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Every grocery run, every chore, every dishwashing is like to time myself and see if I used too many water, or got to find ways to wash my dishes without wasting water, or electricity. At the end of month Iâll see my bill and say, that was a good run, or , could do better. Everything can be a dungeon roguelike game if you let yourself have fun in the mundane
for example: Jan - Feb grocery run- $117 (good run)
Feb 27, 2025
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not in the life hack money LED youtube dude way
but just some gentle analogizing thinking about energy and health and food and etc bars like "oh no, my arts consumption bar is running low better run to film forum" you know what I mean it simplifies things makes tasks more straightforward feels kind of mindful
Jan 28, 2024
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There are two useful ways to time things. The first is to set a timer when you know you need to start doing something (like work, laundry, or get ready to leave the house) but you donât currently have the willpower to do it. Set a timer (any amount of time will doâI often choose 10 minutes) and allow yourself exactly that long to scroll on your phone or whatever it is youâre doing (probably scrolling on your phone). Thereâs something rapturous about the combination of knowing youâve done something proactive towards the thing you need to do while still getting to enjoy not doing it. When the timer goes off, you have to get up. No cheatingâthe timer is God.The second useful way to time things is to start a stopwatch before you do a chore you dread (like cleaning the kitchen, watering the plants, or showering) and then stop it when youâre done and see how little time it actually takes. Itâs always less than youâd think. I once learned it took me just over three minutes to water every plant in my house, and I have over 10 plants! Recently I was sick and after days of being a gremlin, it took me 18 minutes to scrub my kitchen sparkling clean. Thatâs really not so bad. Itâs good to know how long things take. It puts your whining in perspective.
Jun 6, 2023
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the work-eat-scroll-sleep-repeat pattern had me in a chokehold for ~3 years after I graduated from college, realized that a large part of the reason I struggled to break the cycle was because Iâd want to ârestâ after work but eventually do something enriching in the evenings, but didnât actually have an idea of what I wanted to do so the lift to get off [app] was less willpower and more decision paralysis; the friction of figuring out what to do was what was keeping me in the cycle ~90% of the time.
what has worked for me:
1. going outside immediately after work (especially if working from home) to run an errand or go to a book or record or coffee shop
2. keeping a list of projects i want to / am currently working on or skills i want to develop and making progress on those
3. reading a book
4. (most effective) taking a class (writing, pottery, filmmaking for me) and either going to the sessions or doing the assignments
but also sometimes you literally just wanna rot and thatâs cool too!
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i tried a couple different ways to structure my time:
1. daily timeblocking (3*/10): setting 5-6 to wind down; 6-7 for dinner; 7-9 for enrichment; etc⌠didnât work at all for me. too structured.
2. theming days: (5*/10): mondays are for reading; tuesdays writing; etc⌠worked slightly better but sometimes you wanna do a different thing than the theme, introduces decision paralysis of whether to power through to build routine or to follow your instincts and have max fun
3. big list: (7*/10): here are all my projects (and subtasks) or hobbies or chores or errands i want to do; i give them a number score of how urgently i want to do them, then do the one i want to do most thats higher priority. bonus points if at the start of the week or month, you put some activities on a calendar for specific days even randomly to just have a schedule when you donât have something youâre particularly called to do so thatâs your default activity and not scrolling. works the best*!
(*for me)
Jan 16, 2025
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Do I find myself being a reply guy sometimes? Yes.
Does it brings me joy whenever my friends or someone unexpected replied to my stories? Yes.
Would you still reply to their stuff if you genuinely donât give a shit and they uninterest you but not to the level you mute their content? No.
So why not? We talk down ourselves so often let me lift you up , one âhell yeahâ âLFGâ at a time
Sep 23, 2024
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Canât be condescending and judgmental if you arenât productive and getting shit done. so hop to it little hater
May 23, 2024
Thereâs something special and beautiful about documenting the moment your friends shine the most. When theyâre pouring their heart and soul making something a reality for them and youâre there to capture every moment around them.
Feb 2, 2024