I just recently cleared my place of much bullcrap and have consequently been able to keep cleaning up after myself moment to moment so it doesnt build up and its basically alwaya clean 🤩
Kinda a boring one but gym. Started a couple of years ago once a week and had to drag myself there but after a month or two of that something flipped and now I go almost every day. It’s pretty fun and it’s great to notice the change in myself over the last couple of years. Now just need to do something about diet and sleep.
I went to the gym for 4 days… And wasted 26 days of subscription fees :/
I second this. I am bad at breaking my habits or starting new ones so I just started going every weekday starting around the beginning of this year. I also started eating healthier. I feel freaking great. Lost 25lb, way more energy, joints don’t hurt as much… A lot of the “well, getting old sucks” things just went away after a while. Now that I’ve started the habit I have trouble not going to the gym.
That’s awesome! I was surprised at the shift between having to push myself to go vs having a natural pull to go. Definitely makes a huge difference and seeing/feeling changes happening is so motivating.
I do squats when I craft video game items. One squat per item. Thousands of squats at this point but still playing just as much so win win in my book. My ass is getting bigger!
I’m gonna join your Minecraft world and set up an auto crafter that crafts from an auto farm
Factorio players Start sweating.
Isn’t it nice knowing you can crack nuts with your ass? Gives power bottom a whole new meaning
If I’d done this while playing Stardew, my legs would be tree trunks by now
When walking by / through vehicles in a parking lot with things in my hands, I will make the conscious effort to pull my arms close to my body and prevent them swaying or moving with my normal walk. As well as moving items from one hand to the other if the car is on the side that was holding them. Nobody likes scratches and dings!
Having a place for things. Never having to look for “x”. Keys, wallet, which type of utensil goes in which slot in the silverware holder. I have saved so much time, avoided problems and given myself mental breaks by simply putting things where they’re needed and being consistent.
I’m trying to extend/apply this in a way that if I need to put down something, I think ahead of set places in the house where I put things. That way of I’ve left something somewhere, it’ll always be in one particular place in a room. That way I don’t have to look everywhere for a thing I just put down in order to do something. I only need to look at one or two spots in each room.
This was something I realised too (or similar). Having stuff also requires having space. If you don’t have space then you really shouldn’t have stuff.
When everything has its place, organisation, cleanliness and general liveability start to take care of themselves. And probably overconsumption and hoarding too.
It’s funny, because “insufficient space” or the “disregard to space” seem to be common themes for me in terms of how modern things are being done poorly.
If you don’t have space then you really shouldn’t have stuff.
You shut your pretty whore mouth!!!
nervously glances at my 6 tubs of amiibo and 4 tubs of G-Scale model trains in an apartment to small to sneeze in
Oh I’ve been there. I am there. I was not virtue signalling. It was a cry for help!
I second this.
It’s great having specific spots for things. I also have a specific bag for when I go to the gym with its own set of earbuds and other gym ephemera.
So much of modern life is about about inventory management.
I like old videos of tribespeople in tropical places. There’s always a guy just lying down in the jungle, doing nothing, with no stuff.
Listening to audiobooks!
I always listen to podcasts and audiobooks while I am driving to office :D
I read for like 10 minutes every morning on my iPad with the Libby app (usually) and it’s great. I’ve read so many books now!
I play videogames while I drive to the office. (Decent) public transport is great like that. Auďiobooks are indeed great for driving though. I listened to about 300 books per year when I was an international driver.
I’m currently learning Spanish on my morning drive, it feels very rewarding not to just waste time.
you learn Spanish while driving? that’s interesting…
I always avoid learning something while driving because I can’t focus while I am driving.
I love my local library because they’re keeping me sane on my work commute! I looove audiobooks and it’s so nice to be able to try so many and not have to worry about if I will like them because it’s all free!!!
Libby and your library card.
Paying attention to what you’re doing. Sounds simple but so many people don’t do it. They just keep doing the same thing and act surprised when it never works. If you pay attention to what you do and the outcome of your actions, you can improve everything you do and become very efficient.
I think this is related to meditation too. I always find it makes life feel more spacious and calm when I do it.
I stopped using antiseptic mouthwash, even zero-alcohol versions, because the microbes in your mouth produce nitric-oxide and killing them off might be linked to high blood pressure.
Never use your phone in bed.
CBT (Cognitive behavior therapy). Get your your mind to associate bed with sleep, not with phone stimulation.
Good one.
I touch the bed, I sleep. My wife often pauses her Netflix to cuss at me for that, but i usually don’t notice anything.
Ooh. Nice.
I like this one. Followed it last night.
Good one.
I actually bought an alarm clock so I could turn my phone off at night, and now, I want to get a step counter so I can keep my phone off when I’m not using it period.
I have a hat.
The hat goes on when I leave the house or leave the office. Putting the hat on triggers me to stop for one second and actually think “Do I have everything I should have?” If I make it out of the house without the hat, I spend a proper minute or two double checking that I have everything because if I can forget the hat, I could forget anything.
It’s yer thinkin’ cap!
I take a break from caffeine for a week every two months. I do the same with alcohol every month. It helps me stay objective about the amount I’m consuming. It helped me cut way back from pandemic-levels of coffee especially. Hoo, boy, I was one jittery, confined ball of anxiety and despair.
Pro tip: don’t schedule both during the same week.
I took an involuntary tolerance break from cannabis for 4 days, and it reduced my daily intake by 90%
What do you mean involuntary? Did you get locked up or something?
For 4 days? Sounds more like his dealer ran out.
I was locked up for 3-4 days in Finland for weed.
Jail =/= prison.
Or his bank account.
I was traveling and the laws at my destination had changed since I’d last been there.
Me and my wife have started doing Dry January. There was a study about how it led to drinking less year over year. I like it!
I’ve read similar. A full, continuous month would probably be more effective than my week-long dry spells, but I have alcohol-related hobbies (brewing, distilling, other fermentations) that I don’t want to shelve for that long. So more frequent week-long spells are for me.
Happy journey with your spouse, I hope it’s a positive for you!
Honestly the first couple times I would make exceptions for birthdays and whatnot but it’s gotten easier. Also in your case it seems like tasting booze for hobby purposes is different than having a drink… anyway good luck to you too!
like tasting booze for hobby purposes is different than having a drink…
Weeeeell, it’s a better excuse, innit?
- I used to brew beer as well and going completely dry when there’s delicious homebrews in the fridge isn’t as easy as when there are none.
I am, in a non-self deluded (I hope) way, a “social drinker”. I don’t keep any alcohol at home. I only drink around friends, and I keep company that does more things than just go to bars. This makes alcohol actually seem like more of an upbeat treat than something habitually consumed.
FYI caffeine and alcohol don’t actually build tolerance unless you really drink a lot.
It’s not about tolerance, it’s about monitoring how much I’m consuming so I don’t overdo it.
Flossing every day. Never had issues with my gums ever since.
Taking a shit at 3AM.
I start everyday by slamming a 16 ounce glass of water. It sets up my day to be more alert and on top of things.
Meditating
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