When you fail at counting sheep, try this word game to fall asleep

When you fail at counting sheep, try this word game to sachverhalt asleepWhen you fail at counting sheep, try this word game to fall asleepWhen you are lying awake, unable to fall asleep, traditional advice says to count sheep. But if you find yourself still sleepless after counting livestock, try this sleep trick backed by cognitive science on how to purposefully scramble your thoughts until you can fall asleep.Canadian cognitive scientist Luc Beaudoin calls his solution cognitive shuffling, orserial diverse imagining. Its a technique where you play a word game to shuffle your thoughts into random images and words to encourage your brain to fall asleep.In his 2013 paper published on the subject, Beaudoin argues that his technique works because our waking brains are wired to make sense out of everything, and we cannot fall asleep as long as we are in this alert sense-making mode that wants to dwell and analyze instead of sleep.To help ourselves relax, we need a mental distraction lik e cognitive shuffling to tell the subcortical regions in our brains that management processes are no longer managing concerns and making sense, they are in shutdown mode.Heres how it works.The word game that will put you to sleepThe website for the mySleepButton app, which Beaudoin developed to do the work of cognitive shuffling for you, outlines how to do cognitive shuffling without a smartphones prompting.1) As soon as you are ready to fall asleep, think of a random, emotionally neutral word consisting of at least five unique letters. (You want to stay away from emotionally charged words that will cause you to think too hard.)2) After youve picked a word, think of a list of words that begin with your chosen words first letter. Picture each word in your mind for about five to ten seconds. Bedtime is used as the example onBeaudoins siteBABY. Imagine a baby.BALL. Imagine a ball rolling down a street.BLINK. Image someone blinking a lot.BANANA. Imagine a bunch of bananas hanging from a tree.Bob. Imagine a person named Bob that you dont dislike.(Notice that its fine to imagine people.)3) When you get tired of thinking of images associated with one letter, move onto to the next letter of the word you picked. Repeat the word game until you have fallen asleep.How its supposed to workOur minds naturally drift when we want to fall asleep. This game gives the drifting gentle direction and makes it fun. In his paper on the subject, Beaudoin said that cognitive shuffling could be especially effective on creative thinkers who show a resistance to miserly information processing and belief flexibility.Unlike counting games which can be boring,Beaudoins word game sparks the playful side of our imagination, allowing us to think up safe, non-threatening images instead of ruminating over stresses. Its hard for us to focus on multiple ideas at once. When youre focused on visualizing a banana, you cant also be thinking about how your marriage is in trouble, Beaudoin told O Magazin e.The bottom lineAs a creative thinker who has a hard time shutting down my thoughts, I decided to putBeaudoins claims to the test one recent night. Picking the word blanket, I thought about images of beds, baseballs, the color blue. After I got bored of images that started with the letter b, I thought about lamps, a lion, and the image of a peaceful lake.I dont remember what I thought after l because I had fallen asleep.

Write a Better Resume FlexJobs Resume Expert Answers Your Questions

Write a Better Resume FlexJobs Resume Expert Answers Your QuestionsWrite a Better Resume Resume Expert Answers Your QuestionsJust the word resume alone may invoke strong feelings within many job seekers. Whether those feelings are somewhat positive or mostly anxiety-filled, can helpThe rules of resume writing seem to change often, from ditching objective statements to watching your font choice. To help our readers keep it all straight, we recently posed a question to our Facebook page asking our followers for their most pressing resume questions.We received some great questions, which we took straight to our in-house resume expert, Brie Weiler Reynolds, to weigh in on. Check out her responses below and be sure to reference the blog for even more resume tipsWrite a Better Resume Resume Expert Answers Your Questions1. What is the best font of resume for an experienced worker? Im 52 and looking to change my career path. I have many years of experience as an account manager but want to move to facilitator/trainer. I have done lots of facilitating and training but have never had the title. What should my resume look like?First and foremost, your previous job title doesnt necessarily matter If you have lots of experience facilitating and training, what youll want to do is make that the focus of your resume. Your headline (a line below your name near the top of your resume) should be something like Experienced Facilitator and Trainer to tell employers immediately that you have the skills theyre looking for. Heres an exampleSecondly, the first few sections of your resume, essentially the top half or third of the page, should be dedicated to keywords that showcase your most essential skills.To figure out the best keywords to use, find several job listings that youd like to apply to and start making leide of the specific language and wording they use to describe the skills and experience they are after. Then, as long as you have those skills or experiences, use that same language on your resume.Finally, also incorporate those keywords into your job descriptions. Focus your descriptions on the aspects of each job that are most relevant to facilitating and training. You dont need to list all the major responsibilities, tasks, or accomplishments you had- just the ones that tell employers how qualified you are for the jobs you want.2. Resumesone page or two? I am changing careers from procurement to web development and have a lot of work history. Current resume page one consists of development projects page two lists education, skills, professional developer organizations and experience from previous two jobs. I have drastically cut info listed under previous experience just to fit everything on two pages. Is it necessary to continue reducing all around to get to a one-page resume?The simple (and hopefully relieving) answer isno. Resumes dont need to be held to one page unless you are early in your career and dont have much experience.It sounds lik e youve got a good amount of experience to share Two-page resumes are fine, though thats about as long as anyones resume needs to be, except for very senior-level professionals or people in certain career fields like academia.For a career change resume, make sure that youre using the best keywords and language in your document to show employers you have what it takes to perform well in this new career. Heres more info on resumes for career changers3. How can I overcome age discrimination on a resume?Ive sent over 100 custom resumes with cover letters out over the last 2-years. Ive received less than a 1% response rate even acknowledging my applications. I turn 60 this year and made $175K in 2016 as an ITSM consultant. How can I overcome age discrimination?Age discrimination is an unfortunate but very real part of the employment landscape, and you are very much not alone in your experience.When it comes to your resume, there are several things you can do to make sure the document foc uses employers on the value you can bring to a job, and not just your lengthy career.Here are several things to try (and I apologize if youve already done these things If you have, then its time for the last suggestion, below).Dont list your entire career history. Focus on your last 5-15 years of experience, depending on the types of jobs youre applying for and how much experience they require.Include 1-2 short quotes from former coworkers, managers, etc. speaking to your energy, enthusiasm, and ability to learn and act quickly. We want people to focus on this, not your ageMake sure your technology skills are up to date and then put that on your resume. Include new tools as much as possible- you want people to know you like to learn new things and arent stuck in the past (two common misconceptions in ageism). Especially important are digital communication tools like IM and chat, video and web conferencing, and digital file sharing.Use the language youre finding in job descriptions v erbatim on your resume (provided you have those skills and experiences). Its vital to getting past applicant tracking systems.Find a real person to submit your resume to. Use LinkedIn to see who you know at the company and ask them to submit your resume to the hiring manager or HR. Youll likely also need to submit it online, but having someone at the company deliver it as well moves your resume to the must consider pile.Watch this excellent webinar on How to absprache with Ageism in Your Job Search featuring expert Marc Miller of Career Pivot. Lots of great tips for getting around the black hole of online applications.Finally, it sounds like you know how to customize your resumes and cover letters, which is vitally important. At your salary level and career level, I would highly recommend working with an expert resume writer who can help design an impressive, age-negating resume for you. partners with several resume writing organizations that can provide this service at a discounted rate for members Professional Resume Services, Evolution Coaching, and ThincCareers.Once you know how to write a better resume, and youve got it in tip-top shape,join to start your search for a remote, freelance, or part-time job.

