New Year is here! It’s time to bring changes that you need, changes that you want to bring into your life, changes for a better you. Incorporate a healthy and a happy lifestyle for yourself, I hope these resolutions prove beneficial for you.

• Get Organized! Cut down the clutter in your life; promise yourself that you won’t be surviving in a mess anymore. How long would you be dependent on your mom to find your watch or on your colleague to find you a stapler? Grow up and start becoming dependent on yourself.
• Prioritize sleep. With each passing day more numbers of people are getting deprived of sleep. This is a common problem, especially seen in adults. Studies show that more than one-third percent of them sleep for less than six hours.
• Stop being an apology addict. Don’t say or feel sorry for anything and everything. This is common phenomena especially in women. Get rid of it asap! Don’t show that this is innate in you. Because by being sorry all the time you are just undervaluing yourself.
• A healthier you is a happier you. Let yourself be inspired by this statement. Eat healthy, put exercise on your priority list and feel rejuvenated. Don’t feel low because of the flab, get in shape; you can do it. Quit smoking, you yourself are inviting diseases by being addicted to it. Quit drinking, you weren’t a born drunkard. Because if you think you can, you can!
• Take a trip. Plan a trip NOW! Don’t postpone it for the ensuing month. Going out with family or friends is enticingly rejuvenating, trust me. Vacation once a year is a must – without any worries or stress, enjoying life to the brim. By this you can spend time with your near ones and treasure amazing memories. P.S: Don’t fret regarding the execution of your holiday plan, just go ahead with it! Because someone has rightly said ‘Well begun, half done’
• Discover a new you. This year learn something new. Take up a new hobby; you surely will love trying out something unusual. This will let you have time for yourself and help you get rid of your busy and monotonous life. This will also be an aid in cutting down your stress, ensuring peace of both mind and soul.
• Come clean with your feelings. This year make sure that you find a way to express your feelings to the one you love instead of waiting for them to confess. Also cut one person out of your life whom you truly hate.
• Stop being an internet addict. You are just wasting your time if you are using internet just to keep yourself updated with the latest news on social networking sites. Please re-think before you update status, tweet or tumble next time, whether it is really necessary to share every bit of your thought with the whole of your social network? If the answer is ‘No’, step away from the Internet.

Resolutions aren’t that hard to keep. Start slow, one resolution at a time. Just be clear in your thoughts and stay positive about your resolution, you can definitely achieve them.

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Don’t consider that your life is the most difficult one without being aware of those million people who are fighting for subsistence every minute. Learn; try to grasp knowledge from every opportunity that comes your way. Stay positive, stay inspired, look forward and you will feel contented. Discover a new you this year and success will all be yours!

Rest, I’ll leave on these quotes to keep you motivated.

• “We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.” – Ellen Goodman

•  “Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.” – Karen Ravn

• “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
• “If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius

• “Goals are dreams with deadlines.” – Diana Scharf Hunt

• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

• “Today’s patience can transform yesterday’s discouragements into tomorrow’s discoveries. Today’s purposes can turn yesterday’s defeats into tomorrow’s determination.” – William Arthur Ward

• “Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” – Henry David Thoreau

• “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, And next year’s words await another voice, And to make an end is to make a beginning.” - T.S. Eliot

•  “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard

• “Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

• “The future you see is the future you get.” – Robert G Allen

• “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

• “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland

• “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

• “In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want.” -Irish toast

• “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” - Oprah Winfrey

• “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”- George Eliot

Wish you a Blissful New Year! Celebrate like you are born to! Try to be reasons for other’s happiness, and see yourself delighted. Smile every morning and let everyone know that you are stronger than yesterday. Stay inspired! Stay blessed!

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• Avocado: Scientific study has shown that avocados have a high content of folic acid that is a natural chemical effective in metabolising proteins. In this way the energy levels of a person increase and the person who consumes avocados are usually more lively and in a gay spirit. So next time when deciding on your menu, make sure you have an item of avocadoes to keep you smiling sweetly the entire day.
• Chillies: Chillies might be bad for your digestion but certainly not for your mood. Chillies help in elevating the mood of a person quite significantly by increasing the endorphin levels in the body. So if you are feeling down or are depressed over something, you know the right way to change it will be to take a bite at that deadly chilli.
• Goji berries: These are not very common and might not be so easy to find out, but do take the effort to find them out. They can do wonders for your system and quite literally. Scientists have said that goji berries are effective in increasing the testosterone levels in men. They are full of anti-oxidants, which are useful in elevating the overall mood of a person. So go and grab your packet.
• Garlic: Well many of us are turned off by the idea of eating garlic because of its typical smell that might be sickening to some. But garlic is essential to pump blood around the body. So the less energy the heart uses, the more is the energy left for you to enjoy your day and utilise it to the fullest.
• Honey: The effectiveness of honey is known to many. Honey has a natural sweet content known as fructose that gives the body the energy that it needs for its various functions. It also helps to keep the stamina and mood uplifted of a person. Probably for this reason people take more honey during the winter months as the energy requirement increases during those days.
• Pumpkin Seeds: This is quite unheard of but pumpkin seeds indeed help to boost the hormone level of a person and so this results in keeping your mood in check and balanced. Nibble some pumpkin seeds occasionally and you will be surprised to find that how good and happy you will strangely feel throughout the day.
• Dark chocolate: This comes as no surprise as many are already aware that dark chocolate acts as an excellent mood elevator. It contains various natural chemicals and amino acids that are effective to keep you gay and cheerful throughout the day.
• Almonds: This effectiveness of almonds is probably not known to many but almonds are filled with amino acids, which in its way help in blood circulation. Very similar to garlic, almonds are useful in increasing blood circulation and in a way ensure that you remain extremely energetic throughout the day. And when you have more energy you are more lively and cheerful the entire day.

