Things you can do while on Bed Rest

If you happen to be on a bed rest because of sickness or got an accident recently,  you probably cannot stand or go anywhere.  It is hard to take your daily activities and do the things you normally do.  Do not lose hope, your five senses are still intact.  In your own little way, you can still be productive inside your room.
Here are things you can do while on bed in random order:

Technology has become a great support for those who have disabilities, nowadays, an Ipad or smartphones are useful tools to keep you busy.

1.  Write if you can manage to be on your Ipad or notebook computers. 
2.  Communicate with friends through the Internet.
3.  Have fun with some games.  Being on bed trying to do things can be tiring sometimes, take time to play some games that you can manage to take away boredom.  Just be sure to limit the time so as not to strain your eyes.

4.  Unplugged yourself and pray.  This is an opportunity to pray a lot which probably you do not do if you are in normal state because of busy schedules and fast paced life.

What makes a Healthy Body?

Being healthy can give you more opportunities to live the way you want.  It adds your life expectancy, improve your work performance, be able to enjoy your life with your family, and more.  Here are the basic needs to have a healthy body:

• Proper diet - proper diet with enough nutrients needed by the body are big factor of being healthy.  On the other hand, bad eating habits brings diseases and illnesses that detoriates our body.
• Regular exercise - It gives us vitality and more energy when our routine includes a regular exercise. 
• Sleep – it rejuvinates our body from fatigue and stress.  We all need sleep in order for our body to perform well.
• Good posture – it is advisable to maintain good posture to avoid back problems on later years.  Having a good posture also contributes to your personality.
• Regular medical check-up - annual or periodic medical check-up is necessary so that you are aware of your body condition.  Early stages of some illnesses can be diagnosed and prevented.

Being healthy does not only mean of physically body,  but also becoming healthy emotionally and mentally.

Things to Keep in Mind when Shopping Online

Shopping online or e-commerce websites emerged on the 20^th century as the Internet technology developed rapidly.  More people are drawn to shop at the convenience of their home at the click of their fingertips.  Here are some reminders to maximize online shopping;

Have a specific product or products in your mind when shopping so you can make use of the advance search features of the website.  Most shopping websites offer this feature to allow customers to save time and let them find what they need in just few clicks.

Review the website credibility before having a transaction especially if you are paying through credit card. There should be secure ordering and payment process.  Check price match guarantee, budget deals, policies on return merchandise, shipment policies and so on.

Enjoy your shopping and have the best deals online.

Home Decluttering and Earn Money

With all the financial challenges we are facing now, you have to think of ways you can earn more.  Aside from doing freelancing online,  you can find ways to earn money. Earn from your trash if you want to increase your income. 

Start by decluttering your house section by section.  From your own cabinet to your kids cabinet.  Look for used clothings and gadgets such as old cameras, computer parts, old home appliances that you seldom use, collectors item, and other things that are still new but never been used.  Create an account from a buy and sell online website where you can post your old items for sale.  

Selling your items can earn you money, but also give you more space and to be orderly.

Buying Tips for your Home Appliances

A home appliance is one the valued things in our home since they make our life easier and provides entertainment for our family. Home appliances such as refrigerators, home theaters, air conditioners, humidifiers, kitchen electrics, and outdoor appliances are often used in our day to day home activities.  These can be costly if you purchase one home appliance within a year.  So, make the right choice in getting one.  There are home appliances that malfunction or seem to be defective even only months old.

Our money should be worth the price so careful canvassing and decisions should be done.  Shoppers tend to buy because of its budget capacity not realizing the consequences it would bring later on.  Quality should come first and the brand that is trusted for years by other consumers should be considered.  If it is quite expensive, make an effort to save money first for the cost rather than rushing to purchase a less quality home appliance.  Visiting some product review websites can give you more insights and tips in buying the right home appliance for your family.

Wedding Plans Preparations

Wedding plans can be both  fun,  stressful, and challenging in creating fresh ideas to make your wedding a different one. Here are some creative ideas you can do for your wedding:

1. Have a “Man of Honor” - although the common wedding entourage includes maid of honor, if you have a male friend you can have him the “Man of Honor”.

2. Decorate the venue with non-tradional or formal wedding reception.

3. Ask your guests to wear clothes based from your wedding theme.

4. Order non-traditional cakes.

Choosing the Right Bridal Wedding Gown

For every woman who is going to tie the knot,  wedding gown  is one of the important details of the wedding preparation. It would

make or break the bride’s total look. Careful preparation is needed for the wedding gown’s details. Here are some factors or guide for the bride when choosing her wedding gown:

Choose an established couturier for your gown, if you have a regular couturier the better. If there is none, ask recommendations from family and friends.

