In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: There are lots of ways to relax, which can include journaling, playing or listening to music, and lighting candles and taking a bath. One way to relax that helps the mind and body is through progressive muscle relaxation. While lying down, systematically tense and relax certain muscle groups. You can start with your feet and move upward, tensing first your toes, then releasing the tension. Then move to your ankles, shins, knees, thighs, buttocks, stomach, arms, chest, neck, and face. Set aside 5-10 minutes each day to practice relaxation. Regular meditation can help rewire the brain and activate parts of the brain responsible for joy and serenity. Mindfulness meditation can be used to deal with stress and anxiety. Simply be fully in each moment and observe yourself and your surroundings without placing judgment or evaluation on any experience.  You can practice mindfulness while walking (noticing each step you take, the pace at which your body moves), and in sitting meditation by observing each thought that comes to mind, yet not judging it or following it, but just observing. Practice mindfulness while eating. Smell the food before putting it in your mouth. Once eating the food, observe the texture, flavor, and temperature. Do this with each bite you take. Both alcohol and nicotine may give a small feeling of relief, but actually increase anxiety as they wear off.  Resist your urge to turn to alcohol or nicotine as ways to cope with stress and anxiety. Instead, use relaxation, meditation, or another coping strategy.
Summary: Practice relaxation techniques. Meditate. Avoid alcohol and nicotine.

There’s no sense in keeping your boots clean if you’re wearing the same dirty socks all the time. Change your socks after prolonged wear, or after anytime you sweat in them. Their absorbent, porous material will hold onto sweat and germs, which can then be transferred to your boots.  Health experts recommend putting on a fresh pair of socks at least once a day.  Invest in a few pairs of high-quality boot socks. These are designed to be thick yet breathable, so they’re harder to sweat through and won’t stay damp like ordinary socks. Most shoe companies offer special insoles that contain compounds like activated charcoal which are known for their odor-fighting properties. Trade out the standard insoles in your boots for a set of odor-eliminating inserts. In the case of especially old or hard-to-clean boots, these may be all you need to cut down on unwanted smells. Odor-fighting insoles typically retail for around $20, making them a slightly pricier but longer lasting solution. Rain, snow and ice will keep boots wet throughout winter. After wearing your boots, take them off and leave them somewhere well-ventilated to dry out. Placing them up high near an open window will work, provided it’s not too humid out, or you can lay them tongues-out near a space heater or fire. The longer your boots stay damp without having the chance to dry, the more likely they are to become a breeding ground for bacteria.  Switching out your choice of footwear so that you’re not wearing the same pair every day will allow each pair to dry out between uses.  If you’re in a time crunch or have no other options available, using a hair dryer on a low setting can help get your boots dry in a hurry. This should be done sparingly, as too much direct heat can potentially ruin the materials. A simple solution for combating odors in clean and lightly worn boots is to stick a fabric softener dryer sheet in each boot before you go to bed. Dryer sheets act to trap smells from clothing and replace them with a slow infusion of more delightful fragrances. This is perhaps the easiest method for maintaining fresh-smelling boots. Using dryer sheets is largely a preventative measure, and won’t do much if your boots are in need of thorough cleaning or disinfecting.
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One-sentence summary -- Change your socks regularly. Try odor-eliminating insoles. Let your boots dry completely between uses. Leave a dryer sheet in each boot overnight.

Q: Adults will normally spawn within a day of being placed in the breeding tank. Depending on what method you use, you should be able to see the actual eggs so you know they’re done. Once the eggs have been fertilized, it normally takes about 1.5 to 2 days for the eggs to hatch. Even though the eggs hatch within 1.5 to 2 days after being fertilized, the fry that are born won’t start swimming around for another couple of days. Until they start to swim around, there’s no need to feed them. Putting food in the water before they’re all swimming around will only end up making your tank dirty.  Danio fry are extremely small and transparent, making it very hard to see them. You’ll need to carefully observe the tank to make sure you see them swimming around. Danio fry who are not free swimming usually attach themselves to the side of the tank to keep themselves in one place. They may be easier to see when they do this. Once the fry have started to move around the tank on their own, it’s time to start feeding them. Danios normally eat things like baby brine shrimp, but that food will be too big for fry. Instead, you can feed them a specialized powdered egglayer fish food or infusoria. Start by feeding the fry lightly several times a day. You can find this special fish food at some pet stores and any aquarium store. Ask the salesperson if you are unable to locate it on your own. Once your baby danios have started to eat on their own, it’s a good idea to add a bio sponge filter to the tank and a few snails. The snails especially are great for cleaning up any uneaten food and keeping the tank clean. In order to encourage your baby danios to grow quickly, change between 10% and 25% of the water in the tank every day. You’ll want to remove water from the bottom of the tank and replace it with clean water at the same temperature.  In order to have fresh water at the proper temperature available, you may need to set up a separate tank with a heater that is simply used as a reservoir for your breeding tank. If you use tap water in your reservoir tank, be sure to add dechlorinator to the water before putting the water into the breeding tank. As the baby danios grow, you can start to introduce freshly hatched brine shrimp to their diet. They’ll normally start to eat the shrimp around a week to 10 days after being hatched. Start by giving them some brine shrimp once a day, but keep feeding them the powdered egglayer fish food twice a day. You can continue to introduce new foods to your baby danios as they grow. Some options for other foods to try are: frozen cyclops, chopped tubifex worms, and live daphnia. When your baby danios are able half an inch long, it’s time to move them to a bigger tank. The size of the “bigger” tank may depend on how many babies you have in the breeding tank. It is not unusual for 2 to 3 female danios to produce several hundred babies.  Depending on how many females you put in the breeding tank, you may want to prepare this larger tank based on an estimate of the number of babies you’re expecting. It normally takes danios 6 weeks to reach a size of 1 inch long.
A: Watch the eggs hatch after 1 to 2 days. Observe the fry become free-swimming. Start feeding the fry once they’re swimming around. Add a sponge filter and some snails to the breeding tank. Change 10% to 25% of the water daily. Start feeding your baby danios brine shrimp. Move your baby danios to a larger tank.

Problem: Article: Place the ginger into an airtight container. Keep the container in a cool, dark place such as a pantry.  Make sure that the pieces are completely cool to touch before you store them, otherwise, they won’t keep well. You can keep the sugar that falls away from the ginger pieces and onto the half sheet pan. This can be used for sweetening coffee, topping ginger snaps, or sprinkling over ice cream.
Summary:
Store the candied ginger pieces for up to 3 months.