What's the Best Self-Help Product for You?
You'd think the writer and editor for a self-help online superstore would have no difficulty in answering a question like, "What's the best self-help product for me?" wouldn't you? Well, I'm a little ashamed to say you'd be wrong. You see, that question immediately demands the answer to another, more interesting question.
The Best Self-Help Products are what we live and breathe at The Happiness Superstore...
When you say, 'What's the best self-help product for me?' what exactly do you mean by 'me'?
Now I don't want to get caught up in an existential discussion, here. The nature of reality and identity will have to wait for another time. However, just reflect over the last few days. Think about a situation when you were relaxed (taking a deep bath, maybe). Think about a time when you were anxious (your computer kept crashing). Think about a situation when you were seething (your PC still kept crashing and the IT support desk suggested you try switching it off and back on again). Think about a time when you were content (drinking good coffee with good friends). Think about all those times: was it in truth the same 'me' who occupied each of those little moments in time? Is the livid 'me' the same as the happy 'me'? For most of us, the answer is no. We are not the same individual from one day to the next, and on our more hapless days, we're not even the same person from one moment to the next.
Walt Whitman put it best, I think, when he wrote 'I contain multitudes'.
We all do. We all 'contain multitudes'.
So, why then do you think (or even hope) there is a self-help product out there that is perfectly suited to you, a best self help product?
Precisely which 'you' is it we're talking about?
Luckily, there is a whole range of self-help books and inspirational products available, multitudes in fact. And not only could you find the best self-help product for you, you could find the best self-help product for all the' yous' you contain.
At The Happiness Superstore we’ll help you decide exactly what Best Self-Help Product for you is...
Best of luck. To all of you.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Shed Building: A Complete Guide
How to Build a Shed: The definitive guide.
It all started with a query: 'How to Build a Shed'
I didn't have to go out of my way to convince anyone, I mean we were talking about a shed for heavens sake. When nobody was objecting I should have picked up that I had nobody to convince and kept my mouth shut.
My wife and kids were completely happy to let me get on with buying a shed for our garden and on our first shopping trip, they even tagged along, until...
I began to get a little choosy about what I wanted, flipping the door so it opened the other way, bigger windows, double doors etc. and by the time it dawned on me that the shed I was looking for didn't exist, my family had cut me loose.
It appears that the 'shed is a man thing' applies to me as well.
Whatever, being cut loose by my family was the least of my problems, the main one being that I just couldn't find a shed that I liked, nightmare!
And then suddenly I realized that what I was after was in my head and the only way I was going to get the shed I wanted was to create it myself, which presented me with my next challenge.
I had dropped out of woodwork in school and I have never built anything since.
A quick Google of 'How to Build a Shed' came up trumps and I found a fantastic product which took me by the hand and walked me through a step by step program of creating my own shed.
Click here to find out more...
The beauty of this product is that it saves you a ton of money, teaches you a valuable set of skills and gives you the confidence to create a bespoke shed for yourself, by yourself which for me ticked all of the boxes.
Today, I am the proud owner of a mighty fine garden shed which I am as proud of as almost anything I've ever created.
In all honesty, I just couldn't find a better product to help me build my own shed so if 'How to Build a Shed' is your next search, look no further.
Click here to find out more...
Happy shed building
It all started with a query: 'How to Build a Shed'
I didn't have to go out of my way to convince anyone, I mean we were talking about a shed for heavens sake. When nobody was objecting I should have picked up that I had nobody to convince and kept my mouth shut.
My wife and kids were completely happy to let me get on with buying a shed for our garden and on our first shopping trip, they even tagged along, until...
I began to get a little choosy about what I wanted, flipping the door so it opened the other way, bigger windows, double doors etc. and by the time it dawned on me that the shed I was looking for didn't exist, my family had cut me loose.
It appears that the 'shed is a man thing' applies to me as well.
Whatever, being cut loose by my family was the least of my problems, the main one being that I just couldn't find a shed that I liked, nightmare!
And then suddenly I realized that what I was after was in my head and the only way I was going to get the shed I wanted was to create it myself, which presented me with my next challenge.
I had dropped out of woodwork in school and I have never built anything since.
A quick Google of 'How to Build a Shed' came up trumps and I found a fantastic product which took me by the hand and walked me through a step by step program of creating my own shed.
Click here to find out more...
The beauty of this product is that it saves you a ton of money, teaches you a valuable set of skills and gives you the confidence to create a bespoke shed for yourself, by yourself which for me ticked all of the boxes.
Today, I am the proud owner of a mighty fine garden shed which I am as proud of as almost anything I've ever created.
