Electrical energy was one of man’s greatest discoveries. It has helped build new civilizations. The large amount of electricity produced has its source in fossil fuels, nuclear fission, water, and wind. This article will explore the different methods of electricity production.

Electricity is churned out by enormous turbines. These turbines need a support to be moved. There are various ways of moving these turbines:

By burning fossil fuels: Electricity is produced when the blades of a turbine are moved by enormous amounts of vapour. This vapour is generated by heating a lot of water in huge furnaces. The water is heated by burning fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas. This method releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, thus severely polluting our atmosphere. It is important to turn to alternate methods of electricity production for long-term benefits.

By water: You must have heard how dams are constructed to produce electricity. A popular method to produce electricity, a water dams serves two purposes: restricting water bodies and producing electricity. Water dams use the river water to move turbines, helping them produce electricity. Electricity generated this way helps control air pollution; however, this method of electricity production adversely affects the ecosystem in the water bodies.

Water accounts for 90 percent of the world’s electricity generated through renewable resources.

By wind: Electricity is produced when wind energy is converted to electrical energy. Wind mills or wind turbines are used to churn up enormous amounts of wind energy which is then converted into electrical energy.

The latest in wind energy advancement tells us that wind energy is helping create portable cell phone chargers.

By nuclear fission: Yes, nuclear fission does not only make atom bombs, but also helps produce electricity. Nuclear fission causes a chain reaction where the element Uranium is bombarded by neutrons causing it to split. Every time a Uranium nucleus is split, more neutrons are released, causing more splits in the already split Uranium nuclei. The resultant chain reaction generates a lot of heat which is used to heat water the vapour of which eventually moves turbines to create electricity.

By bio-waste: With technological advancements, electricity is also being produced by bio-waste. Bio-gas is a typical way of generating electricity in rural areas in countries like India. In fact, a new technology evolved in the state of Bihar in India that uses human waste to generate electricity.

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If the iPhone’s price tag puts it too far out of your reach, two other serious contenders are waiting in the wings - and neither has anything to do with Microsoft.

The first phone, based on Google’s Android platform, goes on sale in the US on Wednesday and Australian carriers are examining the device with interest following rave reviews from critics.

As well, Hutchison subsidiary Three is working on its own brand of smart phone called INQ, which will compete with the iPhone, Android and handsets from Nokia and Motorola.

Three’s local spokeswoman Sarah Virtue said the company planned to launch INQ in Australia “prior to Christmas”. She added that Google’s Android was “an excellent platform” and that Three would be “keeping a close eye on it”.

Optus declined to comment on its Android plans. Telstra said it was considering “how an Android phone might fit into our range” and Vodafone said it was following Android developments “with keen interest”.

BusinessWeek reported that Hutchison’s goal with INQ was to slash the price of phones that let people surf the net. The handsets were expected to cost consumers $US50 ($72) or less.

People buying an iPhone would pay carriers that amount or more every month over a two-year contract.

The move makes sense for Three because the more people there are who can afford phones capable of surfing the net, the more the company will make from the mobile plans and data bundles it sells to consumers.

“I need to hit the 90 per cent that don’t buy [higher-priced phones],” Hutchison executive Frank Meehan told BusinessWeek.

The popularity of smartphones such as the iPhone, Android, INQ and BlackBerry handsets is growing rapidly in Australia.

Research released by Telesyte today revealed Australia’s annual smartphone shipments have grown by almost 40 times from five years ago and that nearly three in ten mobile phones sold this year will be smartphones.

In addition to being cheap, the INQ phones, which like Android have been built from the ground up with new software, have been designed to hook directly into Facebook, eBay and Skype, with users able to monitor their Facebook news feed from the home screen.

Last year, Three launched its first branded handset, the Skypephone, which allowed Skype users to call each other without running down their monthly mobile cap.

The first handset based on Google’s Android platform, the G1, will be sold by T-Mobile for $US179 on a two-year contract, which is also significantly cheaper than the iPhone.

Some analysts expect Apple to respond to this new competition by pushing its iPhone prices down.

“In 2009 we’ll get a lower-priced iPhone - iPhone Nano - which will bring it to the masses,” Shannon Cross of Cross Research told The New York Times.

