10 Useful Lifehacker Podcast Episodes for New Years Holidays
Miscellaneous / / January 02, 2022
In these episodes, you'll find ideas for what to do in early January and tips on how to get through the holidays without compromising your health.
During the festive week, we have time to sit at the table, and meet with loved ones, and bring children to various events, and draw up a plan of tasks for ourselves for the year ahead. Some even manage to miss work. We know how you will spend the first ten days of January (don't ask where, we won't split anyway!), And have prepared tips for all occasions.
1. About small talk
The ability to conduct a casual conversation will help to brighten up an awkward pause at a family dinner with distant relatives, and at the New Year's tree, while you and other parents watch the children dance in circles.
The culture of small talk, or small talk, originated in France and England, but in Russia it is still just taking root. But the general rules can already be distinguished. For example, talk about safe topics like the weather, pets, or an object in the interlocutor's hands, and also ask questions that suggest a detailed answer. And that's just a couple of tricks. We'll talk about others in the Lifehacker Podcast.
2. About alcohol intolerance
It occurs when the body lacks the enzymes needed to process ethyl alcohol and toxins that are formed during its breakdown. In order not to suffer from unpleasant sensations all week of the holidays (and there is also the old New Year just around the corner), watch your well-being.
If, after a glass of another, you notice that something is amiss, for example, you feel migraine, a runny nose or a rash appeared, it is better not to ignore the signals of the body, but to make an appointment with the doctor. Read more about the symptoms of alcohol intolerance in the Lifehack podcast.
3. Survival in harsh winter conditions
If you are planning to go skiing or sledging, walking in the woods or mountains, organizing hiking or trekking in any other wilderness, brush up on your knowledge of safety rules.
For example, the belief that snow perfectly quenches thirst runs the risk of serious problems (therefore it is not necessary to take drinking water on a long journey) or that broken a finger cannot be lifted. So don't waste your time by listening to the Now Understood podcast.
4. About sports and activity
There is hardly any other week in the year when we eat more salads, aspic, meat in french and other dishes richly greased with mayonnaise and soaked in oil. And towards the end of the holidays, almost every second person promises himself to finally go in for sports and lose the pounds that have been overworked. If you plan not only to think about sports, but also to take action, these issues will definitely come in handy for you.
5. About unfortunate surprises
In the New Year, children expect miracles, and adults arrange them. And not only to kids, but also to each other. Unfortunately, our best intentions to surprise and delight loved ones sometimes lead to unpredictable results.
For example, a sudden hand offer and hearts sometimes end in failure, and an unexpected party risks darkening the holiday. Why not all surprises are equally good, we explain in the Lifehacker Podcast - with examples.
6. About winter repairs and homemade cleaning products
For some construction work, such as thermal insulation, the cold season is great. The craftsmen are not so busy, the prices for their services are slightly reduced. Construction companies and material sellers offer additional discounts and bonuses - saving on the face. And even in winter, it is most profitable to update the atmosphere. You will learn why from the Lifehacker Podcast.
Long weekends are suitable not only for minor renovations, but also for global cleaning, especially when the house has gone through a stormy party. If at family gatherings, older relatives advised you on how to make cleaning products yourself from simple ingredients, do not rush to experiment. Listen to the episode "Now I Understand" - you may change your mind about chemistry.
7. About children's qualities that adults lack so much
With age, we become less picky about food, and at a party we praise any cooking, so as not to offend the hostess. We don't always defend personal boundaries, although earlier they resolutely said "no" when the unpleasant aunt Klava tried to hug and kiss.
As a child, we did not hesitate to express emotions: surrounded by bad people, we were angry, if it hurt, we cried, merrily, we laughed. As adults, we come up with a million reasons not to show and suppress our feelings.
And children are also curious and love to ask questions, they do not divide information into useful and that which will never be useful - they are simply interested. For some reason, all these habits and habits are forgotten with age. Although they can paint life with bright colors when it seems gray and dull.
8. About salon beauty procedures
After evening make-up and walking in the cold, our skin especially needs care. Some beauty treatments, such as massage, masks and gentle peeling can be done at home. But for something more, say injections or mesotherapy, you will need the skilled hands of a professional.
Therefore, you should carefully choose the masters and not try to repeat the experience on your own, no matter how convincing the lessons of beauty bloggers from Instagram and TikTok may seem. Advice from viral videos can lead to at least irritation, and at most - to skin cancer.
9. About YouTube addiction
This edition of the Lifehacker Podcast will be especially useful for those who are not fanatical about walking along mountain or forest trails, are tired of constantly communicating with people and are planning to conduct new year holidays at home, under a blanket, in front of a TV screen.
Videos about kittens, travel to galaxies and the most ridiculous contests at corporate parties sometimes drag on so that even a dream ceases to seem like a necessity. And this is already a disaster. Therefore, hit Play to find out how else the negative effect of excessive viewing of content on YouTube manifests itself.
10. Promising yourself to lead a healthier lifestyle
Eat better, cook homemade food more often, drink less soda, find activity to your liking, move more and be outdoors - many make such promises to themselves in January. True, by February all this has been postponed, or even completely forgotten until better times.
If you're not ready for another year empty promises and are committed to leading a healthier lifestyle, listen to this Lifehacker Podcast. In it, we tell you how to approach a healthy lifestyle on half-toes, and not jump into this abyss from a cliff.
What are you planning to do during the whole holiday week? Share your plans in the comments!
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