Love these lyrics, and can’t wait to see Frank play next week at 2000 trees

Live Fast Die Old – Frank Turner

I bought my soul back from the devil, and now I’m keeping it all to myself. I’m checking myself out of the program, because I know what’s best for my health. So why live the dream like you’re running out of sleep? I’m not playing to pass time, I’m playing for keeps.

We only just started and you’re throwing the fight. You’d rather burn out than fade away? Well why not both, I plan to stay.

So let’s do this once and let’s do it right.

I used to act like none of this mattered, I used to say that I didn’t care, that we wouldn’t be doing this forever, but the truth is that I was just scared. So you put up a front to protect yourself, but if we’re down on the floor, why get back on the shelf? You can’t change your outfit now the night has begun.

 But we’ve still got the fuel, we still have the fire, so me and you, Jay, let’s never retire, let’s keep on making mistakes till we’re done.

I’m going to live fast and I’m going to die old, I’m going to end my days in a house with high windows on the quiet shores in the South-West.

So you sort the tunes and I’ll bring the beers, and on my seventieth birthday I’ll see you right here, and together we’ll watch the sun set.

There’s no one in my coffin, there’s nothing in my grave, I’m tired of being damned, I’d rather be saved, and we can never sell out because we never bought in, and if they build it back up, then we’ll swing back through town and burn the whole thing down again.

 It won’t last so be bold, choose your path, show soul, live fast and die old.

http://frank-turner.com

Even naps as short as ten minutes have been shown to provide psychological benefits in terms of reduced fatigue and improved concentration. But would-be nappers face some strategic decisions, most obviously – does it matter whether I nap in my chair or ought I try to find somewhere to lie down? And then … if remaining seated, is it okay to lean forwards and rest my head on a desk?

When it comes to napping while leaning back in a chair or car seat, past research has shown that the further you can lean back, the better, at least in terms of subjective fatigue and reaction times. Now Dayong Zhao and colleagues have addressed the leaning forward issue, comparing lying-down napping and leaning-forward napping, and they’ve found that the former is the most effective, but that the leaning-forward variety still has clear benefits compared with no nap at all.

Thirty undergrads, all regular nappers, had electrodes attached to their heads before lunch. Then they performed an ‘oddball’ auditory task in which they had to listen to a string of tones and listen out for the occasional one of a different pitch. Next they had lunch before splitting into three groups: one group enjoyed a twenty minute nap lying down; another enjoyed a twenty-minute nap leaning forwards onto a desk (plus pillow for comfort); the final group just spent the same time sitting quietly.

After this, all the participants performed a repeat of the oddball task whilst having their brainwaves recorded via electroencephalography. Zhao’s team were particularly interested in the size and delay of the P300 – a brainwave measure of cognitive alertness.

Participants in both of the napping conditions showed benefits compared with their peers who’d been denied a nap. The nappers, leaning and lying, reported being in a better mood and feeling less sleepy and they performed better at the oddball task. When it came to the brainwave recordings, however, the leaning-forward nappers, unlike the lying-down nappers, showed no difference from the control group. Uniquely, the lying-down nappers showed an increased P300 amplitude, perhaps indicating increased cortical arousal on their part.

The message it seems is clear. A post-luncheon nap is beneficial to your mental functioning even if you’re forced to rest your head on your desk. However, if you can find somewhere to lie down properly, then do, because the benefits of the nap will be that much greater.

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Zhao, D., Zhang, Q., Fu, M., Tang, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2010). Effects of physical positions on sleep architectures and post-nap functions among habitual nappers. Biological Psychology, 83 (3), 207-213 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.12.008

Author weblink: http://gjc.swu.edu.cn/Eswu/

Carpe Diam is a Latin expression, from an Ode by Horace, Roman poet.

It’s often translated to mean ‘Seize the day’ or ‘Enjoy the day’

So what can you do to seize the day? Here are some initial thoughts, what else do you think you can do?

1: What do you **want** to do, rather than what do you have to do?  Make sure to do something you actually want to do. The washing up and the tidying up can wait, but time to jump in puddles with your children won’t!

2: Take time to dream and do it now, don’t wait till tomorrow as tomorrow never comes

3: Be willing to say yes to what you want to do and no to what others thing you should do

4: Not everything can be done right now, so sometimes you do need to plan but you can make your first steps today

5: Believe in yourself, and ignore those who will tell you it won’t work

There was a very cautious man, who never laughed or cried.

He never risked, he never lost, he never won nor tried.

And when he one day passed away, his insurance was denied,

For since he never really lived, they claimed he never died…

"Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs."  

Dr. Maxwell Maltz 1899-1975, Author

A recent report commissioned by More Th>n Business which surveyed the over 60s found that 71% of people had significant regrets over not having been more ambitious.

Whatever your age now, do you have regrets, in your career or life?  I love the quote, from an Orbital CD, that we regret more the things that we didn’t do rather than the things we did do.

Is there something that you have been thinking of doing but something holds you back … perhaps you could visualise the future, imaging what happens over different options – in business it is called Scenario planning.

So for example, with a career or personal dilemma – what will it be like if you say yes to the option, or say no, or what other options so you have?

If there is anything you would like to share, please do get in touch.

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