Like the iPhone, the G1 includes a touch-screen but there is also a pull-out keyboard and a trackball that can be used like a mouse. It is completely integrated with Google’s suite of online applications such as search, maps, calendar, email and instant messaging.

The G1, based on the Linux operating system, has built-in WiFi for more cost-effective web browsing and can play both music and videos, but managing track libraries isn’t as elegant as the iPhone, which seamlessly integrates with iTunes.

Like Apple’s iTunes App Store, G1 owners will be able to expand the functionality of the device by buying third-party applications from the “Android market”.

David Pogue’s review of the G1 in The New York Times said the device’s software was sleek and intuitive but criticised the lack of an iTunes equivalent for managing songs and buying music, TV shows and movies.

Pogue noted that, unlike the iPhone, the G1 includes a slide-out keyboard, removable battery, voice dialling, picture messaging, built-in audio recording and the ability to turn any song into a ring tone.

Engadget’s review noted the G1’s lack of a standard headphone jack. The software “is thoroughly modern and attractive, but its high-contrast, almost cartoonish look might be a turn-off for some”.

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg gave the G1 a good wrap but thought the keyboard and battery life could have been improved.

He said the tight integration with Google’s services would be tedious for those who don’t use them. The only way to get contacts and calendar items into the phone is to synchronise them with Google’s online services and there is no way for it to synchronise with Microsoft Outlook.

“In my battery tests, the G1 lasted through the day, but I had to charge it every night,” Mossberg wrote.

“That’s better than the initial battery life on the current iPhone, though in fairness Apple has improved the iPhone’s battery life through software updates, and I found them to be about the same for mixed use.
 
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/10/20/1224351115013.html

Britain’s post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing old.

Academic research supported by the Economic and Social Research Council and Arts and Humanities Research Council shows that most members of the baby boom generation - often regarded as the first teenagers of a more affluent consumer society - have modest ideas for their retirement. While some plan substantial projects, particularly in relation to travel or using second homes, most people’s ideas for spending time after retirement retain a traditional pattern - watching television and films, playing records or going for long walks.

Findings from the study, says Dr Rebecca Leach, “provide only limited evidence that first wave boomers are developing new third age lifestyles.” Most have fairly modest aspirations, hoping at best to maintain current lifestyles and activities provided health and finances permit them to do so. The range of lifestyles is greater than would have been the case with previous generations but there is little evidence of ‘alternative’ models of consumption. Alternative health provision, for example, was widely practiced by between only three-seven per cent of people interviewed for the research. Many of those questioned “professed a critique of materialism, yet demonstrated ambivalence about this in practice.”

The first wave baby boom generation, born between 1945 and 1954, represents 17 per cent of the UK population. Born at a time of austerity, this group later experienced relative prosperity and the emergence of a mass consumer society. The research project by Dr Leach at Keele University and King’s College, London, looked in particular at the role of consumption in approaches to adult ageing. It examined the extent to which baby boomers see themselves as part of a distinctive generational group, and how this might affect consumption patterns.

Baby boomers are shown to be a diverse group, varying considerably depending on wealth, class and education. Only a minority - 41 per cent - of those interviewed by the researchers identified with the term boomer and the study showed that members of the group view themselves in different ways. These are:

• The baby bulge group, who were aware of themselves competing with many others for school places and jobs.
• The burden group who worried about the consequences of being followed by a smaller generation.
• The lucky generation who felt they had benefited most from economic growth and the welfare state.
• The political generation who believed they had been trailblazers through their lives, taking initiatives that had produced social and cultural change.

Baby boomers have been widely characterised as more individualistic than previous generations, leading to suggestions that this would make them less family oriented. Yet the research shows that family responsibilities among boomers have increased rather than reduced. Demographic data shows that 43 per cent of those born between 1945-1952 have at least one child living at home while 37 per have financial responsibility for other members of the household - usually children. Improvements in life expectancy mean that 43 per cent of people aged 50-57 still have a mother alive, and 20 per cent a father.

Boomers demonstrate a changing attitude towards inheritance, with surveys suggesting they are more likely to want to use their wealth to enjoy life than to worry about leaving a bequest.

Housing has played a big part in boomers’ lives. The proportion of owner-occupiers rose from around one in four in 1950 to two-thirds by the mid-1980s. Today, 33 per cent of boomers own their homes outright and 52 per cent have mortgages, while 15 per cent have second homes. Home improvements, shows the research, form a significant part of boomer lifestyles. So does increasing the value of homes, especially in terms of using housing to fund life during retirement.

