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SIGNS YOU’RE TOO OLD TO BE LIVING AT HOME:
• You’re 42 and you have a curfew.
• Your parents keep leaving ads for rental apartments taped to your hamster’s cage.
• You get caught sneaking in late … from a Neil Diamond concert.
• You’ve convinced yourself that when Dad dies, Mom will marry you.
• Letter carrier openly mocks you by saying, “Give these letters to Mommy, you deadbeat.”
• You can never figure out which dentures are yours.
If you skipped breakfast, chances are you’re not thinking as clearly as you should be. A recent review of 134 studies found that your memory, problem-solving skills, and verbal skills all suffer if you skip breakfast . . . which seems like common sense. But if you had breakfast and STILL feel slow, here are five ways to kick-start your brain.
#1.) Split Your Breakfast Into Four Meals. Obviously don’t eat four FULL breakfasts. But a study in the U.K. found that when you eat four SMALL meals instead of one big one, it improves your problem-solving and verbal reasoning skills by about 35%. It’s because spreading your meals out gives your brain a more consistent supply of energy.
#2.) Make One of Those Mini-Meals a Handful of Walnuts.
Researchers in Spain found that just a few walnuts each morning can improve your “working memory” by 19%. Your “working memory” is basically like the RAM on your computer: It helps you remember things for a few seconds, and it’s the reason you can remember what was in the first paragraph of an email while you’re reading the LAST paragraph. Essentially, it’s your ability to focus.
#3.) Start the Day with a 20-Minute Walk. A study at the University of Illinois found that it improves your “cognitive flexibility” by 16%.
“Cognitive flexibility” is defined as your brain’s ability to produce a flow of ideas and answers when you’re presented with a problem.
#4.) Eat Something That’s High in Protein. Compared to a breakfast that’s high in sugar . . . or no breakfast at all . . . Japanese researchers found that a high-protein breakfast can increase brain activity by almost 20%. Sugar gives you energy, but only in the short-term. Protein takes longer to digest, so it gives you consistent energy all morning. That’s why eggs are such a good breakfast food . . . unless you have really high cholesterol.
#5.) Have One-Fifth of a Cup of Coffee. A recent study at the University of Bristol in England found that just 20 to 30 milligrams of caffeine boosts brainpower . . . which is about 100 milligrams LESS than your average cup of coffee.
Getting MORE than 30 milligrams of caffeine is fine. But the researchers found that it doesn’t provide any added benefits when it comes to brain function.
• LOGIC – “If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can’t go to the store with me.”
• MEDICINE – “If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they’re going to stay that way.”
• THINKING AHEAD – “If you don’t pass your spelling test, you’ll never get a good job!”
• GENETICS – “You are just like your father!”
• ESP – “Put your sweater on; don’t you think that I know when you’re cold?”
• BECOMING AN ADULT – “If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”
• SEX – “How do you think you got here?”
• ANTICIPATION – “Just wait until your father gets home!”
The desire to get married is sliding down a woman’s ‘life to-do list’, according to a research poll by Bing, Microsoft’s search engine.
The poll found that women’s top priority in life was to travel the world while living in another country was third in the list.
Getting married fell in fourth behind these aims.
WOMEN’S TOP TEN LIFE TO DO LIST
Traveling the world
Having a family
Living in another country
Getting married
Learning a new skill
Owning a shop
Striking the work life balance
Owning a bar or restaurant
Swimming with dolphins
Recording an album
MEN’S TOP TEN LIFE TO DO LIST
Traveling the world
Living in another country
Having a family
Learning a new skill
Driving an F1 car
Recording an album
Striking the work life balance
Owning a bar or restaurant
Getting married
Acting in a film
In Belgium they are telling student drivers that they have to learn how to text and drive before they get their license. Quite a learning moment.
- Fine arts (12.6% unemployment among recent grads; recent grads earn an average $30,000)
- Drama and theater arts (7.8%, $26,000)
- Film, video, and photographic arts (12.9%, $30,000)
- Commercial art, graphic design (11.8%, $32,000)
- Architecture (13.9%, $36,000)
- Philosophy, religious studies (10.8%, $30,000)
- English literature and language (9.2%, $32,000)
- Journalism (7.7%, $32,000)
- Anthropology, archeology (10.5%, $28,000)
- Hospitality management (9.1%, $32,000)
My advice, volunteer/volunteer/volunteer..no matter what direction you take you have to connect and network to get a job.
Through volunteering, you will not only network, but gain experience and have a hands on opportunity to either confirm you want to continue to work in that field or, go a different direction.
You may be choosing a major based on your true passion, find out the many different directions your degree/diploma can take..this will expand your job options and choice of volunteering.
If you truly want your major to be something that doesn’t offer a promising career, prepare to be versatile so you can live your passion and still make $$$.
What I have learned (because I am passionate about so many things…being an athlete, writing books, movie scripts, and poetry, as well as public speaking and anything to do with kids) that some things are meant to be hobbies until you can get paid enough to make them your career ..find a job you enjoy to handle your financial needs and dedicate your spare time to your hobby, eventually with hard work, your passion can become your purse!!! Good Luck!!
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