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The Secret to More Refreshing Weekends Is the Exact Opposite of What You’d Expect

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The Secret to More Refreshing Weekends Is the Exact Opposite of What You’d Expect

There's another reason you might want to trade some of your couch time for more effortful pursuits, too: Doing so will make time appear to slow down, allowing you to relish your life more. As blog Science of Us recently reported, neuroscience shows that if you don't want your days to pass in a blur of indistinguishable memory mush, "the key is to seek out newness."

Cold start

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It looks like it only got down to 15 last night. But no big warm up today, the high will barely reach 27 later with the wind making it feel around zero. ⛄Some sunshine though.

The truth is that it’s not all that uncommon for January but odd to be hitting this early. Like every cough of a smoker, one could blame the wavy jet steam and the polar vortex dipping so far south on climate change but I think that’s unfair and unscientific.

But in a week there should be a definite warming trend. Winters just ain’t as cold as they once were in Albany.

Snow?

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I am increasingly concerned that we might be getting snow Thursday into Friday. This may require a re-evaluation of the weekend plans, as I don’t want to head far into the backcountry and have to deal with icy roads. I might end up heading up to NY 8 and doing something off that way. Only time will tell…

Icy Potomac Road