Sleep will really improve your healthy look. The younger people are, the more sleep they need, with teens needing up to ten hours, and even younger kids needing more. Most people drink or eat stimulants throughout the day. Avoiding stimulants like coffee, tea, or soda for four to six hours before you decide to go to sleep could help you get a good night's rest. There are multiple ways to improve your sleep by adjusting the stimuli around you. While you may fall asleep easily some nights and are restless others, science provides a few guidelines for a better night's sleep. Turn down the thermostat. Going to sleep quickly, and getting better overall sleep, is assisted by cooler temps between 60 and 67 degrees Fahrenheit (15-21 Celsius). Not only that, but cooler environments promote deeper, longer sleep, while humidity has been linked to wakefulness and worse overall sleep. Turn your room into a cave of darkness. When your eyes detect a lessening light, they send a message to the brain and the hormone melatonin begins to rise, signaling a need for sleep. The entry of light during your typical sleep cycle reverses that process, and wakes the body up by raising body temperature, lowering melatonin, and otherwise getting people ready for the day. Incorporate a few ways to relax yourself before sleep so that you'll be completely rested and accustomed to sleep after the same routine. Try a few of the following ideas to spur your imagination: Use various forms of exercise to improve your sleep. Yoga before bed is a perfect way to limber up, relax, and get ready to sleep. Try reading or writing a few pages. Reading lowers stress levels in the body fairly drastically for the amount of time reading. Just six minutes has been shown to significantly lower the heart rate and ease the body. Take a hot bath or shower. When you take a hot bath, your body temperature rises to abnormal levels. Upon getting out, the temperature quickly cools and leads to relaxation. Some studies have shown a direct correlation between temperature decline in proximity to sleep onset.

Summary: Sleep at least 8 hours a day. Avoid stimulants. Create a perfect sleep room. Create a sleep routine.

A good place to start when designing a game is with understanding what has worked before. Play a lot of a varieties of games to see how they work and what makes the interesting. Find which ones you like and figure out what it is that you enjoy about them. Try different categories of games to determine what your options are. Remember, card games don't necessarily just need to be about cards. You can throw in dice and a board as well. Good examples of strategy games include "Risk" and "Settlers of Catan." Strategy games are meant to test intelligence. They often last for an hour or more and involve slowly accumulating an advantage over your opponent by making astute choices. While strategy games are typically about gathering strength over time, to make things interesting you should have a method of winning that is quick and unpredictable. So, for example, in chess you can gain a huge strategic advantage over your opponent by taking their pieces. However, one wrong move can always put you in checkmate, so it is possible for a player to come from behind to win. In many betting games, like blackjack and poker, you have very little control over whether you win or lose. The point is to calculate how high your probability of winning is and bet according. Sometimes you can scare your opponent into giving up their hand by betting more than they are willing to pay, effectively allowing you to win on the basis of your interactions with the other player, rather than your actual hand. Fishing games, like dominoes or casino, give each player a set of cards that they need to lay down. Sometimes there is a deck that is pulled from randomly to create uncertainly. The objective is usually to find a card that matches one that has already been laid down and thereby either allowing you to get rid of or add to the cards in your hand. Often, small changes in rule systems can alter a game significantly. Many games are based on such small variations from other games. Common ways to change games include making certain cards wild, taking some cards out of the deck, and adding or subtracting cards from your hand.

Summary: Experiment with a lot of games. Try strategy games. Try betting games. Try fishing games. Think about common variations on games.

Maybe your entire family has a relationship with the bar or bat mitzvah, and you are all attending the party. In this case, you may want to bring a bigger gift than if only one person was invited. In other words, bring a gift that is worthy and large enough to be from everyone that was invited to the party. If your entire family was invited, that also means the hosts are paying more for everyone to be there. Keep that in mind! A gift is a way to say "thank you" for a great event and to congratulate the Bar/Bat Mitzvah on their hard work and accomplishment. If you have known the bar or bat mitzvah since they were a baby and have watched them transition from child to adult, you may want to give a bigger gift than if you only know them a little bit. "Bigger" can mean anything from more expensive to more heartfelt. You would probably give your very best friend a better gift than you'd give a casual classmate or acquaintance, and this is no different. Regardless if you spend $100 or $10, it's the thought that counts. You are helping to celebrate their transition into adulthood, and that day will be incredibly special for them whether you shell out a lot of money or not. " The Hebrew letters for the word "chai," which means life, are equal to 18. Because of this, 18 is a significant and special number in Jewish tradition. Often times, guests will give the bar or bat mitzvah money in some increment of 18 $18, $36, $54, $72, and so on! If you'd like, you can give cash, check or a gift card in a multiple of chai. You're certainly not obligated to give in increments of 18, although it is more traditional. If you want to give a pre-loaded gift card in another amount, do it! If you'd rather give them a $20 or $50 bill, that works too. Any and all gifts will be greatly appreciated.

Summary: Consider who was invited to the celebration. Reflect on your relationship with the host. Consider giving money in multiples of "chai.

If it's raining, or has recently rained and you don't have access to dry firewood, it's still possible to keep your fire burning. It just takes more effort and patience. Focus on building up a small flame in one area of your fire pit. The larger the wet area and material, the harder it will be to create enough heat for a sustainable fire. Use extra tinder and kindling. Don't try to light a whole log just yet. Work on building a flame with paper and sticks. Birch trees have good bark for quick burning even when it's raining as the bark has natural oils which repel moisture. If you can, place a tarp or something over your fire to block any rain. Just make sure it's enough to prevent scorching or catching fire. Use a dry towel or even dry clothes to wrap all of your wood and burning materials in. Damp the wood down and try your best to suck up or get rid of as much moisture as possible. If you suspect you may encounter rain, grab a canister before you go out and fill it with dry twigs, pine cones and needles. An oatmeal tin works great for storing small kindling and will keep it dry. When burning a fire outdoors, it's always a good idea to have extra logs which you keep wrapped up just in case of rain. A grouping of smaller logs and kindling will be easier to light individually than one large log. In addition, you can try to light anything that will burn to get your fire started, or keep it going. Waterproof matches, a lighter, or flint and steel are your best best for sparking a flame. Foods that have a lot of carbohydrates can also be used as fuel in a pinch. Foods like chocolate and marshmallows work well. If you have a hatchet or other way to split logs, use it. Split logs down the middle to expose the dry area. Stand the logs up and face the dry bark towards the flame.
Summary: Start small. Wrap your wood in a towel before trying to burn. Use smaller logs, sticks, and anything else at your disposal.