Adulting is hard to do, and it feels like almost all of us spend the decade of our 20s figuring out how to do it. But there comes a time in every young woman’s (or man’s) life in which we realize that we are, ever so slowly, learning the ropes of adulthood. Here are some signs you’re on the right track.
1. You care about your credit score The first time your college/uni-self got a credit card, you went a little hog-wild. Now you’re trying to pick up the pieces of too many nights out and apply for a better card, with lower interest, better rewards, and frequent reporting. The moment you get approved, you start planning ways to boost your credit score. Your late-teen self didn’t even know how to read a statement. 2. You bargain shop Whether it’s Groupon, E-Bay, or just a thorough Google search, you actively hunt down the best prices on things you’re planning to buy. Need a new lamp? Instead of just picking one up at Homebase, you look around and compare costs, finding the best deal possible. You become very pleased with yourself for saving £10. 3. You own a tire gauge Not only do you know how to use it, you actually check your tires from time to time. 4. You look forward to bedtime Long gone are the days when you stay up ’til the wee hours of the night just for kicks. Some days, you might even roll out of bed and whisper “t-minus sixteen hours until the next sleep.” This is how you know you’ve achieved Prime Adult Status. 5. You schedule appointments—and keep them When the reminder comes from your dentist’s office in the mail, usually on a cheery tooth-themed postcard, you call them up that very day and schedule your next cleaning. You’ve got a regular doctor and you go to checkups. Heck, you have health insurance, and you not only stick to your appointment date, you actually get there on time. You get your oil changed every six months and your eyes examined yearly, like a true champ. When I realized I was actually getting good at keeping them, I gave myself a gold star on the grownup chart. 6. You know how to say no Saying “no” encompasses a lot of categories: invitations for a night out when you’ve got work in the morning, requests to take on something extra at work, favors asked, opportunities offered, or even that second date. It takes a deep knowledge of yourself to recognize when you need to say no to something, even if it sounds good. Maybe you need rest, or less stress in the workplace, or just time to do things that recharge you. When you recognize that no, that person just isn’t worth your time, and you can say so graciously, you’re one step closer to true adulthood. 7. You don’t ever accidentally put your underwear on inside out Oh, that’s not a thing? Okay. . .maybe that’s just me. The number of times I have spent an entire day with inside-out underwear and not realized it is a surprisingly large amount that I am unwilling to disclose at this time. It is obviously something I am still working on in my quest towards adulthood. 8. Your bills get paid on time The day you sign up for automatic bill payments is the day you put on your newest pair of Big Girl Pants. 9. You’re not afraid of working on yourself We’re a generation of introspection, with billions of blogs and tweets and emotional Tumblr accounts. But that doesn’t always translate into being able to openly and honestly confront your own flaws. Whether it’s therapy, or talking with a friend, or even just making a list of goals for yourself, a willingness to recognize you’ve got stuff to work out signifies a shift into a mature and fruitful life. If you check off even half of this list, congratulations, you’re well on your way to adulthood! Source: Hello Giggles ![]() 1. Strong opinions about queuing. Also, calling it queuing. 2. They are polite to people they hate and insult the people they like. 3. Asking them if they are okay, and they say "yeah, can't complain". 4. They ask you and everyone else in the office how you like your tea, and never ask again as they'll remember it forever. 5. When they say "Cheers" as an expression of gratitude most of the time. Oh and the 'mate' that comes next. 6. They use "quid" instead of pounds. 7. Use of telly instead of TV. 8. Use of the word 'mug' without going on to reference some kind of drink. 9. Make a cup of tea. BUT, in this order: Tea bag in, then milk and finally hot water. If they are British they will squirm. 10. When you catch their eye in public, they'll pretend to be looking for somebody else in every other direction. 11. When I was in London some British folks told me you can spot a Brit because they wear black socks. 12. No matter where they are in the world, if you ask them where they are from, they will tell you the town or county, not the country. 13. Use of the word posh. 14. British people always use the expression "half 8" meaning 8:30. 15. Ask them about the weather. It’s their go-to small talk. 16. When they say they're getting "pissed" and it doesn't mean "angry." 17. They greet people by asking if they're alright. And the answer to "Alright?" is "Alright?" 18. Affectionate hate for the French out of a sense of national obligation. 19. They pronounce "twat" as though it rhymes with ‘hat’ or ‘cat.’ 20. They are very reserved and think anything done with a lot of enthusiasm is "cringey" or "cringeworthy". 21. The two questions they ask to taxi drivers are "Been busy?" "What time you on till?" Source: Tickld Tabatas are one of my favorite types of workouts of all time.
