1. Take a walk Modern life seems designed to make us stay in one place—sitting, standing, or lying down—for long periods of time. Most people don’t even remember a time when you had to get up off your butt to walk across the room and change the channel on the TV or go over to the bookshelf to consult the dictionary. Moving has gone out of style, and the balance of mental to physical energy expended can get way out of whack....

• Attention. By consciously choosing to place the mind on an object, we are training our capacity to pay attention. Attention is also trained by moving the mind from one object to another, and by coming back to an object when we notice the mind has wandered. Training attention in a body scan is a bit like doing resistance work in the gym—it takes some effort, but it cultivates strength and flexibility....

To be sure you don’t waste your money, and miss out on a great deal, we have rounded up the very best early Black Friday deals that are currently available. This post will be updated continuously from now until Black Friday on November 26. So make sure you bookmark this page, so you don’t miss anything. And also follow us on Twitter, as we’ll post even more deals there. Retailers with early Black Friday deals Retailers with early Black Friday deals...

The faux hawk fade, which is essentially an undercut that’s styled upwards to look like a mohawk and is shaved into a skin fade on the sides, isn’t as subversive as it sounds. Read on for a quick and easy way how-to on styling this look for work and play: How to Transition Your Faux Hawk Fade from Day to Night How to Transition Your Faux Hawk Fade from Day to Night...

What’s the difference with this Google Weather UI change? What’s the difference with this Google Weather UI change? Now, the biggest of the changes isn’t one that will immediately apparent to most users. That is, unless those users happen to access the app’s settings frequently. As with several app updates of the past, which were subsequently pulled, this one mostly applies to how overflow menu items are handled. For clarity, those are things that were previously stored behind a three-dash menu in the applet’s search bar....