Books to make you feel happy

Do you have a favourite book that makes you happy? Here is the Selfvibe review team’s favourite books which do just that.

No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal

This story is set in a suburb outside Cleveland where a community of Indian Americans has settled. Harit is a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid forties who lives with his mother, a woman who can no longer function after the death of her daughter, Swati. In an attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every night to pass himself off as his sister.

Meanwhile, Ranjana, also an Indian immigrant in her mid forties, has just seen her only child, off to college and she is worried that her husband has begun an affair.  When Harit and Ranjana cross paths, the two begin a strange friendship that brings to light their own passions and fears. Funny and heartwarming, this is a must read.

The Wangs Vs. The World by Jade Chang

Charles Wang, a brash, lovable businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, has just lost everything in the financial crisis. So he rounds up two of his children from schools that he can no longer afford and packs them into the only car that wasn’t repossessed. Together with their wealth-addicted stepmother, Barbra, they head on a cross-country journey from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the Upstate New York retreat of the eldest Wang daughter, Saina.

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Inspiring words to keep your spirits high

Check out these motivational words and famous quotes to explain perfectly the importance of these words, curated by the Selfvibe review team.

Excellence

• "Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude."

—Ralph Marston

• “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”

—Aristotle

• “Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.”

—Abdul Kalam 

Focus

• "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

—Aristotle

• “I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.”

—Zig Ziglar

• “Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.”

—Ralph Marston

Forgive

• "Forgiveness doesn't make the other person right; it makes you free."

—Stormie Omartian

• “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

—Mark Twain

• “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

—Mahatma Gandhi

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Words to explain why we all need to travel

Feel inspired to travel again with this great collection of quotes which explain the importance of travel, curated by the Selfvibe review team.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. – Samuel Johnson

All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. – Paul Fussell

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

A traveler without observation is a bird without wings. – Moslih Eddin Saadi

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. – Tim Cahill

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. – Mark Twain

You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place. – Miriam Adeney

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land. – G. K. Chesterton

Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown. – Gaby Basora

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Funny lines to cheer up your mood

Feeling like you need a good laugh right about now? Then take a few minutes to read through these funny one-liners curated by the Selfvibe review team.

“Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment.” – Betty White

“Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.” – Bill Maher

“If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.” – Bill Vaughan

“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.” – Bill Vaughan

“A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, ‘At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas.'” – Claude Pepper

“They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.” – Clint Eastwood

“I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.” – Colonel Sanders

“A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: ‘Duh.'” – Conan O’Brien

“Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!'” – Conan O’Brien

“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.” – Josh Billings

“The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.” – Karl Kraus

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” – Katharine Hepburn

“God is at home, it’s we who have gone out for a walk.” – Meister Eckhart

“In the past 10,000 years, humans have devised roughly 100,000 religions based on roughly 2,500 gods. So the only difference between myself and the believers is that I am skeptical of 2,500 gods whereas they are skeptical of 2,499 gods. We’re only one God away from total agreement.” – Michael Shermer

“My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.” – Mike Myers

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” – Miles Kington

“A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.” – Milton Berle

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” – Milton Berle

“My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.” – Milton Berle

“I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.” – Mitch Hedberg

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Quotes about what it is to be a role model

If you are role model for someone or have a role model in your life, then you will appreciate these quotes curated by the Selfvibe review team.

“I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.” – Ann Richards

“I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.” – Jennifer Lopez

“If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light, and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about.” – Tiger Woods

“I’m not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” – Charles Barkley

“I’m not paid to be a role model. Parents should be role models.” – Charles Barkley

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

“One of the most important things we adults can do for young children is to model the kind of person we would like them to be.” – Carol B. Hillman

“Parents have a big responsibility because they are the primary example of empathy and must practice being empathic themselves.” – Iben Dissing Sandahl

“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.” – Oliver Goldsmith

“Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life’s scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children’s lives.” – Stephen R. Covey

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others. It is the only means.” – Albert Einstein  

“The best way to teach children restraint and generosity is to be a model of those qualities yourself.” – Lawrence Balter

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Hero Quotes to Inspire Everyone to Make a Difference

Be inspired by these hero quotes curated by the Selfvibe review team which show that you don’t have to be a comic book star to be a hero in real life.

