Sentences with phrase «of keeping myself in check»

Being caked in germs sounds unpleasant, but «friendly» bacteria living on our skin may have the vital role of keeping in check inflammation triggered by injury and unwanted bacteria.

Many of us had the additional obstacle (or way of keeping us in check) of having partners who had definite ideas about how many cats should be in our homes.

We need to be facing the facts that organic wastes are a never - ending, ever - expanding mess with no means at present of keeping them in check.

I only did it on the kitchen area though to keep the loud and quirky side of me kept in check and not scattered around the house... lol

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«Like many executives I know, I used to keep my iPhone on my nightstand and check my email before even getting out of bed in the morning.

Instead, the crucial levers would be productivity (keeping the cost of shipping each carload in check through smart investments to increase the average speed, length, and reliability of trains) and pricing (ensuring that rates consistently rose far faster than costs).

In addition to calling into question the effectiveness of the checks taxi companies use, Uber has also argued that the fingerprinting requirement is too onerous and may make it harder for the company to keep up a steady stream of new drivers.

This creates a prominent, physical space where you can keep track of the daily tasks you're responsible for, the status of ongoing projects, and post reminders to check in with team members.

The recent fiscal legislation caused negative, structural changes on both the spending and revenue fronts — making the task of keeping the debt in check much harder than it would have been even a year ago.

It essentially obliterates bipartisan spending caps established in the Budget Control Act of 2011 that had kept recent deficits partially in check.

Whatever your flavor of exercise — maybe you're a yogi, a gym rat, or a running fanatic — make it a part of your daily routine to keep your body and mind in check.

But that follows nearly two years of single digit growth, which was kept in check due to the fallout from Sandy and the need to invest in the upgrades.

Seventy - nine percent keep a phone nearby when they sleep, and half check their phone in the middle of the night.

He believes privacy is almost always an obstacle to social progress, secrecy is almost always a tool of the powerful, and the exposure of secrets is the best way to keep that power in check.

Instead of surrounding themselves with an entourage of «yes men» or «yes women,» leaders could hire someone to keep their egos in check.

This isn't the worst thing you can do, but you should check the fees you're paying to keep your account there — start by checking the expense ratio of the funds in the plan on Morningstar.

I had no experience in any of this and needed to keep learning in order to check items off the list.

«Often just keeping [retirement] top of mind and checking in on it regularly, whether that's quarterly or twice a year, can really help to nudge you over the line to, even if you have [a fund], to... make sure you're putting the most into it that you can afford, for your future,» he said.

The free flow of goods across North American borders has played a big part in keeping consumer prices in check.

Elevated geopolitical tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran could soon threaten the unity of an OPEC - led pact to keep oil prices in check, according to one commodity strategist.

But over the last 40 years, every British minister has done what our bosses (usually their former classmates at Oxford and Cambridge) tell them to do: keep income tax rates low, make evasion easy with a ton of loopholes, turn a blind eye to our bonuses and our market - rigging, hand over tens of billions of pounds in bailout money when necessary, and pass the check to those mythical non-Londoners in their seaside retirement homes and Amazon logistics centers.

Keeping a currency in check isn't easy, especially if it's the paragon of safe havens.

«The NYPD has been making its rounds in the surrounding area and checking in with businesses to keep them abreast of security protocols and restrictions put in place by the Secret Service,» a spokesperson for the mayor's office told me.

Within days, Bank of America responded with an offer of free brokerage trades for customers who keep at least $ 25,000 in a checking, savings or money market account, or in a CD.

«It is important to control the sale of second - hand watches to protect the owners and the value of watches already in the market by keeping the grey market in check,» H.Moser & Cie boss Edouard Meylan told Reuters.

To keep that superstar team together for a while, Carlisle suggests checking in periodically and asking, «What's motivating you right now and how can I give you more of that?»

Checking air quality, keeping track of loud sounds, logging fresh shipments of cargo, and locating lost objects in the floating laboratory is also boring and time - consuming work for astronauts, so Astrobee will be loaded with sensors and an RFID scanner to track inventory.

The second key point in keeping conflict in check is to make sure you inform yourself about the real, underlying causes of the problem before you step in.

On a mystical level, certain sources maintain that the flatness and lack of air in matzah is a metaphor for keeping your ego in check and not getting too «puffed up» and arrogant.

There's nothing dumb about keeping a limited pool of money in checking — enough for emergencies, but not so much you lose out on important investments and savings.

The best fiscal rules are more flexible, promising to keep the structural deficit in check, for example, or pledging to balance the budget over a number of years.

Keep in mind, though, that you'll have to verify the credentials of those references just as carefully as you're checking out your prospective investor or money broker.

Without keeping this problem in check, you may develop a habit of laziness, which can doom your overall success.

So if you're looking for inspiration on how to be productive when business drops off in the summer, check out Young Entrepreneurs Council's round up of 12 founders» responses to the question, «What odd jobs and tasks do you work on for your business during a slow season to keep busy and prepare for a busy time ahead?»

Whether you're seeking a position lower or higher on the totem pole, always keep your arrogance in check, be prepared well ahead of time, and be honest about what you want.

Check out OnePoll's infographic, which is packed full of statistics that show the myriad of ways mobile devices keep people from living in the moment and fully engaging with people around them.

Those concerns triggered a bout of financial market turmoil, as investors feared higher interest rates were coming to keep inflation in check.

If you believe the outlook will make funding more difficult (in time and price) you owe it to yourself to keep your burn rate in check so you can last longer until you need money and either «grow into your valuation» or at least get through a period of time where raising capital is more difficult

This will help keep your expenses in check, simplify account management and limit the risk of an employee going on a spending spree.

Guaranteed - income schemes can take various forms, but in its simplest the government sends every citizen an annual check in an amount sufficient to keep the wolf from the door when misfortune strikes but not large enough to satisfy anyone's idea of a good life.

While Facebook was a publicly - traded company, with a fiduciary duty to its shareholders in 2014 to not have massive screwups and probably a lot more responsibility to keep this kind of information in check, it's hardly alone in that respect.

37 The Treasury has recently begun to ramp up its issuance of Treasury bills in part to support the maintenance of a larger cash balance, which it keeps in its «checking account» at the Federal Reserve.

If you really don't ever need to meet with people face - to - face or have any video conferences in your line of work, pick one up anyway and make it a goal this year to meet with former bosses and colleagues to keep your ear to the ground for new opportunities, or check out local networking opportunities where your new suit might come in use, too.

Regular maintenance on your badger hair shaving brush is essential in order to keep it healthy and able to lather and apply your shaving cream efficiently and effectively (be sure to check out our guide of the top shaving creams).

With their movement in mind, I've introduced the Ammunition Background Check Act alongside Senator Richard Blumenthal to keep bullets out of the wrong hands.

If you keep large amounts of cash in your checking account, this type of account may be beneficial to you.

While most interest checking accounts require you to keep a certain minimum balance in order to earn the monthly rate, Bank of Internet instead requires at least $ 1,000 in direct deposits and 15 debit card purchases of $ 3 or more.

BioNTech hit the headlines in July when its experimental personalized cancer vaccine, tailored to the tumors of individual patients, kept disease in check in an early - stage clinical trial.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

Associates of Summers say he would bring a similar perspective to the Fed, following the path set by Bernanke in emphasizing the need to keep unemployment low, as long as inflation remains in check.