Article: After you’ve spent a little time honing your analytical skills, put them to the test by taking on new responsibilities. Taking on new responsibilities in your academic, personal, or professional life will enable you to practice and to further hone the skills you’ve been working on.  Apply for a promotion or a better job. Moving into a more challenging position at work will enable you to further work on and show off your sharpened analytical skills. Take on some volunteer positions. Certain volunteer positions like being a scout leader, little league coach, or a tutor for at risk kids will allow you to use your analytical skills and help others. Improving your analytical skills will do little good if you don’t work to challenge yourself on a daily basis. As a result, make a conscious effort to challenge yourself and to use your analytical skills on small things every day. Using your skills everyday will keep them sharp and make sure you are performing at your best in your private or professional life.  Try to solve complex problems without aid. Instead of using a calculator to compute a math problem, do it in your head or on paper. Avoid the easiest solution or path. While it might seem like a no-brainer to always do the quickest, simplest, or easiest thing to solve a problem, do not. Instead, test yourself by picking the harder way to solve something. Now that you’re confident in your analytical skills, move on and help others improve their skills, too. Not only will you be able to help others hone their skills, but you’ll continue to work on you own skills.  Mentor others at work. Consider starting a blog where you can share your experience with others. Work with your children, friends, or family, who might be struggling with education or professional issues.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Take on new responsibilities. Challenge yourself with little things. Instruct others on analytical thinking.

Problem: Article: If you feel nervous, irritable, or claustrophobic, try using some relaxation techniques to put you at ease. Do some deep breathing, meditation, or a few simple yoga poses you can do in your seat.  Do an online search for “in-flight yoga poses” to find stretches you can do in a confined space. Listening to peaceful music, reading, or doing a little doodling or coloring can also help. If you get extremely tense or scared on flights, talk to your doctor or a counselor. They may be able to recommend coping strategies or even prescribe medications that can help. If you brought a pillow, put it on the tray in front of you and rest on that. If you have a window seat, leaning against the wall or window can be much more comfortable than leaning back. If leaning on the wall isn’t an option, recline your seat as far as possible to make leaning back more comfortable.  Use caution and courtesy when leaning your seat back. Ask the passenger behind you if you can safely lean back so that they don’t end up with crushed knees or a lap full of coffee. If you are traveling with friends, parents, or other family members, you can lean on them to sleep. Avoid drinking caffeinated beverages on the flight. These can not only make sleep more difficult, but may also have you scrambling for the bathroom multiple times during your flight. Bring an eye mask so that you can block out excess light while you’re trying to sleep. While most domestic flights in the U.S. no longer offer free meals, some airlines do provide free snacks. Some also offer a menu with a variety of foods and beverages you can purchase in-flight. Contact your airline in advance to find out what kinds of in-flight meals and snacks they offer.  If you are taking an international flight or flying outside the U.S., you may have a choice of complementary in-flight meals and snacks. Many airlines offer vegetarian, Kosher, Halal and other "special" meals if you order up to 2 or 3 days in advance. Because the airlines have to specially prepare your meal, it is usually better than the standard food fare. Plus, passengers with special meal requests are almost always served first. Many airlines don’t provide enough food during long flights, and the food that’s available may be unhealthy, unpleasant, or expensive. If you’ve checked ahead and aren’t crazy about your in-flight options, bring along a few snacks, like some granola bars or pieces of fruit.  Protein bars are particularly helpful if you are on a long flight. Most airline meals tend to be low in protein and high in carbohydrates. Before your flight, check some travel websites, such as TripAdvisor, and look through the reviews to help you decide if you should bring your own food. It’s easy to get dehydrated during a long flight, and the dry air on the plane can contribute to your discomfort. Although you can request water from your flight attendants, it is a good idea to take plenty of water on board with you. You can either purchase bottled water once you pass through security or bring an empty bottle with you to fill from a water fountain.  Remember that you should never drink the water from airplane bathrooms. This water isn’t of drinking quality. Use eye drops whenever your eyes feel dry. You can purchase eye drops from an airline shop or bring in a bottle small enough to meet airline security requirements. Bring an airline security-approved bottle of saline nasal gel or spray to keep your nasal passages from becoming dry during the flight. This can also help decongest you and prevent sinus and ear pain during takeoff and landing. Take lip balm in a 3 fluid ounces (89 mL) or smaller container and use it to protect your lips from becoming painfully dry. Bring a small container of hand lotion or cocoa butter if your skin dries easily.
Summary: Do relaxation exercises if you feel tense. Try to find a comfortable sleeping position. Check into your meal options ahead of time. Take some sweets or other snacks with you. Stay hydrated during the flight.

The makeshift watch compass described in this article uses the position of the sun in the sky to determine North and South. Because the sun is in a different part of the sky in the Northern Hemisphere (the part of the earth north of the equator) than it is in the Southern Hemisphere (the part of the earth south of the equator), it's important to account for this difference to ensure your compass is accurate. It's usually easy to tell whether you're in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere simply by virtue of knowing what country you're in (for instance, The Southern Hemisphere includes most of South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Australia). If you're at home (or otherwise near civilization), use a map, a globe, or an online geographical resource to find your position relative to the equator. If you're truly lost - for instance, in a life raft in the middle of the ocean, you may not have access to maps, encyclopedias, or the internet. Luckily, if you're deep in the wilderness and you don't know which hemisphere you're in, you can still determine whether you're in the Northern or Southern hemisphere by searching for Polaris, the North Star, in the night sky. This star is visible from the Northern Hemisphere, but if you're even slightly below the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, you won't be able to to see it. Note that the watch compass described in this article works best in the Autumn and Spring and can be inaccurate near the equator.
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Use a map to find your hemisphere at home. Use the North Star to find your hemisphere in the wilderness.