1. “A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.” – Christopher Reeve

2. “To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.” – Criss Jami

3. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell

4. “Nothing is given to man on earth – the struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible – the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.” – Andrew Bernstein

5. “Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.” – Mahatma Gandhi

6. “I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan

7. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christoper Reeve

8. “To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.” – Simone Weil

9. “You cannot be a hero without being a coward.” – George Bernard Shaw

10. “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.” – Umberto Eco

11. “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the power they are graced with.” – Brodi Ashton

12. “To be heroic may mean nothing more than this then, to stand in the face of the status quo, in the face of an easy collapse into the madness of an increasingly chaotic world and represent another way.” – Mike Alsford

13. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.” – Fred Rogers

14. “The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.” – Johann Kaspar Lavater

15. “The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.” – Henry David Thoreau

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Exercise and wellness quotes to make you feel good about yourself and life

Fight for the life you want with these motivational health and wellness quotes curated by the Selfvibe review team.

“Sorry, there’s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story.”- Morgan Spurlock

“When you start eating food without labels, you no longer need to count calories.”- Amanda Kraft

“Some things you have to do every day. Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn’t going to get the job done.” – Jim Rohn

“Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.” – Anthony Robbins

“Any food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food.” – John H. Tobe

“The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen.” – Unknown

“Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn

“We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising.”- Dr. Kenneth Cooper

“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack Lalanne

“I hate every minute of training. But I said, don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Mohammad Ali

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basic of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”- John F. Kennedy

“You can’t be fat and fast, too; so lift, run diet, and work.”- Hank Stram

“A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – pills or stairs.” – Joan Welsh

“If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end.” – Julius Erving

“Most of us think we don’t have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don’t have time not to. We’re talking about three to six hours a week – or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 – 165 hours of the week.” – Stephen Covey

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Motivating quotes to get you to be the best you can be

Whenever you're struggling to get things done, turn to these quotes for the inspiration and motivation you need to be the best you can be. curated by the Selfvibe review team.

"Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow." -- Jay-Z

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus." -- Bruce Lee

"Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy." -- Jimmy Spithill

"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased." - Katharine Hepburn

"Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down." -- Charles F. Kettering

"I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."- Charlotte Bronte

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."- Steve Jobs

"Life is short, and it is here to be lived." -- Kate Winslet

"Everything you can imagine is real." -- Pablo Picasso

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."- Barack Obama

"If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!" -- T. Harv Eker

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better." -- Jim Rohn

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot

"If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build." -- Steve Wozniak

"In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it." -- Jane Smiley

"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."- Deepak Chopra

"Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time." -- George Bernard Shaw

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well." -- Diane Ackerman

"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others." -- Bill Gates

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure... but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter." -- Francis Chan

"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." -- Oscar Wilde

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." -- Jim Rohn

"But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid."- Arianna Huffington

"To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like." -- Mike Gafka

"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment." -- Stephen Covey

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -- Thomas A. Edison

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Quotes to help you manage hardship and grief

We all have our days and our ups and downs, but thankfully there are words which can help to change our spirit. Here is a collection of motivating quotes curated by the Selfvibe review team.

“Starting today, I need to forget what’s gone. Appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next.”

“Let your smile change the world. But don’t let the world change your smile.”

“You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.”

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

”The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain

“Don’t let the bastards get you down.”

“Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.”

“Tough times don’t last, tough people do.”

“It is through falling down that we learn how to stand up, again. It is through adversity that we gather our strengths to live the life we want… and pursue our dreams.”

“Every day may not be good. But there is something good in every day.”

“Sweat dries, blood clots, bones heal. Suck it up, princess.”

“You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.”

“Knowing when to walk away is wisdom. Being able to is courage. Walking away, with your head held high is dignity.”

“Cheer up, sweet, beautiful girl. You are going to be in love again and it will be magnificent.”

“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”

“Do not grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“How to cheer someone up. Talk to them, eat something yummy, show cute video, hug them, do something goofy, show funny video.”

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Quotes about Family Dysfunction

Quotes about family problems aren't always pleasant, but they're usually memorable. Here is the Selfvibe review team’s collection of quotes which can help open the door to communication and healing.

