Here's the situation... You're in college but you've come home for the Holidays. Your friends and family say "You've changed since you've been gone." And they aren't happy about it.

How to deal?

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There's just something about a clean room that boosts your mood and improves your attitude. When you permit yourself the pleasure of living and working in an organized environment it sets the tone for everything you do. I advise my students to take just five minutes to clean and organize their rooms before hitting the hay. The simple practice of picking up your laundry, throwing out the trash, and straightening your books and papers on a nightly basis will do wonders for your productivity.

This isn't about being a hoity-toity little neat freak. It's about how you feel about yourself and how you present yourself to the world. Both are obviously critical to the quality of life you enjoy.

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Throughout the ages, the multi-armed Hindu Goddess Durga has exemplified the talent of multi-tasking. Unfortunately, few of us have ten arms and three eyes. Perhaps this is why a British study conducted at King's College London University found that multi-tasking, such as allowing frequent interruptions as you work at your desk, can reduce IQ by 10 points. This is equivalent to the negative effects of sleep deprivation after heaving an all-nighter. And it’s more than double the 4-point decrease recorded in subjects after they smoked marijuana.

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