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Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by sathishmanohar »

Taming my lizard brain.

I was going to through a Seth Godin Book, In which he talk about amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for fight or flight instincts.

After that I started thinking, most of the things I worry about doesn't end up happening. But, I was constantly worrying about it. Sometimes I wont go to business oriented community meet ups, just because my lizard brain throws some 'what if that happens' at me.

Recognizing that part of my thoughts and reacting only to things that really needed my attention helped tremendously in shaping my time, focus and work then on.

Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by thevdude »

cprncus wrote: post #83

Flossing religiously. I used to be Bleeding Gums Murphy, but no more. A dental hygienist showed me the proper way to floss and now I will get up at 4am if I somehow forgot to floss before bedtime, go into the bathroom, and floss. I've only missed once in 7+ years. Bad gums are associated with heart disease, tooth loss, and other nasty effects. No thanks. Quitting, after 30+ years, saying, "God bless you" (or really,…

I say "You're welcome" or "Stop!" when people sneeze, and everyone seems to get a kick out of it.

Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by bbissoon »

b3b0p wrote: post #89
bbissoon wrote: post #87

I stopped relying on my cellphone so often. It feels good not to be a slave to every "Ding!" or "Beep!" that I hear. I also got back in my old SEGA games and cooking food my mom used to make when I was a kid. I grew up in church but slacked because life got hectic. Now I'm attending when I can, I'll read the Bible in off time and I've made myself more available to help others. This might sound stupid, but it's someth…

What SEGA games have you been playing? Very cool! Funny how most of the comments mention giving up video games altogether and you mention getting back into them.

Me and my friends get together and play Streets of Rage, Shinobi, old school Madden and Charles Barkley Shut and Jam!

Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by yalestar »

cprncus wrote: post #83

Flossing religiously. I used to be Bleeding Gums Murphy, but no more. A dental hygienist showed me the proper way to floss and now I will get up at 4am if I somehow forgot to floss before bedtime, go into the bathroom, and floss. I've only missed once in 7+ years. Bad gums are associated with heart disease, tooth loss, and other nasty effects. No thanks. Quitting, after 30+ years, saying, "God bless you" (or really,…

+1 to your quitting acknowledging sneezes. That has always seemed to me like a pointless injection of politeness that continues only because of cultural inertia. Not sure how much it has improved my life, but it sure feels nice to be one less person doing it.

I'll say it loud and proud: "Bless yourself. I am no longer a sneeze acknowledger." I think I'll get that printed on a t-shirt

Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by mike_le »

cprncus wrote: post #83

Flossing religiously. I used to be Bleeding Gums Murphy, but no more. A dental hygienist showed me the proper way to floss and now I will get up at 4am if I somehow forgot to floss before bedtime, go into the bathroom, and floss. I've only missed once in 7+ years. Bad gums are associated with heart disease, tooth loss, and other nasty effects. No thanks. Quitting, after 30+ years, saying, "God bless you" (or really,…

I realized that I could just floss in the shower to save myself time. Now it feels weird if I don't.

Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by ereckers »

lessnonymous wrote: post #70

Stopped reading and watching "The News". What a waste of time. If there's something important, someone will tell me about it.

I agree with this. I also stopped watching the "The News" and quit following politics altogether. Much healthier and the time sink is gone.

I found over time that most people's idea of following politics was spending an inordinate amount of time memorizing either side's talking points. And to get really good at it (ie. arguing on forums) you'd simply need to memorize more of these talking points and exchange the proper insults (which always seemed to originate everywhere but my own mind).

Basically, I was done being a parrot and I'm healthier for it.

Re: Ask HN: What habit have you dropped or picked up that improved your life?

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Post by aaren »

Kiro wrote: post #72
guruz wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some help here: http://www.reddit.com/r/NoPoo/wiki/index After some weeks, your hair gets used to having no shampoo. I'm doing it since 2 months and all is fine.

So instead you must use baking soda?

Yes. Sodium bicarbonate. Make sure it doesn't have any flour in it.

Buy a tub of sodium bicarb and put it in an old shampoo bottle. Add water and mix - aiming for shampoo like viscosity.

Depends how much hair you have, your activity levels and where you live but start with using it once every couple days. You may end up at once / week, but depends on the above factors.

Use it like shampoo, but more vigorously.

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