Problem: Article: Follow good personal hygiene habits and use common sense to control your exposure to germs that can cause infections like the common cold. In addition to adopting healthy lifestyle habits and maintaining a healthy diet, avoiding contact with unwanted germs is the next most effective step in helping your immune system to keep you healthy. The best way to prevent catching a cold is to keep your hands clean and wash them frequently. Always wash your hands after using the bathroom, assisting a child to use the bathroom, and changing a diaper. Be sure your hands are clean before you begin food preparation. Wash your hands frequently as you prepare your meal. Keep surfaces as clean as possible, especially those used to prepare food. Keep door knobs, sink handles, mats used for napping by children, and bathroom surfaces clean. Disinfect surfaces using EPA-approved products. The websites for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Environmental Protection Agency provide more information. The CDC and the EPA publish information on agents that are approved as disinfectants for commercial, hospital, and residential use. Examples of residentially approved products include two familiar brand names, Lysol®️ products and residential cleaners made by Clorox®️, among many others. If you are around someone that is sick, be aware that their germs are likely on their hands. Pay attention to objects touched by the sick person and properly clean the objects as soon as possible to control the spread of germs. Do not hug, shake hands with, or kiss, someone with an infection. Avoid using fabric or cloth towels when several people need to dry their hands after washing. Using hand sanitizer is a good way to clean germs from your hands without the need for a towel. Exposing your child to other children at an early age is not necessarily a bad thing, as this helps to strengthen their immune system. To prevent some colds, the flu, and other infections, choosing classes with smaller numbers of children enrolled may help to limit your child's exposure to an excessive amount of germs. Breastfeeding an infant is key in boosting the child's natural immune system, even years later.
Summary: Take practical steps to prevent infections. Wash your hands. Clean your environment. Avoid touching contaminated objects. Use paper towels. Select daycares with smaller classes.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Vinyl is remarkably easy to keep clean with a simple rinse, if you do it often enough. Unless there is mold or mildew, or tough/thick stains, some high-pressure water should be more than enough. For single story houses, a garden hose with an attached nozzle should suffice. For multi-story houses, you'll likely not reach without a pressure washer, which can be rented cheaply at most hardware stores. Wind will pick up dust and dirt that may stick to the walls, and slow-drying vinyl can leave streaks. Neither are serious issues, but if you work with the weather you'll have an easier, neater job. You'll be much more effective if you work in small areas, which will help you keep track of what you've done. Furthermore, you want to rinse the walls off before they dry completely to get rid of the dirt for good, which will be impossible if you try to tackle too large of an area. You don't want to wash the walls from the top down, as this will tend to lead to streaks of dirt instead of a clean wall. If using a pressure washer, do not use the highest setting -- keep it low and gentle. If you have "slats," the stacked horizontal bars of vinyl, you want to try not to force the water between the layers of vinyl. As you get higher up the house, the hose will be hitting less powerfully, and this isn't as much of a concern. Still, when possible, blast at a downward angle, or straight on, to prevent loosening the vinyl siding in any way. Work in the direction of curved areas, corners, or molding. Again, you're trying to prevent water from getting stuck or lodged in openings in the siding. If left in dark, cool areas, this moisture can quickly turn into mold or mildew. You want to be careful at any junctions or areas where you can get under the siding, and you want to be especially careful near flimsy screens or windows when using a high-pressured hose. Consider using a long-handled brush, or removing the screens and scrubbing with a cloth and water from the inside of the window. These same rules apply near wiring, plumbing, and gutters as well. At the very least, lower the pressure considerably before proceeding. The first run will dissolved and dislodge the dirt and grime, and it will stay wet as water from above trickles down. Your rinse, which should start from the very top, then removes all of the dirty water to leave your house spick and span.

SUMMARY: Use a high-powered garden hose for small houses, and pressure hose for larger walls. Plan to work on a sunny day without a lot of wind, if possible. Work on only one wall or section at a time to prevent streaking. Start from the bottom, running the hose side to side as you move up. Spray at eye level whenever possible, preventing water from pushing in between the siding. Work way from the corners, shooting water away from any gaps. Consider cleaning around windows and doors by hand. After you've working completely up from the bottom, rinse the whole wall from the top down.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: The messages you tell yourself determine your perception of yourself, as well as your ability to accomplish your goals. If your inner dialogue is negative, you may become the greatest obstacle to your own success. Look for the following types of statements: "I'm not good enough." "Everyone knows I don't belong here." "I'll probably just fail again." "Everyone else is ahead of me/doing better than I am." "I waited too long/wasted too much time." Notice when your inner voice feeds you negative messages. When this happens, replace that thought with a positive message. Over time, the negative messages should diminish. As an example, you might notice this negative thought: "I'll never be able to finish a race that long." You could replace that with, "Everyone starts somewhere. If I work hard, train smart, and stick to it, I can accomplish my goal." It's normal to have fears, but they can hold you back if they're left unchecked. You need to figure out what you're afraid of so you can confront it. Question the reasons behind your fears, then face them head on to challenge their truth. Ask yourself questions like these: What am I afraid will happen? What in my past has made me afraid to put myself out there? Why do I think I will fail? What will happen if I fail? How can I overcome my fear? Trying to suppress your feelings won't make them go away. Instead, they'll just bubble beneath the surface waiting to explode. Let your emotions come and acknowledge how you feel. Then, release them. For example, you may notice you feel sad about losing a competition. Say to yourself, "I'm sad right now because I really wanted to win." Allow this feeling to pass. Don't let someone else's life become your measuring stick for yours. You'll always come up short because you only see the highlights in their life, not the daily struggles. No one's journey is the same as yours, so you can only compare yourself to you. Use the past version of you as your measuring stick. As long as you're improving upon yesterday, you're on the right track! For example, don't compare your life to what you see posted on social media. People usually post only their best moments and may even misrepresent how well they're doing. It's not a fair comparison!
Summary:
Confront your inner dialogue that holds you back. Counter negative inner dialogue with positive self-talk. Determine the source of your fears about failure or success. Acknowledge your feelings without letting them control you. Stop comparing yourself to others.