HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR MOOD

From Sad to Glad!

Everyone has one or two moments during the day when they think about something and their mood instantly changes from good to bad. For a few minutes we process that feeling and could either go two way: you would either ignore the thought and continue with your work or you would dwell on it and make it worse. Literally anything can ruin our mood if we let it. So, if you find yourself in a bad mood more often then you must some of these mood lifting ideas mentioned below:

  • Deep Breathing: It is proven to calm your nerves down and bring your mind into a state of cam. While doing that you will have a little time to reflect on your mood and you might even let go of the negativity.
  • Try taking a Walk: If you find yourself sliding into a bad mood, put on your sneakers and go take a walk. Don’t time it just keep walking and walk until you make peace with your thoughts. Walking is a great source of distraction.
  • Have a Chocolate: Chocolate is a beloved dessert for all age groups. I don’t think we need a reason to have some of that deliciousness. It will 100% put you in a good mood and all you will be focusing on is the how much your soul is enjoying a piece of your chocolate bar.
  • Talk it Out: If your bad mood is because of a friend or a colleague, then the best thing would be to talk it out with someone who is rational. You can either sort out your differences directly with the person or you could take help of another friend to let go of all the bad thoughts.
  • Take a Nap: A nap is the solution to all your problems. During that time you are detached from the outside world and once you are well rested you’ll have a whole new way of processing your mood. So, snuggle up in your bed and let go.
  • Exercise: Exercise is a proven outlet for anger. If you are in a bad mood you must exercise and you will feel that blood pumping through your veins, it could be a great distraction because who doesn’t feel good about themselves after a great sweat session.
  • Cook your Comfort Food: Food is the ultimate mood up lifter. Cooking is therapeutic and even if you don’t know how to cook, once you start cooking you will be distracted and that is a good thing. Also, when you cook for yourself , you are automatically putting yourself in a good mood and in no time you will forget all about those bad feelings that overcame your mind.
  • Retail Therapy: It is said that money cannot buy happiness and that is true but it can buy you a short lived sense of satisfaction which is enough to put away all that negativity. You can either go buy some clothes or you could go grocery shopping too.
  • Do Something Recreational: Someone who is in a bad mood often has a hard time focusing on things that are important. In order to gain that focus back you can do something recreational like draw, sing, write in a journal, read your favorite book or maybe dance it out. You will feel instantly refreshed and you can focus on the important things again.
  • Rearrange your Wardrobe: It is always good to let out the anger and do something productive with it. The most productive thing you could do is rearranging you wardrobe or maybe cleaning the house. A clean and freshly arranged surrounding will definitely uplift your mood.

We all have days when nothing feels good and all we want to do is curl up in bed and sulk about it but in no way is that healthy. We can easily overcome those feelings if we channel them into something we life and in the end you will feel much much better about your day. Some days are definitely better than others but if we try a little harder we can have more good days and lesser bad ones. Just don’t hide your emotions, accept them and do something to make them go away. Soon you will be the happiest person you know and that’s the ultimate goal, right?

EASY WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MARKET OR BRAND WITH MEDIA

            THE TRENDING MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT HELP YOU TO PROMOTE YOUR BRAND.

It is evident that media sites and apps are combined with everyone’s life to make them updated, promote their skills and attract people to a specific reason or event associated with multiple reasons to reach society and to be recognized worldwide. They act as an intermediator in balancing the users and the influencers to maintain their support throughout life. Even it helps the random people in various fields, struggling to survive by working as a kind of marketing to reach the outworld to gain their support and knowledge regarding the happening.

In these modern days, from childhood till elders technology is exposed and everyone has become a techie by acquiring information about them exploring via the social sites online. So, they work on new ways to be identified by society accompanied by a reason behind it. Within a short span of time, things we post are viewed by millions which in turn results in mutual network or connection between the person (requires attention) and the followers (random common people).

But to gain popularity you work must be perfect and attractive so that it grabs the attention of the public viewing it. Let me discuss about the popular sites or apps that are utilized by people for various purposes that they find it fruitful.

  1. Instagram

This platform is a prior one that has the most of its users in it. Browsing through them will provide information of wide range of aspects like entertainment, cinema, IT sectors, influencers or popular youngsters. It is absolutely free that has no age restrictions in it. You can create an account as for personal or for official use as it is simple making and editing the things that you want to post in your account. It may be reels, post, videos, songs and many more tools are given with free access. A user-friendly application suitable for every individual or organization. This has an activity of 1.5 billion users approximately. It also contains IGTV for longer duration of videos along with its picture and various media sharing. Embedded with business profiles also that is bought by Facebook along with its assets.

  • WhatsApp

This is a kind of secured platform where individual data cannot be breached or retrieved. It works to only people similar like messaging (if you have their number you can speak with them) but random people cannot interact with you without your contact details. This helps in a personal way to get in touch with the brand/organization with our closed ones and asking out to show their support by giving shout outs through status or by recommending their contacts. This module helps to create awareness and spread that concept to much possible people in their closest list. Also comes under no restriction for users as well as suitable for all aged people with free of cost to consumers. The earliest kind of platform has 100 million downloads and the rate of users also. Owned by Facebook few months ago.

  • Telegram

One of the Indian based company that has created an application similar to WhatsApp that contains almost the same features and uses of it. Encouraged by all Indians and also found some users globally. It is comprised of end-to-end encryption so the data can’t be stolen. They maintain two different specifications like WhatsApp (business account, personal account) in which the functions of each differs slightly. Other than that, it is the equally same while compared with that application. The users have just crossed 1 million and will increase further.

  • LinkedIn

This site/domain/application is a portal related to job offers, internships, courses and various other aspects. This web portal has an extraordinary field of connection with several professionals and for persons eager to join or to shift their career or job from place to place. Recruiters find this domain helpful to assign candidates for suitable roles in their companies. The wide range of network helps people to watch out for or grasp things related to their profession to build up their career wisely. Can be useful for spreading information of various aspects that might help out the enthusiast looking/eager to start their work. Users exceed more than 75 million including downloads.

  • Fiverr

 A Freelancers portal where experts in a specific field, post their abilities to attract their clients. The payments can be given according to the work as preferred by the person who finishes the work. Consumers can clarify their doubts by contacting them directly and negotiate prices relevant to their work. This is another way of expertizing yourself and increasing fame by the way the job is completed as per the preferences of agents. It helps graduates to work independently and flexibly according as per one’s wish. This is a platform but to increase your popularity we must use some unique feature different from random people.

  • YouTube

This is a massive platform to expand your merchandise and expertise your business in a world-wide way. By creating a channel and posting videos of one’s relevant field it slowly gains attention of others. The recommendations on this domain will help them find out the exact content of what they require to be viewed. Since we create a channel, it promotes the brand of any organization including the channel also. So, its like two in one strike. I can consider this as a first and foremost media site to become recognized. This contains users of more than 100 million including downloads.

  •   ShareChat

This is mainly like IG(Instagram) useful for posting reels and random videos that can be used to give shoutouts or to spread a product brand by briefing the details about it. By this act relevant consumers can reach out in possible ways to get your product or join in as an employee to promote it all over the platforms. This increases the rate of viewers to move to next level.