Most boomers - 70 per cent - regard age as unimportant in terms of their personal identity and, almost without exception, they told the researchers that they felt younger than their actual age. Boomers regard themselves as being more like their children and younger people than like their parents and older generational groups and, say the researchers, “see ageing as something that requires managing but is not overly problematic.” The Dr Leach showed that while 69 per cent of people interviewed agreed that it was possible to plan for retirement, 71 per cent were themselves making either no plans or only limited ones.

Dr Leach identify global travel and cosmopolitan food choices as powerful examples of lifestyle activities associated with the boomer generation: 81 per cent of the people surveyed went on holiday abroad at least every two years.

“Travel was a major consumption item for boomers and loomed large in projects for retirement,” says Dr Leach. “Less evident was any wholesale transfer of teenage consumption concerns into midlife: boomers might have been the first teenagers, but they have now grown up. Consumer interests have matured, notably around interests linked to homes, gardens and travel.”

This, comment the researchers, does not entirely undermine the idea of boomers as early exponents of a consumer society. “In the same way that music, fashion and mobility were used to construct a teenage identity, consumption can be seen to play a similar role in mid-life: the notion of the big trip or the retirement project - usually a hobby or home building project - providing a focus for boomers’ spending as well as a source of self worth and esteem.”

Dr Rebecca Leach, summarising importance of the research, says: “There are lots of assumptions about baby boomers: that they are wealthy, radical individuals who are spending the kids’ inheritance; but this research shows that the reality is much more complex and ordinary - some of what it means to be a ‘boomer’ is because of shared life experiences but some of it is driven by the same challenges (health, wealth, jobs and family) as those faced by all of us.”

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Feng Shui is a combination of art and science that originated several thousand years ago in ancient China. It is an intricate combination of knowledge from art and science that works together to equalize the energy in your surroundings so that you are assured prosperity, good health and fortune in all things in life.

When you take apart the word Feng Shui, “Feng” means “wind” and “Shui” translates to “water.” Wind and water are two elements of nature out of the five that are often part of the Feng Shui equation. The Chinese have always viewed water and calming winds with a bountiful harvest and health.

There is a Taoist view of the environment that every living thing is filled with a special energy. Feng Shui is based on this particular visionary concept. You will discover as you delve deeper into this ancient Chinese concept that yin and yang (passive and active energy forces) are derived from this Taoist view as well as the five elements found in nature, all philosophies that are used in Feng Shui principles.

The five elements in nature that Feng Shui refers to are wood, fire, water, earth and metal. These elements interact with each other in nature and even in your home and work areas. In addition, these elements are each related to particular colors which embody the essence of each element. For example, the element fire has red, orange, deep yellow and purple associated with it. Water has blue and black while the wood element has green and brown. For earth, a light yellow or brown corresponds to that element while white and gray refer to the metal element.

Practitioners of Feng Shui have a number of tools that they use in order to better assess information pertaining to a particular living or work space. The first tool is called the Ba-Gua and is a map with an octagonal grid with various symbols from an ancient prophesies. This map is the most tried and true way to determine Feng Shui in the home.

The Lo-Pan is a compass for Feng Shui that provides direction to dig deeper into a home or other building. Like compasses that Boy Scouts use, this one does have a magnetic needle. However, the similarities stop there. This Feng Shui compass has concentric rings in bands arranged around the needle. There are a few different variations of this compass with some having as many as thirty to forty rings around it.  Each ring provides information that you would then use in tandem with the Ba-Gua and in interpretation of the five elements.

Feng Shui is used to change the balance of energy (or chi) in your living and work environments to ensure a more pleasing and beneficial environment that in turn, leads to positive changes in your health, family life, marriage, wealth and even recognition. Feng Shui may seem like metaphysical mumbo jumbo but it is a practice that has proven its validity time and again, starting with the ancient Chinese.

While it lost favor for a while, Feng Shui is becoming a force to be reckoned with in architecture and interior design. In fact, there are different schools of Feng Shui that sometimes take years of stuffy before you are truly knowledgeable in the ways of this ancient Chinese method. However, you do not have to be an expert in order to make a few positive changes in your life using Feng Shui. Even a few followed principles can make a huge impact on your life.

