Going to a psychologist for my anxiety. Learning to manage and control it before it becomes panic has been just awesome. It’s just been two months and I’m already hopeful.
Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
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#12Walking home every day. It's about an hour or so, vs my 20 mins on public transport, but it's become a good time of meditative reflection and has provided me with some fitness benefits. It's also time I'd otherwise spend just reading the internet or playing a videogame anyway.
Also, trying to meal prep a large number of the same dish to avoid buying lunches during the week and thus spending a large amount of money needlessly. I don't mind eating the same thing for several days, though to avoid that you'd just need to prep 2 or 3 meals of smaller size. It doubles as an effective way to portion control too, since I can use containers of a specific size. It also means that many nights of the week I get home from my walk and just toss one in the microwave or oven to reheat and don't end up eating any later than normal.
Edit: Both of the above have helped me maintain my post-glandular-fever weight loss of about 14kg, which has left me feeling significantly healthier than I was previously. Occasionally I blow out with a weekend of debauchery involving way too much alcohol and unhealthy food, but the walking then chips that back down and gives me motivation to limit said blowouts as I now have a quantifiable amount of effort that it equates to.
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#13Put on the shelf my iPhone and bought Nokia 150. Productivity is skyrocketing! I still use iPhone, but only couple days a month.
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#14switching my phone screen to gray scale tremendously helps me keep away from constantly checking twitter/instagram/facebook/quora updates
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#15I set a goal of using my feet to walk around and engage team members in 5 work conversations (unscheduled) each day. The change in culture and the identification of problems, road blocks, oppertunities has been eye opening. As a natural introvert who’d rather be heads down it has made me much more effective in the team.
What does team think about this?
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#16Recently I read the book - Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy. One of point was to keep a pocket diary where you list all the TODO tasks and keep striking them off as they complete. Helped me in many ways: 1. It is very easy to forget many tasks but by writing them and checking the diary even once in a while, it is possible to be reminded regularly. 2. Its better than mobile TODO apps as I don't need to check mobile phone…
I second your choice. I actually read just one page from that book and often bring it to mind. Each of us needs to eat a frog every day, sometimes multiple frogs. You need to do it anyway, so better get down to it and have it done. The subsequent feeling is really worth it. And, because the biggest procrastination bloc are removed in this way, everything goes more smoothly.
Eat that frog, folks!
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#17Just eating less carbs has made me feel a lot better. I'm not too intense about it, but just being mindful of it makes me a lot less tired after meals.
Ditto. I now try not to binge on pasta or whatnot, and I find that I don't get that same carb-full grim satisfaction afterwards, but I also don't then feel bloated and heavy either.
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#18Working out. Just body weight workouts. No gym. It improved my golf game. Another is: not buying sodas with my meal. Self-explanatory. Another: Spending brief interludes of time where a compile or unit test is happening to write down what I'm going to do next. It keeps me on task. Another: Incrementally cleaning/organizing my condo. Another: Walking around hardware, furniture, craft stores, Walmart, Target, etc, to s…
> Another: Incrementally cleaning/organizing my condo.
Please could you explain this a little more? I’m the sort of person who lets the mess build up to a critical mass, and I’d love to have a better system.
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#19Yoga. It's the only time in the day where my brain is not in overdrive. Also, as a 36-year old with a sedentary lifestyle it's surprising/horrifying how stiff I've become. I'm just following the beginner movies on youtube and I go to the occasional class, so it's not stressful.
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#20Walking the stairs instead of taking the elevator (living at 6 floor). Not as much exercice as I should do but still >0.