Mitch Alborn: “All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack a few shatter childhoods into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”

Milton R. Saperstein: “Bringing up a family should be an adventure, not an anxious discipline in which everybody is constantly graded for performance.”

Unknown: “We cannot destroy kindred: our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.”

Arundhati Roy: “This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they know just where it hurt.”

Ugo Betti: “I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.”

Marian Wright Edelman: “If you as parents cut corners, your children will, too. If you lie, they will, too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it to charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won't either. And, if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.”

Isaac Rosenfeld: “In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm.”

Christopher Paolini: “Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.”

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Audiobooks That Will Help You Achieve Your Dreams

Listening to audiobooks allows you to see what is important to you. Audiobooks increase your creativity and can spark ideas in your life. Here are some of the best audiobooks that can help you grow as a person.

Walden - Henry David

This audiobook tells Christopher McCandless, a young and naïve idealist who wanted to live a simple and happy life. He lives a sad life, but his biggest inspiration that kept him pushing forward was Thoreau. This inspirational story makes you think, reflect and live a more cautious life that you will not regret. Head over to Selfvibe to get this audiobook.

Crush It - Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary provides readers with a motivational life story. The Narrator, Venerchuk, does an excellent job in encouraging listeners not to seek a career that fits their passion but offers listeners a way to turn their passions into a career. He helps you identify the work line that you have an interest in and drives you to pursue it aggressively.

Drive - Daniel H. Pink

Unlike other motivational audiobooks that focus on taking emotion-centred paths to change minds and life decisions, Drive provides a more scientific method. The author uses decades' worth of data and research to dive deep into the science of what motivates human beings. This listen is short and consumable: Something that you can easily listen to anytime and anywhere.

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3 Life-Changing eBooks You Should Add To Your Reading List

eBooks can guide and help you understand your life better. They drive you to a state of self-reflection and change your perspective. Here are some of the recommended life-changing eBooks that Selfvibe offers.

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye

This eBook follows the story of Holden Caulfield, a 16-year-old who has been expelled from school. Thanks to the books’ overwhelming amount of slang and blasphemy, Holden’s unfiltered first-person prose makes it a classic. He uses an authentic and hilarious voice as he experiences the mountains of adolescence.

Educated - Tara Westover

Originally published on February 18, 2018, this memoir details how the author overcame her survivalist Mormon family to go to college. It emphasizes the importance of education. The story highlights the importance of being educated and staying inspired to achieve your life goals. Sign up with Selfvibe to get access to this eBook.

Principles - Ray Dalio

Most of us have experienced situations in life that repeat over and over again. You don’t need complex solutions. But keep in mind that life is what you’ll make it. All it takes is developing your set of principles that will help you navigate through life. With principles’ in life, you will always have a solution for any complicated situation you face. Never see yourself as a failure; keep trying, and you never know what the future holds for you.

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Must-read Self Help eBooks That Will Improve Your Life

As a human being, you need to grow and improve yourself to become a better version of yourself. eBooks can be a great guide to help you grow as an individual. Let's take a look at some of the best self-help eBooks that have stood the test of time.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

If you are hunting for a book to guide you in matters of personal finances, then this should be your go-to book. The author uses the contrast between a poor and a rich dad to bring out major financial principles. The knowledge will enlighten you, and the instructions are applicable for day to day living.

Shad Helmstetter’s What to Say When Talking to Yourself

This eBook will make you feel excited about the knowledge shared on tailoring your inner personal talk. The author explains that our inner thoughts and talk shape our daily decisions.

Awaken the giant within by Tony Robbins

If you are looking for a book that will be best on relationship, purpose, money, and self-confidence. Then this will do you so much good. The author emphasizes that we all have giant in us that can do great exploits.

The power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

The author journeys the reader to become the best they can be by nurturing their personal growth and spiritual growth. He encourages his readers to live now to cultivate satisfaction and become better individuals.

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Reach Your Potential With the Help of These Audiobooks

We all need some quality dosage of inspiration once in a while to help us become a better version of ourselves. The horizon is always great, but a few hiccups here and there often make the journey bleak. Let’s look at some of these self-help audiobooks that can motivate you to achieve your goals.

