INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Sleeping too little can worsen anxiety and impair your focus while on the road. Try to get at least eight to ten hours per night.  For better sleep, make sure your bedroom is dark, quiet and cool.  Develop a bedtime ritual that includes relaxing activities, like reading a book, taking a bath, or drinking a cup of hot tea. Exercise has been shown to reduce anxiety and improve mood, plus it keeps you fit! Try to exercise for at least a little bit every day. Alcohol and recreational drugs can make anxiety worse. Avoid these, especially before you hit the road. After all, driving under the influence is illegal. You should also avoid nicotine and caffeine before driving. Both of these can worsen anxiety.

SUMMARY: Get enough sleep. Exercise regularly. Avoid drugs and alcohol.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: An herbal facial mask can help clean, heal, and tighten your skin as well as dry out pimples. The key is to use astringent herbs that also have antibacterial qualities. For the base of your mask, mix together:  1 tablespoon of honey, which has antibacterial, astringent, and healing qualities 1 egg white, which acts as a thickener for the mask 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, which provides a slight whitening agent as well as acts as an astringent ½ teaspoon of an astringent herbal essential oil that also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, such as peppermint, spearmint, lavender, calendula, or thyme Once you have all these ingredients mixed, dip your fingers into the mixture and apply it all over your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes or until it dries. Rinse the mask off with warm water and a soft cloth. You can treat your entire face or just treat individual pimples to dry them out. Use a Q-tip to spread the mixture over individual problem pimples. After you get the mask off, gently dry your face with a soft towel. Then, apply a non-comedogenic moisturizer. Popular brands of these moisturizers include Olay, Clinique, Neutrogena, and Cetaphil. There are other good moisturizers, so you can try more. Just make sure they say non-comedogenic on the label.

SUMMARY: Mix the mask. Apply the mask. Use moisturizer.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Plan a vacation with aging parents that you will all enjoy by letting your parents help choose the destination.  Brainstorm locations you've always wanted to visit, a country that's central to your family's ancestry, or a trip to a special place from your childhood. Picking the destination will help your parents feel involved and allow them to voice any concerns they have over traveling to certain areas or activities. The itinerary describes what you want to do when you arrive at your destination.  Your trip will be more organized and less stressful if you write out an itinerary about exactly where you’ll go and what you want to see or do.  Choose specific sites and think about how long you want to visit each.  Setting an itinerary will keep you all on the same page and make it easier to make arrangements with hotels, airport shuttles, or taxis. Be sure to schedule free time into the itinerary.  This will give both you and your aging parents time to explore or relax independently of each other.  Be realistic.  Don’t try to plow through a tour of Europe when your parents aren’t up to it.  Instead, go relax on a beach somewhere for a week or so. You may need to exercise diplomacy when setting the itinerary.  If your parents are not realistic about their own limitations, try to frame your decision to avoid certain places or limit the extent of the trip in terms that express your own disinterest or dislike of a place or places. Print a copy of the itinerary for everyone on the trip.  That way everyone can refer to it and know where the group is going next. If you are an elderly adult traveling alone, let your sons or daughters know. If you are planning a trip with your parents, then you may want to have a direct flight so that they do not get confused with a transfer, connecting flight, or bus trip. Whether you’re traveling on an extended tour with your aging parents or just heading a few hours away, it’s important to give your parents time to settle in.  Rapidly unpacking, rushing about to see the sights, and then repacking and jumping on a plane or bus every few nights can be tedious even for the hale and hearty.  For aging parents, this exercise can be even more exhausting.  Plan on at least four days in each location. Plan for rest stops and breaks throughout the duration of your trip.  This will give your older parents, who will likely tire faster than you, a chance to rest, eat, stretch, take medications, and hydrate themselves as needed. A break will also allow you to assess how the trip is going and make sure your parents are having fun. If you schedule two days in Beijing but decide you want to spend an extra day or two there, go for it.  However, always think about how adjustments to your itinerary will impact the rest of your trip.  You might have less time in Shanghai or another location, and might lose money if you’ve booked hotels in advance.

SUMMARY: Pick a destination together. Plan the itinerary together. Stay at least four days in each place. Schedule periodic breaks. Don’t feel locked in to a particular itinerary.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Steaming or microwaving retains more nutrients than boiling. Although babies need mushy textures, older children prefer a little ‘bite’ and may like to eat their vegetables as finger foods. You can easily hide finely grated cauliflower and zucchini in rice, You can get puree pumpkin or squash and add it to spaghetti sauce or chili. But don't ever tell them or they may not eat that item again. For example, when making a salad, substitute 50 percent lettuce and 50 percent salad. Slowly introduce other vegetables this way. Cut up cabbage as finely as possible––you will be surprised how good it tastes on fish tacos or even burgers. The crunchy texture really appeals to children. For example, they can have popcorn with their movie if they eat some carrot and celery sticks with dinner. Children not only will respect the time and care it takes for food to grow but the responsibility of watering and weeding it will be another bonus. Sometimes children will eat when other children are around. It's great to try new foods at birthday parties, play dates, and sleepovers.

SUMMARY:
Don’t overcook vegetables. Hide the vegetables. Do the 50 percent rule. Take advantage of texture. Bargain with the children. Grow vegetables and fruit in your garden. Make the most of visitors.