How to survive in the twenty first century? Finding a way out...

The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting nosier and more stressful as each day passes. Do you feel like there are too many pressures and demands on you? Do you often loose sleep worrying about tests and schoolwork? Do you eat on the run because your schedule is just too busy? If you experience these symptoms, you are probably suffering from stress.
But what can we do to handle stress? The best solution is to treat you body well. Experts agree that getting regular exercise helps people manage stress and eating healthily helps your body to get the right fuel to function at its best. It's easy when you're stressed out to eat on the run or eat junk food or fast food. But under stressful conditions, the body needs its vitamins and minerals more than ever.
In order to counter this rise of fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat the Slow Food movement was founded in 1989. Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world who are linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to their community and the environment. It all started when an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald´s had opened a restaurant in piazza Di Spagna, the beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was tragic that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal.
I´ll give some tips that may help you reduce stress. Take a few deep breaths. This makes you breathe slower and your muscles relax. Exercise and try to think positive remember the good things in your life. Massage the tense muscles. The muscles in the back in the neck and upper back usually get tense when you are stressed. A massage will help them to relax. A hot bath or shower will also be useful to relax your muscles. Talk to tour family and friends about your feelings, it is important for them to know how you feel so hey can help you.
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When television is good, nothing is better; but when television is bad, nothing is worse

Television today is considered to be one of the most important and the most respected form of transmitting information. Its easy accessibility means that it has the largest audience of all forms of media and therefore the greatest impact. However, this powerful tool can be used for good and bad.

Firstly, the main aim of television is to entertain people. For most viewers, television is an escape from reality in a fantasyland of sitcoms and game shows. Through television people can fulfil their desires as well as witness a vast amount of experiences they would not have the opportunity to go through in real
life. In addition to this, television can take viewers across time and space to explore the world and life without actually travelling; it can be a window on the world.

Secondly, television is an excellent educational instrument, it can teach lessons in different subjects from Geography to Mathematics. Schools often use television as a way of educating students because on TV, they can demonstrate many things that cannot be done in the classroom.

On the other hand, violence on television affects children negatively. Studies at the University of Illinois found that children who watched many hours of television violence when they were at elementary school tended to show a higher level of aggressive behaviour when they became teenagers. By observing these youngsters until they were thirty years old, researchers found that the ones who had watched a lot of TV when they were eight years old were more likely to be arrested and prosecuted for criminal acts as adults.

Moreover, people strive to be as beautiful and intelligent as their favourite TV characters. This is, of course, impossible as their lives are false. Therefore, the unsatisfied desire to achieve this perfect “TV” life often leaves viewers feeling disappointed and with low self-esteem.

In conclusion, television can have both beneficial and harmful effects. It can be used to educate and allow people to see a world they might never have a chance to see in reality, but at the same time, it shows a mall, distorted view of reality, which can damage people’s view of the real world, and this can influence
how people think and behave.