Category Archives: Living and Wellness

Daily living related topics, ranging from beautification to finding peace in life.

How to Get More Out of Your Calender

Last month I posted a little blog about how beneficial doodling is.  You will probably remember some links to different big time magazines saying that companies like facebook are even encouraging their employees to make visual notes (doodle).

The reason doodling is so effective for people who are brainstorming, remembering, or even just looking for fun is because it works a very large portion of the brain.  traditional note taking limits thought to a very small area of the brain known as the brocas. When you doodle though it activates the visual cortex of the brain and all the memories associated with whatever it is you are drawing.

Doodling = very beneficial.

That much we have determined.

Now what I am about to suggest may sound juvenile and like a lot of fun, but understand that it is also going to greatly improve your memory and hopefully help to develop a little discipline.

Every night before I go to sleep I mark off a day on my calender.  I bet you have guessed what I do to mark it. I doodle a little picture of whatever it is I did that day.  I have noticed that my memory of events has become much much better since I started doing this.

What is more I find I am more motivated to workout, seeings how if I do I know i can incorporate that into my doodle.

It is a fun little way to keep yourself motivated and remembering, try it out.

Pick Your Passion

The CDC recommends 30 minutes of activity a day.  Doing this will help to drastically decrease your chances of having any heart related issues.

Now 30 minutes is not a lot at all, and that is why I am going to recommend you get one hour of exercise every single day.  To do this all you have to do is discover a passion.  Some people like running and other people like biking, either one of these activities is going to drastically improve your life.  All you have to do is become active and you will notice your body and life start to change.

Here is a compiled list of calories burned per hour, courtesy of WebMD. Activities to burn calories

As you can see some are much more effective for burning calories than others. However, it is good to keep in mind that the amount of effort put into the activity is going to change the amount of caloric burn.  Activities that burn calories

Find something you enjoy doing and incorporate it into your day.  If you start walking at a very slow pace of 3.5 mph for an hour each day with10 days you will have lost an extra pound of fat.

 

Thom