When you are raising a family and involved in a demanding career, if someone asks you what your hobby is, you probably would answer “Who has time for a hobby?”  That is why retirement and your senior citizen years are the perfect opportunity to get involved in a time consuming hobby and be able to throw yourself into it with gusto.  

The purpose of a hobby is to allow you to explore an interest and even build an expertise in an facet of life that you follow for the sheer joy of learning and engaging in that activity.  You have no interest in making your living at that hobby and for most of us that do build up a hobby life, to earn money at it would ruin the fun of it.  You want to be able to go after that hobby at your own pace and “do it your way” without the nuisance of a boss or someone telling you that you are doing it wrong.

Many hobbies are recreational activities.  Golf, bowling, pool or playing poker are such hobbies.  And each of these are the kind of pastimes that require dedication to get good at them.  And once you have your expertise up, you get a real gratification from competing in that sport and demonstrating that your years of devotion and the time you put into that hobby were wroth the effort.

There is just a certain satisfaction to becoming so completely lost in a hobby that time disappears and before you know it, a day can go by and you didn’t even know it.  That kind of mental absorption keeps your mind sharp and functioning which is good for your health in many ways.  And many hobbies are just that time consuming and just that fascinating.

If you have a flair for the technical and mechanical, Ham Radio is a hobby that seems to become a passion for those who become enthusiasts.  The joy of Ham Radio is being able to communicate around the world through this private network that anyone can join.  And Ham Radio operators have at times proven valuable in communications during time of national crisis when perhaps other forms of communications were not available.

To find that perfect hobby, look within at areas of fascination that you never got a chance to express and explore.  If you cannot get enough of history, the civil war or the renaissance, reenactment and renaissance fairs give you the chance to all but travel back in time and enjoy the feel of being part of that era in history.  If theater is your passion, dozens of local theater groups will take all the time you can give even if you don’t have an acting bone in your body.  And enjoying even a simple level of involvement in the theater like putting together posters or painting sets can be just as exciting as getting out in front of an audience.

The key is to find something you love and find others who love it too. This is the great thing about hobbies.  There is almost always someone out there who is just as fascinated by this field of interest and probably a whole society who are just as able to see a day or a weekend disappear becoming absorbed in their hobby.  So throwing yourself into your passion also opens doors of social interaction with others who may not be senior citizens and that is refreshing. 

The benefits of getting involved in a time consuming hobby are many.  You do need to use some common sense and balance so you take care of your health and spend time with family and friends.  But that leaves plenty of time to be obsessed with your hobby and have all the fun that this kind of pastime can bring to you.

Some of the issues involving helping your senior citizen parent or grandparent can be difficult and full of tough decisions.  Seniors face unique medical and lifestyle issues that call upon them and those that love them to find solutions that they can live with.  And it’s very common for senior citizens to live in denial about the effects of their advancing years and to accept the changes in the way they live that must happen for them to continue live in a safe and healthy way.

Driving is just such an issue.  For most adults, the ability to drive a car is an integral part of our sense of empowerment and freedom.  We seldom think of what it would be like if we couldn’t just “jump in the car and go.”  But that feeling of complete freedom to go where you want and when you want is such a deep part of how we all function that it seems inconceivable to any of us to lose that mobility and freedom.

But for senior citizens, there will come a time when they will need to give up driving.  The causes are many but the most common reason that calls for senior citizens to stop driving is failing eyesight.  While much can be done to preserve the eyesight of senior citizens, if their ability to see becomes a hazard behind the wheel, they will have to be told that its time to let that precious freedom go.

So how do we help our senior citizen loved one accept and then cooperate with a plan to reduce or eliminate their driving?  You might be surprised that when it comes time for you as the child or caregiver of a senior citizen to talk to them about giving up driving, they may have already begun to think about it.  Senior citizens are very aware of their physical condition.  So while they may resist giving up the car or van, they may know deep down that this time would come.  Some other compelling reasons to take that step sooner rather than later are…

. Doctor’s orders.  If the senior citizen’s doctor specifically directs that Grandpa cannot drive. The senior will often respect that directive even more than family advice.  A doctor’s credibility goes a long way on this issue.
. Their own safety.  In the same way that no senior citizen wants to “fall and not get up”, the idea of being in an accident which may cause serious injury resulting in painful recovery and possible permanent reduced freedom and mobility is a compelling reason to turn the car keys over to someone else.
. The safety of others.  It’s easy to find news stories of a senior citizen who continued to drive only to be involved in an accident that caused injury or death to others, maybe even children.  That prospect is so horrifying to a Grandma or Grandpa that they may choose to ground themselves then ever face that kind of guilt.
. Savings.  Getting rid of the car means no more upkeep, car payments, gas expense and auto insurance.  Senior citizens are penny wise so that kind of savings can make a big difference.

