There are certain things you know you know, and yet you know you don’t. One example for myself is in eating more fruit. I know that I know about its goodness, yet I know I don’t fully realise that goodness in my diet. So this Life Hack is more of a Sensible Hack. After all, [...]

The second half of the tower in Life Hack #48 is being built by daily doing ten press-ups. Our biceps at the front of the upper arm tend to be much stronger than the triceps at the rear, probably because

It may be difficult to build a tower at once. Though to build one over two years is a realistic objective. Building increased fitness each and every day by a modest amount of exercise is a simple process. You don’t have the time to go to the gym/workout/exercise/whatever-else? I have found that, if I replace [...]

As mentioned in Life Hack #12, shocking your body into conciousness is not the best way to start the day. Observe how long it takes from initially regaining conciousness to being fully awake, and adjust the alarm clock sound accordingly. So if it takes five minutes to awake play a five minute audio track. For [...]

An alarm clock does the job. That’s why we use it. It’s purpose is to wake us up. However there is one rather large drawback from using it, as indicated by it’s name. We awake in a state of alarm. Not really an ideal start to any day – being shocked into conciousness. I’d also [...]

What is the difference between the alarm going off in the morning and getting out of bed? For me it is the snooze time in between. When the alarm goes off I’m still semi-concious and hit the snooze button for extra repose. So the time set on the alarm to get up is not the [...]