  • Tik Tok

Similar to other random platforms hosted like ShareChat and Instagram the functions and the ways to promote are similar but the sponsors and viewers are similar. This is also accessed by millions of viewers as it is a raising music video online platform removed only from Indian servers there is a reduce in followers of their application but this platform is totally rather than that which can also be used for several necessary purposes in unavoidable and sudden circumstances like the happenings in flood how teenagers helped people. It has also beat other media apps including Facebook at its earliest arrival.

  • Twitter

This application is a user friendly and customer supported channel with more than 300 million followers as users. The only thing different from other platforms is the information posted or tweeted on this domain had never gone fake or a rumor. It is a 100 percent reality and can help people to be aware about it. This helps in increasing your connections as you increase services of your brand and prove the benefits to customers hence by some unique way. If it is genuine definitely it will be provoked as a famous one.

  •   Messenger

This is a kind of messaging featured inside the Facebook to text separately their known ones. It is built by the organization of Facebook in such a way that it stands alone. Can use it for business purposes for creating posters, newsletters and advertising them in a group. The users have crossed downloading more than 1 million recently a few years ago. The forms are similar to WhatsApp and the facilities are almost the same.

  1.   Facebook

The enormous wide range of platform that is very simple and contempt with all kinds of media files including documents. Sharing comments are also simple and gradually like posting things. The single information makes aware among people and encourage the promoters to gradually increase their company but showing their defects.

  •   WeChat

This is a lot more than that of texting people that consists of WhatsApp including Messenger under a single place enclosed as one. It has an advanced feature of shopping in internet, payment via it in either mode (offline or online) including booking tickets, money transfer and much more. Utilized by more than a million all over the globe that might help merchants to multi-task their work that saves time and increases captivity through this e-transaction funds can be moved easily to proceed their movement.

  •   SnapChat

This is another kind of platform that concentrates on contents in social media to share your precious memories and picture files including clippings in video format within the closed ones. This was the first platform to introduce the idea of short clips that was eventually copied by Instagram also used by more than 250 million people in the world. This platform is similar to other entertainment platforms like Instagram so it exhibits the same similarities to host or to promote any kind of business. You can find tools to make your videos look creative and attractive so to grab consumers to your brand.

  •    Pinterest

This website is quite similar to all the other platforms to encounter new happenings, events and get inspired as the main objective becomes to the enrollment of primary focus. This site can be useful to promote a marketer brand as most of the users find it effective to browse on the products/brands from different organizations. Being an active user will help in this place will help you to promote the product so quickly as it is full of purchasing based on how attractive the brand is and also different from others to make users purchase them. A popularized platform with more than two hundred and a half million followers.

  • Reddit

The basic page of any internet forum that helps users to provide suggestions, doubts regarding several brands and rate them accordingly. It has various sub platforms so people have a vast resource to explore and research the brands of several merchants in it with their uniqueness. So, it is an added advantage for retailers to give enough info regarding their brand that can help them to vote a specific brand enormously. The highest users of 330 million that holds the first position among all the other media domains.

  •  Viber

Has similar features as WhatsApp that has a unique feature in their stickers and GIF’s. The retailer can promote his brand through these funny stickers also get a premium in these advertisements and display multiple range of your brands and its commodity associated the merchant can provide a helpline for service of customers.

  • Discord

This domain is used for the recording of the gaming visuals and posting them in communities relevant to it that is designed especially for this purpose. This is not a much-interacted platform for users in marketing channels but they use this platform to enter in a sub-domain such as Slack for their communication purposes. That is used by more than 200 million people.

  •  Medium

If you are a blogger then I can recommend you to opt for this website in promoting your brand as an article by adding up its advantages as it is a mash up of two biggest things as one, they are the social network followed by publishing platform so it might fall it to eyes of readers and you can easily grab them with your content and creativity in it. It also works as a platform to make money as people know your brands and interact with your publications.

  •  Line

Created by Japanese that contains the exact and precise features of WeChat. By using the site for business, it will help you to promote your business and engage users to share the headlines of your specific brands that may include the offers of the stocks or reduction of prices that also has a multi-purpose function functionality.

  •   Quora

This is the path that never to comes to our mind when we think of posting, promoting and working in an amateur way as people can make your brand as a high noted one by making yourself to hold an authority position and the links to the brands, we have done articles to be commented by audiences in a generous way.

This content might be useful for people if they want some tips and ways to establish their brand under a popularized category and to maintain their organization for the brand they promoted via the group as a business category. Retailers can work on creating videos and posting them in these platforms that can be viewed by people within a short span of time worldwide. Promote the brand using their advantages and your voice of marketing so you can pull out the customers to become your consumers.

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INSPIRATIONAL TALE : Higher and Higher

HIGHER AND HIGHER, I ASPIRE TO GET.

I WISH I DONT FALL IN THE NET.

TAKING STEP BY STEP, IVE REACHED SO HIGH,

NOW I WISH TO GO EVEN HIGHER.

THE WORLD IS SAPHIRE.

MY ASPIRATIONS ARE SO GOLD

TO REACH THEM, THE SECRETS ARE UNTOLD

BUT, I CAN REACH HIGHER.

EVEN IF I AM STRONG

THEN TOO, I CAN GET WRONG.

BUT MY WILL, WILL TAKE ME HIGHER AND HIGHER.

MY MIND IS SO BOLD

IT AINT GETTING OLD

BUT OLD IS GOLD.

MY GRANNY TELLS ME THE SECRETS TO REACH MY GOAL

SHE HELPS ME TO TAKE EVERY STEP AHEAD AND MAKES SURE I DONT FALL IN THE HOLE.

MY WILL IS ON FIRE AND,

I WILL GO HIGHER, I WILL GO HIGHER!

STRAWBERRY AND ITS ORIGIN

ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRY :

Strawberries have a very ancient origin and are considered to be born in France. The first variety cultivated dates back to the beginning of the eighteenth century. Commonly, the term strawberry means the edible part of the Fragaria vesca plant, but in reality, they are not real fruits, but the enlarged receptacle of an inflorescence. The real fruits are identified in the so-called “achenes’’, or better known as the yellow seeds on the surface of the strawberry. It originates from France basically.

The first variety cultivated dates back to the beginning of the eighteenth century. Its scientific name is Fragaria and derives from the Latin word fragrans (fragrant), just in virtue of the intense aroma released by its fruits, especially those that grow spontaneously in the woods. The strawberry is a member of the Rosaceae family and the most common varieties are hybrid of the wild Virginia strawberry and Chilean variety. The strawberries that we currently grow and eat come from the creation of a hybrid, a random cross between two American octoploid species of Fragaria. Until just over two centuries ago, in fact, the strawberries that were known were wild spontaneous species, wild strawberries that grew in many areas of the world.

HISTORY OF STRAWBERRY :

According to mythology, the strawberry was particularly loved by the Romans especially during the holidays dedicated to Adonis and is governed by the planet Venus. When Adonis was gored by a wild boar, the tears that Venus, the goddess of love had reached the earth, turned into small red heart-shaped fruits. During the Middle Ages, this fruit, in shape and colour, began to be called “heart fruit”, as food capable of appeasing the passions of love. Later, the strawberry became a symbol of fertility due to its many exterior seeds. The fruit looks so alluring in fact, that strawberries were carved into church altars and cathedral pillars in medieval times to represent perfection.

