LifeSnips

There are a lot of potential jobs you can do from the warms confines of a sunny beach, or an expat hub like Lake Chapala in Mexico which is my dream home that I’m slowly making my back towards. Taking control of your life is letting go of the things that enslave you where you are today. I’m not saying a tropical getaway is the life for everyone. Maybe you want to live somewhere remote in Nova Scotia and spend months out of the year dog sledding. That dream can be fulfilled in simply letting go of all the other distractions in life. But first the roadmap.

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Around the first of the year I gave up drinking. I was not an alcoholic but I’ve been drinking all to regularly for all to long of a time. It’s an uphill battle I now realize that it’s possible I had a drinking problem. Not only did I quit drinking, but I’ve started excercising more as well. I’ve also started eating more frequently taking more breaks, and managing some of my health problems more effectively.

The next step in the game has been taking Full Strength’s Two Week Challenge.

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Did you know that, according to Psychology Today, most people who make New Year’s resolutions tend to fail? 22% fail after the first week, while 40% often fail after the first month! While those statistics are discouraging, there are steps you can take to make sure you don’t become one of them. If you’ve made it your resolution this year to lead a healthier lifestyle, here are ten cheap ways to get healthy and stay motivated.

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Social media is a force, a huge force and the wave is only just beginning. From Facebook, to Twitter there are millions of people across the world speaking to each other in a way that couldn’t have been contemplated 10 years ago.

The world is a social place, and the world has just reduced in size due to video, internet, mobile phones, and social media.

I am an excited proponent of social media and I have only scratched the surface of what is possible at the moment.

Here are 10 ways I think social media is changing the world.

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Those who work hardest, win. From preparing for college throughout high school, to searching, applying and competing for scholarships, hard work is the key to success. Being more efficient in using the tools available kicks that hard work up a notch above your competition. Here are resources and advice on how to use them in the college scholarship process:

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You may think that Life Hacks were invented around the same time computers and the Internet hit the scene, but this isn’t the case. In fact, putting on your time goggles, you can look back and see that Life Hacks have been a part of human history since … well, the very beginning, or at least as long as we’ve been writing things down. As proof of this (and to put a smile on your face), let’s take a look at these little adventures in time that have Life Hack written all over them.

As a disclaimer, these may or may not be considered Life Hacks by you, but a case is made that they fall under the general definition of Life Hacks. (Not to be confused with the General Lao Lao Smith definition of Life Hacks, which is another article entirely.) With that in mind, sit back and prepare to be astounded by some of the biggest Life Hacks throughout history.

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