I started using the ‘5 minute rule.’
If I see something that needs doing, and it will take less than five minutes, I do it right away. Instead of wasting time thinking about doing it, I save time.
It got me in the habit of picking up stuff. More, it got me to plan ahead.
Oooooh that’s good! I’m gonna try incorporating that in to my day to day. Ty!
I made the decision that I was going to quit smoking, and at the time my favorite thing to do was playing guitar.
So I told myself that until I had not smoked a cigarette for an entire year, I would not play guitar again.
And I kept that promise, even though my asshole brain kept giving me dreams like:
I was at a bar with some friends, and we were all playing pool. One of my friends that smoked still hands me her cigarette and says, “Hey, I know you don’t smoke. Hold this for a moment. I’ve got to go to the ladies room.”
So I’m holding the cigarette, and then my other friends are like, “Dude, it’s your shot.”
So I needed both of my hands.
I put the cigarette in my mouth and I take the shot, and when I’m taking the shot I inhaled the cigarette, only for a nanosecond later to realize what I had just done.
I got to spend the rest of my dream freaking out about the fact that I had just wasted months and months and months of not getting to play the guitar, all for one tiny little accidental second.
I would wake up in a cold sweat of misery and so fucking grateful that it had been a dream.
But I made it the full year without smoking and without playing guitar, and when I finally picked up a guitar again, I had somehow auto-magically learned the ability to sing and play guitar at the same time, which is something I could not do the year prior.
Drug addiction is a real nasty bitch. Congrats!
8 years ago I said to myself, once I get a dog I will stop smoking. At the end of that year I got a dog and stopped smoking.
I decided to stop buying any takeout whatsoever a few weeks ago, and I’ve stuck to it so far. Saving a lot of money with just dried beans and grains, and a good ol’ stovetop pressure cooker
This is your own thing, so I guess you do you, but you can certainly branch out and make delicious food with more ingredients. No take out doesn’t have to be beans and grains only?
Oh definitely, and I do! It’s just heavily dried-beans-and-grains based because they’re dirt cheap and last for ages and filling and nutritious. I don’t have a lot of money… 😅
I’m pretty certain that Budget Bytes taught me how to cook while I was in college.
I’m going strong without takeouts since January 💪
Nice, congrats!!! I aspire to yourr dedication 🔥
If I lose 50 pounds (22 kg or 3.5 Stones), then I’ll allow myself to buy a rather expensive record player with a backup to PC feature.
I’m at 35, so I think it’s reasonable.
Don’t respond to hot takes on here that piss me off too much. I don’t need to make a fool of myself having an extended back and fourth arguing with someone that completely doesn’t share my worldview and is not being polite about it. I have enough mental health problems and every time I get into an internet argument it makes it a lot worse.
If you post more than lurk (or even do just posting and no lurking) its a bit easier because you get to sort of curate your audience and its expectations way more.
Honestly, i spend little to no time actually lurking, I think Lemmy for me is less lurk-friendly because the content is still relatively small-pipeline compared to like Reddits possible subreddit audience sizes but I’m also very intentional reader when it comes to new content I feel like wading thru
Warning suicide mention:
I messed up a suicide attempt really badly and it caused me to have retrograde amnesia for a long time.So i made a deal with myself and the past version i no longer knew to never attempt it again as they didnt deserve to cease to exist for the pain they were going through.
Now if i am feeling truly that level of depressed i reach out to at least 3 people that care about me. It reminds me that i have them and they usually help me through.