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Register Now for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering... Register Now for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering... Register Now for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Education Leadership SummitTheres still time to register for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Education Leadership Summit (MEED), which will be held from March 20 to 23 at the Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette in New Orleans, La. Since 1989, MEED has been an annual forum for university, industry and government leaders to discuss current issues in engineering education and research and to share the latest business, management and curricular practices.MEED 2019, which will address the theme The Digital Mechanical Engineer Engage, Explore, Empower, will sto off with an opening session and luncheon on March 21 featuring remarks from Oscar Barton, chair of the ASME Committee on Engineering Education and mechanical engineering department head at George Mason University H. Dwayne J erro, mechanical engineering department head of Southern University and conference co-chair for MEED 2019 Nadir Yilmaz, mechanical engineering department head at Howard University and conference co-chair for MEED 2019 ASME Executive Director/CEO Thomas Costabile and Aisha Lawrey, director, ASME Engineering Education. A keynote presentation featuring Pamela Norris, executive associate dean for research at the University of Virginia and chair of the ASEE Engineering Research Council, will follow the luncheon.Over the course of the conference program, MEED 2019 will also feature a number of activities, including ASME/ABET preparation workshops, a New-to-ABET orientation session, ASME committee meetings, breakout sessions and briefings on such topics as ASMEs Engineering 4 Change (E4C)/Engineering for Global Development initiatives, the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges, ABET updates, and the impact of online education.The conference will also encompass three plenaries. T he first of these sessions, on March 21 from 230 p.m. to 500 p.m., will focus on how industry and department heads and chairs can engage mechanical engineering departments to ensure that their students acquire the computer programming, coding and artificial intelligence skills theyll need for future success. The second plenary session, on March 22 from 900 a.m. to 1100 a.m., will provide an overview of the current best practices and innovative approaches in the use of digital tools in mechanical engineering. That afternoon, from 130 p.m. to 400 p.m., the third plenary will cover the various digital tools with which mechanical engineers are now expected proficient and the effect they will continue to have on mechanical engineering education.Panelists scheduled to take part in these sessions include Tracee Walker Gilbert, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Ron Benczkowski, vice president of engineering at Moog Inc. Marcelino Gomes, executive manager of pip eline protection for Petrobras Transporte Shengmin Guo, Holmes Endowed Professor at Louisiana State University and director of the Turbine Innovation and Energy Research (TIER) center Steven Goldsmith, mechanical engineering prof at Michigan Technological University and Patrick Mensah, associate dean for research at Southern University and director of the NSF CREST Center for Next Generation Multifunctional Composites. Other plenary speakers will include Fab Clayton, Autodesks education engagement program manager Mario Rotea, mechanical engineering department head at the University of Texas-Dallas William Messner, professor of mechanical engineering at Tufts University and Darrell Robinette, faculty advisor for the SAE/GM AutoDrive Challenge Team at Michigan Tech.In addition, the ASME Industry Advisory Board (IAB) will convene its annual spring meeting in conjunction with MEED. The IAB and the Committee on Engineering Education will hold crossover meetings and discussions related to accreditation and program criteria as well as other topics. For more information on the IAB meeting agenda, the MEED conference program, or how to register for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Education Leadership Summit, visit https//event.asme.org/MEED.