If your senior citizen comes to understand that accommodations can be made to help them get out and about, the loss of that car may not be a big deal. Public transportation or buses that community services centers send out to retirement villages can help senior citizens get out to the grocery store and to doctor’s appointments.  And if their family pitches in to help drive Grandma or Grandpa around, not only do they lose the expense and liability of driving, they get more family time too.  And that is a great incentive to give up driving and let others serve as their chauffeur.

Resentment and unforgiveness can be destructive things to let stay in your heart.  You no doubt taught that to your children and maybe you even give that advice to your grandchildren to help them get passed their childhood arguments and petty squabbles they have with their siblings.

The amazing thing is that by the time you have reached the senior citizen stage of life as you have, you probably are carrying your own fair share of resentments and things you cannot forgive that is nothing more than left over baggage from life.  And learning to forgive the offenses of the past and “let it go” can mean the difference between living a happy and peaceful retirement life or living in a nonstop treadmill of brooding about things that happened long ago.

It is strange that we are able to give advice about forgiving others to our children and grandchildren but so often, it’s us who have trouble letting things go.  We rationalize holding on to resentment because the offense is much more grievous in adult life than the little things children pout about when they become resentful.  But realistically, to the child that offense is just as serious as the one you are holding in your heart.  And the skill of learning to forgive that offense and release the resentment from your heart is one that we need to learn as much as the children do.

The truth is that resentment and unforgiveness doesn’t accomplish anything.  Sometimes we think of the moment of offense when a boss, a coworker, a friend or a relative offended us and we vow that we “will never forget what she did.”  That vow is more a death sentence for you than it is any punishment for the one who offended you. 

I have heard it said that resentment has a way of “growing legs and following you around”.  It’s an apt image because long after the offense is over, that resentment can live on in your heart taunting you and making you miserable.  Meanwhile the one that offended you no doubt has no idea you are angry at all and is going about his or her way happily.  Your resentment accomplishes nothing except stealing your peace from you and making you bitter and obsessive which is not an attractive trait in Grandma or Grandpa or anyone for that matter.

By isolating that feeling of resentment and simmering anger and seeing that it really has nothing at all to do with the original offense, your rational side takes over and steals the offense from the emotional side that continues to vow never to forgive.  Forgiveness is not about saying what happened is ok.  Forgiveness is about saying that negative event will no longer have power over you and you choose to say, “It doesn’t matter any more.”

Resentment is a poison that can get inside you and debilitate you for life.  In a way, by continuing to hold that resentment, you also continue to give that enemy power to hurt you day after day forever.  So in a way, forgiveness is a way of stealing from your enemy or the one that hurt you any further power to hurt you more.  So see it as an offensive weapon where you simply deny access to your precious emotional energy to any past offense.

By learning to let it go, you are actually doing something good for you.  You will be happier, less burdened and it will actually help your health.  And you will no longer be a hypocrite when you sit down with your grandchildren and counsel them to “Live and let live and let it go.”  And when they see you modeling healthy forgiveness, you will empower them as well.  And that makes it all worthwhile.

There are so many different types of communities available that selecting the one to best meet your needs can be a very daunting task. This task can be especially daunting if you’re currently a senior looking to live in a senior community that will meet all your needs as you transition into an elder citizen.

But this whole extensive planning process can be made simpler by following a few standard steps.

The steps involved in choosing the senior community to best meet your needs, your lifestyle, and your pocketbook can be broken down into four steps.

These four steps are as follows.

1. Choose the type of community you need.
2. Search the types of communities available in the area you would like to live.
3. Visit the communities that interest you.
4. Narrow down your list and carefully evaluate the quality, value, and services available by each of these communities. Use your conclusions to make your final choice.