They’re short, incredibly effective, and incredibly hard if you do them right — everything that makes up a good workout. And best of all, they only take four minutes to complete! So what are they? Tabata training is a style of interval training developed by Dr. Izumi Tabata at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan. He conducted tests on two groups of athletes, comparing moderate intensity training (such as long-distance running) to high-intensity interval training (like sprinting). The results were amazing — not only did the athletes doing high-intensity interval training increase their overall aerobic and anaerobic capacity, their VO2 max, resting metabolic rate, it also helped them burn more fat — resulting in a leaner physique much more quickly than their moderate intensity training counterparts. How to do Tabata workouts: Tabata workouts require you to go all out for 20 seconds, then rest for 10 seconds. You’ll repeat this cycle eight times to complete the workout. You’ll need an interval timer to effectively do a Tabata, since no one can accurately count to 20 seconds when they’re working that hard. And trust me on this one — if you think that you can do four minutes of exercise in your sleep, you’re underestimating how hard Tabata workouts really are (if you do them right, that is). Tabata workouts will leave you breathless, but they’re worth every second of the pain. Tabata workouts you can do at home Ready to get started? Here are three awesome tabata workouts you can do at home, outside or at a gym: 1. Sprinting This is the classic Tabata workout, and the one most people think of when they think of Tabatas. To do it, just find an open space and set your timer for 8 rounds of 10 and 20 seconds. Then sprint as fast as you can during the 20 second intervals and walk slowly or rest completely during the 10 second intervals. 2. High knees with jump rope Grab a jump rope and get your heart pumping with this awesome tabata workout you can do anywhere. To do it, set your timer for 8 rounds of 10 and 20 seconds, jumping rope as fast as humanly possible during the 20 second intervals and resting during the 10 second intervals. 3. Alternate between burpees and mountain climbers This one’s extra fun: you’ll be doing two different exercises, and switching each interval. You’ll start by doing 20 seconds of burpees, rest, then do 20 seconds of mountain climbers. Continue until you’ve completed all eight rounds. Get creative with your tabatas—you can do them with any type of bodyweight exercise or traditional cardio activity. Just remember that to make them effective, you have to work as hard as you can! Source: Mind Body Green IMPORTANT WARNING
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Created by fitness coach Jim Saret of “The Biggest Loser: Pinoy Edition,” the four-minute workout involves jumping jacks, squats, pushups and lunges. “’Pag tumatakbo ka for one hour, you lose around 150 calories (Running for an hour will lose around 150 calories)… This one will burn 600 calories in four minutes – guaranteed,” Saret said in an interview on the ANC program “Headstart”. While it is ideally done in four minutes, the workout is still very much dependent on a person’s fitness level, said Saret, who noted that first-timers may spend two minutes doing only one exercise. “If you’re in good condition, you can finish this in two minutes. So you go and repeat it [until the four-minute timer is over],” he said. “Some people who are sedentary first-timers, they can only do one exercise in two minutes. You’ll eventually see some progress.” Saret hopes to encourage people to stay fit and get moving through his four-minute workout, stressing that going to the gym in not necessary when it comes to losing weight. The workout Together with his wife and fellow fitness coach Toni, Saret demonstrated how the four-minute workout is done. Start by doing ten reps of jumping jacks, followed by ten reps of squats. “Squats are one of the biggest fat-burning movements,” he said. He then proceeds to do ten pushups. Assuring those who think they cannot do a decent pushup on the floor, Saret said: “You can use a wall. Going to the floor is actually an advanced move. You don’t have to go to the floor.” The workout ends with lunges, ten for each leg. Do that several times a day whenever you can fit it in. Or repeat the routine four times with 1 minute of rest between each round for a full 20-minute workout. Noting how a lot of people do not like doing pushups and lunges, Saret said: “The ones you hate are the ones that are actually going to work.” Those little bits of activity throughout the day boost your metabolism and can really make a difference in your health and happiness. Now, do you have 4 minutes? Source: abs-cbn.com / prevention.com Photo Credit: bergenhealthandlife.com / womenshealthmag.com / prevention.com / oprah.com / jonespainrelief.com This is not the ordinary run of the mill write in, join in, get advise sort of agony site that you may have been used to in the past - Oh no, this is an agony aunt that takes no bull and certainly speaks non of it either.
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1. “Live and let live.” Everyone should be guided by this principle, he said, which has a similar expression in Rome with the saying, “Move forward and let others do the same.” 2. “Be giving of yourself to others.” People need to be open and generous toward others, he said, because “if you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.” 3. “Proceed calmly” in life. The pope, who used to teach high school literature, used an image from an Argentine novel by Ricardo Guiraldes, in which the protagonist — gaucho Don Segundo Sombra — looks back on how he lived his life. 4. A healthy sense of leisure. The Pope said “consumerism has brought us anxiety”, and told parents to set aside time to play with their children and turn of the TV when they sit down to eat. 5. Sundays should be holidays. Workers should have Sundays off because “Sunday is for family,” he said. 6. Find innovative ways to create dignified jobs for young people. “We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities they will get into drugs” and be more vulnerable to suicide, he said. 7. Respect and take care of nature. Environmental degradation “is one of the biggest challenges we have,” he said. “I think a question that we’re not asking ourselves is: ‘Isn’t humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?’” 8. Stop being negative. “Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem. That means, ‘I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down,’” the Pope said. “Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.” 9. Don’t proselytise; respect others’ beliefs. “We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: ‘I am talking with you in order to persuade you,’ No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytising,” the Pope said. 10. Work for peace. “We are living in a time of many wars,” he said, and “the call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive” and dynamic. |
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