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Do Over.

The problem with New Year’s
Resolutions is that, depending on
who you are, you either think you
are so flawed that there isn’t a list
long enough to make a dent in your
imperfectness, or you think you’re
so awesome that you don’t need to
change so much as a hair on your
your perfect and overly large head.

So, I”ve scoured the internet on
your behalf (mostly because news-
letter doesn’t work with uneven Sanitize your
number of pages) and come up with
some meaningful and unique things phone weekly.
about your lovely self that you might
want to consider adopting, chang- Like, now! We check our phones 47
ing, embracing, etc. times a day on average, according
to a recent survey from the profes-
sional services firm Deloitte, and if
Develop a sacred, self care ritual. you’ve taken yours into the ladies’
room, you’re not the only one.
What is self care? It’s the practice of
taking time for yourself and NO ONE But that means phones carry about
ELSE. 10 times as much bacteria as most

toilet seats, says Charles Gerba,
1) Take a walk without your phone. Ph.D., a microbiologist and profes-
2) Color in a coloring book. sor at the University of Arizona, Tuc-
3) Become a plant owner. son. (British researchers even found
4) Do one thing at a time. that one in six devices was contami-
5) Sit in a comfy chair at the library nated with E. coli — blech!).
and read a good book.
6) Go to a movie you want to see by The GH Cleaning Lab likes Lysol Spend less
yourself. Disinfectant Wipes ($5 for a three-
7) Take a drive. pack, amazon.com), which kill 99.9%
8) Listen to an audio book while you of viruses and bacteria. They don’t time glued to
workout. contain bleach, so they’re safe to
9) Go for a walk and sing out loud. use on smartphones and tablets your filty (we now
10) Try hydrotherapy (hot sauna/ (but double-check your phone man-
cold (60 degrees) water. ufacturer’s recs).
11) Paint or draw a picture. know this is true)
12) Start keeping a journal that you
PHONE.
write down with a real pen. With
your hand. (wow)

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