The Benefits of Skiing Solo

The Benefits of Skiing Solo

Thanks to the flexibility my remote-work lifestyle allows, I’ve been able to make skiing, my favorite sport, a priority over the last few years. I’m grateful that due to the sheer amount of time I’ve been able to spend skiing, my skills have drastically improved in a matter of just a few seasons. In this article I describe the many benefits of skiing solo on-piste, and why I encourage you to go for it even if you don’t have any to ski with.

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How to Use the MindDoc App to Stick with Your New Years Resolutions to Prioritize Your Mental Health

How to Use the MindDoc App to Stick with Your New Years Resolutions to Prioritize Your Mental Health

MindDoc is a mental health app that allows users to track their moods and emotions, recognize and identify patterns, and learn strategies for coping and self-managing symptoms and behaviors. This article describes how the MindDoc app can help you develop positive habits to prioritize your mental health and improve overall wellbeing.

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How I Do My Own Gel Manicures While Traveling for Months at a Time

How I Do My Own Gel Manicures While Traveling for Months at a Time

I’ve always enjoyed painting my nails, and learned how to do my own gels so my manicures would last longer. Apart from having nails that look nice and are always presentable, it’s also practical to have a gel manicure so your nails are protected, especially while traveling and handling luggage. This article describes the products, brands, and method I use to do my own gel manicures while I’m traveling for months at a time, how to remove them myself without damaging my nails, and a few tips that I’ve learned from doing so every week for several years.

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My Experience Using the MindDoc App to Track My Mental Wellbeing

My Experience Using the MindDoc App to Track My Mental Wellbeing

MindDoc is a mental health app that allows users to track their moods and emotions, recognize and identify patterns, and learn strategies for coping and self-managing symptoms and behaviors. This article describes my personal experience using MindDoc and includes a short explanation of how it works, details of specific features that I enjoy, how those features have helped me personally, who I think could benefit from using MindDoc, and how to get started.

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My Experience Using the Natural Cycles App While Traveling

My Experience Using the Natural Cycles App While Traveling

Because Natural Cycles uses your precise basal body temperature, it’s fair to be concerned about the app’s effectiveness due to temperature irregularities caused by travel-related stress, anxiety, and jet lag. In my experience traveling while using Natural Cycles, the app has been an essential tool to help me understand the changes in my cycle and my body, and for me has been an effective form of birth control. In this article, I describe why I switched to Natural Cycles, my experience using the app, tips for traveling while using the app, and I include screenshots of graphs and my temperature fluctuations during months of extensive travel.

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