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

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I quit smoke, also, quit eating outside. The improvements were impressive: 1. Better sleep. 2. Better weight control. 3. Skin stopped being dry. 4. Better sex life too. 5. Good energy. I never measure my work productivity.

I'm really curious about eating outside. I feel that only could have improved dry skin but that could have also been improved by eating more carrots and other dietary changes. I love eating outside!

Quitting eating outside was one of the best things I've made.

If I can install Rails 4 then I can prepare the best Curry Chicken out there. I eat more for less money and cooking became part of my hobby that helps to distress a lot.

Also, I was noticing my daily diet was based on the same quantity of dishes, what I meant was: trying different dishes wasn't normal, I hanged out always to the same places with the same menus, at the end eating a different thing was rare.

I go dinner around 2 times a month just to eat those things that are really hard to prepare: sushi, etc.

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

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post #79

- No TV (and no news). Stopped watching years ago, spend more time on productive things. - No video games. I binge and play again for maybe 1 week a year. - Spend free time with wife, because that's all she really wants. - Workout 4-5 days a week. Lift early between 10am and 3pm, whenever I reach a good stopping point. Listen to Mixergy or similar podcast during workout. Do cardio in the evening (between 7pm and 10pm…

How do you know that 'no alcohol, drugs, coffee etc' has been good for you if you have no basis for comparison?

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

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post #82
post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just spend more time rubbing my scalp with my fingertips to get rid of dead skin cells or what have you. My non-scientific opinion is that that is what is important to keep your hair clean and shampoo mostly helps to lubricate your fingers and dry out natural oils.

No, shampoos are detergents , which is a chemist's way of saying they dissolve oils and therefore the other molecules and stuff that are trapped in the oils (like foodstuffs on a dirty plate). In the case of hair, that other stuff will include pollution from the atmosphere, salt from sweat, skin cells, bacteria, bacterial metabolic products (some of which cause odor), etc. Shampoos allow that stuff to be chemically f…

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

#135
post #79

- No TV (and no news). Stopped watching years ago, spend more time on productive things. - No video games. I binge and play again for maybe 1 week a year. - Spend free time with wife, because that's all she really wants. - Workout 4-5 days a week. Lift early between 10am and 3pm, whenever I reach a good stopping point. Listen to Mixergy or similar podcast during workout. Do cardio in the evening (between 7pm and 10pm…

How do you know that 'no alcohol, drugs, coffee etc' has been good for you if you have no basis for comparison?

Honestly, because he was in the USMC (US Marine Corps). You can't avoid being exposed to all of the above, and subsequently, its effects -- even if you yourself do not personally partake in any of those vices.
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