INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Eating healthy is always important, but avoiding heavy, greasy, unhealthy foods for a day or so leading into your surgery is especially helpful. This can minimize any digestive problems associated with anesthesia, and help your recovery go well. You will want to gather up any medical records, insurance information, a list of any medications you are taking, and your personal identification. If you have had any pre-op screenings or blood tests, you may want to bring the results of those with you as well. In most instances, you cannot have solid foods or liquids after 12:00am, the night before surgery. It is also possible for your doctor to prescribe a "bowel cleansing oral solution." It is crucial for you to follow your doctor's instructions when it comes to these pre-surgery preparations. You should not be wearing any jewelry when you undergo surgery, so go ahead and remove any while you are still at home. If you have a piece of jewelry that you cannot remove (such as a wedding ring that has been on for many years), speak to you doctor before cutting the jewelry or taking other drastic measures.

SUMMARY: Eat light. Gather your medical information. Follow your doctor's instructions for food, drink, and bowel preparation. Remove all jewelry.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Aging skin does not need harsh products like the ones teenagers often need to use, as there isn't usually any excess oil. If your cleanser is too harsh, it will be stripping your skin of its natural oils, and therefore drying out the skin and causing it to age more quickly. Look for ones that are aimed at your age group, or ones that describe themselves as gentle or moisturizing. Women should moisturize their faces any time before they wear make-up. It is still important to cleanse your face as you get older, as it removes traces of chemicals from your environment or any makeup which can cause aging if left on the skin. It's important to give your skin a moisture boost so that it can look after itself. Dry skin ages more quickly if it's not moisturized. Look for anti-aging moisturizers with a high percentage of their active ingredient. If in doubt about which to buy (there are hundreds on the market), try looking at reviews or try to find scientific research supporting the product. Make sure that the product you decide on is rich and deeply moisturizing, unlike the ones you may have used in your younger years. And remember, moisturizing is not just for women, there are plenty of similar products on the market aimed at men. There are many moisturizers that already contain SPF protection in them, and this is because it is vital to protect your skin from harmful UV rays every day in order to avoid sun damage. The sun is one of the main things that causes premature aging, so dermatologists recommend that you should wear at least SPF 15 daily to avoid wrinkles, brown spots, and a dull complexion. As well as this, it will protect you from skin cancer. You can put sunscreen not just on your face, but on your chest and the tops of your hands if you're just going to be out in the sun for a little while. This will prevent those spots on your chest and hands. If you're going to really be out in the sun, though, then you'll need to put sunscreen all over your body. Gently exfoliating encourages skin cell renewal, therefore encouraging younger looking skin. Choose something that is aimed at older skin as they are more gentle and less likely to dry out or damage the skin. Exfoliation is also good to do as it leaves your skin feeling softer and looking brighter. For men, exfoliating before shaving your face can make the shaving process easier as it exposes more of the hair. For men, this will make you look better groomed and less scruffy allowing you to look good with age, and for women, this will hide this side effect of aging. Here are some things to keep in mind for each gender: Men: Keep your face clean shaven or neatly trimmed, and always trim your nose and ear hair. You can buy nose hair trimmers at your local pharmacy and it's completely simple and painless to use. Letting this hair grow wild adds age and also makes you look more scruffy. Make sure to pluck those nose hairs too, if you want to avoid that old man look. Women: Facial hair can sometimes appear in women after menopause due to a change in hormone levels. To get rid of this, and therefore hide your age a little better, there are a few easy ways to keep it away including laser removal, waxing, depilatory/hair removal cream, and threading. Women should also make sure to keep their eyebrows looking pretty thick. As you get older, your eyebrows may start to thin out, so make sure to color them in with a pencil that matches the color of your eyebrows so you continue to look youthful. There are dozens of make-up tricks that can help women make their features continue to stand out as well as to hide the signs of aging. The trick is to hide those blemishes while emphasizing your best features, such as your eyes. Here are some tricks to try: Make sure you use a creamy concealer. Any concealer that is waxy or that can get cakey can actually make you look older. Put a dab of blush at the height of your cheekbones, but don't use blush in the hollows of your cheeks. As you get older, your face will actually lose fat, and your cheeks will naturally get a little hollower. This can make you look a bit older, so there's no need to emphasize this further with too much blush. Start using brown eyeliner instead of black. As you get older, black will start to look too stark in contrast to the rest of your face. Brown will create more gentle frames around your eyes. Show off your lashes. As you get older, your lashes will naturally get thinner and will straighten out, so counteract that by curling your lashes or even wearing thickening mascara when you can. Minimize the drama around your lips. A nice pale shade of lipstick can be a great addition to your face, but don't line your lips too much or wear bright lipstick; your lips will thin out as you get older, and there's no need to overcompensate.

SUMMARY: Choose a gentle facial cleanser. Moisturize after cleansing. Use sun protection daily. Exfoliate your skin. Manage your facial hair. Wear makeup that makes you look more youthful (for women).

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Add any new skills and experience you've gained at your current job. Having a resume that is current will give you confidence that you can move forward quickly if you do happen to lose our job. Knowing that you're prepared will take some of the fear of the unknown away from being fired. Send out your resume discreetly. You don't want you current employers to know that you're searching for another job. If your job has a severance package, see how much your job will pay you in the event that you are terminated. Knowing that you have a little money coming your way while you look for another job will give you a little breathing room. Severance packages can be worth as much as six months pay. Unemployment pay can help you get through the transition period while you're looking for another job. See if you meet the requirements to collect unemployment in your state. Usually, you have to be unemployed by no fault of your own. If you quit your job or are fired for gross negligence, you will not qualify. In most states, you have to have worked at least half the year before to collect unemployment. Before you leave your job, make sure to get plenty of references that will help you secure a new job. You'll need people to vouch for your work ethic. It's also a good idea to keep up a relationship with your references by contacting them every once in awhile by email or a phone call. You want to make sure your references remember you so they'll be more likely to give a glowing appraisal of your work to future employers. Put yourself in a position to be recruited by head hunters from other companies. Contact the human resource departments of other companies in your field to see what positions they need filled. Let them know that you're searching for a new job. Don't let your current employer know that you're seeking out other jobs.

SUMMARY:
Update your resume. Look through your contract. Look for unemployment benefits. Get references. Make yourself available.