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Sleep and exercise are the two most important things you should absolutely be doing to improve your life. Followed by diet and meditation. Also, if you’re any

Sleep and exercise are the two most important things you should absolutely be doing to improve your life. Followed by diet and meditation. Also, if you’re anything like me, forcing yourself to spend time with people will make you significantly happier. (Speaking as someone who has a tendency to isolate themselves.

ariosto 7y ago
This. Also, I'd like to add: being kind to yourself.
- emit_time 7y ago
  As someone who was not kind to themselves for a long time, I highly recommend this.
- justforfunhere 7y ago
  How to be kind to yourself? I have heard this phrase before, but never able to figure out what it means!!
  - emit_time 7y ago
    In your head don’t spend time going over how you could have done things better/differently. Initial evaluation is good when things could have gone better, but past a certain point you’re just beating yourself up and getting worse than nothing out of it. If you beat yourself up mentally to much, it’ll make it harder to do anything, because you’ll be afraid of failure etc. That’s partially how I think of it anyways. Also, be realistic with your expectations.
gitgud 7y ago
Sleep, exercise, diet and meditation are my weakest qualities...
- emit_time 7y ago
  That's essentially the worst thing you could be doing for your long term health and happiness. I suggest starting with sleep, moving to exercise (compliance is better than difficulty, i.e. better to start walking and follow through compared to saying you'll go to the gym 5 days a week and go 0).
- rrishi 7y ago
  Same here :(
natalyarostova 7y ago
Two points: 1.) I strongly, strongly agree. 2.) With the exception of meditation, for some people meditating can actually be dangerous/bad for many weird complex reasons.
- emit_time 7y ago
  Source? Genuinely curious, surprised I haven’t stumbled upon that before. I know long retreats can trigger psychosis, but that’s at one extreme

ariosto 7y ago

This. Also, I'd like to add: being kind to yourself.

emit_time 7y ago
As someone who was not kind to themselves for a long time, I highly recommend this.
justforfunhere 7y ago
How to be kind to yourself? I have heard this phrase before, but never able to figure out what it means!!
- emit_time 7y ago
  In your head don’t spend time going over how you could have done things better/differently. Initial evaluation is good when things could have gone better, but past a certain point you’re just beating yourself up and getting worse than nothing out of it. If you beat yourself up mentally to much, it’ll make it harder to do anything, because you’ll be afraid of failure etc. That’s partially how I think of it anyways. Also, be realistic with your expectations.

gitgud 7y ago

Sleep, exercise, diet and meditation are my weakest qualities...

emit_time 7y ago
That's essentially the worst thing you could be doing for your long term health and happiness. I suggest starting with sleep, moving to exercise (compliance is better than difficulty, i.e. better to start walking and follow through compared to saying you'll go to the gym 5 days a week and go 0).
rrishi 7y ago
Same here :(

natalyarostova 7y ago

Two points: 1.) I strongly, strongly agree. 2.) With the exception of meditation, for some people meditating can actually be dangerous/bad for many weird complex reasons.

emit_time 7y ago
Source? Genuinely curious, surprised I haven’t stumbled upon that before. I know long retreats can trigger psychosis, but that’s at one extreme