Strawberry represents perfection in the Victorian language of the flower. A double strawberry will bring you, love! Legend has it that by breaking a double strawberry in half and sharing it with another person, you will fall in love with each other. The French considered strawberry to be an aphrodisiac. They served strawberry soup to newly-weds. In parts of Bavaria, country folk still practise the annual rite each spring of tying small baskets of wild strawberries to the horns of their cattle as an offering to elves. It is believed that the elves, who are passionately fond of strawberries, will bless healthy calves and abundance of milk in return.

Until the sixteenth century, strawberries weren’t extremely regarded. Then some individuals began to attribute their therapeutic qualities: in keeping with a German intellectual, Crollius, the fruit may cure the infectious disease as it was absolutely similar in look to the symptom of the disease; for Della orifice (Italian thinker and alchemist) it absolutely was instead a remedy for wounds as a result of it absolutely was red like blood; lady Tallien created a lot of use of it between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, who used 10 kilos at a time to wash and maintain lovely skin. The ancient Romans believed that the berries alleviated symptoms of melancholy, fainting, all inflammations, fevers, throat infections, kidney stones, halitosis, attacks of gout, and diseases of the blood, liver and spleen.

History of Strawberry

Strawberry, (genus Fragaria), genus of more than 20 species of flowering plants in the rose family and their edible fruit. Strawberries are native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and cultivated varieties are widely grown throughout the world. The fruits are rich in Vitamin C and are commonly eaten fresh as a dessert fruit, are used as a pastry or pie filling, and may be preserved in many ways. Strawberry shortcake—made of fresh strawberries, sponge cake, and whipped cream—is a traditional American dessert.

Strawberries are low-growing herbaceous plants with a fibrous root system and a crown from which arise basal leaves. The leaves  are compound, typically with three leaflets, sawtooth-edged, and usually hairy. The flowers, generally white, rarely reddish, are borne in small clusters on slender stalks arising, like the surface-creeping stems, from the axils of the leaves. As a plant ages, the root system becomes woody, and the “mother” crown sends out runners that touch ground and root, thus enlarging the plant vegetatively. Botanically, the strawberry fruit is considered an “accessory fruit” and is not a true berry. The flesh consists of the greatly enlarged flower receptacle and is embedded with the many true fruits, or achenes, which are popularly called seeds.

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CULTIVATION AND PLANTING :

The cultivated large-fruited strawberry originated in Europe in the 18th century. Most countries developed their own varieties during the 19th century, and those are often specially suitable for the climate, day length, altitude, or type of production required in a particular region. Strawberries are produced commercially both for immediate Consumption and for processing as frozen, canned, or preserved berries or as juice. Given the perishable nature of the berries and the unlikelihood of mechanical picking, the fruit is generally grown near centres of consumption or processing and where sufficient labour is available. The berries are handpicked directly into small baskets and crated for marketing or put into trays for processing. Early crops can be produced under glass or plastic covering. Strawberries are very perishable and require cool dry storage.

strawberry

The strawberry succeeds in a surprisingly wide range of soils and situations and, compared with other horticultural crops, has a low fertilizer requirement. It is, however, susceptible to drought and requires moisture-retaining soil or irrigation by furrow or sprinkler. Additionally, the plants are susceptible to nematodes and pathogenic soil fungi, and many growers sterilize the soil with chemicals such as methyl bromide prior to planting. Runner plants are planted in early autumn if a crop is required the next year. If planted in winter or spring, the plants are deblossomed to avoid a weakening crop the first year. Plants are usually retained for one to four years. Runners may be removed from the spaced plants, or a certain number may be allowed to form a matted row alongside the original parent plants. In areas with severe winters, plants are put out in the spring and protected during the following winters by covering the rows with straw or other mulches.

MAJOR SPECIES :

In addition to the dominant commercial variety (Fragaria ×ananassa), the musk, or hautbois, strawberry (F. moschata) is also cultivated in some areas for its unique musky aroma and flavour.

Wild strawberries grow in a variety of habitats, ranging from open woodlands and meadows to sand dunes and beaches. The woodland, or alpine, strawberry can be found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere and bears small intensely flavourful fruits. Common North American species include the virginia wild strawberry and the beach, or coastal strawberry .

EXPORTS AND PROFIT :

With the onset of summer, strawberry plants are fast turning into proverbial money-tree in the UK and other countries, where the prices of the delicate fruit have started soaring, inducing many an Indian firm to grow more for exporting the commodity to these countries.It is learnt that at least three firms had applied for permission to import nearly 1.3 million plants of strawberry from Europe and the US for growing in India.However, the agriculture ministry has allowed only Delhi-based Sheel Biotech to import 600,000 tissue culture plants of strawberry and denied permission to Mizoram’s Zopar Exports and Delhi’s Dev Bhumi Cold Chain for want of dealer licence.The agri-business firms feel that by growing imported plants in Himachal Pradesh and in the North-east, the quality of the fruit can be improved because of climatic conditions.

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If You Can Believe It, You Can Achieve It

Belief creates the actual fact.

I know what you’re thinking. “This guy probably read a motivational quote on social media and now he’s telling us that nothing is impossible. Yeah right.”

I think the world has no shortage of motivational articles, books, videos, or Facebook posts.

You don’t need a bigger dose of #mondaymotivation. You know why? That type of motivation is not practical. It doesn’t do anything. It’s not useful. It’s the same as drinking Red Bull. It fades quickly.

Belief, on the other hand, is a tool that’s extremely useful. And it’s underutilized by many.

The problem is that most of us lack belief. And when I talk about belief, I talk about it from a practical point of view.

I’m not talking about hope or faith. I don’t believe that you can “hope” for the best, sit back and wait until good things happen to you.

Hope is not a strategy for life. I prefer to look at facts and make conclusions like a pragmatist.

Like it or not, but everything that’s floating in that head of yours is there because you believe it.

  • “Life sucks.”
  • “I’m not good at my job.”
  • “I can never find my dream job.”
  • “No one loves me.”
  • “I will never become successful.”

See? It’s all there because you believe those things. William James, one of the primary figures associated with pragmatism, put it best:

“Belief will help create the fact.”

Belief is a practical instrument that you can use to shape reality.

Have you ever considered that you decide what you believe? Not your friends, colleagues, family, or even the media.

You observe things, and then decide what you believe. That’s why belief creates facts.

No, life is not an R. Kelly song. You can’t fly, no matter how hard you believe it.

A pragmatist always keeps it real.

  • You will never become a respectable leader without putting in the work.
  • Your life will never change unless you take action.

But that’s not the point. You know this. There’s no outcome without action.

It comes down to one thing: Do you believe that you can, or can’t live the life you want?

It’s as simple as that. But it’s something that you truly have to believe.

It’s one thing to say that you believe something. It’s a whole different thing to actually believe.

Let me highlight that by sharing a personal story. For most of my life, I lived in fear. It all started at school. People told me:

“If you don’t get good grades, you will not be accepted to a good university, and without a good degree, you will never get a job, and you will become a bum who dies alone.”

After hearing that, my seventeen-year-old brain went into a full-fledged panic mode. I started believing that stupid story.

Who wants to become a bum and die alone?

That’s a metaphor for not believing in yourself. Because somehow, that’s always the alternative.

If you do something that’s uncommon, or maybe a little risky, the common argument is that you become homeless.

