INPUT ARTICLE: Article: When you're dealing with pain, it can be helpful to work with a partner rather than performing reflexology techniques on your own. That way you can try to completely relax your body to allow healing to begin. Remove constricting clothing and lie down on a bed or another comfortable surface before beginning the session. Dim the lights to create a more peaceful environment with as few irritating stimulants as possible. It can help to play soothing music, light some candles, or use massage oil to make the experience feel as calming and healing as possible. Reflexology is great for relieving simple headaches. Relieve tension and sinus headaches by applying pressure on the reflex points for the head and neck, which are located on your toes. All of your toes have points that correlate to your head, face and brain. Apply pressure to the entire surface of each of your toes if you are suffering from a migraine headache. Press your thumb into each toe and repeat the process at least ten times for each toe. This method is especially effective if your migraine has been triggered by sinusitis. If you have chronic or unexplained head pain, seek medical advice to find out if your headaches are being triggered by other medical conditions. An overall reflexology session can relieve general aches and pains. Most reflex points should be pressed for about 10 seconds at a time. Take your time and press all the reflex points on each one of your feet. Use light pressure and pay attention to any spot that feels sore or painful. When you experience discomfort in a reflex point, the corresponding organ or limb is out of balance. Treat all the reflex points on each foot, to evaluate all your areas of imbalance. Once you've worked on each of your feet, return to any painful points and work your sore points gently until you no longer feel the soreness or discomfort.

SUMMARY: Have a partner help you. Get rid of a headache. Deal with general aches and pains.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Combine butter, honey, sugar, vanilla extract, and assorted spices with raw old-fashioned oats. Refrigerate the mixture in a baking dish lined with parchment paper for 2 hours, then cut the sheet into rectangles after it firms up. Voila! Easy homemade granola bars in no time. Granola bars work well as a quick breakfast, a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, or a late-night snack. Making your own granola bars from scratch is usually healthier than buying them at the store, since you can control everything that goes in them. Add granola, peanut butter, honey, and a splash of milk to a large mixing bowl and stir the ingredients together until they thicken. Roll the mixture into bite-sized balls by hand and stick them in the refrigerator overnight. Feel free to add or substitute any other ingredients you want to put your own unique spin on things. Items like chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and flax seed are especially popular. These simple snacks are loaded with protein, fiber, and just enough sugar to give you the energy you need to get through a busy day. The next time you bake a loaf of banana bread or a batch of cookies, fold -1 cup (45-90 g) of granola into the dough or batter. Playing with different textures in the same confections can add a whole new dimension to familiar recipes, and you'll never have to choose between crunchy and chewy again! Alternatively, try sprinkling granola clusters directly onto your fresh-baked cookies, muffins, or brownies when they first come out of the oven. Lower the calorie count of standard deep-fried offerings by rolling them in a breading made from granola and baking them in the oven. When you get your first taste of the rich golden-brown crust, there's a good chance you won't even be able to tell the difference. You can prepare chicken, fish, and vegetables this way, all to delicious effect. In order for your breading to stick properly, it may help to pulse the granola a few times in a food processor or blender. The whole-grain oats in granola contain more fiber, fewer simple carbohydrates, and just as much flavor as traditional breadcrumbs. They also don't tend to get as mushy when cooked for long periods of time, meaning your stuffed dishes will often come out with a much better consistency. Any dish that ordinarily calls for a breadcrumbs can be made with granola, including stuffed pork chops, fish fillets, peppers, mushrooms, and crab cakes.

SUMMARY: Make homemade granola bars. Put together some no-bake energy bites. Incorporate granola into your baked goods. Turn granola into a crispy coating for oven-baked alternatives to fried foods. Use granola in place of breadcrumbs in stuffing.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Figure out how much work you have to get done over the summer. This will allow you to break your workload up into discrete, manageable sections. Gather all your assignments together and make a list of all you need to get done. Seeing the assignments clearly laid out will give you an idea of how to pace your work. On your first day of vacation, take a half-hour to plan out your study schedule for the summer. This simple exercise will dramatically reduce the stress you feel as you approach your summer homework. A well-planned schedule will make it so you never have to wonder if you're getting behind. Let your friends and family know which times you are studying so they won't bother you. Plan to devote one to two hours a day, five days a week, to studying. If you split up your assignments into the number of weeks you have to complete your work, you'll never get off track. If your assignment is to read a book, total up the number of pages in the book and divide it into the number of days in your summer vacation. For example, if the assigned book is 360 pages long and your summer vacation is 90 days long, divide 360 by 90, which equals 4. That means you have to read 4 pages per day to finish the book over the summer. Not too bad! If your assignment is to complete four chapters of a math textbook, look at the practice problems for the four chapters and add up the total number. Then divide that number by the number of days in your summer vacation. For example, if there are 225 questions per chapter, that means you need to complete 900 problems over the summer. Divide 900 by 90, which equals 10. That means you need to complete 10 math problems a day to complete all four chapters by the end of the summer. If you have more than one subject to get done over the summer, try breaking up your days into different subjects. For example, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday you might do reading assignments, and on Tuesday and Friday, you might work on math problems. " We all have dead time in our schedules when we're not doing much. Use that time to work on assignments that you may have missed or to work ahead so you don't have to feel stressed out on your days off. For example, if you're flying somewhere for a family vacation, that's a perfect time to get a chapter read or a few math problems completed. It's inevitable that you'll have to miss a few days of school work for birthdays, parties, or vacations. Include these in your schedule up front so you can plan around them from the get-go. For example, if your family is planning on taking a four-day vacation over the Fourth of July, mark these days off on your calendar since you probably won't get any work done.

SUMMARY:
Assess your workload. Make a schedule. Pace yourself. Break up your work by subject. Work during "dead times. Include days off on your schedule.