Throw away all the cigarettes and pour alcoholic drinks down the sink.. Ask the other members of your household to support you in keeping your home free of alcohol and tobacco products, so that you can avoid temptation on a daily basis. Don't hold onto your favorite lighter, your flask, or your shot glasses. A big lifestyle change like this is best maintained if you avoid seeing constant reminders of your old habits. Being near places where smoking and drinking are encouraged can be dangerous when you are trying to quit. Avoid bars and other places where alcohol and tobacco are likely to be used. Sit in the nonsmoking sections of restaurants and choose non-smoking hotel rooms Surrounding yourself with people that engage in behaviors you are trying to avoid can be tempting. Explain to them that you are removing the substances from your life and will no longer engage in activities that revolve around drinking or smoking. Create distance from people who will not support you in your desire to be free from alcohol and tobacco. High risk situations can include feeling lonely, tired, angry, and hungry. These situations can leave you feeling vulnerable and more prone to use alcohol or tobacco. Be aware of when you feel you may be approaching any of these situations and learn to prevent them from starting. Make sure you get enough sleep, eat throughout the day, and don't isolate yourself socially to avoid these high risk situations. If you feel anger coming on, remind yourself to relax and let it pass without depending on alcohol and cigarettes.
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One-sentence summary -- Get rid of all addictive substances in the house. Trash anything that reminds you of smoking or drinking. Avoid places where people smoke or drink. Take a break from people who regularly drink/smoke. Avoid high risk situations.

You have limited waking time when you're sick, so use the most effective and efficient revision techniques to maximize the use of your time and boost your chances of success. Writing is a wise use of your time. If you rewrite key notes and concepts in your own words, it is more effective than simply reading them or saying them aloud. It's best to do so with a pen or pencil. Research shows that writing notes out by hand (versus typing them on a laptop or other device) can boost your comprehension and memory. Studies suggest that using practice testing, like flashcards or mock exams, is more productive than just simply reviewing your textbooks or notes. Besides more closely approximating the format of your test, these activities force you to recall, synthesize, and utilize information instead of just passively reading or repeating it. We all learn differently and favor different senses in our learning. Engage as many senses as you can in your study process and methods to boost your cognition and recall of information. For example, read your notes, rewrite your notes, and then quiz yourself aloud on your notes. If you follow those steps, you would have processed the information you're revising in visual, tactile, and auditory ways, which can help ensure that you're covering the learning styles that work best for you while bolstering your grasp of a concept. Your revision will seem more manageable if you divide it up into a series of sessions and set yourself a specific task for each. Since you're ill, be realistic about how much you can accomplish. Create checkpoints and allow yourself to rest when you reach them. For example, you could break up sessions chronologically by studying a week or two of lectures at a time or thematically by studying a particular formula or concept. Remember to only focus on one thing at a time for each session. Multitasking is not only stressful, but it's also less effective than honing in on a single subject or goal. It's easy to get tired when you're sick. Exhaustion will seriously compromise your ability to study effectively, so be sure to pause regularly for rest and relaxation. Doing so will ensure that you're taking care of and listening to your body. It will also help you maintain your focus when you are studying. Even when you're healthy, it's best to take breaks every 25 to 50 minutes in order to recharge your concentration. Take at least 5 to 15 minutes between sessions to give your body and brain the respite they need to function at their best. If you're sick, remember that brief but focused studying sessions will be more useful than trying to sustain your attention for hours at a time. Revising in short intervals is actually proven to be more effective than prolonged study sessions.
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One-sentence summary -- Incorporate writing into your revision. Use active forms of studying. Stimulate more than one sense to reinforce important knowledge. Set reasonable goals. Take frequent breaks.

In a seated position, push downward with your lower back and rear end as though you were on a swing and pushing it forward. This helps you get used to the half-halt signal. When you're ready, practice on the horse in a walk: squeeze your seat and apply just a light pressure to the reins. If the horse halts, reward it by gently scratching him and praising him. Keep practicing this until the horse responds to the seat aid with minimal (or no) rein pressure. When you've mastered that, repeat those steps from a trot. If the horse is confused, you can return to the walk-halt exercise to reinforce the meaning of the signal. This simple exercise can help make the half-halt signal clear. In a way, both you and the horse are learning at the same time. In a dressage arena, ask for a transition from trot to walk at A, E, C and B. Walk a few strides only, move back to a trot. Repeat this for a few circuits. The horse will quickly learn the pattern and expect to slow down at the given letters. Next, at those letters begin to ask for a transition to walk, but at the last minute change your mind and stay in the trot. This method lets you give a small suggestion of half-halt, and since the horse is expecting the signal, he is likely to respond. When you tell him to continue, he'll rebalance and move forward. Like the above exercise, this builds the horse's expectation of a change, this time working from a full halt. Try this if your horse doesn't respond to the exercise in Step 2, or use the two exercises in combination. Signal a full halt and let the horse rest for two minutes. Trot about 40 yards (37m), then signal another full halt, resting again for two minutes. After trotting another 40 yards (36.6m), start your halt signal, but as soon as you feel the horse shifting downward, drive him forward.
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Practice your seat aid at home before trying on the horse. Build the horse's expectation to halt through with a trot-to-walk exercise. Evolve your half-halt signal from a halt.