Professional Development Collection

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: 1. ReNU: The Missing R in "R&R" -- The Need to Boost -- The Birth of Boosting -- The Secret to Boosting: Turn Downtime Into Uptime -- The First Bucket: Rebuild -- The Second Bucket: Nourish -- The Third Bucket: Unhook -- Which Bucket Should I Fill? -- Any Free Time Is an Opportunity to Boost -- The Transformative Power of Boosting -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 2. How to Reap the Boosting Benefits of Nature -- Nature and Ancient Wisdom -- Why Does Nature Give Us a Boost? -- The Boosting Benefits of Nature -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- Staying Indoors -- Decorate With Plants and Flowers -- Gaze at Nature Through a Window -- Watch a Video, Look at Photos, or Put Up a Poster of Nature -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 3. Cutting the Virtual Cord -- Technology and the Modern World -- Modern Technology and the ReNU Buckets -- Will Cutting the Cord Give You a Boost? -- Availableism -- Availableism Test -- Turn Downtime Into Uptime With Boundary Management Tactics -- Physical Boundary Management Tactics -- Temporal Boundary Management Tactics -- Behavioral Boundary Management Tactics -- Communicative Boundary Management Tactics -- The Whole Story -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 4. Quality Time With the Sandman: Boost With Smart Sleeping Practices -- Do You Get Enough Sleep? -- What Exactly Is Sleep? -- Sleep Quality -- Sleep and the ReNU Model -- Sleep Gives Us a Boost -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- How Obligations Affect Sleep -- The Boosting Power of Naps -- How to Sleep Well at Night -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 5. Volunteering: How Unpaid Work Pays Off -- The Boosting Benefits of Volunteering -- Helping Others Is Good for You -- Fill the ReNU Buckets With Volunteering -- Volunteering Gives Us a Boost -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- Won't Volunteering Overwhelm Me? -- What Kind of Volunteering Is Best? -- The Whole Story -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 6. Meditation, Mindfulness, and More: Five Minutes to a Better Life -- What Is Meditation? -- What Happens When We Meditate? -- It Doesn't Take Much -- Meditation Fills the ReNU Buckets -- Meditation and Boosting -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- Adding Meditation to Your Uptime -- Practicing Focused Attention Meditation -- Practicing Open Monitoring Meditation -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 7. Family and Friends: Building Bonds That Boost -- How Other People Help Us Recover -- Friends, Family, and the ReNU Buckets -- Not Every Relationship Will Help You Boost -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- Is Socializing the Right Choice? -- Solitude and Boosting -- Furry Friends -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 8. Exercise: How Movement Makes You Feel Marvelous -- We Need Exercise -- Don't Overreact -- Single Shots of Exercise Are Boosting -- Stressed Out? Work Out! -- Fill the ReNU Buckets With Exercise -- Exercise Gives Us a Boost -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- Bolstered Boosting -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 9. Hobbies: Recover by Following Your Passion -- The Wonderful World of Hobbies -- Hobbies Recharge Our Batteries -- Intentional Inefficiency -- Filling the ReNU Buckets With Hobbies -- Hobbies Give Us a Boost -- Psychological Well-Being -- Physical Health -- Enhancement -- The Whole Story -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- 10. Vacations Done Right -- Vacations---The Good -- How Long is Long Enough? -- Vacations---The Bad and the Ugly -- Vacations That Boost -- Vacations With Staying Power -- The Staycation -- Leisure Sickness -- Summary -- Uptime Action Plan -- Epilogue -- We Know It Works! -- Everyone Needs to Boost -- Enjoy the Power of Knowing How to Boost.