I meet a lot of people who say they’ve made important life decisions based on fear.

  • Do you hate your job, but are you afraid to look for something else because you might lose your house?
  • Do you want to leave your spouse, but are you afraid you’ll die alone?
  • Do you study yourself to death because you’re afraid of what your parents will say when you quit?
  • Do you never expose your work to the world because you’re afraid people will throw rocks at you because you suck?

Will that really happen? Or is that just your mind acting up? Probably the latter.

I always wanted to become a writer. Back in school, I wrote poems for my girlfriend. It was kind of pathetic, but hey, she enjoyed my weird poems. But all jokes aside, I loved to read and enjoyed putting my thoughts on paper.

But no, every adult in my life was trying to scare me to death. “You can’t make a living as a writer.” They were probably right. It’s not easy to make a living by writing.

So what? Everything that’s worth it is hard. I didn’t realize that back then.

So I gave up my goal. I decided to pick the safe road and pursue a degree in business. I don’t regret that decision because I’ve learned many useful things.

But the whole experience turned me into a fearful creature. Because after that whole scare-fest in school, I eventually stopped believing in myself.

I stopped writing and reading. And that’s a pure waste of time that I could’ve used for practicing my skills.

You can achieve anything (as long as you believe in it).

What’s something you once believed in but stopped believing because of fear? I think we’ve all been there. If you’re not careful, you’ll always stay there.

For me, it wasn’t until two or three years ago that I figured out belief is an instrument that can help you to achieve your goals.

Somehow I started reading about pragmatism (which is a way of thinking).

And it completely changed my own way of thinking. I realized that not believing in yourself is useless. So I decided to believe that I could live the life I wanted.

Granted, I’m not fully paying the bills by writing yet. I run a business and do consult. But I do make some money with my blog. And that’s pretty good to know for the seventeen-year-old version of me.

Believing in yourself is very simple. You can do it too. Just understand that belief is an instrument. That idea is not new or anything. It’s been around for hundreds of years. People just have different names for it.

I don’t care how you call it. But guess what happened since I’ve been using belief as an instrument? Most things I believed are facts now. And the other stuff I believe will one day become a fact.

How am I so certain?

Because my mind can conceive it. And if your mind can conceive it, you can achieve it.

That’s not a motivational quote. That’s a fact.

Do you believe it?

Why You Don’t Need To Sacrifice Anything To Be Successful

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What does it take to be successful? No matter what your definition of success is, you know that it’s not easy to achieve it.

Even a simple definition of success like “I want to live life on my own terms” requires hard work. Every sane person who aspires to live a good life understands that.

But when people start talking about the things you have to give up for success, I think they are going down a dark path. No matter what you’re trying to achieve in life; under no circumstances should you “sacrifice” anything.

“But what about all the hard work you’re talking about? I need to sacrifice all the other things I want to do.”

The answer to that question is simple. No one said it better than Tony Robbins:

“If you think it’s a sacrifice, you shouldn’t do it.”

Whether you like Tony Robbins or not, you can’t deny he successfully achieved his goals. He communicates his goals all the time. He talks about how he wants to feed millions of people. And then he does it.

When I started on this whole self-improvement journey, I thought I had to sacrifice things.

  • “I can’t go out every weekend anymore.”
  • “I can’t spend my money on useless things.”
  • “I can’t go on holiday this year.”
  • “I need to read every day.”
  • “I need to stay positive.”

When you put it like that to yourself, it looks like you’re sacrificing many things in your life. But that’s the wrong way to look at it.

When you think you have to sacrifice something in your life in order to be successful, what do you think will happen?

You will build frustration and resentment towards yourself. And guess what happens then? That lofty goal that should have made you happy ends up making you miserable.

Don’t Sacrifice—Prioritize

I live by a simple rule: If I think something is a sacrifice, I’m not going to do it.

I look at everything I do as a choice. No one forced me to work hard. Similarly:

  • You’re not sacrificing your free time. You’re spending your time getting better at what you do.
  • You’re not sacrificing fun. You’re getting smarter by reading a book.
  • You’re not sacrificing a holiday and rest. You’re loving the grind.

Sure, everyone needs time off. In fact, I believe resting increases our productivity. I’m not talking about that here. It’s about the way we look at our lives.

If you change your mindset from” I’m sacrificing something” to “I’m choosing something,” you’re prioritizing your life. You are no longer looking at what you’re missing out on; instead, you look at what you’re getting out of your life.

You know, this idea of sacrificing things to become successful comes from our nature to compare our lives to others. Why do you think you look at things as a sacrifice? Compared to what? Exactly, you compare it to what others do.

“Well, so and so is having an avocado salad at a rooftop bar in SoHo.” Who gives a shit.

Work-life Balance Doesn’t Exist

Another challenge is that we still believe in the work-life balance. Let’s just settle that whole conversation right here. The dialogue always goes as follows:

  • We work to pay the bills.
  • And our work takes up 8-9 hours of our days.
  • That means we spend the majority of our time working or going to work.
  • In other words: Your work IS your life.

I’m always amazed when people talk about life and work as separate entities. You are your work. And your work is you. There’s nothing good or bad about that. It’s merely a fact.

Look, the solution to having a successful life is picking a career that fits your goals, lifestyle, and strengths. You want a job that doesn’t feel like a job.

“But how can I get a job I love so I don’t have to worry about work-life balance?”

You probably won’t like this, but here’s my honest answer: Prioritize learning over pleasure.

Get better at what you do. Find out what your strengths are, and work in a field where you can be part of the important minority (Price’s Law).

That means you always choose to improve your skills over going for drinks. That’s not a sacrifice. It’s a well-considered choice.

Dreamy Colorful Auroras

In the northern and southern pole, beautiful lights show in the sky, best seen at night. They are colorful and mesmerizing to watch. They are called aurora or polar lights. Auroras were first seen in 1791 in New England. The word Aurora is the name of a Roman goddess of dawn. These are mostly seen in high altitude regions that is around Arctic and Antarctic regions.

There are auroral zones between 10o to 20o from the geomagnetic poles. “Auroral oval” is the name given to the region which displays the aurora. The Aurora that appears in the region near to northern pole are called Aurora Borealis and the Aurora that appears in the region near to southern pole are called Aurora Australis.

how this colorful auroras are formed?

You may wonder to know that the reason behind this beautiful event, which mostly appears at night, is our very own star, The Sun. He is boiling and burning continuously since formation. The temperature of the sun at his surface is 5,505o C. But inside in the core of the sun, the temperature is 15 million degree Celsius. As the temperature fluctuates, some charged particles are thrown out of his outermost surface and travel outwards. The technical term for this is “The Solar Wind”. This wind reaches the earth and the charged particles strike with the atoms in the atmosphere. Because of this, excitation in the energy of the electrons occur and when they are returning to the original energy level, release photons which is the light we see. The earth`s magnetic field diverts these charged particles towards the poles. Hence these phenomena can only be seen in these areas.

How the light is of differnt colors?

Aurora of different colors are seen. Sometime they are green, blue and sometimes they are yellow or violet. The reason for the different colors are the atoms with which the charged particles colloid. Collision with Oxygen molecules caused yellow and green light. Collision with nitrogen caused blue, red and violet colors. the molecular nitrogen gives purple color but the atomic nitrogen gives blue.

