Get into your comfiest pajamas and wrap yourself in your softest robe. Sit in your favorite chair and pick up that book you’ve been halfway through for the last three months and finally let yourself relax and read. If books aren’t really your thing, pick up your favorite magazine, newspaper, or blog and catch up on some lit. When pampering yourself, you don’t have to ask anyone’s opinion on what to watch, or argue with anyone about your pick. Instead, watch the movie you’ve been wanting to watch for ages that keeps getting vetoed by your partner or family. Watch a chick-flick without guilt, or a documentary without being afraid you’re going to bore your friends. This day is all about you after all. . Meditation is about releasing your worries and allowing yourself to mentally decompress. Find a quiet, calm place, sit down, and close your eyes. Focus on your breathing and let your worries float away from you. If meditating isn’t really working, practice some  breathing exercises. These can help you to release the tension that has built up in your body and will help you to destress. Thinking about the things that you are really passionate about can often get swept aside in the madness of the present. When pampering yourself, set aside sometime to consider your life and what you hope to attain. Create a bucket list, or revisit a past bucket list that you made and consider how your goals have changed (if, indeed, they have). Look in the mirror and list everything about yourself that you love. Tell yourself that you are amazing, and that you deserve to be loved. Think of the things you have accomplished, and the experiences you have had. At the same time, consider the things you would like to improve, without thinking negatively about those things. For example, instead of thinking ‘I suck at managing my time”, tell yourself, “I am going to work harder to manage my time well”, and go buy yourself a fantastic organizer.
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One-sentence summary -- Put on some comfy clothes and read. Curl up and watch an engaging movie.  Try meditating Consider your goals. Practice some self love.


Conflict starts long before a fight develops. Positive and assertive interaction with the group may off-set any violence. Do your best to minimize conflict by being good-natured, not picking arguments with volatile people you don't know very well, or making off-color comments that could deeply offend the people around you. . Unless you are a skilled fighter or are in a situation where you cannot escape, your best bet is to run away, fast. Head to somewhere public and call for help. Running is also likely to separate your attackers, making it more likely to be able to confront them individually. Be extra careful when you're running so you avoid getting surrounded or running right in to a trap.
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One-sentence summary -- Stop or prevent the fight before it starts. Run if you can


Many optimization tweaks from the past are now included by default in Firefox. To take advantage of them, update to the latest version. This happens automatically when you check your version number. These settings can cause bugs and slowdown for some users. You can usually revert them without a problem, but back up the file just in case so you can restore your old preferences:  Open a new tab and enter about:support in the address bar. Look for "Profile Folder" and click Show Folder next to it (Show in Finder on a Mac). Go one level up from the folder that opens. You should see a folder with a string of letters and number, ending in ".default." Right-click this folder and choose "Copy," then right-click in a backup location and select "Paste." These settings are intended for advanced users, and could cause problems with your add-ons. It's best to change one setting at a time so you can test the effect. You can find tools online to test the speed of your browser precisely. Your browser limits the number of simultaneous connections to a single server. Upping this limit will make a noticeable change to pages with many images or videos, if your bandwidth can handle it. Increasing this too much is considered bad etiquette, and may get you banned from a server, but you have a little wiggle room:  Search for network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server and double-click the Value. Increase this to a maximum of 10. Some users prefer 8 to be on the safe side. Search for network.http.max-connections. Set this value to 256, if it isn't already. Firefox displays small animations when opening or closing tabs. This is usually not an issue, but you can avoid some hang-ups if you tend to open or close many tabs at once:  Set browser.tab.animate to False. Set browser.panorama.animate_zoom to False. Prefetching loads pages before you visit them, guessing which links you'll click on. When working correctly, this should only use idle browser time, and will actually increase load speed. If you have unusually slow load speeds, a buggy prefetch could be the issue. Make the following changes to disable both forms of prefetch, then reverse them if there's no speed up:  Change network.dns.disablePrefetch to True. Change network.prefetch-next to False. Change the value of network.http.speculative-parallel-limit to 0. These functions use your graphics card to speed up certain functions, especially loading videos. However, this can cause slow load times or blurry text, especially with older operating systems or graphics cards. Try watching videos with these settings on and off to see which works best for you:  Change webgl.disabled to True or False. Visit about:preferences#advanced in a new tab. Check or uncheck "Use hardware acceleration." Unlike most setting changes, you may need to restart Firefox for these to take effect.
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One-sentence summary -- Update Firefox. Back up your preferences file. Try one setting at a time. Adjust connections per server. Disable animations. Consider disabling prefetching. Toggle hardware acceleration and WebGL.


You can travel to Angel Island by taking the Blue and Gold Fleet from pier 41 in San Francisco. Prior to traveling, check the schedule online at the following website: http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/ferry/angel-island/ Once you have determined the schedule, you should plan to arrive at Pier 41 in San Francisco at least 30 minutes prior to your departure time. This will give you enough time to purchase tickets and board the boat. You can get to Pier 41 by car, taxi, streetcar, or bus. There is parking across the street from the pier and public transit will drop you off within walking distance from the pier. Tickets for the Blue and Gold Fleet to Angel Island can be purchased at the yellow ticket booth located between  pier 39 and pier 41. You can also purchase tickets online in advance directly from the Blue and Gold Fleet website.  Tickets to Angel Island cost around $9 one way. Kids under the age of five are free and there are discounted rates for children and seniors. Children aged 5-11 cost $4.75 and seniors over the age of 65 also cost $4.75. Board the ferry boat at the gate behind the pier 41 building. The ferry ride will take approximately 25 to 40 minutes depending on the number of stops. In some instances, the boat will make additional stops. A direct ferry ride will take 25 minutes.
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Check the boat schedule online. Arrive at Pier 41 thirty minutes prior to departure. Purchase tickets. Ride the boat to the island.