Word: cravings
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...have foods you crave? Chocolate, perhaps? Potato chips? Cheeseburgers? Food cravings are common and problematic, because they can lead to overeating that undermines health and promotes obesity. But there's not much agreement about what their cause may be or how to manage them...
...children are as adept as the rest of their cohort at multitasking, and they persuaded me, reluctantly, to IM them while they were away at college. But even among this wired generation there are dissenters who actively crave unplugged quiet time. Our daughter left her cell phone at home when she went to college, hasn't had one for the past two years and has no interest in having an iPod. Her favorite version of multitasking? Knitting while reading a 19th century novel...
...Plan on face time. Research shows that the No. 1 cause of interruption and delay in a workday is a colleague stopping by. That's because we are a social creatures and we crave human contact and connection. Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell calls this Vitamin C. If we have a deficiency, we wander the hallways seeking human connection at inopportune times for ourselves and others. The answer: schedule a coffee break or water cooler rendezvous. Schedule some lunches. You need it. It will fortify you for the less social parts of the workday...
MIAMI Beach bums and clubgoers alike crave the specks of glitter in Chanel's Glossimer ($24.50), in Spark...
...time. Lining up to go to the washroom or to go to the lunchroom is the first thing I remember learning as a first-grader, and when someone did something especially commendable, the reward was always being named “line-leader”. We are conditioned to crave, love, and live the line. Lines can also be a very positive recreational force on society. Standing in line at CVS is the perfect time to check out the latest issue of People, and I’m not going to lie and say I haven’t made...