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Re: Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?

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Post by owenversteeg »

japhyr wrote: post #150
ilamont wrote: post #114

Learned how to cook easy dishes for my family. My wife and I for years went all out on cooking stovetop dishes that take an hour or more of chopping and other kitchen labor before the meal and another 30-45 minutes of cleanup afterwards. Exposure to Spanish dining habits on a vacation, use of time-saving tools such as an electronic pressure cooker and rice cooker, and learning how to use an oven for simple dishes rea…

Do you have any new favorites? I'd definitely like to move in this direction with my family's cooking.

Me too, that sounds great. There are so many results for "quick recipes", many of which are expensive, unhealthy, or require a lot of prep.

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Post by owenversteeg »

jonandersense wrote: post #170

I've been recording a video a day (1 second), it makes me be more conscious about finding something meaningful every day, and watching the result at the end of the year is really rewarding.

What do you put in the videos? Would you mind sharing some examples (in text form)?

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Post by owenversteeg »

heckanoobs wrote: post #122

Stopped using any feature with infinite scroll implemented. It's the common thread between social media feeds, app store lists, streaming services, etc. For sites like HN I stop after the first page. I was bored at first but then I started filling my time with more productive hobbies, which was the point. Infinite content providers are designed to steal all your time. It's crazy how little I use the internet now. I n…

Huh, that actually seems like a great idea. What services were you mainly using before?

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Post by chad_strategic »

1. 8 years ago delete my Facebook account.

2. 5 years ago stopped looking at my phone in bed.

3. 2 years ago delete my twitter account.

4. 6 months ago stopped looking at my phone & computer from dinner time to my son's bed time.

5. 2 weeks ago removed email from phone.

Each step along the way, I feel better.

Also regular exercise and a healthy diet.

TODO: Meet more people and increase my social friendships. Also more meditation (Headspace app works great for a beginner like me.)

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Post by jnsaff2 »

rc-1140 wrote: post #204

Reducing my portions for food, even if it's healthy stuff. I've found that it's helped me drop a considerable amount of weight yet still be able to have things I want to have, even if they're unhealthy. I started playing around with it towards the end of college and its helped me reduce food spending, intake, overall weight, and I've been shrinking dishes so the dishes I do have to do are smaller. In the vein of redu…

I've had issues with sticking with exercise all my life and at some point I figured out that it has to be really fun for me to want to do it. When I lived in Sydney close to the beach I was always itching to go to play beach volleyball and I still miss it. Here in London I decided to go to Krav Maga and it has the quadruple benefit of being fun, learning a really useful skill, building confidence in not being afraid of confrontations (the office boss kind of, not trying to pick bar fights) and being a very serious workout as well. Highly recommend Krav Maga, it is much more approachable than one would think, for anyone!

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Post by bytematic »

be_jenk wrote: post #115

I spend the first 15 minutes after waking up sitting in my garden in silence. There is no 'payoff' data that I can measure, but I do feel like my head is clearer and more focused all day

Would you call it meditation?

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Post by rolha-capoeira »

simplify wrote: post #174

Capoeira. As someone who doesn't like the gym, the fun mix of capoeira's martial art and self-expression keeps me hooked enough to keep going and stay in shape.

Where/with whom do you practice? If you're willing to share here.

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Post by songzme »

I started sshing into my desktop at home to write code. I've never been so liberated. I can literally code from any computer I borrow (friends or library) and pick up exactly where I left off (tmux session) with the same text-editor configuration (vim) instantly.

I realized that my previous desire to have the latest macbook so excessive, and now I'm happy with just a light and durable $200 chromebook.

I teach a few people how to code, and I created accounts on my desktop for them to ssh into and they are loving it as well.

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Post by aantix »

tcfunk wrote: post #155
camtarn wrote: post #137

Deliberately trying to cultivate friendships and openness, both by being a bit more open and honest with people, and by asking them very gentle questions to let them know that I'm somebody they can be open with, if they want. I also set up a 'close friends' filter on Facebook for people I can be a bit more honest with - not 'all drama, all the time' type of stuff, but more about starting interesting discussions about…

I also started doing this more -- including with my wife. It has definitely helped my mood and mental health overall to talk about the things that are on my mind, even if the conversations don't always end up going in my favor per se. This probably seems super obvious to a lot of people, but it does not come naturally to me, and I suspect an equally large number of people have trouble with it too.

If you're just learning to be open, you'd probably enjoy the book, Conscious Loving. There's a whole section dedicated to telling the "microscopic truth" in your relationships. https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Loving-Co-Committment-Gay-H...

Painful to do in the beginning, but as people get use to your new truth telling ways, they learn to appreciate the honesty.

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