April - 2015

Time Out to Try Something New!

Have you thought about some things that you can do to change your view of the world, your life or your daily surroundings? What about some things that you have always wanted to try? We don’t refer to this as a bucket list because it’s not things you want to do before you die. Its things you want to do as you live and experience all life has to offer. Here are a few things to check into. www.meetmedowntownphx.com Try karaoke Take an art class Hike or climb a mountain or walk

Mail, E-mails, Messages, Phone Calls ... Oh My!

How much time do you spend daily answering calls, checking or reading messages sent to you? Let’s look at a couple of scenarios. Cell phone calls: 5 calls times 35 minutes equals 15 minutes Text Messages: 10 text messages times 2 minutes each equals 20 minutes Phone calls: 5 calls times 10 minutes each equals 50 minutes E-mails: 10 emails times 5 minutes each equals 50 minutes Mail: 5 minutes to pick up and sort (add 10 minutes to pay bills) This can total 2.5 hours out of yo

FIGHT OR FLIGHT!

The term called "fight or flight" is commonly known as the stress response. It's a decision process that we use to determine wheather we will confront or avoid what we preceive as danger. When this happens, the stress response rises up to help us make a decision. Concern about the response becomes an issue when we constantly are provoked by small moments like day-to-day events, such as money woes, traffic jams, job worries, or relationship problems. Our stress response wou