Last fall, the American Psychological Association released a major study that told us what we already knew—21st-century America is the most stressed-out place on Earth. A third of American adults are living with "extreme stress," and nearly half believe that their stress levels have increased in the past five years.
9/11 changed everything.
But, we can all calm down now. For the price of another gadget – about $300. Remember biofeedback? It used to be for hippies.
The little biofeedback machine, which is about the size of a BlackBerry, has an infrared fingertip sensor that monitors the way you breathe by translating pulse beats into waves that you can watch roll across the StressEraser's LCD.
I didn’t get into the extra fine print, but it looks suspiciously like a gizmo that tells you to breathe.
Hey, just in time for your tax rebate. (This week’s Newsweek has a little helpful article on what to do to “survive” our current economic woes advising you to pay down any loans or save that rebate. I dare say the government will not be too happy with that, since the purpose of the rebate is to have people spend some money, but anybody with any basic instinct and concern about a recession will already understand that socking away any give-back might be a good choice. )
Did you know there was such a publication as Men’s Vogue? Me neither.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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