Don't Man-Bag the Issue: purse, pouch, clutch-like or shoulder bag?

The conventional male wallet seems to be bygone, giving way to handheld pouches and things that carry stuff and look like purses! Just the other day, I was at a mall, keenly observing the sea of people that surrounded me. I was pleasantly surprised to find that most guys were carrying these smallish zipper entities that contained their cash and cards. Most of them snugly fitted into one hand, leaving the fingers free to tend to other needs.

The new combinations ruling male wardrobe choices seem to be a smartphone in the front pockets of trousers or lowers and a hopefully-manly looking pouch in one hand along with unavoidables like car keys. Does not make sense to carry your compact laptops or full-sized tablets everywhere. If you do, a bigger sling or should bag should be the choice. Carrying everything in your hands as if you have been dumped by your landlord isn’t the wisest choice.

P-Cal Value: More to Protein Powder Gibberish, Fitness Bloggers are Making Us Believe!

It seems like that before the advent of penetrative advertising and lifestyle bloggers, the world was hitting the gym without a clue about their diet. This is what latest headlines from the world of fitness gurus seems to convey. Now, there is another label jargon that they say has been there for some time but none of us uneducated mortals has been reading it right. This is about P-Cal ratio or the P/Cal figure or PCAL value. Nothing too scientific unless you have been a high-school struggler. This is basically the amount of protein you are getting at the cost of consuming calories. So, if you have a higher P Cal number, you are getting more protein for the calories consumed.

More About Colored Psychology, How Colors Communicate!

Before you read ahead, please take a minute to click this link to understand the context and overall continuity of this discussion: Click Here! Now, moving ahead - Colors can have many interpretations of different cultural landscapes. Different parts of the world, different communities interpret colours in shockingly different ways.

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If the human psyche and color effect experts are to be believed, all colours communicate but in a different, individual and hard-to-decipher way:

Discussions Inspired by the Upcoming 2018 Holi Festival

I was just reading about how the Tomatina festival and Holi in India are somewhat similar. The difference is actually hue but largely, there is a penchant for colours that are bright and happy. There is an overdose of reds and yellows. This got me thinking about colour psychology, colour patterns, colors affecting our opinions and how colors say a lot about our personality. I had covered something similar when I blogged about what red says about you as a person and the basics of colour psychology – you can find that discussion here – Colored Discussions. Each of these small discussions is after Googling for more matter on the subject. Did not take the pain of doing a lot of Googling, but did jot down some good references and am sharing my opinion:

Daily Vitamins & Enzyme Toothpaste: Am I guilty of dumping too much in my body?

As a society that is struggling to sustain natural flavors and nutrition in its daily consumption, there is a big question about the use of supplementing with multi-vitamins. The jury seems divided. Most physicians will say there is no harm in using these over-the-counter pills since they don’t pose any harm. The other half says that we are dumping too much into our body, not realizing how much is actually useful. The argument just seems to go on and on. There is a strong verdict that most of the multi-vitamins we consume are not absorbed by our body. Now, does that mean we should double our dosage or simply dump this habit altogether? My viewpoint is that there is no guarantee to clean the food chain and restore its former purity. We are caught in a lifestyle that leaves little room for looking after our health. If 30 minutes of exercising and some multi-vitamins can give us the peace of mind of having made the effort to be healthier, then why not take the chance?

Walking Wellness: Morning Steps for Sustaining Fitness [Exit: Gymming]

The Background: It has been a strange, though somewhat lovable, affair with morning walk. Honestly, walking on empty roads or green paths hosting the morning, fitness-curious folks wasn’t my first choice. I have always been the squats-deadlift-shoulder press sort of person. Walking seemed too humble, too gentle and perhaps, ineffective. However, I was naive to think so. Rather than Moha or my colleagues helping me understand this truth, it was Life. Throughout 2016-17, I managed to maintain some degree of weight training. The onus was always on getting bigger. Am that kind of a guy – your shoulders should be thick like boulders – squat deep, to the extent that it hurts. The idea of walking seemed to gentle, to innocent and too elderly to make a difference. But I was trying not to get sucked into the gym versus morning walk farce.

Uncluttering to Gain Composure: Is it really so simple?

Minimalism & De-cluttering Helps |
Gain Better Mental Health

I had read about this many times but never took the initiative to actually try it. Cluttered surroundings, filled with things we might need and usually never need, is the source of much anxiety. I have discovered this rather late in my life, realizing that my desk, from where I am blogging right now, is totally clobbered. It is filled with things that I usually don’t need. They continue to occupy more space but serve very little purpose. I am prone to getting anxious without an accurate reason. Sometimes, the feeling just overcomes me in the most unexplained manner.

Colored Conversations by a Monotone Guy: What Red says about YOU & Color Psychology

Am asking this purely from an aesthetic perspective – when you wear red or see people around you in Christmas-inspired red apparel and accessories, what is the overall feeling like? For me, it can be slightly overwhelming, particularly when people don't accessorize smartly and red is mated with equally happy and bright colors like yellow and pink. The fashionability of the attire is lost if red is dragged too much, an overdose running into the socks, footwear, scarves and headgear. For me, red has been about passion, about the ability to wear a bolder color and carry it well. Not many people can do this and I can spot people struggling with their red look for the day in a moment.

Mixing-up Things: My Tryst with the Cereal Bowl

It has been more than 2 weeks now and I have been true to the cause of eating healthier, ensuring I get more nutrition and lesser unwanted calories. My daily bowl of cereal plays a major role in it. As a habit, I cannot resist the temptation of trying different combinations in anything that I consume regularly. My daily bowl is transforming into a healthy habit. I get more than the daily, recommended dose of essential micro and macro-nutrients apart from some trace minerals found only in dried fruits. Believe me, apart from the numerous ways I am sharing below to increase your cereal intake, there are so many weird, outright strange facts about corn flakes that you seriously wonder how cereal became that BIG across the world!

Two Massagers & A Reasonably Good Guy

The tiny one with a cable, definitely Chinese: I found this red-coloured, funny looking massager at an electronics store. At first, it looked like one of the many Chinese electronic items that have flooded the global market. However, I was ready to take the risk, hoping that it will last for at least two weeks or so. It has been almost a month and despite some very rough handling and long bouts of massaging my head and thighs, this device has not surrendered. It does need a regular meal of three AAA batteries.