Q: There are many excellent model castle designs available online and at craft stores. These designs are good for beginners or for those working with unforgiving mediums such as wood. However, if you have a specific design in mind, it may be best to design your own castle. When a drawing is "to scale," it is drawn with accurate proportions. To create accurate proportions, scale the measurements of your castle down. For example, if your castle will be three feet by two feet (.9 meters by .6 meters), your drawing could be three inches by two inches (7.6 cm by 5.08 cm). It may be useful to use graph paper to sketch your castle. Include any small details such as turrets or a drawbridge. Your castle will be composed of several large sections with many small sections mounted on top. For example, if you're building a simple square castle with towers on each corner, your large section would be a square shape and your small sections would be cylinders. Sketch each section separately to help you visualize the building process. Use your sketch as a guide. Create measurements for each separate section of the castle. Visualize building the castle with these different sections to help check your measurements. Make sure you include any accent features. For example: Turrets Towers Roofs A large base for your castle This step is optional, but it may be useful to create paper templates of any repetitive forms. For example, if you're making a foam castle with a lot of towers, create a paper template of a tower. Next, lay the template on each piece of foam to cut out the tower. Each tower will be the same size and shape. This method is also useful when creating paper castles. Instead of drawing and measuring each repetitive section, make a paper template to use.
A: Decide whether or not to create your own design. Sketch the castle to scale. Separate the large and small sections. Measure and plan each section. Consider making paper templates.

Q: This is the safer and healthier alternative to tanning using UV rays. When choosing a self-tanning product, start with a lighter color with an added moisturizer to help blend in awkward tan lines. It may be tempting to match the self-tanner to your tanned skin areas, but that would not be wise. If you apply deep tanning colors to your untanned skin, it will create an orange-y, splotchy mess with streaks on your ankles and feet which are hard areas to tan. Moisturizing self-tanners are easier to spread and blend in. Gradual self tanners take about one week to work, but they will look the most natural. Spray tan specialists use an airbrush to gently apply fake tan to blend in your skin tones and offer you an opportunity to get specific areas tanned in a semi-private atmosphere. These types of tans can last about two weeks and should fade away at the same rate as your natural tan. Paying for a specialist to give you a spray tan can be costly. Consider the cost before going out to get one. This is a good option if you don't feel confident in applying your own fake tan. Tanning beds can be a nice choice for convenience and total privacy. Tanning beds will also create a consistent, full coverage tan even if you have several skin tones going on. The more pale areas should be more effected by the tanning bed UV rays and after a few trips to the tanning saloon, they should catch up to your darker skin. In a tanning bed, you can control which areas of your skin are exposed to UV rays and for how long. This will allow you to match the tone of your skin more accurately. Beware of the damage caused by tanning beds. Tanning beds emit the same UV rays as the sun that can lead to skin damage and cancer.
A: Apply a self-tanner to the sections of your skin that didn't get tanned. Get a spray tan from a trained specialist. Choose a tanning bed to fix tan lines.

Q: When you're trying to get things done fast, it might be tempting to multitask. However, doing multiple things at once will only slow you down. Pick one task and work on only that task until you've run out of time or finished it. Then, you can move on to the next thing that you need to do. Even if you have multiple similar tasks to do, only do one thing at a time and don't jump back and forth between them. For example, work on only sending emails or finishing a report. Don't finish a page of the report and then send a few emails before working on the report again. Try to accomplish multiple tasks in a row in the same spot, like by your computer or on your phone. Then, you can get all of the things done that you need to do in one place without wasting time by starting and stopping tasks to move from place to place. For instance, if you have to look up the phone number for a few local businesses and buy something online, you can use your phone to look up the contact information, and then place the order through an app. Then, you can put your phone away and focus on completing other tasks. If you have a few phone calls to make, make them consecutively, and then take a break from using your phone while you finish other tasks. Try to get your most difficult tasks out of the way in the morning when you have the most energy and motivation, which will help you work through them quickly. Aim to finish all of your difficult tasks before noon, leaving the second half of the day for less important tasks and planning for the next day. For instance, if you have a term paper to finish and a few calls to make, you should plan to finish the paper in the morning, and make the phone calls in the afternoon. That way, the paper will be completed and you can knock out the smaller tasks quickly. When you're trying to work quickly, distractions can throw off your schedule. Wear a pair of headphones and listen to music, an audiobook, a newscast, or a podcast to block out distracting noise. This is especially helpful if you're working around other people who are talking or generally being loud. Avoid burnout by giving your mind and body time to rest throughout the day. Some experts recommend 10 minutes of rest for every 50 minutes of work, but you can adjust this as needed. On your break, check your text messages, grab a cup of coffee, go for a walk, or have a snack. Even if you don't feel like you need a break, take a short one anyway. Stand up and stretch, or take some time to drink some water. Your body will thank you!
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Focus on doing only one task at a time. Group tasks based on where or how you do them. Do your most challenging tasks in the morning. Put on a pair of headphones to block out distracting noise. Reward yourself with frequent, short breaks to refresh your energy.