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

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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,…

Seemingly small things like flossing and using your non-dominant hand to open doors improve self control. Deceptively small things like that lead into bigger things.

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

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Post by codenut »

aegiso wrote: post #13

10K run every day and 10 hours of sleep. The productivity gains are in the 2-3x range.

I would love to do this but 10k/day is a lot. I tried it for one week and I was extremely exhausted. My productivity also dropped as I am very tired. What time of the day do you run?

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

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Post by hansy »

read wrote: post #111
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,…

Seemingly small things like flossing and using your non-dominant hand to open doors improve self control. Deceptively small things like that lead into bigger things.

Whoa can you explain what you mean by using your non-dominant hand to improve self-control?

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

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Post by sathishmanohar »

mikeg8 wrote: post #40

Reading. I never used to open a book for more than 20 minutes but once I started reading books I actually enjoyed (Gladwell, Freakenomics, other books related to business, personal growth, human behavior etc) I realized what an amazing habit it is. You learn a lot, work your brain, give the eyes a break from a screen and you can take a good book/kindle anywhere. No power needed. Start reading books.

I didn't like reading books as well, Even now its seems like work, that something I have to actively do.

Then I started audio books few years back, I read (heard) more than 10 books that year alone, Now I'm just a consumer listening not actively reading. I enjoy books lot more.

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

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Post by kopos »

lucaspiller wrote: post #32
kopos wrote: post #12

I started waking up at 5.30 in the morning. Code for about an hour and then go for an early morning walk with my spouse for another.

Do you do the same during winter when it isn't light until 8am (depending on where you live of course), or do you push the walk back a bit?

Its winter now in India. Right now I'm doing a sleep at 11 - 11:30 and wake up 5:30 to 6 am routine. Then code for an hour or so. And then go for the walk and be back by 8.30 am. If I am not able to do a walk I do some calisthenics for 15 mins.

The weekends are more liberal. Things are a bit late but the only point is to not to miss the routine.

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