PRACTICAL FASHION TIPS

Article by Prewit.P

Fashion is an art and requires life long learning. I am not a fashion guru, but I would like to share my opinion based on own experience and quest for practical fashion. Yes, the word is ‘PRACTICAL FASHION’’, which every common person must know. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie will look good in any dress because they are born handsome! But unfortunately not all are born with Brads look and Angelina’s figure. Fashion is not about blindly copying a particular dress that look good on models; but in understanding how you will look in that dress. To know this, you will have to know yourself first, your body type and your shortfalls.

Great Fashion Tips !!!

Few of you might argue that one should have freedom to dress as they wish regardless of what others think. It is very much ideal but not practical in real.

Why does one dress fashionably? ………………………….

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Controlling Stress

Controlling Stress:

Healthy living is not just eating the right kind of food; it is a way of life based on four principles or four lifestyle habits. The four habits are:

• Eating right kind of food.
• Regular exercises
• Being stress free
• Reading the updates on this site regularly

Friendly-tips.com has already dealt with eating smart & exercising; today we will look into some simple tips to reduce stress.

Being stress free would mean abstaining from certain stress inducers & cultivating stress bursting habits.

Let’s look at these stress inducers & de-stressors.

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Tips for a healthy day in office:

Today, I read some of my previous posts & realized that I may have started sounding like a Granny!  Let me clarify that I have a full time job which keeps me pretty busy & an 8 year old son at home who is even more demanding than my job.  Where does all this leave time for exercise?   More & more of my friends are spending increasing amounts of time within their cubicles glued to their monitor.   Here are a few tips for people who spend more than 6 hours a day sitting at their desk.

• Hit the stairs.  This an oldie, let me suggest a variation:  Taking 2 steps at a time will phenomenally increase the calories you burn in the process.  (Please do not try this while climbing down the stairs.)
• Park your vehicle further away from the building.  This may be the only walk you get in the whole day.
• Keep your phone on the ground, this way you will end up doing crunches every time the phone rings. (This is my favourite one) Read More…

Tips on time management

Phew ! had a very hectic day today . Most of the well made plans went awry due to unplanned appointments & non-stop calls on the mobile. It’s almost midnight & kind of strange that i do not feel drained by the days work. Such days used to exhaust me in my younger days !! However i found a simple but effective trick to overcome this problem.

The heading here is a misnomer. You cannot manage time. If you think you can – Try stopping the rotation of earth !!! The only thing we can control is the activities done in the time span. The tip I am hinting here is the To-DO LIST. I am sure all of us tried this list many times with different levels of success. The problem in my case was that i just did not known the tricks to use this list effectively.

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5 Tips for a good relationship

After 15 years of marriage, i think i have finally cracked the code ! For the past one week my son is away with his grandparents. This gave me the time & the opportunity to reflect on the great times i have shared with my wonderful wife.

Unlike many marriage counselors / gurus I will not make any attempt to remind people that their love life is nowhere as exciting as it used to be. Far from it , I believe that if you are reading this article you are certainly in the majority who are having a wonderful relationship going. This article will only look at few attitudes & techniques which will enhance this love.

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