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When I get fast food, I don't eat the fries until I get home.

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[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 95 points 1 month ago

When I feel bad emotionally, I clean. I do the nastiest, most unpleasant jobs; since I'm gonna be miserable no matter what, I might as well get some use out of it.

[-] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

That's kinda genius.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

That's interesting. I wonder if I can trick myself into doing stuff like that as a form of punishment. Generally I find myself unable to move so I just stare into space. Sometimes I have a hard time even moving my arms and legs to drive home from work. Or to get out of the car once I've parked out front. How do you manage to start?

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago

I don't force myself to start right away. After years of "well I guess I might as well" I now more-or-less automatically start washing dishes, doing laundry, and tackling yardwork when my mood dips. I still need to make the conscious choice to tackle bigger jobs like mucking out the basement or turnjng the compost.

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[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Do you feel that getting the worst jobs done also helps to boost your mood, because that awful thing you didn't want to do is now done?

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago

Not in that way, but:

A) my environment is usually nicer afterwards, which improves mood, and

2] if I was miserable due to fighting with my partner, seeing me do chores usually improves her mood, facilitating reconciliation

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I am sorry you are fighting with your partner. Have a heart ❤️ that means nothing to you.

[-] Alice@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

Stealing this

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[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 month ago

Every day I get up, get on the exercise bike and watch an episode of Star Trek.

Thanks to this, I've seen nearly every episode of Star Trek multiple times.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

ToS, NextGen, DS9, Voyager or are you a heretic I need to burn at the stake?

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

I rotate between all of em.

Except Picard and Disco...

[-] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Enterprise really gets the heart rate up

[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

No doubt that... It's been a long road

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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When i post on asklemmy i write my individual answer as a comment, so people can reply to it instead of the post, where should just be answers to the question.

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

I'll keep that in mind

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I think your best habit is correcting people without correcting them. Good job!

[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm extremely consistent with my weightlifting program (1.5 years aww yeah!)

Starting to lift with the best decision I ever made and the best habit I've ever formed. Nagging aches and pains are basically a thing of the past. I'm way more useful, and my lower body, which was once withered and useless after a decade of working in an office, have been replaced with tree trunks and a dump-truck ass

A couple of the accessory benefits of this that in order to support my lifting progress I now eat way better, quit drinking and prioritize proper sleep. Overall it's just been a huge increase in quality of life

[-] haulyard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Same, except I lift with my teenage son and daughter. We got a power rack in the garage and now they drag me out to it with them. We’re all feeling better about ourselves!

[-] Monster96@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Everytime I get a meal with vegetables I eat that first no matter what else is on the plate. I think of it working my way to the best part of the meal

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 22 points 1 month ago

I clean up when I'm done. Never leave dishes in the sink and such. I'm not a cleaning freak or anything, it's just that I prefer not having to deal with these kind of obstacles before I can begin doing something else in that area.

[-] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Doing many small tasks is easier than doing a large one. Kinda like the inverse of "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"

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[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I say the opposite: fries get cold too fast, they SHOULD be eaten before you get home.

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[-] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 19 points 1 month ago

I mostly get naked in private

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

I weigh 175lbs naked, but you really can't trust those grocery store scales.

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[-] robocall@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Is the fry thing really your best habit?

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago

I'm paranoid about losing my wallet and other daily carry stuff, so I haven't. Been carrying stuff for like 30 years. Never lost a wallet, cell phone,pocket knife, or keys. Couple close calls.

[-] MissyBee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Me too. Often when I leave a grocery store or my home I check all my everyday carries. But I still lost my wallet last month. Forgot in on a car roof when I fled from attacking wasps. It flew somewhere and I lost some cards.

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[-] Melobol@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

I brush my teeth and floss every night before going to sleep.

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[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

Im not sure if it counts as a habit, but i never eat fast food

If that doesnt count: i always wash my hands before touching food

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[-] some_guy 11 points 1 month ago

Daily reminder on al devices to think of three things for which I'm grateful every day. I'll do today's list now:

  1. Despite the terrible heatwave in California, I now live in a place with AC for the first time in two decades (uncommon in the Bay Area)

  2. My current work is so chill that I can be on Lemmy most of the day between calls

  3. My partner genuinely loves our (my) kitties and takes great care of them with me

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Aren’t they cold by then?

[-] Elextra@literature.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

I prefer them fresh but if needed, I retoast them when I get home especially with undercooked fries like Wendy's . Ensures they are hot and crispy

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

The best (IMO) fast food place by me isn't exactly close. By the time I get home I have to nuke fries and burger. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Still didn't have to cook or do dishes!

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Make and bring my lunch to work every day. It takes planning and discipline, but over a year, saves me about $12/day, or $3,130 a year.

[-] jimrob4@midwest.social 9 points 1 month ago

Dragging myself out of my house to deal with this maddening existence called life, despite every fiber of my being telling me to stay home and avoid all you annoying flesh-bags that just do everything you can to irritate me.

That and I read daily.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Probably exercise. Lifelong habit of exercise. Different sorts at different times but never nothing, always something on purpose to strengthen & keep flexible, most days of the week.

Night cream and sunscreen since my early 20s too, I do not look how I expected to at this age, nice surprise that was.

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I've been really good with taking my medication first thing these days. I also walk during my lunch hour, and use that time to listen to audio books. Sometimes I don't wanna walk, but I still want to know what happens next, so I go for that walk.

[-] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Meal prepping my lunch and breakfast for the week. Makes it so I don’t eat junk food or if I do it’s rationed in such away it’s premeasered. But chicken and salads everyday this way and I mix up my proteins. Leftover steak go great with A1 sauce. Pulled pork with BBQ sauce on a salad to die for.

Just easy for me to pull it out and now exactly what I am eating

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

When I'm really dragging at work I take a nap.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

I quit coffee earlier this year and traded coffee for water. I now drink about 2 gallons of water a day and my teeth have never looked better

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Whenever I see on Youtube Shorts something too crazy to be true, I immediately do a quick research and don't stop until I have three sources (counting wikipedia) to corroborate the information.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

What is good about not eating the fries until you get home? Did you think the benefits would be self-evident to everyone?

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

First thing I do once I've checked into the workplace is to itemize what I'd like to get done today. And I list a bunch but they're priorities and not requirements. So I have 8 on the list knowing I'll only do 3 and then 5 will carry.

And I forgive myself if something comes up and it hoses my achievements. And I refer to it often as I get unfocused fast.

Keeps me on track.

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[-] anoncity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Doing my job consistently enough to pay my bills

[-] Juice@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago
[-] horse@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

I don't know if it counts as a habit, because I don't have a schedule or anything, but I ride my bike an average of 150km per week.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Handtool woodworking, especially if you tackle the hard stuff. I resaw 50% of my stock, by hand, then smooth, by hand. Just in the last 3-4 months when I started taking it seriously, I lost 20 pounds, with basically few dietary changes. It also keeps me so preoccupied I don't think about eating lol.

[-] fin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Do something new everyday.

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