#45 Blowout

Bang!!  If one of your car's tires blow out while driving, your car might begin to vibrate, don't panic and don't hit the brakes, just get a good grip on the steering wheel and maintain a decent safe slowing down speed in the safe direction. Turn your signal and slow the car gradually and gently steer the car to the shoulder as far off the road as possible.  Park the car, turn your hazard lights to warn passing traffic.  Call roadside assistance from AAA or your cellphone's 411 service.  If you're gonna change the tire yourself, it would be better if you have another passenger/person to watch the traffic for you as well as using warning markers or flares up the road from your car to give approaching vehicles enough warning.  Call mom and dad anytime just so we can have a panic party together.

#3 Sleep Good

Daddy was an night owl. Mommy was the early sleeper. It took mommy several years to convince Daddy to become early sleeper :). Trust us. It's much better to go to bed early and wake up early. Go to the bed the same time every night. It only takes 30 consecutive days to establish this healthy habit.

Not getting enough sleep translates to decreased serotonin (a.k.a. happy hormone), increased cortisol level (a.k.a. bad/stress/inflammatory/aging hormone), more stress, more heart issues, lack of focus, poor brain performances, crabby attitude, etc.

In contrast, getting enough sleep allows your body to do the necessary cellular repair, improved leptin hormone production (satiety hormone which obese people deprived of), improved heart and brain performances, and more. Even more important is to sleep in the dark. Being exposed to light inhibits the production of melatonin, a hormone that makes you sleepy and also helps fight cancer.


If you can, which you must, take a nap. Oh you'd love it!  Just 15-30 minutes of power nap.  It will refreshes you!  If you do it longer than this, you will probably wake up tired and crabby.  :)