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My wife calls it "rummaging". I wander around the house putting things a way, fixing little things, folding clothes, finding things to donate/recycle, etc. Sometimes I make bread or chocolate truffles. The physicality of it all clears my head.
I know it sounds nuts, but I always found changing clothes made a huge difference for me. Get home and put on a pair of shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, or at least something you would never, ever wear to work. It always made some kind of mental shift in my head.
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It's amazing that you're being downvoted. Heroin takes many lives daily and for someone to nonchalantly act like it's no bigger deal than having a beer is as naive as I could possibly ever imagine anyone to be. Edit: I guess as a disclaimer, seeing as I'm being downvoted too, I should mention I was addicted to opiates for many years
you overcame an actual heroin addiction but can't deal with people joking about it on the internet?
2. Going through a harrowing experience usually toughens one up to the causing elements, sure. Being tough about X doesn't mean you should see every reference to X as a joke; quite the opposite, in fact.
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My girlfriend just finished the last of the EIGHT seasons of that terrible show. I'm glad it's over, but I'm also afraid of what she'll pick next. Westworld is on my to-watch list, though.
there's a spin off called the originals which is even worse, currently suffering through that. and then something called riverdale .
I haven't heard her mention riverdale. Let's hope it stays that way.
I always have a hard time going to sleep at a consistent time; it's much easier for me to stay up a couple of hours later than it is to go to bed even a half hour earlier. The two easiest ways for me to lose track of time and end up amped up at bedtime are programming and gaming, so I set an alarm 2 hours before bedtime to remind myself to stop either of those activities for the night. Then I veg out watching somethi…
I have the same issue if I'm working a "normal" person's day, but not so much if I can wake later in the day (10-noon). The poster mentioning the tea was on track - it doesn't have to be tea, just get a routine at night, starting half an hour or something before bed. It can be showering or whatever, just something relaxing. Boring television shows - nothing that gets you too interested - after that until you sleep. O…
Unfortunately for me, just 30 minutes or pre sleep routine isn't really enough, any time I allow myself to encroach on that 2 hour wind down period too much, I have a much harder time falling asleep. Things like chamomile tea and melatonin do help with falling asleep, but not with staying asleep, if I use them to fall asleep early I'll just wake back up 20 minutes later. Ambien works wonders but I try to only use it when I'm really desperate, a few times a year.
I know it sounds nuts, but I always found changing clothes made a huge difference for me. Get home and put on a pair of shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, or at least something you would never, ever wear to work. It always made some kind of mental shift in my head.
Here is my crazy idea that I want YC to fund: a Sock Printer. I want to come home and have a brand new pair of socks printed (woven) for me by a bot... I looked around on the internet for "sock machine" and its derivatives - but the best I could find was one machine that was super industrial. Nothing feels better than the first time you put on a brand new pair of socks. SockPrinter.com!
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Ha! Just what I'm doing. I'm into cheese making so I watch videos related to that while making some new ones / flipping the stored ones. - https://www.youtube.com/user/greeningofgavin
Ha, years ago I was at a girlfriends house while she went out to dinner with an old friend to catch up. She called me at the end of her dinner on the way back home and said "what are you doing" and I said "Watching cheese making videos on youtube" She didnt believe me... she came into the room, I was sitting there still watching cheese making videos and she laughed and thought it was super funny. Yes, I was literally…