Spring Daylight Savings March 14, 2021 |
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There is more to think about than just turning your clock forward.
Studies have shown that when the clocks are moved forward, that one hour creates havoc on our health - depression, heart attacks, and an increase in accidents - both at work and home.
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5 Tips to Help you Body Adjust to the
Time Change
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Go to bed and get up at the same time. Get at least seven hours of sleep on the day(s) before and after the transition. Lack of sleep tells the body to store fat. While it’s tempting to stay up later or change your habits, it’s best to keep your bedtimes consistent. The closer you stick to your normal routine, the faster your body will adjust to the time change.
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Practice good habits before bedtime. Slow your body down. Quit caffeinated beverages four to six hours before bedtime. Avoid alcohol in the evening. If you are exercising, avoid workouts within four hours of bedtime because raising your body’s core temperature can make it harder to fall asleep. An hour before bedtime, put your phone, computer, or tablet away! Electronics’ high-intensity light hinders melatonin, a hormone that triggers sleepiness. The light stimulates your brain and makes sleep difficult the same way sunlight does. Also, turn off the television and pick up a book. Take a warm–not hot–shower. Dim the lights. Relax.
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Keep your dinnertime consistent. Eat more protein, less carbs. On the days around the time change, eat at the same time or even eat a little early. Our sleep cycle and our eating patterns affect each other. Don’t overeat. Also, try to eat more protein instead of carbohydrates. (This might seem like good everyday advice, but it’s even more important during time changes.) Go shop for fish, nuts, and other sources of protein for dinner this week! Avoid the pasta.
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Get more light! Go outside and get exposure to morning sunlight on the Sunday after the time change to help regulate your internal clock. Having shorter daylight hours affects our mood and energy levels, decreasing serotonin. Make time to take a morning or early afternoon walk outside when the Sun is out. Try using a light therapy box or an alarm light that brightens as you wake up.
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Take a short cat nap. Some folks may disagree, but if you’re starting to stack up sleepless hours, it’s safer and healthier for your body to give in to a short nap than to continue without sleep. Make it a short nap (no more than 20 minutes) to restore lost sleep hours; however, do NOT take long naps. It may help to go outside into the natural sunlight to cue your body and help retrain your inner clock.
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Also consider:
Adjust the timing of daily routines
Get some Vitamin D
Don’t drive distracted
Bring sunglasses along in the vehicle to help with glare
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She believed she could and she almost did,
but then the pandemic hit and someone asked her to do double the amount of work,
with the same amount of hours in the day,
and someone else asked her to be the best version of herself while running on fumes,
and she lost track of realistic expectations until she heard all the women talking,
realized she wasn't alone,
poured another cup of coffee and decided her best was enough.
Michelle Penelope King @michellepenelopeking
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Let’s make sure we keep talking.
Let’s do all we can to help those most impacted this past year.
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We appreciated the time Farnoush gave to present and for those who attended during their lunch hour.
The topic and presentation made us want to learn and hear more. Time to plan!
A BIG THANKS to our Tuesday Tech Sponsor Quasar - Cando Rail.
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Tuesday Tech
March 9, 2021
We want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Farnoush Farnia, Ph.D., Co-founder & CEO at Intelius AI. We learned that supply chain requires a hybrid solution with AI - the applications that supply chain will benefit and where, how to de-risk implementing AI - what needs to be considered and how to approach considering whether or when your organization needs AI.
There was discussion on caution, costs, and what success looks like when implementing and deploying AI.
We also got a 'few' words from Wayne Madhlangobe the CTO of Intelius AI.
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WISC and Wine
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm MST
Magali will introduce Bison Transport and discuss how she “accidently” entered the logistics industry twenty-some years ago and made a career from it.
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She will also cover the need for organizations to reinvent processes in order to face the “new normal”. Streamlining workflows through elimination of wastes and automation of processes has always been valuable, but becomes even more important in the COVID and post-COVID era. |
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WISC and Wine
Event Sponsor
Bison Transport
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Thank You to our Partnership Sponsors! |
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Platinum Partner
CN - Canadian National Railway
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Gold Partner
Loblaw Companies Ltd.
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Your sponsorship gives insight and support to your valued team and other professionals, as well as engage future team members!
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