By: Sarah Boha
With six more weeks of winter and a Super Bowl game that
felt more like watching college football; you may need some motivation to kick
off your Monday! Here’s some good news
to make your week a little better.
Drink your morning coffee
According to Harvard School of Public Health, research over
the past few years suggests that drinkers of coffee were correlated with
protection against type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, liver cancer, and
liver cirrhosis. The latest studies on
coffee and mortality found that people who regularly drank coffee actually had
a somewhat lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease than those who
rarely drank coffee; this result needs to be confirmed in further studies,
however…or as my college professors would say, “Correlation does not mean
causation”. I say, go ahead and order
that caramel macchiato. For more
information on coffee and February’s American Heart Month, see, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/coffee/
and http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
Plan out and visualize your
week with helpful tools
It’s proven, the successful take a few moments out of their
day, whether it’s the beginning of the week or early in the morning, to map out
their schedule. Make a list of what you
need to accomplish in your day and check it off as you tackle each task. Plan your outfits the night before or for the
entire month; with apps like NetRobe or StyleBookApp, you can inventory your
current wardrobe and schedule what you’ll wear everyday on a calendar – never
wear the same outfit twice in one week again!
Also, make a list of things to look forward to over the weekend or
throughout the week, it will give you a greater motivation for your work.
Take time to exercise, even
at work
Ever have a work week so jam packed that you can’t make it
to the gym? Not a problem. Exercise in the office by doing lunges or
simple stretches from your desk chair.
Don’t typically work out or get bored with the gym routine? Change up your workout this week by trying
something new, mixed martial arts, dance and yoga are an interesting change of
pace to lifting weights. Try a class at
Central PA Mixed Martial Arts in State College, http://www.cpamma.com/
Smile
Research in several psychology studies show that smiling,
even when you force a smile, boosts your endorphins. Smiling releases serotonin and works with the
neuropeptides in the brain to relax the body and lower your blood
pressure. Not to mention that it makes
you look great, in a 2011 study by researchers at the Face Research Laboratory
at the University of Aberdeen, subjects were asked to rate attractiveness and
smiling. They found that both men and
women were more attracted to people who wore a smile as opposed to subjects
that did not.
So if you were rooting for the Broncos or you’re not coming
to terms with six more weeks of winter or both, shake off the negative and get
a great start to your week. Motivation
doesn’t have to be hard, take simple steps to make your life easier, more organized
and healthy. In dedicating a few minutes
to enjoying that first sip of coffee in the morning, visualizing your week or
getting a stretch in between typing up that contract at work, you may find
yourself with a more productive week.
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