ORGANIC HEALTH & HOME

Easy Ways To Look After Your Eyesight

Easy Ways To Look After Your Eyesight

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It’s natural for our eyesight to get worse with age. However, several bad habits can increase the likeliness of vision loss, even leading to more serious eye conditions such as cataracts and retinopathy. Here are just several easy ways in which you can reduce the risk of sight problems.

Protect your eyes in the sun

Sun exposure is a leading cause of cataracts – this is when the lenses of the eyes cloud up leading to reduced vision and sometimes blindness. You can easily protect your eyes from the sun by wearing a cap or wearing sunglasses. If you have to squint, it’s usually a sign that it’s too bright and that you could be causing damage.

Quit smoking

If you’re a smoker, you could be increasing the risk of numerous eye problems. On top of cataracts, smoking can increase the risk of macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and dry eye syndrome. This is due to both the smoke getting in the eyes and the chemicals inhaled causing nerve and blood vessel damage. Quitting smoking admittedly isn’t easy, but there are now more ways to give up than ever before, so make sure that you’re exploring as many options as you can.

Eat the right foods

The foods you eat can also affect your eye health. Generally speaking, you should be careful of fatty foods, high levels of sugar and high levels of salts. Diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma – two eye conditions that can result in blindness – can both be caused by a poor diet involving these foods. Foods that are good for the eyes include leafy greens, eggs and omega-3-rich foods (e.g. oily fish and walnuts).

Wear prescription eyewear

Common eyesight problems such as myopia (near-sightedness) and presbyopia (long-sightedness) may not be avoidable – they may be genetic or may occur naturally with age. They can however be easily corrected by wearing prescription glasses or contact lenses. Make sure that you are wearing this prescription eyewear if necessary – otherwise you could be straining your eyes and making these issues worse. Cost can sometimes be an issue for some people but nowadays many companies are offering vision insurance and there are optician schemes in place that can save you money. Meanwhile, if you simply don’t like the idea of glasses or contact lenses, there could still be the option of investing in laser eye surgery.

Go for regular eye tests

Going for regular eye tests can help you to spot eye health issues early. In most cases, the quicker you spot these problems, the more easily that they can be dealt with. Some opticians offer free eye tests, which could save you some money.

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Dealing With Anxiety During Sick Leave

Dealing With Anxiety During Sick Leave

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When we take time off work, we may feel a little feeling of guilt, for leaving colleagues in the lurch, for not doing your work but taking time off is sometimes essential for both your mental and physical health. If you are off work for illness, you are most likely going to be spending it in bed feeling sorry for yourself and if it’s for an injury like a broken leg, it may make you feel as if you are trapped. Maybe your injury was caused by someone else, this way, you may feel a sense of anger that your life has been turned around at the hands of someone else. A personal injury lawyer could assist you in this and make you feel a little less upset about the situation but it may still pose a threat to your health in other ways from being away from your normal routine. Here are the health issues you might experience when you’re off for a long term of absence. 

Depression

During a long sick leave, many people do get depressed because you are away from your normal routine and you are suddenly thrown off balance. You may start with a feeling of boredom and that there was nothing to do and nothing you can be doing in the interim. Many days you are confined to the house because your body is stopping you reaching goals and meeting new challenges. This can be incredibly difficult, and you should watch out for signs of depression when you’re off work including sleeping too much, being less active and not having much interest in other things.  If you’re in a job where it’s possible to work from home, that is OK and you should definitely try and do what you can.

Stress and strain that can lead to anxiety 

Long periods of sickness can be incredibly stressful because you start to worry about things like money and paying your bills on time. Yes you may have sick pay but this may not cover you for as long as you need off work and if you struggle to pay the bills you will start to feel a certain amount of stress and strain. To avoid stress, you can try to save money in different areas and always have an emergency pot which can help. There are lots of jobs you can take on online during this period of sickness to keep your finances healthy, which won’t affect your day to day job. 

Difficulty Adjusting to a new pattern

When you are off for a long period of time; you will struggle to get back to work when you do go back and the routine changes will affect sleep and anxiety levels. This in turn leads to daily issues and you never feel as if you’re truly back to your old self. Try and wake up at the same time every day and try to stay as active as possible even just a small walk.

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Getting Your Confidence Back After A Disaster

Getting Your Confidence Back After A Disaster

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It’s natural to be scared of a disaster. Accidents, injuries, extreme weather, and being the victim of crime are all varieties of catastrophe that you might encounter in your life. As you’re not expecting it, you might find it knocks you off your feet and knocks your confidence. 

However, no one deserves to live in fear, and so here are some tips for you to get your confidence back after a disaster. 

Lightning Doesn’t Strike Twice

If it happens once, all the following experiences will wonder if it is going to happen again, and this can be debilitating. It can affect your social life, your professional life, and even your everyday life. 

You can remind yourself that lightning doesn’t strike twice, especially in the same location. This is important to remember after being mugged or attacked. You can also use your past experiences to prepare yourself better. You may have been caught off-guard before, but now you know what could happen, it’s easier to take precautions to reduce the chance of it happening again. 

Have Someone With You

Taking someone with you while you are still struggling with when you need to go somewhere will help you feel safer and more confident. Someone familiar will always provide the mental safety net that you need to overcome any issue, and any decent friend will be happy to do so. 

It can be challenging to face locations that bring back bad memories all by yourself and having a friend or family member with you is vital for ensuring you can manage these early experiences much more comfortably. Hopefully, you will come to handle being out by yourself, but it’s okay to need some assistance at first. 

