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You've done really well! 6. Stop looking at HN?
But then what would we all do at work?
As someone reading this comment thread at work -- I agree.
Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
#2921. 8 years ago delete my Facebook account. 2. 5 years ago stopped looking at my phone in bed. 3. 2 years ago delete my twitter account. 4. 6 months ago stopped looking at my phone & computer from dinner time to my son's bed time. 5. 2 weeks ago removed email from phone. Each step along the way, I feel better. Also regular exercise and a healthy diet. TODO: Meet more people and increase my social friendships. Also mor…
I've managed 1, but 2 and 5 seem near impossible to me! How did you break the habit of 2 and 5?
For me, removing email on my phone was "hard" at first, but literally just do it.
It's been maybe a year since I've done it.
For "emergencies" I have an "icloud" email that I treat as my phone email if I need someone to send me tickets or something that NEEDS to get get to my phone, but that's it. No notifications, just let it be intentional that you check it, and use it.
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Would like to add "habit of drinking water" to this list. ANY beverage whether its coffee, soda, tea - is easily 4 to 6 dollars and is an entirely made up requirement.
Coffee and tea can be inexpensive if you brew it yourself. Coffee even less so if you roast it. I've been roasting my own coffee for years now, started with a $100 machine which lasted about 4 years/100 lbs, and then I upgraded to a $350 machine. A pound of coffee costs between $4 and $7, and tastes comparable to something that a boutique roaster sells for $15/12oz. The upfront cost is relatively high, but if your en…
if you don't mind, can you share the brand of the machine, and your source for preroasted beans? i'd like to get into this too but am not sure the best approach
Re: Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
#294Quit Facebook( which really means just access it 2mins per week on a Sunday, just because I'm on a few groups ). Close down Instafart. Quit watching porn, after realising the health risks are not worth the benefits. Quit buying sweets of any kind, especially sugary ones, for myself. I still buy chips for everyone when meeting with friends. I still eat sweets as long as they are made at home. And yes, I have cheat day…
FYI: Crisps/Chips are worse for your teeth than sugar candies.
http://old.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=11755&start=0&sid=fc7...
Re: Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
#295If a task takes < 60 seconds, do it immediately.
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#296Reading books! History, classics, science fiction. Amazing. People have written some amazing stuff over the years.
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Don't pay for somebody else to make your tea! A cup of ordinary tea should cost, like, 15p. That includes teabag, electricity, water, milk, and amortized cost of kettle and mug. Even if you buy something unnecessarily expensive, like fancy matcha tea powder, you're looking at less than 50p.
What kind of monster puts milk on their tea? :) You're right though.
Ask the billion+ Indians who drink chai! :)
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#298Just show up - I started this last year going to the gym - if I didn't feel like going to work out, I just went to the gym and messed around, did whatever I felt like, even for 15 or 20 minutes and then left. The discipline has translated into other projects - a camper reno, a game engine, etc. Just showing up is more than half the battle, even if you don't accomplish much on one given day.
I give the same advice to anyone in a fitness funk.
> Go to the gym for 15mins first thing in the morning, EVERY DAY.
After a month of pain and progress, 20-30 min workouts become the norm. After 3 months, you're a new person.
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#299Working out. Just body weight workouts. No gym. It improved my golf game. Another is: not buying sodas with my meal. Self-explanatory. Another: Spending brief interludes of time where a compile or unit test is happening to write down what I'm going to do next. It keeps me on task. Another: Incrementally cleaning/organizing my condo. Another: Walking around hardware, furniture, craft stores, Walmart, Target, etc, to s…
> Another: Incrementally cleaning/organizing my condo. Please could you explain this a little more? I’m the sort of person who lets the mess build up to a critical mass, and I’d love to have a better system.
Put two things away for every one thing you bring out, basically. Prioritize moving the disorganization out of sight, then organize your shelves/closet later.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
#300Mine is _very_ modest compared to some of the excellent ones posted thus far, but it has certainly worked for me.
"No seconds" rule i.e. don't take a second helping of food. I have lost 10 lbs since last month and hope to get to my ideal weight losing another 20 lbs.
It is actually surprisingly easy to get this habit going and maintain it.