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" 1. Make your bed Fluffed pillows are more than pretty \u2014 the sheer act of making the bed can set you up for success. &amp;quot;You start your day with a tiny, but real, accomplishment,&amp;quot; says Gretchen Rubin, author of Happier at Home. And in a huge survey, 71% of bed-makers described themselves as happy compared with 62 percent of non-bed-makers. 2. Moisturize This is how you get people to say, &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re too young to have kids that grown-up!&amp;quot; A study found that someone with well-hydrated skin will develop wrinkles as she ages, of course, but with dry skin, she&amp;#039;ll develop almost twice as many. Apply moisturizer morning and night. 3. Give a compliment Like your barista&amp;#039;s earrings? Tell her \u2014 you&amp;#039;ll both have a better day. &amp;quot;Being altruistic boosts your mood,&amp;quot; says Shana Cole, who studies the effects of compliments at New York University. It works best if you&amp;#039;re sincere: &amp;quot;Make sure compliments have legitimately been earned,&amp;quot; Cole says. 4. Take a lunch break A third of us eat at our desks, but wolfing down a sandwich in front of PowerPoint is a waste of a turkey club. In a study, people who had a leisurely meal with others later reported feeling more relaxed and able to think more freely. Eating alone is fine, says Nancy Rothbard, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania: &amp;quot;Just don&amp;#039;t spend your hour on errands. You have to get away from your to-do list to benefit from the break.&amp;quot; 5. Drink more water Any dehydration can affect your mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies from the University of Connecticut. &amp;quot;Women who were slightly dehydrated also reported tasks to be harder and found it more difficult to concentrate,&amp;quot; says Lawrence E. Armstrong, one of the studies&amp;#039; lead authors. Keep a bottle of water nearby. 6. Lay out your gym clothes at night It&amp;#039;s a lot harder to blow off your a.m. workout if you wake up to your running shoes staring you in the face. It&amp;#039;s also practical: &amp;quot;You can waste valuable time tracking down socks from the laundry,&amp;quot; says Los Angeles\u2013based trainer Gunnar Peterson, who has trained Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Lopez, and others. 7. Set up a no-phone zone Create this simple rule in your house: No smartphones in the kitchen while you&amp;#039;re cooking or eating. &amp;quot;These are the places we come together to have conversations,&amp;quot; says Sherry Turkle, a professor at MIT and the author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other. 8. Go out and have some fun Nobody has time for a drink with the girls every night, but consider this: People who lack social connections suffer from risk factors equivalent to about 15 cigarettes a day, new research found. A fix? Just reach out \u2014 in any way \u2014 to someone you care about, even if you don&amp;#039;t have a burning reason to connect with them right this minute. Photos: Carolyn Barber / Getty Images More from Redbook: \u2022 50 Simple Ways to Feel Sexier \u2022 How to Make a Truce With Food \u2022 6 Things That Make Men Resentful "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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