Q: Use a vegetable peeler to remove the skin from the sweet potatoes, then rinse the bare sweet potatoes with running water. Cut each one into 2-inch (5-cm) chunks. Since you'll be removing the skins from the sweet potatoes, there's no need to scrub them clean beforehand. A simple rinse after peeling the spuds should be enough to remove any residual dirt from the flesh. Try to keep the pieces evenly sized to promote consistent cooking. If you cut the pieces much smaller than instructed, they may disintegrate. If you cut them too large, they will take longer to cook. Place the cubed sweet potatoes in a large stockpot. Add enough cold water to cover them by about 1 inch (2.5 cm). Place stockpot on the stove over medium-high heat. Bring the water to a boil, then cook the sweet potatoes for 15 to 20 minutes. Test the sweet potatoes for doneness by piercing one chunk with the tines of a fork. If the sweet potatoes are ready, the fork should slide into the chunk easily and nearly break it apart. Pour the contents of the stockpot through a colander to drain any water, then return the chunks of sweet potato to the pot. Keep the stockpot on a heat-resistant surface but do not return it to the stove. It's best to return the sweet potatoes to the empty stockpot than to place them in a separate bowl. The residual heat should help dry any remaining water lingering on the surface of the sweet potato chunks. Roughly mash the softened sweet potatoes using an electric hand mixer, immersion blender, potato masher, or fork. Add milk and butter, then continue mashing until combined. If you prefer chunky sweet potato mash, use a fork or potato masher and limit the amount of milk and butter you add. In fact, you can omit the milk completely to make the mash as hearty as possible. On the other hand, if you prefer creamy sweet potato mash, you'll need to use an electric hand mixer or immersion blender. Add the full amount of milk and butter, and beat the sweet potatoes until smooth. Add your desired seasonings to the sweet potato mash. Stir well to incorporate the seasonings into the mash. For basic sweet potato mash, add salt and pepper to taste, starting with 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) salt and 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml) pepper and adjusting as needed. For a conventionally sweet taste, stir in maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. If you prefer savory sweet potato mash, use salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder. If you enjoy spicy foods, try mixing in a little chilli sauce with some cinnamon and nutmeg. The sweet potato mash is finished. Enjoy it while it's still hot.
A: Peel and cut the sweet potatoes. Cover with water. Boil the sweet potatoes until tender. Drain the water. Mash with milk and butter. Season as desired. Serve.

Q: Turn your clocks over or put them in a closet or drawer where you can't see them. Set each clock for a slightly different time. When you check the time, you'll have to remember how you adjusted this clock. This will help you redirect your thinking away from the passage of time. The same is true for electronic devices like cell phones and computers. If you want to use your cell phone or computer, switch the time zone. Just don't forget to change it back. The less you think about the time, the sooner it will pass. Visit friends. Go to the movies, or do something as simple as taking a walk or drive. Sitting at home will increase the temptation for you to watch the clock all day. Instead, go out, even if you only go out do something like returning an overdue library book or stopping by the ATM. Invite your loved ones over or go to them. Play board games, talk, go out to eat. Whatever you do to pass time, it's often easier to get your mind off of waiting when you have other people there to talk to and interact with. Exercise releases endorphins that help you feel happier and more relaxed. You don't necessarily need a gym membership, but it may help to at least leave your house to exercise. Meet some friends to play basketball, go for a run, or take a bike ride.
A: Avoid watching the clock. Get out of the house. Spend time with family and friends. Spend time at the gym.

Q: Once your Town Hall is at level 8 and higher, you'll have a lot of options for a variety of defense buildings. Spend your resources on upgrading your current defenses, especially your Clan Castle, but save enough to start adding a few new buildings as well. Don't neglect to upgrade your walls which are still your best source of stopping power. It's also a great idea to focus on your dark elixir. Dark elixir is rare to win in battle and almost just as hard to mine. By adding and upgrading your dark elixir drills you can quickly produce enough to get the Barbarian King. The Barbarian King can be used to guard your village and attack enemy troops. This unit is great for defending your gold and elixir stores. Build at least one more of each tower once you reach level 8. Keep your Town Hall and Clan Castle in the center surrounded by your strongest walls. Place your new towers in a square or circular formation as close to your Town Hall as possible, with the exception of your Archer towers, which should be lining your perimeter. Keep your Air defense and Hidden Teslas relatively close to one another. Get the Air Sweeper when it becomes available to blast airborne enemies back. Position your air sweepers away from other anti-air defenses. If you place your Air Sweeper too close to anti-air defense, it will blow the enemies out of range. Instead, try and place so it blows your enemies into an attack range. Once you've attended your existing defense building upgrades, upgrade the new towers you've added to provide better protection. Upgrade these towers one at a time, and keep upgrading each one until it will take more than a day for the next upgrade. Focus on upgrades that won't keep your Builders busy for several days on one project. If you try to upgrade two Air Defense towers at once, you'll use up your Builder's time and won't have time to attend to your other buildings before being attacked several times. The same strategy applies to your mortars and Wizard towers. In addition, if too many of your defenses are being upgraded at once, you'll have less defense units when you are being attacked. Once you have tackled the larger projects, focus on upgrading your traps such as your bombs, balloons, and skeletons. Once you upgrade your Town Hall to level 9 you can get the Archer Queen. This unit is similar to the Barbarian King and will defend your village. You can place your Archer Queen next to your Barbarian King and have the two fight together, or spread the two units out to cover more ground. As you reach level 9 of your Town Hall you'll also have access to a new X-Bow and more walls. Have one builder begin building new walls while another builder constructs the X-Bow. Add any other defensive buildings that are available next. If you've been diligent about upgrading your existing defenses, you should be able to focus on adding new ones without much of an added attack threat to your existing structures. In order to hold enough resources for upgrading your new defenses, you may need to increase your resource storages. Before spending more resources on upgrading these new defenses, attend to your storage capacity. As you continue to make upgrades you'll need to be able to produce more gold, elixir, and dark elixir quickly. Place your largest stores closer to the center of your village to protect your resources. As you slowly build all of your defenses and make upgrades on the new ones, you'll need to make sure that your Barbarian King and Archer Queen are powerful enough to defend your village during upgrades. You'll also have to make more room for your new buildings following your previous strategy. Remember to keep mortars, Hidden Teslas, and Wizard towers to the center of your village. Place Archer towers, traps, and cannons closer to the perimeter.
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Get as many defensive buildings as you can. Upgrade your new towers. Build the Archer Queen Altar. Continue to upgrade current defenses and build new ones. Add new gold and elixir storage. Rearrange your base as needed and continue to upgrade Heroes and walls.