Mindful Technology: Simplify Email & Reduce Inbox Stress | tinybuddha.com

I really loved the Ideas put forward by this guy to reduce the risk over OVER-COMMUNICATION!

As well as the fact that instead of the usual fast food plan…I also made this week Slow-Food week which was great!

Mindful Technology: Simplify Email & Reduce Inbox Stress | tinybuddha.com

So the suggestions they gave were

1. Close the accounts you don’t really need – Merge the rest. I noticed that Hotmail is hard to merge on outlook but if you pop into Microsoft online they have a program you attach to outlook to help with this.

2.Use alerts for special or “immediate response” people

3. Try Only check your mail at set times…like morning, lunch, an hour before leaving work?

4. Unsubscribe to spam emails and emails you don't REALLY read.

5. Try keep your emails short and to the point

6. Eliminate social media where you can? I’ve recently ditched twitter because I think its a bit useless

7. Compress social media into one program Hoot Suit is great to help with that

8. Don't forget to breathe when you reading emails….sometimes we forget!

9. Set email boundaries. Technology had made us available all day every day. Sometimes just…shut down! Weekends or nights are a good time.

Sustainibility Hawkes Bay Trust | Close to my Heart...

I have started volunteering for SHBT and they have some great info and ideas! Here is their Bio!

"Sustaining Hawkes Bay Trust's mission is to support our community to work towards a sustainable future and protect our environment for many generations to come. Through the Environment Centre we offer an extensive range of environmental information and expertise covering the following areas


Waste, Sustainable Transport, Water Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Building, Gardening and Responsible and Sustainable Shopping

We are proud to be partners of the household sustainability campaign 'Sus'd' with the Hastings District Council."

http://www.shbt.org.nz/home 

No Forethought!

So Over this weekend...I stumbled across a rather disturbing UNFRIENDLY system!
My husband and I were cleaning the bathroom...my mom-in-laws bathroom and while cleaning it...both my husband and i started coughing and spluttering and feeling rather ill. So obviously, being the HSE freak that I am...I say "Where did you get this stuff? I'm sure its not safe for normal people!?" My mum in law then told me that it was the product they needed to buy to keep the grantee on the Shower.....??
So i googled the company....and then promptly googled the MSDS for the "Shower Gloss" Product.
The flaws I found were endless!!
On the actual product it states " Mild Acid for cleaning your shower" and then has a list of things to do in an emergency. Not any directions. No web address to say "further instructions available on the product"...no...none of that! This product is given to housewives....not people with masters or PHD's in this stuff! They wouldn't have the foggiest IDEA what an MSDS is.
So reading through the MSDS and this is what came up!

1. The mild acid is listed as "pH 2"
2. The product is listed as acutely toxic....????
3. The product is not allowed to be used in confined spaces....so what is a shower exactly? Or a bathroom for that matter of fact.
4. When heated - sunlight styles - it releases toxic fumes?
5. Now one of my favorites - is reactive with alkali's...now for those of you who aren't familiar with household alkali's....glass cleaner is one. Now if I was not in possession of the information...I would happily clean my shower with this stuff...splutter through the cleaning and then clean the glass on the inside and outside with glass cleaner....but no...it releases MORE toxic fumes!
6. To use you need to wear chemical goggles, and gloves....that wasn't mentioned on the packaging.....

So yes....all of these flaws...to KEEP a guarantee? This makes no sense!
MINUS 100 Points for Clark Products Napier