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Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by DanBC »

rayalez wrote: post #7

Yeah, it's harder than it sounds. I've made a simple list like that years ago, and I'm still struggling to stay on top of all items. Sometimes I succeed and I'm happy, but I keep failing regularly, it's a bummer. Here's my list: - Eat properly(no junk food, no coffee, no nootropics) - Information diet(only "healthy" information during the day, 20:00-22:00 I can do whatever I want. Basically it means no hn/reddit/yout…

Can you re-frame "failed" to "practiced" or similar?

If I picked up a violin for the first time in my life I'd have no idea how to play it and I'd make a hell of a noise. But with lessons and practice I could, eventually, produce a tune.

The same thing happens with your reboot - you're used to something; you've changed that thing; change is tricky; you sometimes slip back.

That's not failure, that's rehearsal.

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by DanBC »

This is a list of mostly nice advice.

Some people aren't going to be able to maintain lots of change all at once. And inability to maintain it all creates feelings of hopelessness or despair or similar.

It's important to remember that you don't have to change everything now. Just do one thing this month, and stick at it. When you've got that one thing working and maintainable you can change something else.

There are some nice motivational subReddits.

There's probably a niche in the market for a service that pairs or groups people who want to achieve change so that they can motivate each other - virtual motivational cards and voice messages etc.

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by Perixoog »

Killswitch wrote: post #2

I've been working on rebooting my life, it's hard, especially trying to get out of a long rut. Eating better, exercising, all of that is fucking tough. I've had a gym membership for behind my apartment for 2 months now. Tomorrow will be my first day going. I got the membership to remind myself that I have to do it. It's working.

My exercise strategy is to bicycle where I'm going anyway.

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by epalmer »

Killswitch wrote: post #2

I've been working on rebooting my life, it's hard, especially trying to get out of a long rut. Eating better, exercising, all of that is fucking tough. I've had a gym membership for behind my apartment for 2 months now. Tomorrow will be my first day going. I got the membership to remind myself that I have to do it. It's working.

@killswitch Keep trying. My wife and I had to get our weight under control and we started going to the gym. We try to go M-F for an hour and probably average like 4.5 days over the year. We had to change our sleep patterns some (go to bed earlier) so that we can be out of the house at 5:15 am and to the gym. Some days we just don't want to go but we go anyway. We always feel better when we are done. I've lost 30 lbs now and my wife has lost 50 lbs+ (she started much longer ago than I did).

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by epalmer »

rayalez wrote: post #7

Yeah, it's harder than it sounds. I've made a simple list like that years ago, and I'm still struggling to stay on top of all items. Sometimes I succeed and I'm happy, but I keep failing regularly, it's a bummer. Here's my list: - Eat properly(no junk food, no coffee, no nootropics) - Information diet(only "healthy" information during the day, 20:00-22:00 I can do whatever I want. Basically it means no hn/reddit/yout…

I gave up coffee and sodas and feel so much better. My energy during the day is more level and I don't get headaches much anymore. I do drink green tea mostly and maybe 2 cups of black tea a week. I have had 3 cups of coffee in 4 months when I just needed to drive to the airport at 3 am and similar. My concentration is better but I still like a good nap mid day. At 62 years old, a nap is a great thing.

I recommend giving up coffee. I tracked my habit and when I gave up it took me only about 10 days to completely stop drinking coffee. Soda as easier. I drink carbonated water now.

I was drinking 100+ oz of coffee a day most days. I had it easy giving up but I have heard that others with heavy habits get a lot of withdrawal symptoms. I had a few headaches and I quelled them with tea.

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by rayalez »

nefitty wrote: post #9
rayalez wrote: post #7

Yeah, it's harder than it sounds. I've made a simple list like that years ago, and I'm still struggling to stay on top of all items. Sometimes I succeed and I'm happy, but I keep failing regularly, it's a bummer. Here's my list: - Eat properly(no junk food, no coffee, no nootropics) - Information diet(only "healthy" information during the day, 20:00-22:00 I can do whatever I want. Basically it means no hn/reddit/yout…

My plan is very similar. Nootropics and caffeine are an integral part of my success, though! Haha Have you tried ytracking your success with each of these items? I have been doing so for the past few months and it is definitely helping me pinpoint where I need to redouble my efforts. I also set a theme for each month (either Health, Wealth or Social, cycling through those three). The thing is to focus on mastering on…

Setting a theme for each month is an awesome idea!

