Fashion Magazine’s Lesa Hannah may well be more militant than I am about diligent SPF application to prevent sun damage — wrinkles, loss of firmness, increased pigmentation, skin cancer. She spotted and forwarded with delight this Allure post on a Harvard study that followed two groups of people and their sun-protection habits when a) left to their own devices and b) when their devices sent them daily a.m. text reminders to SPF up.
We think it would be kinda great if folks could subscribe to a service as described in the post. Until a no-brainer sign-up program launches, though, seems to me it would be a good idea at least to program your cel’s alarm to remind you every two in-the-sun hours to re-apply protection.
Since I’m never in the sun — it’s ouchie on my skin — I’m thinking to use my phone alarm for other healthy reminders, like leaving my computer in order to eat properly during the day. Might work if I leave my phone in the kitchen…
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I’m going to start texting you “Get up from the computer”, “Eat some fruits and veggies” and “Put down that chocolate.”
Am right this minute enjoying Liberté Müesli yogurt (I’d prefer plain; much less sugar and still so yummy, but they don’t have it at Sbucks) and a tall, unsweetened soy green tea latte. Much better than bao and chocolate, yes? Plus, I’m sitting in a chair at a table. MUCH better.
what…. does your computer eat improperly?
Chocolate is made from a bean, it is thus a vegetable.
Wine is made from grapes and counts as a fruit.
That’s my story 8-)
Point taken, Annette; corrected. And excellent point about chocolate and its bean origins, Rita :-)
“Chocolate is made from a bean, it is thus a vegetable.
Wine is made from grapes and counts as a fruit.
That’s my story 8-)”
Rita J, I feel like we should be friends. This is also what I tell myself ;)
that is pretty useful!
there are times when i do forget to reapply sunblock.
notifications do help! thanks for sharing~
Thanks for your comment, Rasilla. I wish I’d thought of the idea myself, frankly. Setting cel-alarm reapplication reminders means less time watching the clock, which is what I’d do otherwise!