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Finding Balance

Life is all about balance. Despite this, equilibrium can sometimes fall by the wayside as we wade through our busy lives. Stress, lack of sleep and anxiety are all too common emotions of the modern day. To ﬁght this tension; follow this quick, handy guide on how to maintain balance and harmony in your life.

Identify your imbalance and make a conscience decision to sort it..

When looking to achieve harmony and balance in life, it’s important to identify what might be causing it. Take a step back, assess and go from there.

Set goals.

Stress can often manifest in feelings of helplessness and a loss of control. To get some harmony back into your life, set yourself realistic goals to achieve each morning. These goals can be on a variety of different topics, from your relationship, through to your job and your personal hobbies. They can also be quite mundane, like cooking a healthy meal or heading out for a run. Make your goals realistic and achievable to avoid feelings of stress.

Recognize your achievements.

When your life feels out of balance, it’s important to look back on what you have already achieved, this tends to bring in thoughts of accomplishment and can bring calm to a busy and stressful day.

Practice breathing techniques and take a break.

Steady, deep breaths, can trick our bodies into relaxation. If you’re feeling stressed and out of balance, try out some deep breathing and maybe have a 20-minute nap to boost energy levels and clear your mind. On top of deep breathing, another great tip for achieving balance in life is to take a break. Read a book, maybe do some meditation, try bed yoga or go on a walk with family and friends, achieving balance and happiness can often be linked to spending time with loved ones.

Avoid negativity.

When looking to achieve balance in your life, it’s important to adopt a positive mindset and to be conscience of negative inﬂuences in your life, before working to remove them. Achieve balance by doing at least one good deed a day as well as one thing each day that makes you happy!

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Howzat! Catching Sleep

Can You Catch Up On Lost Sleep? Turns out weekend snoozing is not the answer…

Coffee Naps

Regular napping has been shown to increase cognitive performance, boost mood and deliver an extra hit of energy to ﬁght against afternoon crashes. However, there’s a new form of napping gaining popularity- coffee naps. Although coffee and sleep don’t particularly match up in people’s minds with a restorative sleep - when combined with a quick power nap, the combination of caffeine and dozing can make for a great energy boost.

Creativity at Night

Although it might not seem that logical, as in the evening we tend to feel pretty drowsy, the period before we drop off into slumber holds the most creative potential within our minds. Sleep and relaxation allow our unconnected brain cells to basically link up- resulting in a ﬂood of philosophies. If you end up with a string of ideas coming into your head in the evenings, here are ﬁve great tips on how to harness this creative ability to ultimately channel it into your work.