Look Your Best

If you’ve suffered an injury following an accident or even an attack, you may not look your best, and this can affect your confidence and mental wellbeing. To overcome this, think about fixing these issues, such as looking at cosmetic dentistry to repair broken or damaged teeth, or wearing makeup to cover black eyes. 

In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need to do this, but looking your best can help improve how you feel about the disaster. If you’re someone who regularly holds meetings or teaches classes, it can reduce the number of questions regarding your appearance, making things more comfortable for you. 

Be Thankful

Sometimes, though, your confidence cannot come from your appearance, other people, or constant reassurance. Instead, you can consider how grateful you are that the disaster was not more severe. 

From sudden natural disasters or crimes that can turn fatally violent, much worse happens every day. While it’s perfectly understandable to feel bad about what happened, you are also lucky where others are not. 

Striding Confidently Through Life

It can be challenging to overcome negative feelings following an accident, especially if you’ve never had anything of the sort happen to you before. However, by reminding yourself that it’s unlikely to happen again and having an excellent support network, you will soon forget all about it, and you can stride confidently through life just as you did before.

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Security When Moving Home Or Going On Vacation

Security When Moving Home Or Going On Vacation

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In this post, we are going to take a look at home security in two very important situations – when you move to somewhere new and when you go on holiday.

Security before a vacation

Are you going on holiday? If so, you will need to secure your house before you go away. There is nothing worse than getting home from an amazing vacation to discover you have been broken into. With modern security solutions, you can have complete control over your property no matter where you are.

Things to do before going on holiday

It is important to make your house appear occupied while you are away, as more than 80 per cent of burglaries take place when a property is empty. Here are some crucial steps to take:

  • Avoid advertising your holiday on social media.
  • Invest in light switches that turn on and off at various intervals to make it appear like you are still at home.
  • Make sure you have sufficient locks on all doors and windows. Don’t forget your garage door!
  • Ask neighbours that you trust to keep an eye on your home.

Make your home more secure

Now would be a good time to make your property more secure with effective security systems. There is a wide range of home security options available today, including CCTV, door entry control, and intruder alarms. An alarm system cannot only alert the neighbours but it can be connected to your devices too, so you’re alerted. 

Have complete control with SMART security

SMART technology solutions are ideal for home security when on holiday. With SMART technology, you can connect your security systems to your smartphone or tablet. This means you can view CCTV footage on your home while away or double-check that all of the doors are locked. You will immediately be alerted if the system has been breached and you will know exactly what is going on while you are away. So, if you have left the kids in charge of the house, you can make sure there are no wild parties!

Security when moving home

Are you moving to a new home? This is an exciting time in anyone’s life, but it’s important that security is one of your priorities during the process. We know you probably have a million different things to think about, but make sure that changing the locks is one of them. After all, you don’t know who has access to the property! The previous owner may have given keys to everyone from their best friend to their aunty and uncle.  

What does a new homeowner need to do?

There are a number of security checks that new homeowners need to conduct. This includes:

  • Changing the external locks and getting new keys cut.
  • Consider fitting a five-lever deadlock and a night latch to your front door. Most front doors only come with a basic Yale lock in place.
  • Install window locks.
  • Invest in home insurance before moving into your property.

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Neighborhood Watch: Why Nearby Crime Needn’t Take Control Out Of Your Hands

Neighborhood Watch: Why Nearby Crime Needn’t Take Control Out Of Your Hands

We all deserve to feel safe and secure at home. Our houses are our sanctuaries, after all, which is why it can be so devastating when crime casts its ugly shadow across our neighborhoods. 

No matter how near or far, crimes in the vicinity can shatter any feeling of safety you might once have felt. Irrelevant of their severity, you may start experiencing difficulty sleeping or anxiety when you leave your house empty during the day.

This is no way to live, and it could soon see you losing control of the calming space that you’ve created. You may even consider selling up as a result! Yet, given how extreme a lifestyle change moving can be, it isn’t practical or even affordable for many. 

Does that mean you’re doomed to checking your locks twenty times before you go out? Not at all. It merely means you might want to consider taking back control of your home safety in the following ways. 

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# 1 – See this as a warning

Nearby crime is never pleasant, but it can also act as a cold and hard warning to make home safety a priority. This should be the case whether recent crimes are on your mind or not, of course, but it’s surprising how many of us neglect all but the most basic safety precautions unless we’re moving into an area we already know is dodgy. Instead of stressing out after crime, then, focus on the fact that this gives you an incentive to install alarm systems and CCTV for returned control as you see fit. 

# 2 – Know your escape route

If the crime in question involved home intrusion, it’s also worth reclaiming control by planning an escape route should the same happen to you. Knowing, for instance, how quickly you can get to your back door could provide some peace of mind. You could also take the time to find the best bug out bag for storing near that exit point to guarantee survival as you wait for help to arrive. These steps may seem extreme from the outset, but you’d be amazed how much better you’ll sleep just knowing this option is there. 

# 3 – Focus on community

Many of us don’t even know our neighbors to say hello to these days, let alone look out for. Yet, focusing on community in the aftermath of crime can help everyone feel safer again. After all, you won’t feel half as alone in coping if you know your neighbors are keeping an eye out and vice versa. Even better, achieving this benefit is as easy as joining local community groups to express your worries, or setting up one of your own to address the crime in question and any fears it’s caused among residents. 

Some sense of lost control is inevitable when criminals make their mark on your community, but there’s no reason to let this issue spiral. Instead, put these pointers in place and take control of your home safety once again.

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