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Life Beyond The Cubicle: How To Find Time When You Don’t Have The Time

Get busy living or get busy dying. (Yes, that is from “Shawshank Redemption.”) So much wisdom from such a short phrase. Which one are you doing right now? If you have to ask, “Shawshank what?” then you are definitely not doing the first part of that phrase. It is very likely that you are spending way too much time at the office—from the moment the sun is up until the very moment it goes down—and coming home feeling cranky and tired all over.  Is there another way to live your life?

Listen, like Tim Robins in “Shawshank,” you do not need to be incarcerated to have all the time in the world to realize and do what you truly want to be doing. There are ways to go about your daily life, be able to earn money and still find time for fun, for relaxation, for adventure — for living. And here’s how:

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates — So Compartmentalize!

Learn to compartmentalize the areas of your life. Yes, work is important. Yes, you should definitely not neglect saving money for your future. But there will not be much of a future left if you build your entire life around your career. Remember, all work and no play not only makes you dull, but also seriously unhealthy. The stress you get from meeting deadlines, achieving sales targets, pleasing upper management, and dealing with numerous suppliers like RingCentral VoIP service providers can take their toll on your body.  Add the possibility of not getting enough exercise in your routine and eating greasy, fatty food on the fly and you have got one heck of a recipe for health issues.

When you compartmentalize, you are able to put limits on things. Your work should never encroach on your time for family and yourself. When you own a business, this should certainly be easy enough to do because you will have other people looking after the day-to-day operations of your company. When you are an employee, turn off your mobile phone when you are not supposed to be working. Get organized at work and try to finish what needs to be completed at the office. Never (or at least try not to) bring work at home.

List. Schedule. Do.

Do not knock the power of making lists. While it sounds like it is only reserved for type A personalities, this does not mean it cannot work for people who have a more laidback approach to life. Making a list of what you need to be doing for the day can help you prioritize events, chores, and other things you need to accomplish. Lists are especially crucial for parents. Consider the barrage of things working moms and dads have to get done, from taking that lunch meeting with a teacher to making that morning meeting with the boss, from driving the kids to soccer practice or ballet class to dealing with the various projects at home. When you enumerate the things you need to do for a day, you are able to map out your commitments and responsibilities. And you do not waste any time, which means you get more hours in a day.

So it is not exactly the coolest thing in the world to do, making lists; and it may not leave much room for spontaneity. But it does give you opportunities for finding time to do the things you absolutely love. When you have finished everything you need to accomplish for a week at work, then you will have no excuse not to go surfing at the crack of dawn, to drive out to the country and go camping with your beloved, to build that treehouse with your kids, or to finally read that bestselling book you bought a week ago.

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The Top Four Countries on Top of the Internet Speed Game

Communicating with people around the world these days is easy. With a few clicks, you can post messages onto people’s accounts, and it wouldn’t matter where they’re from. As long as you’re both connected to the internet, you can communicate.

Because of this dependence on the web, where everyone is connected to everyone else, speed becomes the key to taking full advantage of what the net has to offer. Being online means being connected, and we’ve come a long way from using dial up. In fact, it’s unlikely that anyone born past the year 1994 would ever believe that the internet actually moved that slowly.
Today internet speeds are rising competitively. Everyone wants faster internet because of what it offers – access to sophisticated services that extend beyond mere browsing. We are using the internet as a tool for recreation, business, and archiving.

We need faster internet and bigger bandwidth in order to:

• Communicate through VoiP service providers (such as Skype, RingCentral, Google Talk)
• Transfer and store files (Dropbox, Mediafire, 4shared)
• Create documents, spreadsheets, and similar office functions (Google Drive)

Such sophisticated technology requires a certain amount of bandwidth in order to function effectively. The top requirement for top-notch internet usage and efficiency is fast internet, and countries all over the world are jockeying for faster internet speeds. Faster internet encourages faster growth, and creates a very hospitable environment in which businesses (web-dependent or otherwise) can thrive.

Businesses and internet users are always looking for the best average Internet speeds per location. It’s a tight race per country, and users will be surprised to know that the US ranks thirteenth overall. But according to the surveys, the countries with the fastest internet speeds on average are, for this year:

• South Korea – this burgeoning East Asia country tops the list with barely any competition. South Korea’s internet speed clocks in at a mind-boggling 17.5Mbps. That being said, this is not unusual for a country that is heavily invested in the online world and which holds world tournaments for computer strategy games.
• Japan – the second-place holder of fastest internet speed in the world stands with 9.1Mbps on average. Japan is getting even more technologized in all daily aspects of life, and becoming more net dependent. However, its netizens seem to live in a kingdom of their own online and, much like Japan itself, live in their own selective internet communities.
• Hong Kong – It’s not unusual to find that yet another fast-growing Asian region is on this list; Hong Kong matches Japan in average internet speed. Business and commerce are thriving in this area, and companies are making sure that they are connected to the internet with the fastest possible speeds.
• Netherlands – this European country is famous for many things, especially its tourism, but one thing tourists may not know about is the country’s fast internet. With 8.2Mbps on average, the Netherlands is not only growing in economy, but also on average net speed, as it goes up 18% from last year.

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