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Reuben Dip

3 pkg. Corn Beef (pieced) 16 oz. canned or fresh sauerkraut 8 oz. shredded Swiss cheese 1 cup mayonnaise 3 green onions (chopped) Party ryes

Simple! Mix all ingredients in a bakingdish. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or untilmelted. Serve on party ryes or crackers.

3 Steps to Getting Motivatedby: Jason Gracia

1. LOOK FOR SUCCESS STORIES Reading about others who found happiness and suc-cess can help to get you motivated. If someone elsehas done it, then you can too. These stories can befound in many places like: newspapers; books;Internet; television; and magazines to name a few.After a few days of looking, you'll have several suc-cess stories to help get you motivated.

2. FIND WHAT YOU'RE GREAT AT You may not be great at everything, but you can begreat at one thing. Once you find your passion, youwill become naturally motivated to keep learning andgetting better.

3. REACH FOR THE STARS When you reach for the stars, remember to reach forthe closest ones first. Not every success has to be life-changing. Small successes each day can build yourconfidence and your motivation. You may have biggergoals, but the smaller ones are just as important. Manysmall successes will develop into a full and happy life.

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

How did New Year resolutions come to be? From someaccounts, the Babylonians celebrated New Year’s Dayover four thousand years ago coinciding with the springplanting of the crops. "Resolutions are a reflection of theBabylonians' belief that what a person does on the firstday of the New Year will have an effect throughout theentire year," according to the creators of the website, HowToKeepYourNewYearsResolutions.com,(http://www.how-to-keep-your-new-years-resolution.com).

Here's some advice on how to keep thoseNew Year resolutions:

1. Limit Your ResolutionsThe list of potential and usual resolu-tions can be a long one including:

- Exercise

- Weight loss

- Change careers or getting a new job

- Quitting smoking or drinking

- Saving money

- Going back to school

You may want to limit the number of resolutionsyou make to one. The Addictive Behaviors ResearchCenter found that 63 percent of the people they stud-ied remained faithful to their number one resolutionfor at least two months.

2. Be SpecificThe more specific you can be about the behavior youwant to change the better. If you resolve to eat better,ask yourself what constitutes eating better - eatingmore vegetables and fruits, giving up junk food, eat-ing out less often - the possibilities are endless. As you

explore your goal you may find that in actuality thereare many sub-goals, all of which are important to yourcentral resolution.

3. Think it ThroughTake time to really think through the change youwant to make. Write down your resolution and yourplan of action. Put it in a place where you can see it.Tell your family and friends about your plan ofaction and invite their support. If you are unwillingto commit to these simple actions, it may be an indi-cation that you are not ready to take the plunge. Youmay want to start with a more manageable goal.

Research has shown, people who think abouttheir resolutions for some time are more suc-

cessful than those who come up with themon New Year's Eve.

4. Giving Something UpWhat if your resolution is to NOT dosomething as opposed to doing some-

thing? Research has shown that addic-tions, especially to substances and nicotine

are among the hardest behaviors to modify.A strong commitment to making the change,

receiving outside help, and repeated efforts may bestrong elements in kicking these habits.

5. There is NO Such Thing as FailureRemember the old adage, "If at first you don't suc-ceed try, try again!" Only forty percent of those whoachieve their number one resolution do so on the firsttry. The rest of us have to make repeated attemptsbefore we get it right, learning a little more about our-selves and our goals each time. So, resolve to keeptrying to change until you get it right!

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help relax your body as well. When you clearyour mind, you try to concentrate on one pleas-ant thought, work, or image and let the rest ofyour worries slip away. A short and quiet walkcan do wonders - just a walk around the blockwill clear your head and often give you a newspurt of energy.

Muscle and joint aches and pains are a com-mon complaint for many of us, living as we doin a sedentary, high-stress society. The clichéwarning us to "use it or lose it" isn't far off themark. Our bodies pay the price for long hoursslumped at our desks or nestled in a soft chairwatching television. And if you think some ofour aches and pains are just another conse-quence of aging, you're wrong - more often, it'sa result of inactivity and weaker muscles.

