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How’s your stress level?

   Have you ever finally gotten home from a stressful day at work only to realize, “Hey!  I forgot to pick up the laundry!” or a roast for dinner or the kids from school?  Ever wonder why you sit down to take a big test and can’t remember anything you studied?  And why you get on stage and can’t find your lines anywhere in your head?  Well, now there’s a scientific explanation—stress makes you forgetful.

   The journal Science reports that stressful situations over which you have no control activate the PKC enzyme.  This enzyme impairs short-term memory and other functions in the prefrontal cortex.

   You know, every week confronts us with these kinds of situations.  Life is filled with “technical difficulties beyond our control.”  So how can you cope?

   Take a few deep breaths to relax.  Remind yourself of what you can control in the situation.  Then seek the strength to change those things you can, accept those you can’t, and the wisdom to know the difference.

This weekend is the Daytona 500!!! 

Predicting what will happen at Daytona is always tough. Most of the cars are fairly equal, so it comes down to who can draft with who, block and navigate traffic the best. Well, there also is the fact of when to make that final move to grab NASCAR’s most sought after race.

So here is how I see it this weekend. The duel qualifying races are first and Thursday night at 7pm. 

Pride Of Rutherford County!

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How’s your office?

   Recently I was straightening up my office.  You know how it is, your things get moved around as you work so you put them back where you can find them.

   Well, I noticed that there were some things that I really like that I had put up on top of a bookshelf.  A wood carving from China a friend brought me.  A piece of beautiful pottery.  They were up high where I don’t look that often.  So I moved them down on one of my desks to see them more often.

   Next, I noticed that I had put all of my family’s pictures in my studio.  And that was fine, but they had been there for a while and they had become familiar to that space.  So I moved them out on a desk, facing me, where I can enjoy them more.

   Life is a lot like my office.  Some of the things you say you value may be in a place you don’t look very often so you don’t live out of them.  Or, some of the relationships you say are vital may be so familiar you stop treasuring them.

   This year, move your life around to better reflect your priorities as you listen to life and make a positive life.

This season, NASCAR has tweaked the points system when it comes to The Chase, changed the qualifying format and reinvented The Chase to 16 drivers making the field.

And now, it seems that if a driver wins in the first 26 races on the schedule, the chances of making The Chase are very likely.

The knock out round format of The Chase is the biggest change. Sixteen drivers will start, but will be down for 12 after the third playoff race, then to eight after the sixth race and down to four after the nine events going into Homestead.