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Motivation comes in all shapes and sizes, from Facebook posters to Youtube channels, meditative chants and simple exercise. Perhaps just a little walk around the block is a nice thing to do to get the blood flowing! Sometimes our favourite motivators and techniques grow habitual for us and donât quite get the same response out of us. Here a few things you can do at home and work to give yourself an extra boost during the day if youâre just feeling a bit low.
If youâre struggling to find incentive, look no farther than the mirror. One of the best things you can do to give yourself a boost is taking a moment to highlight and reflect on your best qualities, or the ones that you like the most. If it seems a bit narcissistic to you, thatâs ok – you deserve to respect yourself just as much as you respect others. Maybe youâre really good at doing your makeup; your eyebrows, lipstick, or hair. Admire your work and give yourself a boost. Do people always tell you that you have a great smile? Spend a few minutes smiling in the mirror and see what other people see. Oh maybe it sounds silly, but go ahead! Smiling is good for the soul.
If you can find little things that you like about yourself and get excited about it, itâs a great way to give your day a boost. Feel more energized with the confidence of knowing you look great.
Start this from the minute you wake up. Roll over, do not pick up your phone to check it – it will distract you from your energy. Start playing this over and over in your head until it becomes automatic – today will be awesome! Donât worry about how silly you feel about it, because I guarantee you there are thousands of other people queuing the same mantra as you. Why? Because it works. Because we, as people, are impressionable and convincing. We want to be soothed and relieved, and we can do it on our own if we must. You can easily convince yourself that today is going to be great, all it takes is a bit of motion to get the ball rolling.
If you donât have the supplies in your house now to make yourself a great breakfast or lunch, then save it âtil next time, when you pick up some more groceries. If you can concoct a mindblowing meal for yourself and/or your family, youâre going to feel great. Not only are you eating well, you are demonstrating your talents and capabilities and possibly discovering your new talents in the kitchen. What an impressive and delicious way to give yourself some motivation (you can do the dishes after)!
Hereâs one that seems just impossible to start, but has great finishing rewards. I know youâre not used to getting sweaty at home (and you donât have to), and youâre not used to looking at the floor as a push-up board (and you donât have to), but doing a few exercises at home is a great way to get your blood flowing for the day and make you feel like youâre doing something good for yourself at the same time.
The hardest part about exercising at home is that it is very much out of our normal âhouseholdâ routine, and we feel like we donât even have room for it. But all you have to do is boot up a quick at-home workout Youtube video, or download any array of home workout apps. I have friends that use the app and exercise for 10 minutes a day now before they leave the house. They tell me that they feel completely rejuvenated – it truly works for everybody!
Try to spend some time throughout the day with a good friend or workmate who can really get a good laugh out of you. Sharing some good memories and laughs together will get you in a great mood and give you something to remember and reflect on for the rest of the day. When we laugh and have fun, we feel good, we feel proud. It reminds us that we have a good life and good friends, and thatâs great motivation.
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This residential project designed in 2016 is situated in France. This historically charming equestrian property was renovated in a contemporary style. It is currently for sale for $6 million. Buy it now! Photography by: Matt Watts
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This timber-clad community centre by Bernardo Bader Architects is set at the heart of a village in rural Austria, and designed to reference the surrounding gabled farmhouses. Read more
The building is located in the Cascina Merlata area in the city of Milan, close to the Rho-Pero Trade Fair pole and to the Expo 2015 site. It’s part of the Villaggio Expo residential cluster, a new development built within the frame of a masterplan designed by Antonio Citterio & Partners and Caputo Partnership, with the aim of temporarily hosting the representatives and the staff of the 97 countries participating to the 2015 Universal Exposition throughout the event.Â
Consequently, specific requirements have to be met in terms of energy efficiency, construction planning, costs control and dwellings flexibility: a specific apart-hotel layout has been designed in order to be easily remodeled at the end of the event and the apartments converted into affordable but highly equipped housing units.
The building consists of 56 dwellings, with a high variety of housing types raging from 45 to 100 m2, on 14 floors. The communal ground floor has been conceived to host specific activities and events during the Universal Exposition. A number of technological and design solutions have been introduced since the beginning of the design process, in order to optimize the energy efficiency in the building, including a sunscreen facade protecting the loggias on the southern side and a neighbor waste-to-energy heating-cooling system.
Product Description. Baumit products and Baumit color systems are used on the façades: the high rise body of the building, emphasized by an irregular patchwork of different tones of grey contrasting with the dark recesses, extend upwards and dissolves into a white screen on the South side.Â
Attic Apartment in Stockholm is a residential project completed by Concept Saltin. The Scandinavian-style apartment is located in Stockholm, Sweden. Photos by: Henrik Nero
The design for the house, which is used by the family mainly as holiday home, was constrained by planning issues that to some extent dictated the built footprint and its position on the site. Very tight size restrictions forced the design to push windows to the outside of the envelope, not allowing any overhangs which would be included in an area calculation, therefore reducing the actual built area. However, within the allowable area there was provision for the inclusion of a conservatory, and one challenge was how to successfully integrate this with architecture devoid of the normal connotations of a lean-to structure.
The very simple building is also driven by economics of construction. The superstructure consists of a timber frame that was erected onsite. Spans as well as the width of the house are decided by the performance restrictions of standard timber truss components. Fenestration is generated by floor-to-ceiling gaps in the timber façade.
The house sits on a platform that creates a terrace to the south and the east. This platform connects with a masonry chimneybreast that provides an internal fireplace and a concrete hearth with integrated seating. The platform, being raised slightly off the ground, allows a level connection between inside and outside terraces as well as raises the house off the ground, which in the winter months can be quite wet.
The building is finished in larch cladding that will weather to a silver grey colour.
Product Description. The Matclad brickslip flooring extends from the external terraces throughout the entire of the ground floor, giving a more connected feeling between the internal and external environments. The brick plinth unites the whole scheme; whether they are entertaining indoors, looking out across the terrace towards the garden, or dining al fresco between the house and the formal lawn, the clients are always aware of their relationship with the outdoors.
Sig Nordal 