Your gown  should reflect your personality. There are various styles of wedding gowns from traditional, modern to avant-garde, choose the one that speaks of your personality. Do you want a bare-back gown, choose what type of fabric, beaded, and so on.  Your wedding gown  should also highlight your physical assets.

Wear a comfortable wedding gown. The wedding day is a big day and stressful one, you should be comfortable enough to move around and enjoy the big event.

What Sites do you Use for Marketing your Articles?

Most writers have their own way of marketing their articles, here are some of those:

SOCIAL  MEDIA
Two main social media sites are Facebook and Twitter
Facebook – this is a common venue for writers to share their work  first to their family, friends, and facebook network. Others make their way to create or join Facebook groups related to their topic just to promote their articles.

Twitter – This is effective if the content website recognizes Twitter as the source of the traffic. Just be careful of using auto-tweets scheduler, some content sites do not  allow these types of promotion.

BLOGGING
Articles are often promoted through the use of blogging. It is easy to backlink your articles through a blog. The “share” button in your blog also helps so readers can easily share your articles.

BACKLINK WITH OTHER WRITING  CONTENT WEBSITES
Most writers have joined other content websites so backlinking is easy to set up depending on the policies of each website.

How do you cope with Everyday Stress?

Stress has been a common topic since we all experience stress either in the family, work,  friends, or in other activities that affects us in some way. They are already part of the challenges of life that either helps us to be stronger as a person or weakens us and be depressed if not  managed properly.

Here are some things to cope with stress:

Deep breathing and exercise. It is important to learn deep breathing, it helps release stress. When we
stressed, we tend to have difficulty in breathing. Have a regular exercise which includes deep breathing atleast 15-30 minutes everyday.

Planning and proper time management. These two will atleast save us avoid stress. Hassles and problems towards work  or any activity results to stress

Sleep is equally important with exercise, we cannot perform well if we do not have enough sleep.

Unplugged Family Bonding

Quality time with the family is one of the challenging role for busy parents. With the fast-paced life nowadays, some families fail to spend time together. Kids tend to resort to digital entertainment such as games, social media, and other internet activities. They are glued to screen monitors of their computers, tablets, smartphones, and other form of digital entertainment. Technology plays an important part in people’s lifestyle and relationships to those who are around them. But inspite of the advantages of technology, this should be some balance.

One way to family bond is to plan well your vacation or schedule some outdoor activities for a family bonding. Here are some activities to begin with:

1. Biking or other some physical activity together.

2. Schedule a yearly vacation, an out-of-town or a trip abroad will give all the members a chance to bond together and experience new environment. During the trip, avoid using your digital gadgets unless it is necessary.

3. When dining out  with the family, keep the conversation going so that kids will not  be bored and resort again of playing games or doing other things using their smartphones or tablets.

How to Shop with a limited Budget

Shopping can be fun if you have enough money to spend with. But if not,  a limited budget should be spent wisely. Here are some few tips on how to budget your money:

1. Plan your shopping and create a checklist. Do not  shop only whenever you want to or you just pass by the store. If you do this, there will be more chances that you will miss something or you will get into impulse buying.

2. Look  for deals and coupons in advance so you can save some money from discounts. There are online sources that offers huge discounts, you just have to be resourceful and know  how to go about it.

3. Shop when it is not  in season. If you are buying for winter clothes, try to scout in advance while during summer or other season. These are more cheaper and easy to shop. If you are buying for school materials, check them out  before the school opening.

4. Canvass first before buying so you know  that you are getting the best deal.

Organize your Online Money

There are many ways to earn online where many opportunities are there for us to explore and try. That is why many online freelancers joins and manage multiple websites. Just like any other job, we need to organize to maximize our potential and to be more productive. Earning online can be overwhelming, proper time management and being organized are necessary to achieve goals.

There are many ways to organize such as productivity softwares, iPad or tablet applications, mobile phone application and so on.  Some opt  to use the traditional way by using a notebook or planner to write down  all the important details of their online activities.

One way to organize that works is by simply using a Microsoft Excel sheet where you can easily encode all the websites you have and other details. By creating a chart, you can easily encode all the websites and use columns to easily compute for your earnings weekly or monthly. You may also use another sheet on the same file to organize all your research reference links, and so on.
So,  how do you organize your online activities?

Make the most of your Central London Tour

London is considered one of the key cities in the world and as a major tourist destination. If you are planning to visit the city, make sure that you have enough budget to spend with or you have a relative or friends where you can stay during your tour. Atleast you can some money for your accommodation, having somebody to tour you around is also a great help for your trip.

