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The Cognitive Scientist’s Handbook to Working an Optimal Day

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This four-hour period consists of a recurring ultradian rhythm, which is like a 90-minute mental sprint followed by a five- to 20-minute mental recovery. Loney recommends developing a habit she calls “deep work sprints” that can help you make the most of the first half of your workday. And as the workday winds down, whether at 5 p.m.

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A New PTSD Treatment For Veterans Is Reducing Symptoms in 2 Weeks. Here’s Why It Works

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Veterans with mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression suffer at higher rates than civilians. The future of mental health treatment Not all veterans, of course, can be cured by these eight clinicians’ innovative approach. Some find care, but end up in years of therapy.

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How Parents Feel About Remote and Hybrid Work Being Here to Stay

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In the course of writing this very article, my preschooler has come into my office (despite another caregiver being home) not once but four times. That’s when parenting pressures increase, child care expenses go up and there’s a lack of endemic support in the workplace,” Hobbs says. Parents still need child care to work remotely.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related. According to the American Psychological Association, some of the leading causes of stress in the U.S. While sitting at my desk one day, I suddenly felt a cramp in my neck that just wouldn’t go away.

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4 Simple Steps for Creating Your Strategic Marketing Action Plan (MAP)

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No more stress. And if you do sway off course a little, maybe for a pit stop along the way, you can easily update it as necessary. As my financial adviser reminded me just last week, you’re running a marathon not a sprint, and the same is true for your business also. Suddenly becoming a business owner is a lot more fun!

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You Can Avoid Multitasking When You Focus on These 3 Things

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Of course I exaggerate. Your day won’t really open up and your work won’t really be anxiety-free until you cross off that single most important, irritating, or stressful task. Or, capitalize on ultradian rhythms by working in 90-minute sprints and taking short breaks. Anxiety doesn’t help either. I had good days too.

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Are You Hoarding Ideas?

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The courses you won’t put together. Minimalizing your clutter can be done in an exhausting weekend marathon, absolutely – but it’s far less stressful and manageable when done in small sprints. It’s much, much easier to lie to ourselves and say of course we are! They just can’t bring themselves to let go. Be realistic.

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