A routine is like autopilot for the boring things in your life. It is not autopilot for your life. Establishing routines on daily, weekly, and monthly schedules frees up your brain to think about things that are important and exciting. Instead of trying to figure out which pants you want to wear, why not think about how you’re going to ask the boss to assign you to that new project. Instead of trying to remember if you put the garbage out on time, why not think about the hiking trip that you’re taking this weekend. Instead of worrying about whether you paid the power bill, why not enjoy a nice cold beverage of your choice confident in the knowledge that you’re not neglecting your responsibilities. Daily To establish your daily routine, think about the things that you do everyday and when you do them. Start with when you wake up. What are the first three things you do after you open your eyes? Write those things down along with how long they take you to do. It’s important to keep track of the timeline of these events so that you can identify where you’re cutting it close and where you have wiggle room. Go through your whole day this way and once you have things written down, group them up into larger categories. If you have a list items for “brush teeth - 2 minutes” and “toilet - 5 minutes”, roll them up into “bathroom - 10 minutes”. This kind of grouping is helpful as it helps simplify the schedule. Depending on your schedule, you might need to make one schedule for work days and another for personal days. I choose to keep my schedule similar for both days and just swap out the big chunk of time in the middle of the day. My daily schedule is below:
The point is to keep track of the boring things so that you can focus on the fun and exciting things that you enjoy. It's not supposed to be an impatient task master cracking its whip to keep you on task. Every time you see “personal time” on my schedule, I can fit in whatever I want there. Notice, however, that every time you see it there, it’s always preceded by something else. This indicates that those things take priority for that time, but in lieu of other responsibilities, I can decide what to do with my time. Weekly Your weekly schedule is created in much the same way as the daily schedule. Pick a day to start with and map out the major recurring events for that day, then move on to the next day doing the same thing until you’ve mapped out your whole week. These events are those that fill in the “work/family/wife/personal time” sections of my daily schedule. They’re the things that I can count on happening under normal conditions. If everything is on track, these are the things that occupy my time. For reference, my weekly schedule is below:
Monthly Hopefully, if you’ve written out your daily and weekly schedules, the monthly schedule is fairly straight-forward. Your monthly schedule is likely to be populated mostly by finance-related events. Payday, bills, appointments. Think about the things that happen every third thursday of the month or every two weeks. Make a list of these things and have it ready to reference when you’re trying to figure out what you’re supposed to be doing instead of watching reruns on Netflix. So What?
Now that you’ve got your routines mapped out, you’ll need to keep track of them somewhere that works for you. For me it’s my online calendar. It’s connected to my phone and I can add or reference things as the need arises. Be sure to cut yourself some slack. Unexpected things will pop up that will throw off your routine. That’s ok. Once you realize that you’ve lost track of your routine, pause for a moment to feel bad about yourself, but then get back after it. Now you have to make a habit of checking your schedule. I’ve trained myself that every time I sit down to watch TV, play video games, or browse the web, first I check the calendar to make sure that I’m not neglecting or forgetting something. Having done that, I’m free to thoroughly enjoy whatever leisure activity that I’m engaging in without the anxiety of neglecting my responsibilities hanging over my head.
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When it comes to providing first aid, nothing compares to actual, hands-on medical training. If anything in this set of instruction conflicts with guidance you receive from a medical professional, follow the guidance of the medical professional. Stay Calm, Call for Help, Act Stay calm. Call for help. Triage and render aid. If you fail to stay calm, you also become a casualty that other first-responders will have to care for. Stay calm. Call for help. Triage the person’s injuries. Render aid as best you can until the medics arrive. Triage Triage is the process of assessing a person’s injuries and prioritizing them beginning with the most life threatening injury and ending with the least. For the purpose of basic first aid, there are four general categories to assess: breath, blood, bones, and shock. Determining which category of injury is the most life threatening is up to your best judgment. Bleeding and breathing are typically the two highest priorities when triaging a casualty, but it’s impossible to predict every situation so your judgment has to fill the gap. Breath If the person isn’t breathing or is having difficulty breathing you should consider this a high priority. Any time a person goes without breathing for several minutes, there’s a risk of suffering brain damage. Typically, irreversible brain damage can set in within 5-10 minutes. Beyond 10 minutes, recovery is nearly impossible. Symptoms
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Blood Controlling bleeding is critical. Depending on the location of the bleed, it’s possible for a person to bleed out within minutes. A pressure dressing applied to the wound is preferable to control bleeding, but a tourniquet can be more effective. Symptoms
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Bones A broken bone, by itself, is not typically life threatening. Broken bones can, however, cause internal lacerations so they should be stabilized as much as possible to avoid this. Symptoms
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Shock Shock is a condition where a person appears to be unaware of or unconcerned with their surroundings. Your goal should be to help keep the person calm, but alert and try to help improve their circulation and steady their breathing. Symptoms
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Concussion
A concussion occurs when a person’s brain experiences a traumatic injury of some kind that affects the way their brain works. The cause of a concussion, however, is always some physical trauma or impact. Specialized medical training and/or imaging tools are necessary to properly diagnose a concussion, but there are some warning signs to look for that can identify a person’s increased likelihood of having a concussion. It can take hours or days before symptoms present themselves. Symptoms
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Identify a Clogged Toilet You know your toilet is clogged only after trying to flush it. Over time, you become familiar with the sound of the toilet flushing and unless you make a habit of watching the water and human waste swirl and go down the drain, that sound is how you’ll first know that something is wrong. When the toilet is clogged, the bowl will fill up with water and anything that was in the toilet bowl when you flushed that didn’t make it past the clog before it blocked the pipe. Yes, you’ll likely see poop. Clear the Clog The wrong thing to do is to do nothing and make it the next guy’s problem. The right thing to do is to get the plunger and fix it. It only takes one time of unclogging a toilet that some other guy left clogged for you to realize the importance of this fact. If done correctly, you should be able to clear the clog without getting any toilet water on yourself. Here’s how:
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There are many different types and styles of knives. We are going to focus on the single-edged folding pocket knife as that is to most widely used and useful type of knife. A good pocket knife has a 2-3 inch blade with a locking mechanism of some kind to keep it rigid and open when in use. Basic Open Opening a pocket knife one of the most basic skills. Some knives have assisted opening mechanisms that make this step easier. With practice, it’s possible to learn to be able to flick open a blade with one hand.
Basic Close Closing a pocket knife can result in cut fingers if you’re not careful about where your finger tips are along the handle. Don’t be in such a hurry that you cut yourself after you’re done using the knife.
Clear Your Radius Sometimes called a blood circle, your radius is the area around you that you can reach while holding the knife. Anything inside this radius, or blood circle, is able to be cut by careless use of the knife.
Pass an Open Knife Ideally, you should close the knife before passing it to someone else. Sometimes, though, it just isn’t practical. In these cases, you should know how to pass and receive the knife safely. If someone holds a knife out to you so that the blade is pointing at you, don’t accept it from them.
Sharpen a Stick While you can buy fancy metal skewers to cook a hotdog over a campfire, it’s more fun and rewarding to make your own skewer with your pocket knife and a stick.
Sharpen the Knife A dull knife is more dangerous to the user than a sharp knife. If the knife is dull, you have to use more force and end up slipping when the blade finally cuts through. A sharp knife, however, will cut more easily and you don’t have to use as much force. You should always make sure that your knives are sharp and ready to work.
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