While touring around the Central London, you may opt  to get a sightseeing city bus tours. It is a double decker bus tour which will take you at the major tourist attractions of your choice. A city map guide and an English commentary tour guide will be provided for your optimum experience. If you are a first-timer and hesitant to go by your own,  having a sightseeing tour bus will save you time and feel you more safe. To those who are more adventurous, you can get around the city by your own.  You will need an enough budget for your transportation and city map guide including the bus map guide. Bus map can be overwhelming at first, but  you will later get used to it and be able to learn the best routes. Make sure that you are on the right bus code number before you hop  in for your target destination. Having a sandwich, biscuits, and water inside your bag will save you some money since dining out  around the city can be costly.

Health and Travel Tips for the Family

Health concerns should be a priority in travel planning, here are some reminders when preparing for your family trip:

Get a travel medical insurance for any health problems or emergency incidents during the travel. Hospitalization and other medical expenses can be costly in your travel destination.

Research about the place of your destination, check the climate. Bring appropriate and comfortable clothes based from the climate condition of the place.
Bring basic medicines you do not  know  when you will need one.

Make sure that all have enough sleep and rest before the flight date. Travel abroad can take long hours and fatigue.

Provide a relative or close friend about your itinerary, contact details, and other pertinent information while on trip so you can be contacted in case of emergency back home.

Blogging: Using Website Analytics and Hit Counter Tools

One of the blogging tools that is mostly used by bloggers is the website hit counter. It is a powerful tool to analyze blog traffic which helps determine the effectivity and popularity of the blog. There are various types of website hit counters with various designs and sizes. While the website analytics tool shows the visitors behavior while viewing your blog.

There a lot of online sources for free site analytics and hit counters. Some of them are gostats.com, statcounter.com, bloggerhitcounter.com, free-stats-counter.com, totallyfreecounter.com.

Start using this tool to optimize your blog.

Things you can do Inside the Airplane to avoid Boredom

Being inside the airplane can be boring, if you are in an international trip it may take hours to get to your destination. You have to wait for long hours just sitting and a few walks inside the airplane. Here are few things to consider doing to avoid boredom:

1. Read a book.  Bring your favorite book  or from your tablet or Ipad.
2. If you are seating with a person who seems to friendly, you can say hello and maybe start a conversation if you receive a positive response.
3. Write your things to do list. Make use of this time to check on your tasks or activities when you get off the plane whether it is a business or a holiday trip.
4. If you are in the window side, appreciate the beauty of nature. This is the only chance you can be up close on clouds and experience being up there.

These are a few things to note, there are many ways to keep yourself busy while waiting for the "touch-down" on your destination place.

Travel: How to get most of your London City Tour

London is considered one of the key cities in the world and as a major tourist destination. If you are planning to visit the city, make sure that you have enough budget to spend with or you have a relative or friends where you can stay during your tour. Atleast you can some money for your accommodation, having somebody to tour you around is also a great help for your trip.

While touring around the Central London, you may opt  to get a sightseeing city bus tours. It is a double- decker bus tour which will take you at the major tourist attractions of your choice. A city map guide and an English commentary tour guide will be provided for your optimum experience. If you are a first-timer and hesitant to go by your own,  having a sightseeing tour bus will save you time and feel you more safe. To those who are more adventurous, you can get around the city by your own.  You will need an enough budget for your transportation and city map guide including the bus map guide. Bus map can be overwhelming at first, but  you will later get used to it and be able to learn the best routes. Make sure that you are on the right bus code number before you hop  in for your target destination. Having a sandwich, biscuits, and water inside your bag will save you some money since dining out  around the city can be costly.

Travel Tips: Travelling with Children

Travelling alone requires a lot of preparation from documentations, accommodation bookings, luggage preparations and more. But traveling with children is a different story.

Travelling with children requires more preparation since they need more things during the travel. Here are some reminders when preparing your luggage and while traveling with them:

Have some handy biscuits or food  for the children. They are usually like to eat during the trip. Necessary milk for babies should never be run out  of stock.

Be organized with your luggage, you should know  where did you put  things so it can easily be pulled out  when needed. Kids can be too impatient, so be ready to give what they need as necessary.

Bring 2 to 3 toys and something to read for them, anything they can do during the trip.

Bringing the children can be tasking but very rewarding.  Just plan and prepare in advance to avoid hassles during the trip.

Travel Tips: What to do when Travelling Alone

Traveling is one of the interesting activities we can have in our life. But we are not  always fortunate that we can afford to bring our family during the travel. Either we are on a business travel or leisure travel, travelling alone needs
planning and safety measures should always be on top of the list. Here are some of the things you can do before and during the trip:

1. Prepare your travel documents before the trip to ensure that you are not  missing anything before the flight.

2. Keep an eye of your luggages since you do not  have somebody to check on them for you.

3. If you are staying in a hotel, check first the exit.

4. You are a stranger to other places and can be vulnerable to others and pickpockets. Keep your things close to you and when you are in public place, make sure that you ask only proper authorities when you are not  sure of the places.

Have a hassle free trip and be confident that you are able to have fun travelling alone.