Protect your head when doing contact activities,sports, etc. Brain injury and seizures are a terrible thing to live with.
Get mental help, especially if you are a man. It's ok to cry, and doesn't make you any less of a person
For the love of God. Get enough sleep. That shit will catch up to you when you're older.
I’m a runner and I can definitely tell that the largest determining factor for my physical performance isn’t diet, days off, etc; it’s sleep. Sleep is SO important.
Edit: The others are still very important, but sleep is paramount.
If you're not going to soak your dishes, at least splash some water on them and leave them upside down. The food bits won't harden as much and you won't have to scrub as hard.
get a super absorbant chamois towel and once over with that, then use your super soft towel
Learned that trick from Cheaper By The Dozen!
If you're ever randomly angry or sad for reasons that are out of your control and not the fault of anyone around you, make a small announcement. Something as simple as "I'm upset about X, sorry if it seems like I'm being short or snappy with anyone."
Identifying and vocalizing your feelings is superpower. Good step toward living in a sincere manner. Obviously there are limits (Kant look away), but it makes life much easier when you aren't worried about being cool and cagey.
If a child gives you anything, anything at all, blade of grass, shell at the seaside, whatever - take it with real, heartfelt thanks. It is all they have to give.
My older sister gave my dad a dead bird she found when she was little. It ranks among the highest I've ever heard anyone shriek.
Do what you think is right, but actually take some time to determine if it's actually right or just feels right
Don't wait for someone else to challenge your beliefs do it yourself first, use the Socratic method if you need a starting point
Rewarding or ignoring bad behavior is the same as encouraging bad behavior
Leave places/systems in the same or better state than you encounter them
Don't play rigged games
Keep a bowl by the door for keys and loose change
One's sleeping position can influence their lifespan and sleep enjoyment. Sleep on your left side.
Evidence? 🧐
My heartbeat is very uncomfortable when sleeping on my left. Apparently it’s a common problem. Sleeping on my right solves this for me.
Wait, what? My cat only spoons with me when I lay on my left side, so of course I prefer laying on my left side now. Does he know something I don't??
I actually spent a long time forcing myself to sleep on my back because I was a chronic stomach sleeper and was having back pains. Now it’s the only position I can sleep in, lol.
I'll take your advice one step further: after you've hand-squiggied yourself, do a quick towel dry in the shower. Dry your feet as you step out and you won't get any water on the floor
I was about to type the same. I dry in the shower and dry each feet before slipping them into my sandal when I step out.
I genuinely assumed this was how everyone did it.
Tbh I didn't always, but one day teenage me was drying off over the floor, feet sliding around, using a second towel to soak the puddle I made, when I had the thought "Why don't they put a drain in the bathroom floor?" Then I turned and looked at the shower that I just got out of and realized that I'm a fucking moron
Do super soft yoga in the morning.
When i tell people i do yoga every day before work, they think its MUCH HARDER than it is. I get up, drink a whole glass of water, and sit on my mat. If its cold, i use a space heater. I put on an easy yoga video on YouTube (i love Yoga with Adrienne) and i only do the floor parts lol.
I am in such better shape, i have more energy, I've lost weight, my posture & balance are better, and i can self-regulate my emotions a thousand times easier. I am so, so much happier with this simple lil 20mins starting my day.
Interesting. Well I've got the water part down at least
I sometimes sit on the floor.
It's a good practice because you always have one nearby. One of the few things no one can ever take from you.
Sticking to the shower theme, if you're able and don't have really hard water, spray the walls of your shower before getting out. It'll get rid of the soap residue and keep it clean longer. Don't do this with hard water unless you feel like squeegeeing it off or you'll make it worse.
Doesn't this make mold grow?
There may be more caveats here :/
I don't have tile in my bathroom and have a decent vent fan and dry air so I have never had any issues related to this.
Life is too short to please everyone.
If the chore takes just a few minutes, fucking do it now. Right now.
But which of my 300 "few minute chores" do I start with?
The one nearest.
The first one.
Following up on your tip - towel dry in your bathtub or shower to prevent your floors or bath mat from getting wet. Helps prevent mold as well!
Find a place where you live to have a "sit spot" every day. Ideally outside, but if weather doesn't cooperate, where you can see outside. You don't have to do or think anything, just sit (or stand) and enjoy the view. It doesn't need to be epic, just something you like looking at. (In one of my places, it was the way a particular building interrupted the horizon that I found interesting.) No phone, no computer, no book - just breathe and observe.
It doesn't need to be for long. Start with two to five minutes. I usually do longer when I can.
Yes, it's a type of meditation. But a type that works better for this neurospicy gal than sitting in utter stillness or listening to music.
Currently, it's the picnic table near my bird feeders first thing after waking for my spot. In the morning and evening they are most active, so I sit with a cuppa and enjoy watching them negotiate who eats first while I wake up and caffeinate. It soothes my nervous system in a way notifications and doomscrolling can't, and makes me better able to handle my day.
Use a calendar. Put every item into it and let it direct you around. Throw out any other calendar or appt reminder you’re using.
If your job needs its own calendar, set up your calendar apps to show both somehow (there are different ways to do this).
The stress of trying to remember every meeting, appointment, or scheduled task goes away.
Also add payment reminders (for everything if you don't autopay, but even with autopay keep the big ones in there too so you can make sure they went through).
Also add travel time blocks for appointments that are far away so you don't accidentally overbook yourself, especially if you have to leave work for a doctor or something.
Family considering dinner vaguely "next weekend"? add a 3 day event so you remember to confirm a time with them. Everything gets a calendar event.
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