Life Hacks and the Practice of Tanka: 5 Health Signals from Your Nails
In our daily lives, we use brain resources when we are conscious of tasks or what we need to do right now.
However, those resources have limits, and when we exceed those limits, our work performance declines.
The capacity of these resources is called cognitive resources.
In daily life, it seems that we are overusing these cognitive resources, leading to increased stress.
To avoid wasting cognitive resources, it is important to reduce the number of things you have to do (^^)
To do this, it is said that it is good to categorize your long list of tasks into the following three categories.
■ "Do now" task list
■ "Do soon" task list
■ "Do someday" task list
It would be great if you could make these habits, but to save cognitive resources and reduce mental distress, it is important to establish the following three things, so please try to be conscious of them.
1. Reduce the things you have to do as much as possible
2. Reduce the things you need to remember (prospective memory) as much as possible
3. Ensure you complete only your routine work
However, since it is important to use life hacks that suit you, I think you should choose the methods that are easiest for you rather than trying to fit yourself into what is suggested (^^)
Now, for those who want to think about what life hacks are,
"You who read me, are you sure you understand my language?" (from J.L. Borges, "The Library of Babel")
I will introduce concrete examples of hacks combined with the practice of Tanka, which can be said to be a repetition of presenting a way of life through the first person (self-making). Are you driven toward a daily world where such a (hack-like) way of life is considered desirable?
Please check it out (^^)
1. Nutritional deficiency
When your diet is unbalanced, the effects appear not only on your hair and skin but also on your nails.
Conversely, if changes occur in your nails, it is possible that you are suffering from a nutritional deficiency in some component.
For example, if the nail bed becomes thin and turns whitish, it may indicate anemia.
2. Accumulation of anxiety and stress
While nail-biting is often discouraged as bad manners, it is said that about half of American teenagers and nearly a quarter of those aged 18 to 22 have a habit of biting their nails.
However, it seems that most people grow out of this habit once they enter their 30s.
Furthermore, nail-biting is known as a compensatory behavior for anxiety and stress, so if someone repeats this action, it is highly likely that they are harboring some form of stress beyond just a simple habit.
3. Injury
If you carelessly bump your foot against a pillar, drop a heavy object, or catch your hand in a door, you may experience internal bleeding under the nail.
If the damage to the nail itself is minor, you will be fine as the nail grows out and the damaged part is replaced, but if internal bleeding or discoloration persists, it is better to see a doctor.
Also, in terms of nail damage, the act of nail-biting is the same.
It is best to try to stop as much as possible.
4. Infection
If you feel pain, increased redness, or itching in the skin around your nails, you may have a nail-related infection.
The same applies if the nail itself becomes brittle or changes color.
The causes include bacteria, viruses, and fungi, and sources of these infections are said to include unhygienic artificial nails, uncleaned manicure tools, and poorly managed nail salons.
5. Undiagnosable illnesses
Changes in nails do not always immediately signal a specific disease; they can sometimes indicate an increased risk, suggesting that something might be wrong.
In terms of traffic lights, while other items might be red lights, this is like a yellow light.
For example, if they turn white, it could be liver trouble; if half white and half pink, it could be kidney issues; if red, heart issues; and if yellow, lung issues.
Also, pitting in the nail plate may indicate a potential precursor to psoriasis.
(HowStuffWorks covers five representative nail signals, and this is an excerpt from that source.)
Walking the peaceful shore of doing no housework, my mother's strange brightness, now set free.
(From Meiko Matsudaira, "Tanka Orai")
The gondola glides over the green valley; the origin of joy and anxiety is the same.
(From Satoshi Goto, "Midori no Hokora")
While the pain of the wound on my fingertip throbs, the sadness of the city train screeching.
(From Rigen Kinoshita, "Gin")
Humanity has become 'monkeys in pants' and also 'monkeys wearing masks'.
(From Hisa Kagawa, "The quiet light on my journey")
It is sweet to be intimate with weakness, as I am about to recover from a cold.
(From Sadaka Morioka, "Hyakunyubun")
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