So now if anything depressing happens, you know the things to munch on, to bid adieu to sadness and melancholy.

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Ingredients:

• 10-12 medium sized potatoes
• White sauce
• Cheese
• Peas
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 small capsicum chopped
• ½ to ¾ cup tomato puree
• ¼ cup tomato sauce
• Salt
• Red chili powder
• Pepper powder to taste
• ¼ tea spoon carom (ajwain)
• ¼ cup boiled spaghetti & paneer

Method:

Boil 10-12 medium potatoes, peel and deep fry it in oil. Cut and scoop out the center.

Heat one tbsp butter. Fry onion, boiled peas and capsicum. Add tomato puree, sauce, salt, red chili powder, pepper, and carom. Cook till thick. Add boiled spaghetti and paneer. Your filling is ready!

Fill the potatoes with the filing. Spread white sauce on it. Sprinkle grated cheese and bake in preheated oven at 180 degree for 20-25minutes.

Stuffed potatoes are ready to be served.

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Ingredients:

For Manchurian balls:

• 1½ cup grated cabbage
• 2 big carrots grated
• 2 finely chopped green chilies
• 3 tbsp corn flour
•  1 tbsp flour
• ¼  spoon ajinomoto
• ½ tsp salt & pepper
• ½ cup oil for frying

For Manchurian sauce:

• 1½ tbsp oil
• 1 ginger crushed to a paste
• 5-6 flakes garlic-crushed
• 2 green chilies chopped
• ½ onion finely chopped
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 1½ tbsp tomato sauce
• 2 tsp vinegar
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 1½ tbsp corn flour

Method:

Add salt to cabbage; squeeze well to remove all water. Mix well the other ingredients of the balls. More flour can be added if the mixture does not bind well. Make balls. Flatten each ball. Roll in flour & fry on low flame.

To prepare Manchurian sauce heat oil, add ginger, garlic, and fry. Then add chilies and onion. Add soya sauce, tomato sauce, vinegar, salt & pepper. Add 1½ cup water. Dissolve corn flour in water & stir till it thickens. Then add balls to Manchurian sauce. Serve hot.

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• You can start by doing some voluntary service for a charity organisation or an NGO. Even if you would not be earning money you will earn a lot of mental satisfaction and peace of mind. If you can bring smile to the face of some unfortunate people your life will certainly be more satisfactory and meaningful. You will understand the difference between temporary fun and eternal happiness. And this will enable you to be much happier in your day-to-day existence.
• Even if you feel multi-tasking is productive for you and you save a lot of time doing many things together, it robs off your peace of mind making your life too hectic and disturbed. Pay heed to the day to day activities of life and do one thing at a time so that your work becomes meaningful and you truly get to enjoy the fruits of each and every work that you are doing, one at a time, so that in the end you are much happier and relaxed in life.
• Try saying no to alcohol gradually if not all together one day. Suddenly one day you cannot bid adieu to this bad habit because alcohol often leads you to do things you would not usually have done had you been in your saner self. Your health also suffers and you remain in a drowsy state for the most part of your existence. God has given you one life. So make the most of it in your complete senses.
• Keeping a pet at home can change your life so drastically that you have no idea. You start looking forward to going back home to receive the endearment of your pets. The way your pet will look at you will make you forget all your worries and you will find a new reason to make this life worth living. You will also become more responsible because keeping a pet at home is not just a whim and you will certainly have to shoulder a lot of responsibilities.
• Learn a new vocation like singing, painting or a dance form. Apart from your job it is important to keep yourself preoccupied in something that you had long cherished for to do – something that had been your hobby for long and something that you would love or enjoy so that your spare hours are more enjoyable and meaningful.
• Whenever you get some days off, set out for a travel destination. Exploring a new place, new locale, and new kind of people will add an excitement in your life that had been perhaps lost in the daily chores of life. You will start appreciating your existence or the way you lead your life when you see the plight of many other unfortunate people struggling for existence.

So you can do these and a lot more perhaps to make change your life’s course and make it a more meaningful experience.

