INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Each letter in "Best Me" corresponds to a step. It does not matter what order you do the steps in (the order below is BESTME), or what words you use. It is important however, that you include all the steps to ensure that you immerse every aspect of yourself in the imagined experience. B - Belief system E - Emotions S - Sensations and physical experiences T - Thoughts and images M - Motives E - Expectations Think of a real or imagined place where you feel safe, calm, and happy. You can choose any place you like; there is no "wrong" place. It is, however, best to stick with a place once you choose it, as this makes reaching a relaxed state easier. Common safe places include: A beach A sunny park A spot you visited on vacation Your favorite room in your house, past or present A place you've seen in a picture This is the sensation and physical experiences part of the process. Use all of your senses, not just sight. As you imagine each detail of this safe place, let its calmness relax you. For example, if your safe place were a beach at sunset, you would concentrate on: The colors the red and golds of the sunset, the blue of the water The sounds the crash of the surf and call of the gulls The sensations the wind on your skin and the warm sand beneath you Smells the pure sea air with a hint of saltiness Absorb the peace around you. Feel yourself becoming calm, relaxed. Tell yourself: "I am calm. At peace." Thoughts will inevitably flit through your mind at first. Don't fight them. Rather, gently return your focus to your safe space. You are sinking into it and shutting down. Sinking down and shutting down. Sinking down and shutting down. If you have difficulty pushing away a negative thought, imagine putting the image on a TV screen, then use a remote control to put it on mute, to make it black and white, and to turn it off. You can also imagine putting the image in a drawer and closing the drawer. In fact, get rid of it in any way you want. Just don't set it on fire or blow it up because it's supposed to be relaxing. You have no other motives, no desire to be anywhere else, to do anything else. All you want is to exist free in this place. To dream, to drift on and on, until you are completely in your own personal paradise. Don't worry about whether you will achieve hypnosis. Expect to. Hypnosis is nothing but focus. Focus on your safe space. Be there. As you enter it completely, you are in hypnosis. As the technique's creator writes, "The deeper you go, the deeper you're able to go, and the deeper you go, the deeper you want to go, and the more enjoyable the experience becomes." Return to the sensations of your safe space. Feel the peacefulness. Let thoughts fade. Enjoy the space as you sink deeper and deeper, until you are completely in your safe space. Once you have created and immersed yourself in your safe place, consider giving it a name. You can then use this name, even when not in hypnosis, to bring feelings of calm and relaxation. If you are still mastering self-hypnosis, or if your goal was simply to relax and calm yourself, you can now emerge from your session. Or, you can move on to pre-experiencing a goal in order to increase confidence and incentive, or to re-experiencing past emotions in order to build confidence and reduce anxiety.

SUMMARY: Go through the steps of the Best Me technique. Choose your safe place (your "belief system"). Imagine yourself in your safe place. Let the peacefulness of your safe place drive out negative emotions. Allow the calm of the space to drive away all thought. Enjoy the peacefulness. Expect to sink deeply into your safe space. Repeat these steps as many times as necessary. Associate your safe place with a word. Conclude your session or move on to pre-experiencing or re-experiencing.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Statusbrew is a free website (and mobile app) that can monitor your Twitter followers. You can use Statusbrew to watch one Twitter account for free, but adding other accounts will cost money. You'll have to provide your email address, name, a and a new password for logging in to Statusbrew. If it's your first time using Statusbrew, you won't see any unfollowers listed. This is because it hasn't been monitoring your Twitter followers until now.

SUMMARY: Open a web browser. Navigate to http://www.statusbrew.com. Click Sign up. Click Sign up with Twitter. Type your Twitter username and password. Click Authorize App. Type the requested personal information. Click the "Proceed" link. Click your Twitter name. Click "New Unfollowers" link.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The Magic Bullet comes with a tall cup, a short cup, and a party mug. You'll use the tall cup for most of your recipes, but you can use the short cup if you're only making a small amount of a recipe. Use the party mug for drinks and smoothies.

SUMMARY: Choose the cup you want to use.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Turkeys generally take three to four hours to cook so plan accordingly. While your turkey is cooking, finish making the rest of your side dishes and desserts. If your guests are arriving at 4 pm, put the turkey in around 12:30 or 1 pm. That way, when your guests arrive the house will be filled with the delicious smells of roasting turkey and your turkey will be essentially done. When your turkey is done, you will have to carve it. Learn how to do that here. This means putting out any last minute place settings, making sure there is enough beer and wine to go around, etc. One important thing to check is that you have enough serving dishes (if you don't plan on serving your items directly out of the dish they were cooked in.) Ceramic pots with lids are a great way to store things like mashed potatoes and stuffing, while keeping them hot at the same time. If possible, get a friend or family member to arrive early with appetizers (think light fare like cheese and crackers, olives, some nuts, etc.) Feeding your guests appetizers and providing them with drinks will promote mingling in the living room and will allow you an extra hour or so to finish up your last dishes. Ask everyone to take a seat or set it up so that all of the dishes are in a line and each person can serve him or herself. Enjoy the meal!

SUMMARY:
Put the turkey in the oven. Finish up any last minutes projects. Set out appetizers and drinks. Bring the dishes out for everyone to admire.