Life Tips : Do it in 20s to avoid regrets in 30s & 40s

1. Build a foundation for health.
In your twenties it's easy to feel like you're invincible. That fast food and the five margaritas you downed the night before burn right off and you wake up the next morning feeling fine. This does not last. Start building healthy habits now before they catch up to you later. At 30, I'm still struggling with this one myself. Get in the habit of eating healthfully and exercising. Your body will thank you for years later.

2. Learn resiliency.
Your twenties is a time when most are relatively free of the responsibilities that will increase into your thirties and forties. This is a great time to experiment, fail, and bounce back. Learn how to ride out failure and persevere. Life is full of challenges. The twenties are a great time to toughen up and start teaching yourself how to be emotionally and mentally resilient enough to weather both the joys and hardships to come.

3. Figure out what lifestyle and career work for the real you.
I felt like a failure throughout my twenties because most of my university friends seemed happy in corporate jobs that made me miserable. I felt constant pressure to fit a specific mold. It's only within the past year that I've started to come to terms with who I really am and what really makes me happy. Life is not one-size-fits-all. Choose the career and lifestyle that are true to you, not a version of you that you wish you were.

4. Learn to live within your means.
This point is a related one to the financial advice Jason shares in his answer. Learn smart financial management now. Learn how to live within a budget and maintain good credit. A mistake I once made, and one I still see a number of my peers making, is being a slave to lifestyle: taking cabs everywhere, buying expensive clothing, and having meals out constantly. This is stupid and reckless. I know people who were left completely adrift despite having made great salaries because they had no savings when their careers hit a rough patch. Their income was spent all on things that are frivolous. Luxuries are a wonderful thing only if you can truly afford them. Don't be a slave to funding a lifestyle that will not last. Learn to live modestly and save up, and then you will have earned the right to purchase yourself some treats, in moderation.

5. Choose who you spend your time with carefully.
Time is a precious commodity and you start to realize that increasingly into your mid to late twenties. Choose your friends wisely. Separate yourself from toxic or negative influences, those who would waste your time, and those who encourage you to focus on the unimportant. Seek out people who give you happiness, who inspire you, who support you, and nourish those relationships instead.

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Life Tips : How to voiding procrastination

Avoiding procrastination starts with two very important things:

1) Managing Attention:

Believe it or not, but there are a million things that want your attention right now. From work to friends to candy crush notifications - all are in need of your attention. Successful people— or people who can afford it— employ layers of people whose job it is to narrow the attention filter. That is, corporate heads, political leaders, spoiled movie stars, and others whose time and attention are especially valuable have a staff of people around them who are effectively extensions of their own brains, replicating and refining the functions of the pre-frontal cortex’s attention filter. So have an attention filter and make it holy; make it a currency and spend it VERY VERY wisely.

2) Prioritizing: Once you have figured out where you are going to spend your attention on, you need to break the complexities of your work down into smart tasks/goals and then prioritize stuff. Not everything needs action in your life right away but there are certain things in immediate need of your check. These are your Most Important Tasks or MIT's.

Understand prioritization with this: If you have ever put oil in a car then you know what a funnel is. A funnel has a wide opening at the top and as oil runs down it. The opening becomes smaller and smaller until the oil reaches the engine, which is the ultimate goal. Now, your funnel has n layers from top to bottom where n are the number of tasks you have. The top 3 layers of your funnel consist of your 3 MIT's. Now you can't move to the bottom of the funnel (which is your goal) until and unless you have cleared the 3 layers. You have to have to start from the top and move to to the bottom. As they say - eat the frog first so that the rest of your day becomes less chaotic!
TechniquesRegarding techniques, there are so many great ones out there that you can use to master time. Personally, I love and follow these three:

1) 2 minute rule:

In his popular book "Getting Things Done," David Allen outlines this technique, which is simply this: When a task arises that you know you can complete in two minutes or less, do it immediately. "I love it," said Christian Sutardi, cofounder of Lolabox, "because it's not a groundbreaking rule. It's no fancy app or software. It doesn't even require learning or dedication, and you can start doing it today."

2) Workstation Popcorn:

This technique works like this: You take n number of tasks (let's say your most important tasks or MIT's for the day) and assign them n different locations. These locations can be your usual work desk, your favorite coffee shop, your garden or anywhere else. The only constraint is this: you chosen spots should be such that during the shift from one task to another, you actually and physically to the new spot. You can use this time to practice your zen, take a break from your screen, and get some movement into your day. Keep your phone in your pocket, and move. Take a break away from work for at least thirty minutes. Whatever you do, don't go back to the same place you just left!

