18 Dec 09 Boost Your Metabolism Through The Winter

Boosting up your metabolism is a good idea for anytime of year. Boosting that metabolic rate means that you’ll have more energy throughout the day, and will have less trouble losing any holiday weight you may build up. It’s also not that difficult to boost your metabolism. Really it’ll just take some effort on your part to incorporate a few tips into your everyday lifestyle.

-Make sure that you get your sleep. Part of boosting your metabolism is making sure that your body functions effectively, that means getting enough sleep. Make sure that you get the recommended 7-8 hours every night. Your body will reward your efforts by helping you feel more rested and relaxed throughout the day.

-Don’t skip meals, which is a mistake many people make. Skipping a meal to make up for a larger one, or to trim a few easy calories to lose weight is bad. You have to keep your system churning all day to boost your metabolism, so you have to keep the calories coming. Just ration the calories, so that your body processes a smaller amount more often throughout the day. Smaller meals, and more of them, works better than a few larger meals or skipping meals.

-Drink plenty of water. This is essentially the same concept as food. The more water you drink throughout the day, the more your body circulates, and keeps running liquid through your system. That will keep your metabolism moving to accommodate the water.

-Try to stay away from sugary foods, as sugar is proven to slow down metabolism and encourage fat storage within your body. Both of which are the opposite direction from where you want to be moving.

-Exercise. Exercise is the best way to boost your metabolism as it helps you build muscle mass. More muscles means you’ll burn more calories, as muscle requires more calories than fat to survive.

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31 Oct 09 Extending The Life Of Your Car

Part of saving money is making better use of what you have. One of the best ways to do that is to prolong the life of your automobile. By making your car last for as long as possible, in great condition, you prolong the amount of time before you have to buy a new vehicle. This way you’re helping the environment by not discarding a car every few years, and maintaining the vehicle you have so that you don’t emit more harmful fumes than necessary.

The first key to keeping your car fit to run for years and years is finding a good mechanic. Search for a mechanic you can trust, that also charges fair prices. Someone you feel comfortable with, and that you can trust to do a good job, not just try to sell you more things you don’t need. Ask around your community, turn to friends and relatives to get their opinions. If you don’t know much about car maintenance yourself, do a little research around to guarantee you don’t get taken for a ride yourself.

Read your car’s owner’s manual, so that you can be up on the standard of care needed for that automobile. Keep up on your oil changes, about every three months, and don’t buy the cheap stuff. Try to use the type of oil recommended in your owner’s manual, to ensure maximum engine efficiency.

Finally, make sure your car is always clean. That means regularly washing your car, and keeping the inside clean. This way you avoid any little problems that a buildup of grime could cause, and you keep the whole vehicle running as smoothly as possible. The better you maintain your car, the longer it will last. Take good care of your car to ensure you get a long full life out of that vehicle, and to ensure you don’t encounter any preventable problems down the road.

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12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

Till now, everyone said to you that freelancing is fun, and it gives you a control over what you want to do and how you want do the work assigned to you. You do not have a boss, and no one is going to tell you when to work and when to sleep.

Well…

This is not far from the truth but there is another point of view on this matter, which I am going to share in this blog post.

You should not take freelancing as a career if:

You do not want a boss

Well, if you do not want a boss for yourself than freelancing is not a career choice for you, indeed, you do not have “a boss” here, but you have bosses here. Your clients are your boss and often they will be more than one in number, and everyone will be asking for your 100 percent attention to his or her work, so if you feel uncomfortable in working with a boss then look somewhere else, freelancers have more than one bosses.

You do not like late night shifts

If occasional late night shifts make you convulse then freelancing may not be a right career choice for you. You need to work day in and day out, sometime without a break for days, if you want to be successful as a freelancer. Freelancing is a business, not a fix-time job. It will require your 1000 percent contribution, not just your presence in the employer’s office.

You cannot add value

Contrary to what you think, freelancers are supposed to be more efficient than the regular fix-time employee. Your client is outsourcing his work, instead of hiring someone fulltime to do that work, because he or she wants more work done by paying less dollars.

I know, “how much is less and how many is too many” are relative concepts.

As a freelancer, you will have to make many decisions. Decisions related to work, finance, time, negotiations and what not. You are running a one-man show, if you are freelancing. Can you do it? Do you have it in you?

Write to me, if you think you can. Use the comment box below or mail me on Bikram [at] biksy [dot] com.

Tags: Bikram, Boss, Break, Career Choice, Contrary, Decisions Decisions, Finance Time, Freelancer, Fulltime, Late Night, Man Show, Negotiations, Night Shifts, Point Of View, Presence, Relative Concepts, Running, Sleep, Time Employee, Time Job, Truth

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18 Dec 09 Boost Your Metabolism Through The Winter

31 Oct 09 Extending The Life Of Your Car

12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

You do not want a boss

You do not like late night shifts

You cannot add value

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