CHOOSE THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY

Carefully review the explanations of the five most common types of seniors communities explained in the previous section. If adult day care is also an option, consider this as well.

Determine the level of care you require based on your needs. Compare your needs to what you will be paying for the desired service. In most cases, the more help you require with your daily tasks, the higher level of care you’ll need.

To help figure out your current needs as well as the needs you might need in the future, make yourself a list. Ask yourself the following questions to help you make your list.

1 Do I need help with any of the basic activities required for daily living? Basic activities include eating, bathing, dressing, or using the bathroom.

2 Do I want help with any basic activities, even if I’m at the stage in my life where I don’t need this type of help yet? Basic activities such as these include cooking, cleaning, shopping, paying bills, or getting to appointments.

3 Do I have health problems where I currently need additional care?

4 Do I have health problems where I will need additional care in the future? Additional care services can be anything as simple as help using eye drops due to arthritis to taking care of bladder catheters. Other additional care services could include help or reminders to take medications, getting oxygen, monitoring diabetes, or taking care of colostomy catheters.

5 What can I afford? How much do I want to spend on my housing?

6 Based on my needs and wants, what is most important to me? Is price the most important factor? Service and amenities? Is location extremely important to me? Do I need a place where I can take my pet along?

A senior community is simply an alternate living arrangement for senior citizens and elder citizens based on needs and wants. A senior community can be something as simple as an area set aside for completely healthy, fully functional adults of a certain age. (Age varies from community to community.) Such communities are oasises from everyday life and provide an assortment of activities that cater to seniors.

Often these types of seniors communities are set up in warm areas like Florida or California. Some offer apartments. Other require residents to purchase a condominium. Still others allow residents to purchase their own homes, but they must follow the rules of the community in regards to how they maintain their homes. Options like set life leases are also available in some senior communities. Other senior communities cater to the needs of elder citizens. These types of senior communities include health care help, as well as assisted activities.

The most important thing to keep in mind when understanding what a senior community is, is that a senior community is much more than a nursing home. While it’s true that a nursing home is a type of senior community, there are plenty of other senior communities not considered nursing homes. Avoid becoming trapped in the mindset that a lot of people have when considering senior communities. Don’t write off a senior community because you have the idea that they’re places where old people go to

Retirement is the ideal time to get your life in complete order and take the time to make sure everything is just how you want it to be. Seniors have plenty of time on their hands to make plans and follow through with them instead of leaving jobs and tasks only half complete, which can serve to create an enduring mess that drives you insane but you lack the time to actually fix. Now as a senior you have all the time you actually need to make your life the way you have always wanted it to be, so why not start with your home? Maybe you have enough disposable wealth to completely fund it without having to get financial help.

Giving your home a complete makeover can give you an immense sense of achievement and satisfaction. The results will be around for a long time so you can actually enjoy them, and the fruits of your labour can also revive your sense of being. Revamping your home gives you chance to let your creative juices flow. You can experiment with colours and designs of your own choosing, whether they happen to be unique because you have designed them or you have chosen existing designs to tweak to suit your own tastes and preferences. It may be worth bringing outside designers into your home to help you rework it or at least give you advice on what would go best and where. However, if you choose to do it entirely by yourself, then good luck to you.

You can use the Internet and interior design magazines to give you ideas. There are also useful how to sections on various websites that you can use to complete part of your new home yourself. There is nothing you cannot find out how to do out there, and all thanks to the era of information and technology! Do It Yourself websites tend to give information on basic tasks, such as installing a panelled or tile floor, installing a new shower and putting up furnishings like curtain rails and coving. However, you should always stop short of any integral work because that should be left up to an expert. Only experts who have trained in their field for years before qualifying should carry out rewiring and plumbing.

There are thousands of things you can do to redecorate your home, from redecorating the spare bedroom to having a conservatory installed to look out over your back yard. If you do insist on having a hand in the renovations then it is advisable to come up with a strict timetable. Not only will this ensure that any work is fully completed in a timely manner, it will also ensure that you do not do too much and put your health on the line. Be sensible about the goals that you set yourself because a senior body is not as young as you would like to believe. It is easy enough to strain your back or pull muscles that may take some time to heal if you push yourself too hard, so make sure that you only do as much as you can. Having a timetable will also make it possible to rearrange some tasks if necessary but keep the whole project on course.