Plans Of the day

It really inspires me when people tell me their plans and make it happen. Yesterday a friend, who is an expat from the US, told me how he is going for interviews for 3 of the top 10 business schools in the US - Stanford, Penn and Columbia for their MBA. He is pretty much the same age as me, and he has already taken the step of being an expat, now he is taking another giant-balls step of going back to study.

Got me thinking about my plans:
- take a holiday
- get my diploma in PM
- move into the city
- buy an IP
- work overseas

time to action..... if only i wasn't working 60-70hour weeks. I have told myself, I refuse to work after 6pm from today. Lets see if I can keep it

I've been meaning to put an "of the day" into my post e.g picture/quote/site of the day. Been a little slack. Today is the article of the day:
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Working long hours may damage your brain
The Daily Telegraph
February 26, 2009

WORKING back late could be bad for your long-term sanity, according to new research.
Workers who did more than 55 hours a week displayed cognitive impairment, a risk factor associated with dementia later in life.

Those who worked longer hours had poorer short-term memory skills and less ability to recall words.

The effect of the added stress and exhaustion could be as bad for the brain as smoking, the Finnish researchers found.

Dr Marianna Virtanen from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health tracked more than 2000 UK civil servants from the 1980s.

In their early 50s, they were put through some brain function tests.

Those doing the most overtime recorded lower scores in two of the five key brain function tests - reasoning and vocabulary.

"This study shows long working hours may have a negative effect on cognitive performance in middle age,'' the researchers said.

"The link between cognitive impairment and dementia is clearly established. The difference between employees working long hours and those on normal hours is similar in magnitude to smoking, a risk factor for dementia.''