Life Kit editors share some of our favourite tips from our March episodes (clockwise from left): How to forestall eye strain, easy methods to shortly get a messy home again so as and easy methods to handle grownup sibling relationships.
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Life Kit editors share some of our favourite tips from our March episodes (clockwise from left): How to forestall eye strain, easy methods to shortly get a messy home again so as and easy methods to handle grownup sibling relationships.
From left: We Are/Getty; Becky Harlan/NPR; Francesco Carta Fotografo/Getty; Collage by NPR
The beauty of engaged on Life Kit is that the editors and producers get to choose up all types of nifty life hacks that enhance our day by day lives, lower your expenses and improve our relationships.
Here are 9 knowledgeable tips from our March episodes we had been most excited to share — and put into observe in our personal day by day lives.
Greek yogurt is a great source of protein. It has about 17 grams per ¾ cup serving. You can eat it plain, add candy or savory toppings, or throw it right into a smoothie. “It’s super versatile and high in casein protein, which is slow to digest, which keeps you full while also promoting muscle protein synthesis,” which is the course of of constructing muscle mass, says vitamin and train scientist Rachele Pojednic, a researcher at Stanford Lifestyle Medicine.
Pack a dark-colored bath towel when traveling with a baby or toddler. “It’s a blanket, it’s for tidying up, it’s a tablecloth, it’s a sun cover, it shields bottoms from hot slides, it dries off swings. It’s a multi-tasking powerhouse,” says Life Kit listener Judith Heise.
Don’t be swayed by seafood labels like ‘wild caught’ and ‘farm raised’ when buying fish. Just as a result of a fish is “farm-raised,” which means it was raised in a pen or tank, does not imply it is extra sustainable than different seafood. The similar goes for a fish that’s “wild-caught,” or caught from its pure habitat. The most necessary issue is its impression on the atmosphere, says Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly of Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif.
If you are in a lot of debt, call your creditors and see if they can lower your payments or your interest rate. Just clarify your state of affairs, says Monique White, a credit score counselor and the head of neighborhood at Self Financial, Inc. Be sort and see what they could be capable of do for you. Sometimes it is quite a bit.
If a business you don’t expect to ask for a tip is suddenly asking you for a tip, what should you do? It’s as much as you to determine whether or not or to not tip and how a lot, however Shubhranshu Singh, a advertising professor at Johns Hopkins University, likes to go away a 10% tip. If an institution is asking for a tip, it is typically a sign that the staff there will not be getting paid a minimal wage. So it is good to err on the facet of leaving one thing.
To help prevent eye strain at your workspace, make sure the top of your computer screen is at or just below eye level. That means you are not positioning your head and neck at an uncomfortable angle. Increase your display screen’s distinction and match its brightness to the stage of gentle round you, so your eyes do not must work as laborious to see the display screen.
Quickly get a messy house back in order (with minimal effort). Go round the home with a trash bag and acquire all the trash. Then go round andcollect all the dishes — like these water glasses in your bedside desk — and put them in the sink. Then go round with a hamper and acquire any soiled laundry.
Don’t fear about truly taking out the trash, washing the dishes or doing the laundry till later when you will have extra vitality.
Want to grow food but don’t get a lot of light? Go for something leafy. Not each plant wants a ton of solar. Yolanda Burrell, proprietor of Pollinate Farm & Garden in Oakland, Calif, has a easy rule of thumb for daylight: “If you pick the fruit off of the plant, then it needs more sun. If you’re just eating the leaves, then you need less sun.” So tomatoes, squash and cucumbers want solar to ripen. Leafy greens, not a lot.
It’s OK not to have a close relationship with your sibling. If you are hitting your head towards the wall attempting to determine easy methods to be tremendous shut, perhaps it is best to decrease your expectations. People typically feen like they need to have a “level of closeness” with their siblings, however these relationships do not “have to look any particular way,” says Nedra Glover Tawwab, a licensed therapist and the writer of Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships.
A sibling relationship is extra like a guide that you simply’re writing collectively, says Geoffrey Greif, co-author of the guide Adult Sibling Relationships. That begins with asking, who am I on this story? What sort of sibling do I wish to be?
The digital story was written by Malaka Gharib and edited by Clare Marie Schneider. The visible editor is Beck Harlan. We’d love to listen to from you. Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or electronic mail us at LifeKit@npr.org.
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