Fortunately, there is a vaccine available for Hepatitis A that is 99 100% effective in preventing the disease. It is recommended for all children. If you were never vaccinated, you should consult your healthcare provider to receive a vaccine. Also consult your doctor if you fall into one of the risk groups discussed in Part 1, as he may recommend a booster for your vaccine. Regular handwashing is considered one of the best ways to avoid contracting and spreading disease. Hepatitis A is no exception. Since hepatitis A is spread through fecal contamination, always wash your hands thoroughly after using the bathroom. Follow these steps for proper hand-washing technique. Wet your hands with clean, running water. Apply soap and lather your hands by rubbing them together. Be sure to cover all parts of your hands, including the backs, between your fingers, and your fingernails. Scrub your hands for 20 seconds. Popular timekeeping tricks are humming the "Happy Birthday" song twice, or singing the ABC's. Rinse your hands under clean, running water. Make sure to avoid touching the faucet with your hands when you turn the water off. Use your forearm or elbow instead. Dry your hands with a clean, dry towel or allow them to air dry. If soap and water is unavailable, use hand sanitizer that is at least 60% alcohol. Apply the amount suggested by the label to your hands and rub them until they are dry. Foods you plan on consuming raw should be carefully washed. If they've been handled by someone who has hepatitis or exposed to human waste, you can get the virus by eating them. To prevent this, be sure all food is clean before you eat it. Rinse fruits and vegetables under running water. Don't use any soap. If the food has thick or rough skin, like a watermelon, scrub it with a clean brush. Dry the food with a paper towel or clean cloth. Avoid eating food or drinking water while in endemic areas, or take special precautions to make sure you are not ingesting anything that may be contaminated. Like produce, meat can also be contaminated by hepatitis A if handled by an infected person. To prevent this, follow federal guidelines for properly cooking meat. Generally meat should be heated to at least 145 160F (62.7 711C) degrees to kill any pathogens. Reference this chart to see the right temperature to cook different meats.
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One-sentence summary -- Get vaccinated. Wash your hands regularly. Clean all fruits and vegetables thoroughly. Cook all food at the correct temperature.

Document your journey to fulfillment in a journal. Journals provide you with a space to process your thoughts, evaluate your fears, and dream your dreams. Writing regularly in a paper journal or maintaining a daily blog will allow you to track your progression to happiness. Writing about your day and your emotions forces you to become more self aware. Note what brought you joy that day and jot down what made you anxious. Document an interaction with someone that is doing exactly what you want to do. As you move through your journey, periodically flip back through your journal to see how far you have come. Instead of writing about your journey to happiness, keep a video diary. Use your phone, computer, or camcorder to record your thoughts, aspirations, and realizations. Unlike journaling, keeping a video diary allows you to verbalize your thoughtsit forces you to get out of your own head. You also don't have the added stress of starring at a blank page! Maintaining a video record will allow you to assess your growth. Rewatch the short films to see how you have changedhave your goals shifted significantly, are you more aware of what makes you unhappy, or do you have an idea of what might make you happy? Allow your realizations to influence your understanding of happiness and fulfillment. Documenting your life through pictures is an excellent way to capture memories! Snap pictures of people, places, and things that make you feel happytake pictures of your 91 year-old grandma, a tree changing colors, a successful project. Take pictures of scenes that move you to actionsnap a picture of a riot, a policeman standing guard, or a lost dog. As you collect these images, analyze their significance to you. What do they make you feel and why? Do they reveal something about your life? Are there any images missing from your collection? Apply what you discover about yourself to identify what makes you happy!
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One-sentence summary -- Keep a journal. Start a video diary. Take pictures.

If you want to make fun of someone, make sure that it's coming from a place of friendship. It's ok to pick on your friends and your siblings, but aggressively making fun of people you don't know well could be taken as bullying. You don't know how they'll react, or how personally they'll take it, so be nice. Make friends first. Even if you're just teasing, you can take it too far. Make sure the person you're making fun of knows you're joking around and watch for signs that they may be taking it personally. Don't hurt someone's feelings by picking on them repeatedly about the same thing. That can be hurtful and mean. If you're making fun of someone and they withdraw from you and your friends, apologize to them later. Let them know you're just teasing and be nice to them for a while without making extra jokes. Don't make fun of the same person all the time or they'll feel singled out. Spread it around. Don't make fun of someone more than once a week to play it safe. Tease your closest friends, and then be nice to them. Pick on someone else. You'll want to stay friends with someone even if you're making fun of them, so you have to be equally nice and equally hilarious. If you're going to push people's buttons, you've got to let your buttons be pushed sometimes, too. As long as you're with friends and you're all cutting up and teasing each other, it's all in good fun. Don't take insults or jokes personally and you'll earn yourself more credibility when you want to make fun in turn. Pick on someone your own size, both physically and emotionally. Make sure they can take it, or you'll be interpreted as a bully, and may even be punished as one. This is especially true at school. Give your little brother and the younger kids a break. They've got their own problems without you adding more. Never make someone for their race, sexual orientation, or other areas that they may be sensitive about. Everyone is fighting a big battle. Be nice.
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Only make fun of your friends. Know when to quit. Spread the wealth. Learn to take it as well as dish it out. Avoid bullying behavior.