Altitude also affects the colors produced. At a height of 150 miles green light will appear and above that red will appear. Blue lights appear up to 60 miles and above that purple and violet colors appear.

These auroras can be seen in other planets also. But the planet must be having its atmosphere and active magnetic field. In our solar system Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune experience auroras.

The Aurora borealis is always present. But they can be seen when the sky and air are clear. September-October and March-April are the best time to watch these phenomena. NASA says after 2 days of sun spot activity these lights are brighter.

best places to watch aurora:

Darker the place better you can view the aurora. Choose a place away from light pollution and air pollution. Get a place with a larger view of open sky free of clouds. The places near to the Arctic circle are best. This may include Alaska, Iceland, Greenland Norway, Finland etc.

To capture this beauty you don’t need any expensive camera. A normal camera with a tripod will be more than enough for you. The Aurora Borealis appears and disappears very fast, hence you must be patient and quick enough to take a good picture of this beautiful event.

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Only If, above images makes your mouth watering then please give me your 5 minutes and read this post.

HI there,

As we all are in the middle of pandemic (Global Corona virus) and World is facing the worst situation ever. Many have lost their life, jobs and known one and this is very sad. when it started there was the number but this ye (2021) its name, yes some where everyone is effected by this, that might be health loss or Money issue or anything. The main pillar of our country is News channels, When its all started in 2019 from News, as per my experience I was getting less information but more negativity from social media or any new channel. I am not sure about your situation but yes I was very scared with the statement which was used by the news host and all.

So, here what I started to overcome this, First I started taking care of things and second spending healthy and good time with family. Yes!! I order to start that I used my phone and one supper information app Which is called and known as “YouTube”. You all having this in your smart phone and that too free. If not you can install in using below link

Youtube: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube&hl=en&gl=us

Wait m kidding you people already having this. I started cooking , main point is I had never cooked any thing what helps me to be a good cook is below:

According to me below is my Top 4 favorite YouTube channel for learn cooking

  • Nisha Madhulika

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NishaMadhulika

Website:https://nishamadhulika.com/

She is my fav cook over the YouTube, I learned so many things from her. Way of cooking is very fine I think just like my mom so I got more connected with her.

She started her channel on “Aug 2, 2009”. she never stopped then and now she is the first to get 11.7M subscribers in YouTube at this age its really inspiring to new comers like us

She cooks all Indian dished in a very homemade way, even if you are using any specific Masala to enhance your dish test she will teach you how to cook that at home. Cool No!!

So during lockdown when we are prohibited to go out I made dished with help of her video. I have attended her YouTube and website like Please go and check if you like that plz like this post as well.

My fav dish: Gobhi Ka Parath ” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrp8F6Nm44U“

  • CookingShooking Hindi and CookingShooking (English)

My second fav is this CookingShooking, name is so attractive right! This guy name is Yaman Agarwal Joined YouTube on Apr 4, 2017 and till now he is having 11.7M subscribers in his Hindi Channel and 4.26M subscribers in his English YouTube channel.

He is very good at cooking teach you to think in the way that you can relate cooking with work and You can make any dish.

In this age he got many award for this and my mon loves his dished which I made

Here is my fav:

Pani puri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQftx4TUh0

Veg Dum Biryani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRt5965L9U

Channel Hindi: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTbNOCtAGaqOEnLMeo3JTeg

Channel English: https://www.youtube.com/user/CookingShooking

The above picture of Mr. Kabita, she is having YouTube channel called Kabits’s Kitchen, she started her journey on Oct 7,2014 and currently having 10.7 M subscribers. She will teach you how to cook food using your in home utensils and gas no other equipment needed.

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChqsCRFePrP2X897iQkyAA

My fav: Oats Chilla “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iINViiUZYA“

Before I write any thing about my next cook you must watch my fav dish video “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH5Onnj_mKA&t=41s“. The name is “bharatzkitchen” available in Hindi and English and there you will get all the desi recipes in very easy way.

Bharat has joined YouTube on Aug 10 2016 with Hindi channel and having 9.74 M Subscriber till and in his English cooking channel he is having around 514 K subscribers which he started on Nov 14, 2012.

Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfD08FDOGbzIxCduGKkJ0Xg

English one: https://www.youtube.com/user/bharatzkitchen

World Population Day 2021

11th July is celebrated as THE WORLD POPULATION DAY every year. This day is devoted to focusing on the relevance of population issues. World Population Day was rooted by the Governing Council of the United National Development Programme in 1989, as an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.

The theme for 2021 is rights and choices.

1) Population in India

image source: Google | image by: Statista

2) Understanding our population 

The total number of children a woman bears is inversely proportional to the following:

  • Literacy
  • Per capita income
  • Development 

It’s been proved that as the above-mentioned factors rise, the total fertility decreases.

The total number of children a woman bears is directly proportional to the following:

  • Infant mortality rate
  • Poverty
  • Illiteracy
  • Unemployment

It’s been proved that as the above-mentioned factors rise, the total fertility rises too.

Our population is growing but at a decreasing rate. It is not an explosion. The total fertility rate, i.e. the average number of children a woman beers, has significantly decreased from 5 to 2.2-2.3 in the last 50 years. The replacement fertility rate, i.e. the number of children a woman needs to have so that the population replaces itself from one generation to another generation is 2.1. Approximately 20 states and UTs in India are very close to it.

3)Why is overpopulation a concern

  • Resources

Well, the rate of growth in the number of human beings is greater than the growth of resources. This means the more the population grows, the difficult it gets to sustain everyone.

  • Environmental destruction

As the number of people grows, more resources and places to live are required to destroy natural habitat. This leads to the loss of animal habitat and they’re seen wandering around in human civilization.

  • Unemployment

An increase in the number of people, increases the demand for jobs to sustain oneself and we as a nation have failed to provide jobs.

  • Poverty

A direct relation between poverty and population has been proved by researchers. This means as poverty rises, so does population and vice versa. Along with these, overpopulation brings:

  • Social religious conflicts
  • Climate change
  • Outbreak of diseases
  • Social unrest
  • Political instability 

4) Benefits of having a bigger population

  • A high population is an asset, which can be utilized gracefully. We can have an ample number of professionals in all the fields and can even outsource our services. There is more production of goods.
  • 4-2-1 problem, i.e 1 child looking up to 4 grandparents and 2 parents, is avoided.
  • We’ll have a balance between the ones earning and the ones depending on pensions because if the number of children born is dropped suddenly, the ones depending on pensions will far outgrow the ones earning and that would be very hard to sustain.

5) How not to tackle population

  • Population Regulation Bill or a 2 child policy

Implementing such a policy is punishing someone for having kids in the form of banning them from elected offices, eliminating them from government schemes and subsidies, government jobs, and even snatching their food by excluding them from PDS. What do you think are the probable effects of these?

A population reduction? NAH. This coercion will lead to even more poverty in the nation which is in the first place one of the root causes of a high population. Furthermore, this may lead to a poor sex ratio as in the case of China which saw sex-selective abortions, foeticides, and even bride price practice which is in simple words buying a bride and might even lead to people bringing girls from poor nations to marry them.