Yes, I track these habits. There's an awesome app called TracknShare, super convenient. Here's how my list looks like: http://imgur.com/I9qK9iu

I measure writing by the number of words I write each day, and I measure CS in "Pomodoros"(from pomodoro technique, 20-minute-sized chunks of uninterrupted time).

Participating in /r/WritingPrompts really helps with daily writing. Prompts are a great place to start, and provide instant gratification, also it's really fun.

When I have an interesting and exciting project to work on - I can easily stay on top of CS, but if not it becomes super hard.

The main thing about healthy food - is just throwing away everything unhealthy, and replacing it wih a lot of delicious healthy alternatives. If I get hungry and I don't have some nuts/berries to chew on immediately - I know I will go and buy chocolate/pizza. So it's mostly about controlling my environment. If everything around me is healthy - it's not that hard to keep it up.

When it comes to coffee and reddit - I still haven't found a good solution, I'm addicted to that stuff.

Exercising isn't that hard to keep up, just set a goal that is easy enough to not be intimidating, and spend several days paying attention to it, because when I don't I simply forget.

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by Kiro »

nefitty wrote: post #9
rayalez wrote: post #7

Yeah, it's harder than it sounds. I've made a simple list like that years ago, and I'm still struggling to stay on top of all items. Sometimes I succeed and I'm happy, but I keep failing regularly, it's a bummer. Here's my list: - Eat properly(no junk food, no coffee, no nootropics) - Information diet(only "healthy" information during the day, 20:00-22:00 I can do whatever I want. Basically it means no hn/reddit/yout…

My plan is very similar. Nootropics and caffeine are an integral part of my success, though! Haha Have you tried ytracking your success with each of these items? I have been doing so for the past few months and it is definitely helping me pinpoint where I need to redouble my efforts. I also set a theme for each month (either Health, Wealth or Social, cycling through those three). The thing is to focus on mastering on…

What Nootropics are you using?

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by swozey »

epalmer wrote: post #15
rayalez wrote: post #7

Yeah, it's harder than it sounds. I've made a simple list like that years ago, and I'm still struggling to stay on top of all items. Sometimes I succeed and I'm happy, but I keep failing regularly, it's a bummer. Here's my list: - Eat properly(no junk food, no coffee, no nootropics) - Information diet(only "healthy" information during the day, 20:00-22:00 I can do whatever I want. Basically it means no hn/reddit/yout…

I gave up coffee and sodas and feel so much better. My energy during the day is more level and I don't get headaches much anymore. I do drink green tea mostly and maybe 2 cups of black tea a week. I have had 3 cups of coffee in 4 months when I just needed to drive to the airport at 3 am and similar. My concentration is better but I still like a good nap mid day. At 62 years old, a nap is a great thing. I recommend gi…

I've been drinking only water for years and I don't feel any different from when I drank sugared soda and coffee and everything else. Absolutely no different. I quit smoking and also don't feel different albeit my endurance and lung capacity is much better. Maybe I should go on a month long binge just to remind myself of this mystical awful feeling that people always mention when they've given up sugar.

Re: Things I did to reboot my life

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Post by icebraining »

wgx wrote: post #6
Killswitch wrote: post #2

I've been working on rebooting my life, it's hard, especially trying to get out of a long rut. Eating better, exercising, all of that is fucking tough. I've had a gym membership for behind my apartment for 2 months now. Tomorrow will be my first day going. I got the membership to remind myself that I have to do it. It's working.

Get a personal trainer at the gym, pay up front and book the sessions in. Trust me, it'll work.

This is where the effort to avoid falling into the sunk cost fallacy is harmful :|
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