Article: Now that you have a collection of steps to help you stay focused from Method 1, the repeat test is a great way to test how effectively you use them. Start by creating a spreadsheet or even simply drawing a form on a piece of paper or a whiteboard. Make one column with the hours in your day listed, and then make a wider column leaving space to the right of each hour. This test requires you to take a minute or two at the top of each hour to evaluate how you used the preceding hour. Set a timer if you need to ensure that you stop long enough to fill in the form. During your evaluation period, consider what you completed over the previous hour. This can be anything from an exercise routine to studying for a test to spending the hour in front of the television. Be honest with yourself regarding how you spent the hour. This is the step from which the test draws its name. Once you've taken stock of the hour, simply ask yourself if you'd repeat it. The question essentially seeks to make you ask yourself if you believe you spent the hour in a productive manner. You're less likely to repeat the hour if the answer is no. Keeping a written record of the day to see how many hours you would repeat and how many you wouldn't is also an effective motivational tool. Write a few words about what you did with the hour in the righthand column and as well as your repeatability evaluation. One of the drawbacks to the repeat test is that you can quickly fall into the habit of judging every hour by its overall utility. A class where the instructor doesn't cover new material, an unproductive work meeting, and other parts of your day can start feeling like frustrating time wasters in themselves. Try to remember that you don't have complete control over every hour of your day sometimes and that meeting an obligationsuch as being present for the unproductive meetingcan still count as a necessary portion of your day. Remaining flexible is important in all aspects of your life, including your fun and relaxation time.
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Create a form to manage your time for the day. Stop what you're doing at the top of each hour. Consider how you spent the hour. Ask yourself if you'd repeat the hour. Summarize the hour and write down your evaluation in the righthand column. Acknowledge the parts of your day over which you have control.
Article: While you may have to buy a heat gun to complete this method, it's still more cost effective than buying a $100-$200 vaporizer. A heat gun like this costs around $40 and the rest of the supplies you probably have around your house, or can get at the grocery store for less than 5 bucks. For this method, you'll need: a heat gun that heats to at least 200 degrees C paper towel and toilet paper tubes of the same diameter aluminum foil an oven bag, also known as a turkey bag a tea ball twist ties a funnel or coffee percolator small enough to nest in the paper towel tube It might help to roll the foil around a pen or a ruler, insert it into the tube, and then unroll the foil when it's on the inside. Leave enough of a lip on the foil (about an inch or so) to wrap around the outside edge of the tube and secure it. Opinions vary among smokers regarding whether or not heated aluminum foil is actually safe, or whether it gives off harmful vapors of its own. Some studies suggest that aluminum poisoning contributes to Alzheimer's disease, though this method typically won't scorch and melt any aluminum. If you want to vaporize for health reasons, keep this in mind. You'll want the funnel to point outward. To make sure it creates a tight seal, you might consider using some duct tape or glue before securing it with foil. Fix the open mouth of the oven bag over the nozzle and wrap some twist ties around it securely. Then, fold the edges of the bag up over the ties and secure them again with another tie. Here, you're just creating a folded edge to make sure the bag nestles snugly against the nozzle. The bag will collect the vapor as you heat it. You can pass the bag around, so it might also be smart to have something to plug the hole in the bag with. Or you can just use your thumb. Now you've got a bunch of strange-looking devices covered with tinfoil, but it'll come together very easily. Aiming the heat gun straight up in the air, put the toilet paper tube over the heat nozzle. Put what you want to smoke into the tea ball and rest it on the top of that tube. Next, fix the other paper towel tube over that, with the percolator or funnel pointing up. You might fit them together with some extra foil to make sure they fit together snugly. Fix the bag on top of the funnel, and you're ready to go. Switch the heat gun on and watch the bag slowly inflate with vapor. It may be somewhat difficult to see, but you can trust that it'll be there. When the bag fully inflates, switch off the heatgun and inhale any vapor remaining in the long tube (there may be a considerable amount--don't waste it). Take turns inhaling the vapor from the oven bag.
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Collect your supplies. Line the inside of both tubes with aluminum foil. Using foil, secure the funnel to one end of the paper towel tube. Cinch the bag around the funnel nozzle and set it with twist ties. Assemble the vaporizer. Get vaporizing.
Article: One of the most classic tricks to fitting everything you need into a small bedroom is by storing things under your bed. Of course, this requires your bed to be on a frame, which is a necessity if you are living in a small room. As for the boxes, boxes on wheels work well on wooden floors. Plastic storage bins are also great for under the bed storage. Shelving units can double as footboards. Place a cushion on top of the unit and it can even become a place to sit. These shelving units can have cabinets, cubbies, or both, for storing things you want put away and things you want to display. With a small bedroom you have to get sneaky about your storage. A headboard that actually acts like a cabinet is one of those great storage secrets. You can buy these types of headboards online or at home furnishing stores. Place it behind your bed, lift up the panel, and place the your stuff in the cupboard. You can also consider purchasing a headboard that has cubbies built into it. Place books, decorative objects, or bedtime necessities in the cubbies and cabinets. It is best not to clutter the surfaces of your furniture with the little trinkets that you hold dear but don't necessarily need to see every day. Instead of having them out all over the place, try out some unique storage options that allow you easy access to them when you want them. One of the best options is the hollowed out book method. You cut out the center of the pages so that a chamber forms in the middle of the book. You can then put small keepsakes in the book and place it on your bookshelf or in a drawer of your bedside table. If you don't have enough space to hang shelves on your wall, why not make them inside your wall. To do this, you will need to cut a vertical rectangle out of the wall in between the studs in the wall. Once you have done that, you can recover the space with drywall or wood. In the insert you have now made in the wall, hang shelves. You have now effectively made a bookshelf inside your wall. You can also try out 'invisible' bookshelves. These shelves will help you store stuff you would normally put on shelves, without actually needing the wall space to put the shelves up. Click here for more information. If you have an angled or triangular ceiling, there are still ways you can make that low space for you. Because the ceiling is angled, you probably won't use the space where the angled ceiling meets the wall very often. Install a built-in row of cabinets and cubbies along the wall. While doing this will take up some floor space, it will also provide you with plenty of storage and surface space, allowing you to use other parts of your room for things other than storage.
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Invest in some under-the-bed storage boxes. Place a shelving unit at the foot of your bed. Buy a storage headboard. Get creative with your treasures. Cut out parts of your wall to make shelves. Work with your angled ceiling.