  • Forced sterilization

Sanjay Gandhi and Indira Gandhi led one of the Forced sterilization drives, which is never the answer. Because it violates the choice of the couple, and the right to reproduce which is a basic human right. Even if it doesn’t violate a right, it is unethical to the very roots. Approximately 10 million men were sterilized during that drive and it had no substantial effect on the population growth but had various side effects like deaths and the spread of diseases.

  • Blaming Muslims 

How many times have you heard the statement that Muslims give birth to more children so that one day they can outnumber the Hindu population, or even politicians asking their Hindu following to have more and more children to just come in way of Muslims outnumbering them? Well India’s last census, conducted in 2011, revealed that Hindus make up 79.8% of the population, while Muslims make up 14.2%. and Muslims have more children because of their developmental and literacy levels. Because in states with a higher development, the total fertility rate of Muslims is less too, and the fall in the total fertility rate of Muslims is less than the fall in the total fertility rate of Hindus. All politicians are doing is find a shortcut to avoid tackling the matter with sincerity and propose these stupid ideas.

Forced population control measures are a problem, the solution lies in the development.

6) How to tackle population?

  • Understanding and choosing better leaders for ourselves, voting for the ones who focus on development rather than playing a blame game.
  • Mass education about family planning and contraceptive techniques.
  • Creating job opportunities, improving healthcare facilities and focusing on education would tackle a lot of other significant issues along with overpopulation.
  • Improving access to contraceptives
  • Increasing investment in family planning projects

7) Takeaway

The need of the hour is to plan instead of punishing, utilizing the asset it’s blessed with instead of declaring it a disaster and blaming everything on it and stabilization of population instead of trying to control it. And lastly, having a government that owns up to its responsibilities.

references

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/IND/india/population

https://www.statista.com/statistics/263766/total-population-of-india/

11th July – World Population Day

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the new population policy today, saying increasing population is the root of major problems, including inequality prevailing in the society.

“Population control is the primary condition for the establishment of an advanced society. Let us, on this ‘World Population Day’, take a pledge to make ourselves and the society aware of the problems arising from the increasing population”

Yogi Adityanath tweeted

Population Explosion in India

Baby boom or population explosion is one of the major problems being faced by India. India is an overpopulated country, the second largest in the world after China. Thanks to the progress of medical science, the mortality rate has appreciably declined and the life expectancy increased. These have resulted in rapid growth in the population of children, youngsters and those above sixty years of age. These population trends have further complicated the matters and there is heavy pressure on the country’s economic and natural resources. The baby boom has very adversely affected our economy, planning and development.

According to 2010 census, India’s population stood at 12.5 billion. It means India is the land of 20% of the world’s population with just 2.42 percent of the earth area. The average density in terms of population is 350 persons per sq. km. Which varies from place to place and state to state. At the present rate of growth in our population it is feared that in the coming years India would beat China behind . The increasing number of babies has set alarm bells ringing. The problem has created many other serious difficulties like unemployment, food scarcity, poverty, illiteracy, starvation, shelterlessness, insanitation, pollution and so on.

More than 5,500 new mouths are there every day to be fed. Over 1.3 million people are added to our population every year. It means India’s population would double within the next few years. The number of people is multiplying very fast and there seems no effective check on it. This explosion in population has nullified all our economic and developmental achievements. The planners, policy makers, economists and leaders feel on the horns of the dilemma. In these circumstances, it has become almost impossible to improve the quality of life and living standard to an appreciable level. It has neutralized all efforts of poverty alleviation and obtaining of sustainable food security. The enormity of the problem has been realised but matching and commensurate measures to check the baby boom and control the rise in the population have not been taken.

The fertility in Indian women is very high. Here a girl of 15-16 years of age is mature enough to conceive and deliver a baby, if married. The tropical climate has further aggravated the situation. Most of the people in village, towns and slums are totally unaware of the family planning methods and measures. They still believe children to be the gift of gods and regard them as divine ornaments of a woman. Small and marginal farmers, daily labourers, mill workers etc. have large families and refuse to plan their families. The backward and most populated States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh etc. have abnormally high rate of population growth. In these States the use of contraceptives like condoms, copper Ts etc. has declined in recent years. We are still groping in the dark as far as population stabilisation is concerned. We have to stabilise the population in relation to our resources.

In spite of 60 years of independence there has been no national policy on population. Experts believe that we are decades behind in population stabilisation in comparison to China. They opine that as long as elementary education and primary health care are neglected nothing concrete and palpable can be achieved in this matter. What is needed is emulation of Kerala’s demographic transformation but is seems rather impossible unless the same literacy rate prevails in other States as it does in Kerala. Economic and literary backwardness are major factors of baby boom in India as is evident from the demographic figures in such backward States as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan etc. Lack of common civil code is another stumbling block in strictly adhering to the 2 children family norm. Our leaders should rise to the occasion and realise the urgency to check the baby boom. They should come forward with a firm, specific and result-oriented national policy on population and family planning.

UP’s Growth Rate 3.1 Against National Rate of 2.7, ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’ Must be Followed

– Yogi Adityanath on the occasion of World Population Day, 2021

Political Parties

Political parties are the voluntary associations of individuals with broad ideological identity who agree on some policies,formulate an agenda and programme for the society.Political parties seek to implement thier policies by winning people’s support through election.Parties vary in size and in the ways they organize themselves as well as in the ways they organize themselves as well as in their policies.Any political party has three basic components
• the leader
• the active members
• the followers

Importance of political parties

Political parties are the backbone of democracy.Parties are not part of the formal arrangement of a government but they are essential elements to form the government.They formulate public opinion.They serve as intermediaries between the citizen and the policy makers.

A party is recognized if
• it has been engaged in political activity for five years
• its candidates secure at least six percent of total votes in the last general election.

Characteristics of Political parties

Political parties

• consist a group of persons of common goals and shaved values.
• have its own ideology and programme.
• capture power only by constitutional means.
• endeavour to promote the national interest and national welfare.

Types of Party system

There are three major types of Party system.

Single party system:
a system in which a single political party has the right to form the government.Single party is existed in the communist countries such as China.North Korea and Cuba.

Bi-party system:
In Bi – Party system the power is usually shared between two parties.Of the two parties one becomes the ruling party and the other becoms opposition.eg Bi – Party system can be seen in U.K.(the labour and the conservative party) and in U.S.A(the Republican party and the Democratic party)

Multi – party system:
When the competition for power is among three or more parties,the system is known as multi party system.This type of party system is in existence in India, France, Sweeden and Norway etc.

Party system in India

Countries that follow a federal system have two kinds of parties.India’s party system originated in the late 19th century.In fact India has the largest number of political parties in the world.In India we find the existence of political parties at three levels.They are National parties, Regional parties,and Registered but unrecognised parties (independent candidates). Every party in the country has to register with Election Commission.

Criteria for Recognition

The election Commission of India has some criteria for the recognition of political parties in India.

Recognized parties

Parties that fulfill these criteria are called recognized parties.They are given a unique symbol by the Election Commission.A registered but unrecognized political party cannot contest election on its own symbol.Thia party has to choose one symbol form free symbol ‘poll panel’ announced by the Election Commission.

Majority party

The political party whose number of candidates elected is more than the others is called the majority party.The Majority party forms and runs the government.They select and appoint their ministers to run the government.They play a decisive role in making laws for the country.

Minority party

Those with lesser number of elected candidates are called the minority party.

