Paper to Pulp: Protecting Your Money!

Written by Tameka Norris


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Here are several more benefits YOU get out of making paper into pulp:

(1) It will assure you that it will be impossible for a would-be-trash-searching-thief to put any ofrepparttar pieces back together. You know how easy it is to fit some pieces of paper back together when you rip them up. Pulp makes it impossible to connectrepparttar 101752 pieces together. Take a look at repparttar 101753 edges of your paper when you pull your pulp apart. You'll see what I mean.

(2) Soaking your paper in water makes some ofrepparttar 101754 print less legible. Sometimes it just makes it mildly blurry and other timesrepparttar 101755 ink actually runs. That helps give you greater protection against private information being easily legible to a thief.

(3) Your pulp will remain damp for a reasonable amount of time. Wet paper, as opposed to dry, can sometimes be easier for dirt particles and stains to cling to. You're just giving your pulp an extra advantage by welcoming dirt particles to come along and make it even a little more disgusting and illegible.

(4) Your pulp will dry in illegible clumps. Have you ever tried to break apart pulp? If you have, then you know that inrepparttar 101756 process of doing so you make matters worse. The small pieces of paper are even further ripped up and destroyed as you try to pull them apart with your fingers.

So if a would-be thief is going to try and steal your private information. Make it hard on him. And maybe if he runs into enough pulp he'll realize it takes just as much work to steal as it does to make an honest living.

Protect yourself with pulp.

(c) Copyright 2003 Tameka Norris

Tameka Norris helps others simplify life's little complications by revealing the small things that are often overlooked: http://www.simple-living-tips.com/simplify


Do You Love Someone Who Suffers From Depression?

Written by Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW


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Naming and acceptingrepparttar problem is halfrepparttar 101751 battle, for BOTH spouses. Why? Well, when folks are depressed, there is no obvious scientific evidence to prove it. And yet people have an instinctive need to what is causing such pain. The depressed person may project their negative feelings onto those closest to them, i.e. a spouse, a boss,repparttar 101752 children,repparttar 101753 neighbors etc. If you're married to a depressed person, at times you may question your own sanity.

You might blame external sources for your spouse's suffering. Without understanding, you might attack your spouse, assuming they do not care or are lazy. What appears to be marital problems, may, in fact, be depression. But certainly marital problems can develop over time when depression goes untreated.

Another important fact to point out is that men and women experience depression differently and each will respond differently when their spouse is depressed. This requires two separate articles just to begin to respectively cover gender issues involved in depression.

Here's what to do. First and foremost, realize that depression isrepparttar 101754 foe, not your spouse. Developing a "we" instead of an "I" approach to depression treatment is vital. A good recovery motto might be best summed up fromrepparttar 101755 cartoon, Bobrepparttar 101756 Builder: "Can WE do it? Yes WE can!"

Do everything you can to learn about depression. Seek professional advice. If depression has been present for a long time, bothrepparttar 101757 relationship andrepparttar 101758 depression will require attention.

Have individual and marital recovery plans. It'srepparttar 101759 surest way to give depressionrepparttar 101760 one-two punch that can knock it out of your lives. Write your recovery plans down and spend time reviewing, modifying and noting progress made.

Once depression is stabilized, create a list of "red flag" symptoms. This serves as your safety net. If these symptoms recur it would indicate that prompt attention is required. Then list solutions you each are willing to act on if you notice symptoms reappearing. Commit to this in writing and each of you sign it.

Create external support systems. Note that I did not say external griping sessions. There's a major difference between griping and purging. The former only feeds righteous resentment, and deepensrepparttar 101761 depression problem overall, andrepparttar 101762 latter helps clean you out.

Support pillars can be comprised of friends, colleagues, churches, support groups and any place you decide is safe to disclose to. Do not hide your dirty laundry inrepparttar 101763 closet, so-to-speak. Depression loves to isolate individuals, marriages and entire families. It's one ofrepparttar 101764 primary ways it grows strong.

Do recovery activities together. Attend therapy or psychiatry sessions together. Participate in online counseling together. Read a depression recovery book together. Exercise together, pray together or keep a mood log together. If your children are atrepparttar 101765 appropriate age, educate them about chronic depression. There are good childrens books on chronic parent illness.

Most importantly, developrepparttar 101766 "WE!" It's you and your spouse against this powerful depression foe. Together you can do this!

Best recovery wishes and always let me know if I can be of any help.

Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW is an author, university faculty member, success coach and veteran psychotherapist whose passion is guiding others to their own success in life. For weekly doses of the webs HOTTEST success tips, sign up for Dave’s powerful “Feeling Great!” ezine at http://www.Overcoming-Depression.com


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