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Ingredients:

1 cup butter

2 cups coco-powder

2 cups powdered sugar

4 eggs

1 cup of all-purpose flour

1 tbspn vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups of chopped cashews/almonds/walnuts

Method of Preparation:

In low heat melt butter & coco-powder in a saucepan. Stir it constantly so that no lumps are formed. Remove from heat & mix the powdered sugar in the mixture. Allow the mixture to cool a bit.

Beat the eggs in a separate bowl & stir it with vanilla essence. Pour flour & salt & stir well till it turns slightly thick. Pour the butter-chocolate-sugar mixture in it. Spread the nuts, mix well. Now, preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease a baking pan.

Spread the batter into the pan evenly. Bake in oven for about 30mins. Tuck the brownie with a toothpick & if you find it clean after taking it out..it’s ready & all your’s!!

Well, Hot Fudge Brownies tastes great with Hot Chocolate Sauce or Ice-creams.

Preparation of Hot Chocolate Sauce is easy too:

Boil 1 cup of milk & add 1 cup of butter. Stir well it turns yellowish.

Add 1/2 cup white cream,1/2 cup sugar & 1 cup of drinking chocolate .

Keep stirring till for 2-3 minutes & it’s ready.

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• Try to stay away from sun as much as possible because the ultra violet rays can do major harm to the skin damaging it completely. So it is not only because of the tanning effects that you should avoid the sun, over-exposure to sun leads to age spots, wrinkles and other skin ailments. So always make it a point not to go in excessive sun if you can avoid it. Use umbrella and a sun protection lotion with a high SPF to save your skin from the harmful effects of sun.
• Do not wash your face with excessive hot water for too long a time. The hot water robs the essential oils from the skin, which help to keep the skin moisturized and healthy naturally. So while taking shower make it a point that you do not spend too many hours bathing so that you prevent yourself from damaging your skin and the essential oils are easily retained. It is best to use cold water on the face. So if possible use that and if you feel too cold to use it apply warm water instead of the steaming hot one to save your skin from damage.
• Try and avoid soaps and face wash that have high amount of chemicals in them. These again make the skin dry and dehydrated robbing off the essential oils from the skin. So it is better to go for natural products like besan, crushed pulses, multani mitti and so on to use on your soft and delicate skin. If you cannot use them you can go for mild cleansers or herbal face washes that would wash your skin mildly and would not rob your skin off the harsh effects of chemicals.
• Along with the other ill-effects that smoking causes, cigarettes lead to wrinkles and makes the skin look much older and sagging. So along with the other health risks that you are exposed to because of smoking, when you smoke, thinking it to be fashionable, your skin loses oxygen and important nutrients like collagen and elastin. So as a result of it the skin loses its elasticity and its suppleness leading to premature wrinkles and skin damage. So if you desire to have healthy and beautiful skin without make-up bid adieu to smoking from today.
• The right food and the right amount of exercise are important to make your skin look beautiful and healthy. For a naturally beautiful and healthy skin go for lots of fresh fruits and vegetables that have the right dose of anti oxidants. Make sure your diet has whole grains and lean protein and less fats and processed foods. A healthy diet will keep your skin healthy and beautiful. Also exercise regularly that will prevent your skin from sagging. Make sure you sweat while you work-out to have a healthy balanced life.
• Do not over stress yourself and lead a tension-free life so that you are not too worried about matters of professional and personal life. Unnecessary stress causes sleeplessness that leads to dark circles and wrinkles. So drink a lot of water and have seven to eight hours of undisturbed sleep at night to ensure that your skin is healthy and beautiful. And this can only happen if you have a tension-free life.

So follow these easy tips regularly and you can confidently go out for your next with your new make-up free look.

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Ingredients:

• 1 onion finely chopped
• 3-4 green chilies
• Small piece of ginger
• 2 table spoon besan
• 2 table spoon cashew nut powder
• ½ cup sour curd
• ½ cup water
• 1 tea spoon garam masala or tandoori masala
• 1 tea spoon roasted jeera powder
• Salt
• Black salt
• Red chili powder to taste
• Juice of one lemon

Vegetables: 10-12 small potatoes boiled in salted water, 2 big tomatoes (big pieces), 1 capsicum (light fry), 100gm paneer cubes, onion, cauliflower (light fry).

Method:

Heat 4-5 table spoon oil. Fry onions, chilies, ginger. Add besan and fry. Add cashew nut powder. Stir, fry till besan is golden brown. Add all masalas. Stir fry. Mix curd, water and juice of one lemon. Boil till gravy is thick. Soak all the vegetables in the gravy for at least one hour. Put them through skewers. Bake in pre-heated over at 200 degree C for 15-20minutes. Stick Kababs are ready to be served.

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Google Infographic shows the impact of using various Google services in our everyday life. It also does a comparision of how life was before the wonderful services of Google and the internet were so readily available and how has the internet revolution impacted your lives in more than one way.

So just gaze through infographics and know for yourself how much ado about nothing Google is changing not only your life but also your learning style.

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Infographic Credit: www.onlinecolleges.net

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