Opposition party

The party which gets second largest number of seats next to the majority party in the election is called the Opposition party.An effective opposition of the democracy.They are as important as that of ruling party.They check the autocratic tendencies of the ruling party.They critically examine the policies and bills introduced by the government.They raise their voice on the failures and wrong policies.They highlight important issues which are not acted upon the Government.The leader of the Opposition party enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister.

Coalition Government

In a Muliparty system a single party sometimes may not secure the majority required to form the government.In such a case,some parties join together to form the government.Such government is called Coalition Government.

Electoral symbols and its importance

An electoral symbol is a standardized symbol allocated to a political party.They paly an important role in elections.They can be easily identified, understood, remembered and recognized by the voters.The election Commission has stopped allocating are the lion and the elephant.The only exceptions are the lion and the elephant.The symbol of nationally recognized parties is standard throughout India.That symbol will not be allocated to any other party or individual.state parties are allocated to certain symbols that no other party to certain symbols that no other party can use the symbol in that particular state but which different parties in different states can use the same symbol.(e.g.Shiv sena in Maharashtra and Jharkhand Mukti Morsha in Jharkhand use bow and arrow as their symbol).Both National and Regional parties trigger the growth of the nation and work for the welfare of the people.

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Welcome to the series world

Series have a major impact on the teenage world. But as of now due to the outbreak of COVID the Series world gained the population among various age groups. One of the most favorite and most popular among them is the Vampire Diaries. The series is set in the fictional town of Mystic Falls were Vampires lead the as the main characters of the series. It is a Horror, Supernatural and fantasy drama.

It is a series consisting of 8 seasons with 171 episodes. The story circles around the Mystic falls charged with supernatural history . The story follows the life of Elena Gilbert the main lover girl who falls in love with Stephan , an 164 year old vampire. The story creates a love triangle between Damon , the brother of Stephan , Elena and Damon. The story continues in which a critical condition of Elena turning into a Vampire , which she despised more to live like.

Both the Salvatore Brothers guard her as the apple of her eyes . Damon and Stephan long back fell in love with the same girl Katherine , which turned out to be wrong path of their lives . As the story moves they get entangled again in the same situation . History got repeated . In each season the strength and the nature of the enemies get changed. Maybe it would be more appropriate to say that the complexities increased.

In midst of these Elena faces a lot of loses of her lovable ones. Atlas she is left with her brother Jeremy Gilbert . The story was made alive more because of her close friends, Bonnie – the Benet Witch and Caroline Forbes who was also turned into a vampire in midst. The story not only consists of the vampires but also the Original vampire family, werewolves, hybrids, travelers, witches, immortal villains , Vampire hunters and many more characters. It is definitely a watch on list series .

Many may think about the 8 seasons and its overlong episodes . But once you start watching on , there is no going back . A binge watch is assured. You may also repeat watching the same from the first as if it turns out to be your first time . I suggest you all to watch on this and know the rest of the story . The pair that comes out at last may even surprise us. And I assure that we would really feel bad for some of their endings .

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FOOD PRESERVATION

Food preservation is the process of prevention of food from decay or spoilage, by storing in a condition fit for future use. Food is preserved to
✓increase the shelf life of food
✓retain the colour, texture, flavour and nutritive value
✓increase food supply
✓decrease wastage of food

Methods of Food Preservation

The various method of food preservation are explained below.

Drying

Drying is the process of preservation of food by removal of water/moisture content in the food. It can be done either by sun – drying, (e.g. cereals, fish ) or vacuum drying (e.g. milk powder, cheese powder ) or hot air drying (e.g. grapes, dry fruits, potato flakes ). Drying inhibits the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts and moulds.

Smoking

In this process, food products like meat and fish are exposed to smoke. The drying action of the smoke tends to preserve the food.

Irradiation

Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to optimum levels of ionizing radiations like x – rays, gamma rays or UV rays to kill harmful bacteria and pests and to preserve its freshness.

Cold storage

It is a process of storing the perishable foods such as vegetables, fruits and fruit products, milk and milk products etc. at low temperature. Preserving the food products at low temperature slows down the biological and chemical reactions and prevents its spoilage.

Freezing

Freezing is one of the widely used methods of food preservation. This process involves storing the below 0°C at which microorganisms cannot grow, chemical reactions are reduced and metabolic reactions are also delayed.

Pasteurization

Pasteurization is a process of heat treatment of liquid food products. e.g. For preservation of milk and beverages. This process also involves boiling of milk to a temperature of 63°C for about 30 minutes and suddenly cooling to destroy the microbes present in the milk.

Canning

In this method of food preservation, most vegetables, fruits, meat and dairy products, fruit juices and some ready-to-eat foods are processed and stored in a clean, steamed air tight containers under pressure and then sealed. It is then subjected to high temperature and cooled to destroy all microbes.

Addition of Preservatives

Food can be preserved by adding natural and synthetic preservatives.

Natural preservatives

Some naturally available materials like salt, sugar and oil are used as food preservatives.

Addition of salt

It is one of the oldest methods of preserving food. Addition of salt removes the moisture content in the food by the process of osmosis. This prevents the growth of bacteria and reduces the activity of microbial enzymes. Meat, fish, gooseberry, lemon and raw mangoes are preserved by salting. Salt is also used as a preservative in pickles, canned foods etc.

Addition of sugar

Sugar/Honey is added as a preservative to increase the shelf life of fruits and fruit products like jams, jellies, squash, etc. The hygroscopic nature of sugar/honey helps in reducing the water content of food and also minimizing the process of oxidation in fruits.

Addition of oil

Addition of oil in pickles prevents the contact of air with food. Hence microorganisms cannot grow and spoil the food.

Synthetic preservatives

Synthetic food preservatives like sodium benzoate, citric acid, vinegar, sodium meta bisulphate and potassium bisulphate are added to food products like sauces, jams, jellies, packed foods and ready-to-eat foods. These preservatives delay the microbial growth and keep the food safe for long duration.

How To Work Hard Without Burning Out

Do you ever feel that the demands of your job are too much? If so, that’s not a surprise. Modern-day life demands much of us as human beings.

That has been the case for decades. And often, those high demands result in burnout. Researchers have studied the phenomenon of burnout from the 70s. The results? It’s not good.

Research shows that high levels of burnout are associated with the following issues:

  • Anxiety.
  • Depression.
  • Sleep disturbance.
  • Memory impairment.
  • Neck pain.

And there’s more. Burnout increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
And there’s even more. But I think you get the point.

So it’s safe to say that working hard has a price. Personally, I’m very well aware of these risks. I’ve experienced stress because of high job demands in the past.

It doesn’t matter whether your manager has high demands, or whether you have high demands of yourself.

Both result in the same thing: You can’t deal with the daily demands, and that’s what will exhaust you.

How do you prevent that? Unfortunately, that answer is not straightforward. Scientific research only investigates cause and effect.

We know that high job demands increase the risk of burnout. But how can you keep up with the high demands of modern-day work, and not burnout?

I’ve found that there’s not a single answer to that question. No one can say: Do XYZ and you will never burnout.

It’s much better to know yourself, know your job, and understand one thing: Hard work is great, but not at all least.

I can’t give you a blueprint. But what I can do is share with you how I personally prevent burning out.