Doctors now say that walking is one of thebest exercises. It helps the total circulation ofblood throughout the body, and thus has adirect effect on your overall feeling of health.There are things such a aerobics, jogging,swimming and many other exercises whichwill benefit a person both physically and men-tally. Researchers agree that exercise helps toease anxiety and lift spirits.

Energy Tips

Keep your light fixturesclean. Dirt can absorb asmuch as half of the light givenoff by fixtures, tubes and

bulbs. Keep your light fixturesclean and use less electricity.

Use compact fluorescent light bulbs. Use light bulbs that produce the most lightusing the least amount of electricity. Energy-effi-cient bulbs, such as compact fluorescent bulbs,use 75% less energy than typical incandescentbulbs.

Turn the lights off. Don't just leave the lights on. Lighting controlsprovide security lighting when you are nothome - with clock timers you can turn lights inyour home on and off automatically at presettimes. Timers, motion sensors and photo sensorsare all ways to save electricity use.

Beating The Blueswith Exercise &Relaxationby: QualityBooks.com

Exercise as an antidote todepression and anxiety is nota new concept. In the 18thcentury Scotland, doctors inmental hospitals prescribed

heavy farm chores as "the best medicine" for theirpatients and documented marked improvementsin mood and behavior. Now scientists are study-ing the link between exercise and mood changesat close range and coming up with some fascinat-ing results.

One expert in the field says "exercise is clear-ly associated with mental-health benefits." Andmoderate exercisers show lowered blood-pres-sure levels and a resultant positive mood. Thekey is moderate exercise, performed a minimumof 30 minutes, three or four times a week. Briskwalking, jogging, swimming, lifting weights,and bicycling - all achieve good results.

People who exercise regularly, even at some-thing as simple as walking or bicycling, are moreflexible. They experience less stress on the musclesand joints when they do bend down the wrongway. Conditioned muscles recover faster, too.

The big problem we all face these days is liv-ing a stressful life. All families seem to be toobusy to sit down together and share the joys andpleasures of life. The little things that once mat-tered are no longer important and now there is arace for more money, more time and more mate-rial possessions.

By using simple relaxation techniques, exer-cising and making changes in our lifestyles, wecan manage stress. Once you have becomeaware of stress, it's time to relax! There are manytechniques for relaxing (and no one method isbetter than another), but the most basic is deepbreathing. One of the body's automatic reactionsto stress is rapid, shallow breathing. Breathingslowly and deeply is one of the ways you can"turn off" your stress reaction and "turn on" yourrelaxation response. Still another relaxation technique that can helpyou reduce stress is "clearing your mind." Sinceyour stress response is a physical and emotionalinteraction, giving yourself a mental "break" can

Close the heating vents. Closing the heating vents or radiators in an unoc-cupied room can save 5-10% on your heatingcosts.

Close the fireplace flue. Don't let heat go up the chimney. Make sure thefireplace flue is closed when not in use.

Nervous Habit?You Can Break It In A Few Daysby: QualityBooks.com

If you have a nervous habit you'd like tobreak, don't pull your hair out. You can put anend to fingernail-biting or hair-twisting in amatter of several days - and you can do it onyour own.

The following four step plan will help youput an end to your nervous habit for once andfor all.

1. Recognize your bad habit. Increase yourawareness of it by acting it out in front of a mir-ror. Try to keep track of how many times duringthe day you fall into your habit.

2. Devise a replacement action. If you're ahair-puller, start carrying a brush and brushyour hair each time you get the pulling or twist-ing urge. A nail-biter should learn to substitutefiling his or her nails rather than biting.

3. Bring your habit out of the closet. Adviseyour co-workers and family that you areattempting to break your nervous habit. Askthem to remind you when they catch you fallinginto your habit.

4. Learn to take it easy. Relaxation will helpyou put an end to a nervous habit. When youare too keyed up, your nervous habit takes over,so learn to do some deep breathing when youbegin to feel uptight about something. Yourbiggest hurdle in overcoming your nervoushabit is in recognizing it. Once you do this andreally decide you want to break it, you havedone the hardest part. Good luck!

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