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Narrated by award-winner Mike Chamberlain and authored by award-winning reporter Charles, this audiobook offers exciting advice regarding how anyone can change any bad habits to great habits. It is the kind of audiobook you would want to listen to in the morning to set up the pace of your day.

Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle is The Way

You will feel uplifted when you listen to how Ryan narrates and encourages his listeners on how trials can turn into triumphs. He uses historical figures to express vital points listeners can apply to better their lives. He talks about analyzing the past and using wisdom from the past to have a better tomorrow.

Stephen R. Covey’s Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey subtly expresses how one can follow set guidelines that are clear and achievable to attain their personal goals.

Dale Carnegie’s How to win friends

Being social helps one have great self-esteem to achieve whatever they want. Learn the secrets about networking and having great charisma to achieve your best potential.

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People Change, So Do Friendships

Time passes, people change. The best of friends from our formative years tend to be less present in our lives as we get older, as they all split off, move to different places, and start families. While it’s not always the case, oftentimes childhood friends drift apart. It usually happens naturally, and here are three of the many reasons why that’s ok.

Distance is difficult. Not everyone spends their entire life where they grew up. The world, after all, is a big place, and opportunities can sometimes take us far from home. Great distances can often put a strain on even the closest of friendships, and when it does, it’s only natural for people to drift apart.

Interests change. We’re not all the same people we were back in school, so it’s only natural that we wouldn’t necessarily be interested in the same things we were back when we were in school. As our personalities developed so did our interests, and sometimes we find ourselves losing the common interests that made for our best friendships. It happens, and when it doesn’ it’s ok to move on.

Priorities change. When we’re young, we’re usually free of responsibilities. But adulthood brings about jobs, houses, and families, all of which become priorities in our lives, priorities that may leave far less time for those we once called friends. It doesn’t mean those friends don’t matter, but it’s ok to put other things first.

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Inspiration Is Never Hard to Find

There’s no doubt about it, 2020 has been a tough year for everyone. And when you find that the year that has been may have sapped you of your inspiration, take comfort in the fact that inspiration is never hard to find, and here are a few ways you can inspire yourself.

Mindfulness meditation. It may sound like a hokey, new age thing, but it works. Mindfulness meditation is the practice of bringing your attention to the present moment. It may take some getting used to, and a whole lot of practice, but even short meditation sessions can leave you with a clearer mind, one that’s more capable of focusing on the tasks at hand, and one that is more open to inspiration.

Go for a walk. Connecting with nature is not just a good way to inspire yourself, it’s good for your health! Going for a walk outside is a great way to clear your head, leaving your mind open to new ideas and inspiration. If at all possible taking to nature for that walk would be ideal, but if you can’t make it out of the city, just the fact that you’re outdoors will be of immense benefit. As if that weren’t enough, getting your body moving will help get blood flowing to the brain as well.

Find someone to talk to. We may have to be physically distanced, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk to each other. Finding someone to talk to, be it to brainstorm and bounce ideas or just to catch up, is a practice that can leave us feeling refreshed and motivated.

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How Often Should You Wash Your Mask?

Like it or not, masks may be the must-have fashion accessory for the foreseeable future. While many jurisdictions are making masks mandatory, sometimes both indoors and outdoors, for others it may just be a matter of time. Many of us have started using reusable masks for the sake of the environment and our wallets, but how often does that mask need to be washed? Well, it turns out the answer is daily…

“It is possible to get a mask contaminated after daily wear,” says Prof Raina MacIntyre, an infectious disease researcher at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. “We tested this and found virus on the inside and outside of masks, both surgical and cloth.”

That’s bad news for many who are used to putting on their mask, taking it off, shoving it in a pocket, and so on and so forth for days on end. But unfortunately, frequent mask washing is a necessity, especially if you come in contact with any vulnerable populations.

“You can imagine if someone is infected and they are wearing a cotton fabric mask that is heavily contaminated, it’s possible that those particles could carry the virus,” says Prof William Ristenpart, a chemical engineer at the University of California, Davis. “Of course, you can’t wash it every 20 minutes, but every five or six days is way too long.”

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