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Want to Quit Smoking: What to do?

In Health, Healthcare, Medicine on November 14, 2012 at 11:51 am

Plan the right time to quit.

Think about a good time to quit. Make sure that you plan to quit at a time when your life is going to be reasonably stable – when you have no major events over the coming month or two such as getting married, birthday parties, exams, holidays such as Christmas, and so on. On the other hand, many people find that quitting just before they go on holiday is a great time to do it, as the change of scenery and lack of all those familiar smoking triggers can reinforce their new non-smoking habit.

 

Tell people, who you know are supportive, that you’re quitting.

It’s always nice to have support and encouragement. These are the people you know you can turn to when your resolve is wavering, or who you know will give you those little words of encouragement just when you need them. Avoid at all costs those who would delight in your failure!

 

Get rid of all your smoking paraphernalia just before your hypnotherapy session.

Throw out your ashtrays, your lighters, and your stash of emergency cigarettes. You won’t need them any more. Once they are gone they won’t be there to tempt you from the straight and narrow. And ensure that your home becomes a strict no smoking zone.

 

Do something that you know will increase your motivation to quit.

You’re motivated, but what else can you do that cranks up that motivation? Half-fill a jam jar with water and drop your old dog ends into it after you smoke each cigarette. Every so often, shake it up and smell the mixture. Nice! That’s what’s going on in your body each time you smoke. Or take another jam jar and each time you buy a packet of cigarettes put the equivalent amount of money into it. At the end of the week count it up and see how much you are spending on ruining your health. And then think how much you save once you have stopped. Plan to do something nice with that money.

 

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Blocking Internet at Work: Is it Really Helpful?

In Health, Healthcare, Medicine, Uncategorized on May 23, 2012 at 2:44 pm

We are in the 21st century.  It is a century that has changed the way we work and function .  Some of us who have seen the previous era of doing things physically, they would know how different the world has become.  Internet is the most important innovation of human creation from my opinion.  I would not hesitate to say the Internet has become one of the basic necessities of life, like food, shelter and clothing .  It is a necessity for people with progressive philosophy.  Internet has changed the way we do things on a daily basis.  From paying utility bills to making a business successful, Internet has helped humankind significantly.  With the ease of internet, we can now save so much time on doing things.  Information is readily available.  So decision-making  times have reduced significantly.  We all have Internet access in some form through an Internet Service provider, either for home, cell phone or work.

Today I wanted to make a few pointers on ‘personal use of internet’  at work.  I may not be speaking for everyone reading this, but I will try to touch each corner of the issue.  Being a Doctor, I am faced with the challenges of human body on a daily basis.  Sometimes it is an easy fix and sometimes not.  From the moment I get up, I am constantly occupied by my work.  Constant learning and being up to date is a must for me.  Given the magnitude of work, people like me hardly have time to sit down and read a professional magazine to improve my knowledge on current topics.  Internet becomes very handy at those times. I can browse the information I need when I really need it.

Here is the problem. The offices and hospitals that I work for, block  most of the websites including access to  email,medical websites, social networking, youtube etc.

Let’s say a patient, Mr. Smith,  comes to me with complaints of headaches and we diagnose  him with an aneurysm in brain , the next challenge is to know the latest treatment of brain aneurysm as medicine is  changing very fast.  So I have no way to get access to the latest information which puts Mr. Smith and myself at risk of  delayed treatment due to lack of information .  You may say that is not a personal use, but my profession is personal to me.  Let us say you do not want to buy it.

Personal use includes the email, web browsing, shopping, vacation planning etc..  I agree with the fact that many people indulge in misuse of Internet including pornography which puts a bigger risk of  ‘Loss of Productivity’ and  system crash at work. I agree that control is a must.  I agree that access to social networking ,youtube and similar websites should be limited as they may reduce work efficiency.

We all have doors and windows at home which we lock every night before going to bed and when we go out. Why do we do that? To make sure that bad people do not have access to our privacy and belongings. But do we not open the doors when we have to go out and do the work in the real world. Then, why do we  have to lock the access to world-wide web completely and not open it when required.  I want you to ask yourself the question today , is it OK to punish all when the culprit are only a few.  Can we not develop better mechanisms to track of what people browse over the Internet so as to punish the culprits?  I’m sure that  people who are honest browsers of Internet would not be scared of any tracking.

So what if I have to plan a vacation when I have some free time .  So what if I pay my utility bills while I’m at work.  So what if I go buy gifts online for my parents for coming Christmas.  It will only boost my morale and reduce stress in my daily life as I know, that ‘I have taken care of things that I need to’.  Being unable to use Internet is a stress factor for most of us because we cannot take care of certain things without it. Reducing stress would only reduce the potential to get any disease and improve our work efficiency because we will be satisfied.  The few questions I would like you to ask yourself are:

‘Do you not need Internet to progress in life and get more peace of mind”

‘Is it unjustified to take a few moments in day between work to take care of things as long as you are taking care of work in time’

‘Is Internet not a blessing?’

The staff attitude changes by liberalizing some things at work. “It is better to have 80% staff with good attitude rather than having 100% with a bad one.”

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