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by Brooke Faulkner Sleep. It’s not just a morning love affair with your warm cozy bed, it’s essential to your survival. It is as important as eating, breathing, and keeping an adequate water intake. Slumber is a way to refresh your eyes and your body while the brain restores itself. It helps your mind clear...Read More »

You're reading Use the ‘15-Minute Checkout’ to Save Time — and Your Sanity — at Work and in Life, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. “It is not enough to be busy,” said Henry David Thoreau. “So are the ants. The question is:...

Do you read horoscopes? If so, you could be wasting not just your time but your precious brain cells, too. Come on, do you really believe that half a billion people in the world are going to have the same day/week/month? Your horoscope isn’t exactly personalized. It applies to a twelfth of the world’s population. The post...

You can run but you can’t hide! Christmas is coming – menus must be planned, pecans (could they get more expensive??!!) must be purchased, and gifts must be wrapped. Of course, said gifts must be bought first. On my cat, tea, and food blogs, I always do a Christmas Gift Guide – rounding up the...Read More »

You're reading The 10 Best Motivational Apps, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. No matter the kind of person you are, you that it’s important to stay motivated in life. Motivation is a key driving force that pushes you to be...

Getting a divorce is not the end of your life. In fact, the process gives you more things to explore, and this article will show you how to reinvent yourself for a new life. Starting Life After Divorce When a marriage ends, it leaves people feeling like they failed at something. That feeling, when left The post...

Link: The Long-Awaited Book from Chase Jarvis Life isn’t about “finding” fulfillment and success—it’s about creating it. You don’t discover your life purpose without trying a lot of different things. But how can you be more creative? How can you cultivate a daily practice of creativity? The answers to these questions can be found in a new book,...

They say that the weather is something everyone talks about, yet nobody does anything about it. If you ask me, relaxation is right up there with the weather. Seems like everyone wants to relax more but few…very few actually.. take steps to make it happen. I’m as guilty as anyone! In fact, my own frustrating...Read More »

You're reading You Can Get Better at Remembering Names. Here’s How., originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. By Dr. Antonio Rotondo Let’s be honest. Who hasn’t forgotten names at one point or another? Sometimes it can be embarrassing: You’re in a...

For that casual look, women’s comfortable flats make a good choice of footwear. However, pulling off an outfit that will pair perfectly with this type of women’s shoes is sometimes hard. If you’re running out of inspiration on what to wear on a business trip, here are five great outfit ideas to wear with flats. The post...