Good morning, Romeos and Juliets, and you know who you are. It’s another great day here at the mile-high broadcast tower and media complex of The 200 Project, and this is your Take 5 Daily Alignment. Time waits for no one, and those five minutes are ticking. So, without much ado, here we go: 1. Many of us thought this might be so, but it turns out to be true that getting outside can make us more creative. Believe it: Studies now show that immersion in a natural environment – think “the woods” – gives our brain a much-needed rest from the enslavement to technology that we now can take for granted as a constant in our life. In turn, our inner creative has room […]

Good morning, one-world-is-enough-for-all-of-us, and you know who you are. It’s another great day here at the mile-high broadcast tower and media complex of The 200 Project, and this is your Take 5 Daily Alignment. Limitless information, boiled down to five that will get you going. Here we go: 1. Social engagement! Personal interaction! These might be calls to arms for a much-needed grassroots movement to ward off loneliness and isolation – no laughing matter, as it turns out. “Americans are becoming less socially connected and experiencing more loneliness,” according to a recent study published by the American Psychological Association; the article goes on to say that “social isolation [and] loneliness could be a greater threat to public health than obesity.” So, find your social self, […]

Good morning, all ships at sea, and you know who you are. It’s another great day here at the mile-high broadcast tower and media complex of The 200 Project, and this is Take 5 Daily Alignment. Today’s five is designed to tighten things up where they need tightening, and to loosen things up where they need loosening. Here we go: 1. Starting off today’s list with the ever-entertaining Coffee Question. Is it good for us? Bad for us? How much of it can we drink before we need glasses? Britain’s Professor Paul Roderick, who co-authored a meta-study of over 200 studies on coffee drinking and coffee drinkers, hedges his bets. He says, “There is a balance of risks in life, and the benefits of moderate […]