Health: Benefits of magnesium

Goal Setting, Time Management, Health and Parenting Ezine

In today’s issue:
Time Management – 20 steps to successful time management
Healthy – Benefits of Magnesium
Parenting – The good old family meeting.


Goal Setting – Time saving tips

Twenty Steps to Successful Time Management
1. Clarify your objectives. Put them in writing. Then set your priorities. Make
sure you’re getting what you really want out of life.

2. Focus on objectives, not on activities. Your most important activities are those
that help you accomplish your objectives.

3. Set at least one major objective each day and achieve it.

4. Record a time log periodically to analyze how you use your time, and keep bad
time habits out of your life.

5. Analyze everything you do in terms of your objectives. Find out what you do,
when you do it, why you do it. Ask yourself what would happen if you didn’t do it.
If the answer is nothing, then stop doing it.

6. Eliminate at least one time-waster from your life each week.

7. Plan your time. Write out a plan for each week. Ask yourself what you hope to
accomplish by the end of the week and what you will need to do to achieve those
results.

8. Make a to-do list every day. Be sure it includes your daily objectives, priorities,
and time estimates, not just random activities.

9. Schedule your time every day to make sure you accomplish the most important
things first. Be sure to leave room for the unexpected and for interruptions. But
remember that things that are scheduled have a better chance of working out than
things that are unscheduled.

10. Make sure that the first hour of your workday is productive.

11. Set time limits for every task you undertake.

12. Take the time to do it right the first time. You won’t have to waste time doing
it over.

13. Eliminate recurring crises from your life. Find out why things keep going
wrong. Learn to proact instead of react.

14. Institute a quiet hour in your day – a block of uninterrupted time for your most
important tasks.

15. Develop the habit of finishing what you start. Don’t jump from one thing to
another, leaving a string of unfinished tasks behind you.

16. Conquer procrastination. Learn to do it now.

17. Make better time management a daily habit. Set your objectives, clarify your
priorities, plan and schedule your time. Do first things first. Resist your impulses
to do unscheduled tasks. Review your activities.

18. Never spend time on less important things when you could be spending it on
more important things.

19. Take time for yourself—time to dream, time to relax, time to live.

20. Develop a personal philosophy of time – what time means to you and how time
relates to your life.


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Health – Magnesium: Are you getting enough?

Magnesium is a mineral that is essential to many biological processes that occur in the body. Magnesium aids in the body’s absorption of calcium and also plays a key role in the strength and formation of bones and teeth. This means that those at risk for osteoporosis can benefit from taking magnesium.
Magnesium also is vital for maintaining a healthy heart. Magnesium helps stabilize the rhythm of the heart and helps prevent abnormal blood clotting in the heart. Magnesium also aids in maintaining healthy blood pressure levels. The mineral magnesium can significantly lower the chance of heart attacks and strokes, and can even aid in the recovery from a heart attack or stroke.
Magnesium also helps maintain proper muscle function. It works to keep muscles properly relaxed. Because of its benefits in relieving stiff muscles, magnesium can be especially beneficial to fibromyalgia patients.
Most people do not maintain proper levels of magnesium. For this reason, many people would greatly benefit from supplementing their diet with magnesium.


Parenting – Family

Today we will look at the benefits of the old family meeting – something that is often forgotten in our fast past lives.

Family meetings: At least one night a week should be set aside for family meetings. These should be open forum in that everyone should have an opportunity to tell how they feel. A family meeting isn’t the time to punish or discipline but rather to listen to your children's feelings and concerns and to ask them to listen to yours. Only through open, honest communication can a family increase its positive relationships and grow together.
Parenting is hard work. There is no instruction manual for children when they are born. Therefore, we must try new things, hone our skills, learn from and support each other and give ourselves a break when we have rough days. It helps to have a positive attitude.
Remember these two phrases from Janet Lane and Henry Chester. Lane says, "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.” Chester says, "Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.”


In other views…

Your editor is counting himself lucky after he was in a car crash earlier today. The crash happened at about 6:50am, and his work car was a total write-off and had to be towed away.

Your editor also discovered that air-bags kick like a mule. Looking at the damage to the car he wondered how he was able to walk away and that there was no one seriously injured. A part from being a little sore and having a few bruisers, everything is ok.

At least he can now count his blessings.

Cheers

Andrew Collings


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