3) Pomodoro Technique:

In the pomodoro technique you choose a task and break it down into tasks of 25 minutes each. Now that 25 minute work period is called a “pomodoro”, named after the Italian word for tomato. This is a really helpful technique if you use it correctly and sincerely.
The idea is this:
-You decide on the task to be done.
-Set the pomodoro timer (try not using your phone for this because it will distract you) to 25 minutes.
-Work on the task until the timer rings; record with an x.
-Take a short break of 5 minutes.
-After four pomodori, take a longer break (15–30 minutes)


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Social Media : Best WhatsApp status - 1

I hope you like these,

 

1. Thinking to update status. Please check after sometime

2. I will be back before you pronounce “ajgjfahdgykytrbcdhfk”.

3. Typing…..

4. Expectation is the root of all heartache.

5. WhatsApp Status is Loading……

6. I’m COOL but Global Warming made me HOT.

7. Scratch here ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ to know my status.

8. Distance Sucks…..my room is so far away from the kitchen.

9.  Status is downloading……..99% complete…..downloading failed.

10. Three Mistakes Of My Life : WTF (WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook).

11. Our marriage is like work-shops. I work and my wife shops !

12. If you can’t change a girl, change the girl.

13. God is really creative. I mean just look at me.

14. Life is short….chat fast !

15. Status is under construction…check back soon !

16. I don’t have a dirty mind…I have a sexy imagination.

17. Too busy to update a status…..

18. When the image in the mirror hits you, hit back with a smile.

19. Life is too short, don't waste it reading my status.

20. Making mistakes is better than faking perfections!

21. 75% Boys have girlfriends, rest 24 % have brains…remaining 1% are like me, who have both.

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Marriage : Right age to get married

               I'm a 24 year old girl living in India. I'm fed up with the people around me nagging 24x7 with questions like "why don't you get married?" "Aren't you getting proposals?" "Aren't you old enough to get married?" Honestly, I need to figure out what I want to do with my life first. Then I need to find a man I can spend the rest of my life with. I don't need an arranged marriage. If I'm incapable of finding a man I can tolerate and vice versa, I will remain unmarried. That's all.

I need some help explaining to people what I feel. They only hear what they want to hear. Some even think I'm mentally sick.


1. People are meant to say things, that's all they can do. Believe me you can't shut those many mouths.
2. You are right in your view point. Its your Life. Your Marriage, Your wish.
3. You don't want a arranged marriage, that's alright. By end of the day you are the only person responsible for your after married  Life.
4. In India, people still believe that by getting their daughter married early, they get to win a virtual billion dollar championship trophy. I find Life like a product with no warranty, still people think that they brought a extended warranty for their daughter's Life by getting her married early. Its a overrated concept.
5. Do follow your dreams. Every single Man & Woman have all rights to follow their dreams.
6. Being single is not a symbol of a looser, Being married is not a symbol of a Winner. Sooner or Later Life imposes its policy of equality. Some are just ignorant.

The day your Heart is ready to get married is the right age for you to get married. This age for getting married is a variable, not a constant value. God has tailored relationships & Life lessons for each Human & the journey is going to be interesting, if not a replica of others Life.

   Actress  Suhasini Mulay got married at the age of 60. Its not the age that matters in a marriage, but the Hearts.
 

 

 

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Love: How do you know someone really loves you? - 1 - Familial and Romantic

Familial and Romantic Love:

It really depends on the type of love you're asking about. Obviously there will be some overlap but i think you can categorize love as familial or romantic.

There's romantic love: (my answers here might be somewhat romanticized because I'm still young)

• They will be passionate about you, always eager to be with you, do things with you.
• They notice the little things in you, whether you're sad, guilty, happy, angry they will notice.
• They will always be there to help you no matter what, as an equal and partner, not dominant but neither subservient.

There's familial love:

• Where they will always be behind you to  support you no matter what. 
• They will be willing to teach you and lead you to success no matter how harsh the road is.
• They will get mad at you, be angry, disappointed but no matter how they feel they will always care for you and feel for you.
• They will always be honest and truthful towards you, even if what they say is hurtful.

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Learning: Cool and Useful skills in 5 mins - 1 - Fire Extinguisher

Learning to use a Fire Extinguisher:

This might save your life someday.

Remember the PASS word (Pull - Aim - Squeeze - Sweep)

Pull 
Pull the pin in the handle. This will also break the tamper seal.

Aim
 Aim the nozzle (or its hose) at the base of the fire. (Don't touch the plastic
discharge hose on CO2 extinguishers, it gets very cold and may damage skin) 

Squeeze 
Squeeze the lever (operating handle) slowly. This discharges the extinguishing
agent.

Sweep
 Sweep from side to side till you completely extinguish the fire. If the fire re-ignites, repeat step 2 to 4.
 

That's it guys.

Word of Caution:

Don't attempt to extinguish any fire if there is a threat to your safety. If the fire is small and you know how to use a fire extinguisher, you  can attempt to extinguish the fire. Fires can  increase in size and intensity in seconds, blocking the exit path as well as create a hazardous atmosphere.

Before attempting to extinguish a fire, activate the fire alarm system.

Know what kind of fire you're dealing with. If you use the wrong type of extinguisher, you might make the problem  worse. If you're not sure, let the fire department handle it.

Make sure the extinguisher is in good condition and periodically inspected.

Face the fire in the direction of wind. Aim the extinguisher so the extinguishing agent travels in the direction of the wind, away from the user.


Other than the type mentioned above, there are few extinguishers (see image) which can be operated by rotating the knob in the anticlockwise direction (just like opening a water tap).

One minute video - How to Operate Fire Extinguishers
 

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