when I declare my position about monogamy those people usually answer like I wrote at the beginning of this post.
I strongly reject monogamy for me. It is because I do not believe in the existence of a person who is my counterpart at one hundred percent. We are all different people, and everyone else can give us balance in different ways. Inside of us there is not a puzzle lacking of a single piece; believe me, we are completed by our own, and we can find a very glad feeling when we link ourselves to other people.
Then it is clear that there is not a better half of me wandering the world looking for me. There is not a unique person who could make me feel happy, and to search for her is nonsense, is frustrating, and is even harmful. The same happens with relationships, to rely my emotional stability, time, and energies in a single person has no meaning. I do not want to worry about trifles like if that person smiled, killed, or fucked with other guys.
Sometimes people doubt that my feelings for those girls who are close to me was love. It is obviously love. What I feel for them is a great feeling of joy, which I can clearly distinguish from friendship or simple affection. Those girls bring to my life a lot of good things in such different ways.
Love should not be exclusive, or at least is how I see it. And I like to feel love in this way. So when somebody mentions the girl of my life I have to affirm with determination that she does not exist.
Sep 14, 2014
I love you. I like a lot how you are and the manner you express your ideas. I adore the way I feel when we talk, and worship that strong conficence that exists between us. I feel attracted to your body, just seeing your face rouses me, the way you look wakes something inside me, and your smile puts a big grin into my face too. I am grateful to have met you.
I do not mind if you have a boyfriend, if you are seeing other people, or if you do not feel the same for me. I used to give importance to the fact of you not agreeing my craves, I no longer do. I realize now that it does not matter if we do not talk for a long time, if we do not fuck, or if we do not see each other frequently. What I like about you is yourself, not the joining of you and me.
But please, do not misunderstand me, I want to be close to you for sure. I enjoy our never-ending conversations, our walks together, and the sex with you (FYI, I would like to remark that it is one of the things that I desire most, the whole night if possible). What I meant is that to have a contented relationship with you, in which we both are free to be nearby or distant, is more important than all of those facts.
It is the way I decide to love, neither having emotional attachment nor forcing to conduct our lives to be together. Thus I am not going to push you. I will only tell you about my feelings from time to time, because I do not want to hold them on. And I will pretend nothing doing that, just to let you know how much I sincerely adore you. Which is indeed important since it is the way I would like you see yourself reflected in me.
Then let us go wherever we want, whenever we want, and whoever we want, that I will continue being here, not waiting for you but admiring you. Because you are unique, you are special, and I love you.