In all honesty, I just couldn't find a better product to help me build my own shed so if 'How to Build a Shed' is your next search, look no further.
Click here to find out more...
Happy shed building
Orchids: A Gentle Introduction
Plant Care Orchid: A definitive guide.
An Orchid Lovers Dream
Orchids: Here's where I'd start.
Click here for Plant Care Orchid A definitive guide.
So many choices, where do you start? Here's my number 1 choice...
Orchid Variety: Genus - CYMBIDIUM
* Ideal in a cool, light situation.
* Can be placed outdoors in a shaded place for the summer but must be kept well watered.
* Flowers every winter and spring for between 6 and 8 weeks with tall sprays of blooms in a wide variety of colors.
* Very popular when used as corsage orchids.
* Can grow large over time.
CARE FOR CYMBIDIUM
Cymbidium orchids are always popular with their beautiful flowers lasting many weeks.
They grow best in a cool conservatory and should be placed outdoors in the summer.
They flower most in the winter and spring although there are also summer and autumn varieties also.
Standard varieties can grow into large plants with large flowers and bulbs.
Miniature or compact varieties are more manageable. Cymbidium orchids should be re-potted in the spring after flowering when they have outgrown their pots about every 2 to 3 years.
This variety of orchid should be kept cool in summer and kept outdoors to aid re-flowering and given lots of light in winter.
Keeping them too warm will prevent the orchid from flowering.
When the blooms die off, trim the stem right down to the base.
The next generation of flowers will grow from the next pseudobulb that the plant produces.
TEMPERATURE:
Cymbidiums like a minimum temperature of 8°C (45°F) in winter to expose them to enough of a change in conditions from the warm summer, when a maximum temperature of 30°C (85°F) is enough.
LIGHTING CONDITIONS:
Try to keep from bright, direct summer sunlight as this can scorch the leaves. Expose them to as much light possible during the dark winter months.
WATERING:
Try to keep the free draining bark compost moist with more frequent watering during the spring and summer, their main growing season.
When watering, let the water drain right through before returning it back in it's planter. Avoid letting the pot stand in water.
Let the bark compost to dry out slightly before watering again. Try to avoid water collecting in the crown of the plant as this may result in the plant rotting.
Add a little orchid fertilizer to the water once every 2 or 3 (approx. every 10-14 days) from March to September.
Click here for more information: Orchid Care
As ever,
Good Luck!
Jerry
An Orchid Lovers Dream
Orchids: Here's where I'd start.
Click here for Plant Care Orchid A definitive guide.
So many choices, where do you start? Here's my number 1 choice...
Orchid Variety: Genus - CYMBIDIUM
* Ideal in a cool, light situation.
* Can be placed outdoors in a shaded place for the summer but must be kept well watered.
* Flowers every winter and spring for between 6 and 8 weeks with tall sprays of blooms in a wide variety of colors.
* Very popular when used as corsage orchids.
* Can grow large over time.
CARE FOR CYMBIDIUM
Cymbidium orchids are always popular with their beautiful flowers lasting many weeks.
They grow best in a cool conservatory and should be placed outdoors in the summer.
They flower most in the winter and spring although there are also summer and autumn varieties also.
Standard varieties can grow into large plants with large flowers and bulbs.
Miniature or compact varieties are more manageable. Cymbidium orchids should be re-potted in the spring after flowering when they have outgrown their pots about every 2 to 3 years.
This variety of orchid should be kept cool in summer and kept outdoors to aid re-flowering and given lots of light in winter.
Keeping them too warm will prevent the orchid from flowering.
When the blooms die off, trim the stem right down to the base.
The next generation of flowers will grow from the next pseudobulb that the plant produces.
TEMPERATURE:
Cymbidiums like a minimum temperature of 8°C (45°F) in winter to expose them to enough of a change in conditions from the warm summer, when a maximum temperature of 30°C (85°F) is enough.
LIGHTING CONDITIONS:
Try to keep from bright, direct summer sunlight as this can scorch the leaves. Expose them to as much light possible during the dark winter months.
WATERING:
Try to keep the free draining bark compost moist with more frequent watering during the spring and summer, their main growing season.
When watering, let the water drain right through before returning it back in it's planter. Avoid letting the pot stand in water.
Let the bark compost to dry out slightly before watering again. Try to avoid water collecting in the crown of the plant as this may result in the plant rotting.
Add a little orchid fertilizer to the water once every 2 or 3 (approx. every 10-14 days) from March to September.
Click here for more information: Orchid Care
As ever,
Good Luck!
Jerry
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