Over the last 1,5 years, I’ve been working 6 or 7 days a week. And in that period, I just went on one 10-day holiday. I also don’t feel like I need a holiday — a feeling that I had every six months in the past.

I’ve worked hard. Almost every day. But I’ve also managed to stay sane (most of the time). Here’s how I did it.

1. Love What You Do

Let’s get the cliché out of the way first. Work is a lot easier when you enjoy it. We all know what. But did you know that you can also learn to enjoy your current job?

You have two choices:

  1. Complain and say that you hate your crappy job.
  2. Make the best of it.

Sometimes we forget that we always have the ability to decide. If you hate your job, that’s your decision. Marcus Aurelius put it best:

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

But you can also choose to get better at what you do. And if that’s not possible, see it as a temporary place.

We’ve all had jobs that we didn’t like. Just deal with it and find something else. But in the meantime, you better enjoy what you do. If you search hard enough, you can always see the bright side of everything.

2. Don’t Overestimate Yourself

Some of us think we can handle everything that comes on our way.

“Do you want to take on this project?”
“I think you should go for this promotion.”
“Do you want to speak at our event?”

Yes, Yes, YES!

But here’s the thing: You’re not superman or superwoman.

Sometimes it’s time to say: No, no, NO.

3. Ask For Help

Hello there, your proud person, who never asks for help!

“I can do it on my own,” is probably your mantra.

Sure, you’re awesome and all. But no one can do it on their own. You need help. You need a support system. Don’t even think you can do it by yourself.

Reach out to colleagues, friends, managers, family, or any person you know. People will understand. And if they don’t, they are not your friends.

4. Don’t Feel Guilty

Do you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders? Do you feel like you’re responsible for your family, friends, employees, or other people? It’s time to lighten up.

First of all, people can take care of themselves — they don’t need you to be their hero. And second, what kind of leader, friend, spouse, are you if you burnout? Exactly.

5. What’s The Point?

Sometimes we do shit that doesn’t make any sense at all. So ask yourself that question. No good answer? Don’t do it.

I’m all about practicality. What does that mean? Here’s the definition:

“Mindful of the results, usefulness, advantages or disadvantages, etc., of action or procedure.”

The result is the only thing that matters.

6. You Can’t Have It All

I’ve come to terms with the fact that I can’t have everything I want. I can’t spend time with friends, family, work hard, go to the gym, travel, at the same time. Realistically, I have to pick one or two things to focus on.

Life is about making decisions. If you want to do things well, with all your attention, you have to make some sacrifices.

You only have limited time. You can’t buy more of it. So you have to spend it wisely. How will you spend it? Decide and stick with it. FOMO is for the delusional.

7. Exercise Every Day

Daily exercise reduces stress, anxiety, and improves your focus. “I know it.” Well, why don’t you do it then?

Since I’ve been running every day, I’ve gotten a lot better with dealing with stress. Daily exercise is a must. It’s simple: Just do it every day. No excuses.

8. CHILL

Honestly, it’s okay to do nothing sometimes. It’s only life. Who cares? It’s easy to take everything way too seriously.

  • “I need to make more money.”
  • “I need to get this promotion.”
  • “I need to buy a new car.”

Says who?

Also, do you get annoyed by everything? That’s not a good sign. In that case, you definitely should relax.

And realize that everyone is facing the same challenges. Life is not easy, you know. So don’t make it even harder by being such a serious person.

There you go. That’s my recipe for working hard and enjoying myself. I always remember that everything in life is only temporary. And if I don’t like my life, I change it.

What do I have to lose? Money? Reputation? Screw that. I don’t need it. You can always start over. What was that again? The journey is the reward? Yes.

Leave The Office On Time and Don’t Take Your Work Home

These two lessons are true for every person who wants a long, happy, and satisfying career.

But it’s very hard to put that advice into practice. It took me the first six years of my career to figure that out. And I still have to remind myself that life is bigger than work.

Almost everywhere that I’ve worked in the past, there was a “perception is reality” culture.

That means looks are more important than reality. In other words: The person who’s in the office the longest appears to be the hardest worker. Now, that may be true.

But that’s not what matters. We all know that the only thing that counts is results. However, we collectively insist on looking at vanity factors like participation in meetings, hours spent at the office, and how fast people respond to emails.

It’s pathetic. At our family business, we encourage everyone to leave when they are done for the day. We’ve learned that focusing on priorities is a much better metric than only looking at the hour’s someone works.

And still, people find it uncomfortable to say, “I’ve finished my top priorities, I’m going home.” I get it. When you work in a group, you don’t want to make others feel bad or that things are unfair.

But think about why you’re working in the first place. You’re there to contribute. To your own company, or the company you work for.

Working Too Long Is Unproductive

Now, I’m sure people love to be in your presence for 10 hours a day, but that doesn’t mean you have to stick around so long that you become unproductive. Because that’s one of the main reasons we’ve stopped working standard 9 or 10 hour days. It’s useless.

There’s a large body of research that proves working long hours is counterproductive.

Working too much and the stress that goes along with it can lead to depression, sleep problems, impaired memory, and even heart disease.

You get the idea. That’s why my first rule of work is this:

Leave On Time

The other day I was talking to my mentor about how great it is to love your job. He said: “I’ve never had a job in my life that I didn’t love. It’s one of the most gratifying things in life.”

But like my mother always says, “too much of a good thing becomes bad.” I believe that’s the same with work. Now, I’m not talking about intensity.

Don’t get me wrong, I work my ass off. Always have done. But just don’t go on for too long.

The art of working hard is knowing when to quit. But like my mentor told me, that’s very hard: “My biggest problem was that I worked too much. I left the house at 7 AM and came back at 11 PM. That’s too much.”

You must protect yourself against too much work.

And it’s straightforward. Just leave the office on time.

Whether you love your job or not — it doesn’t matter. When it’s time to go home, GO!

No one needs you to be at the office 24/7. Only your ego does. Honestly, the office will be here tomorrow. Your co-workers will still be alive. Your company will not go bust.

Work is about achieving results. If you can’t do that in 6–8 hours a day, you’re not effective. So instead of working overtime, read a book on personal effectiveness or get productivity training.

Leave Your Work At Work

But don’t just go home and bring your work with you. That defeats the whole purpose.

No one thinks it’s cool when you’re closing deals on the phone at dinner. You’re also not doing yourself a service by continually thinking about work when you’re at home.

Relax a bit. Play some Call of Duty. Cook dinner for your spouse. Take the kids for a walk. Whatever.

Look, living a happy life is very simple. It’s all within our control. We can decide what makes us happy. I have printed this Marcus Aurelius quote on my journal to remind me of that:

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

We all know that money, success, fame, or recognition, by themselves, don’t make us happy. And yet, we work too much to obtain those things that don’t even make us happy in the first place.

So why do we keep working too much that it hurts us?

It could be our ego. Maybe we just can’t help ourselves. It’s different for every person. Personally, I don’t care about the reason. All I know is that too much work has a negative impact on the quality of your life and work.

What matters is that we protect ourselves from our own stupidity. We’re just like kids. We need rules to live happily and safely.

That’s why the first rule of work is that we leave the office on time. The second rule is that we don’t take our work home.

And the third rule? Let’s not worry about that for now. We’ll get to that another time. It’s time for me to go home.