Tips for a Better Life
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Tips for a Better Life
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#2...and make lists.
(This is an excellent one.)
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#3> Cooking pollutes the air. Opening windows for a few minutes after cooking can dramatically improve air quality.
is this based on the assumption that I am using a gas stove, or is it more generally true? I would be surprised to learn that, eg, simmering a tomato sauce is itself harmful to the air quality in my apartment.
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#4> Cooking pollutes the air. Opening windows for a few minutes after cooking can dramatically improve air quality. is this based on the assumption that I am using a gas stove, or is it more generally true? I would be surprised to learn that, eg, simmering a tomato sauce is itself harmful to the air quality in my apartment.
Generally true. Particles generally reach your lungs, and the cooked food goes through chemical reaction and so on, so you ideally don't want that.
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#5> Cooking pollutes the air. Opening windows for a few minutes after cooking can dramatically improve air quality. is this based on the assumption that I am using a gas stove, or is it more generally true? I would be surprised to learn that, eg, simmering a tomato sauce is itself harmful to the air quality in my apartment.
Probably high-heat cooking of anything (e.g. pan trying) will pollute quite a bit even on an electric range.
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#6> When googling a recipe, precede it with ‘best’. You’ll find better recipes.
For something new I'm trying, I favor recipes by authors I've found reliable in the past, e.g. Alton Brown, Deb Perelman (Smitten Kitchen), Ina Garten, Julia Child. They have high quality bars, so if they have a recipe, it's usually a good one.
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#7I recently found out the power of #27 (habits > motivation). I've been doing James Clear's habit tracking for a few weeks and see a big improvement in my life, especially for studying and exercising.
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#8I'm enjoying this, and I also appreciate how it is a delightful accidental commentary of the lesswrong crowd. I especially appreciated this one:
> You can figure out doing laundry
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#9post physique
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#10> Steeping minutes: Green at 3
I just leave the bag in. Anything wrong with that?