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Sauna for 20m when i wake up.
Suomi?
Malesia
You’ve got a sauna at home?
Yes, i highly recommend it! But you can often find saunas in community centers, gyms and other places where naked people hangout.
I think, going to sauna in the morning can be a bit hard for me… (Morning and I…) But, I should try. Thanks for the tip though
Are you from Finland?
No! But it would be an amazing place to live!
If he was, the routine would also involve an ice cold lake and vodka…
Nah, not really. Beer is more of a drink after sauna, because it hydrates as well. (Yes the overall alcohol is a diuretic but beer as opposed to vodka.)
After sauna you can maybe have a shot or two but that’s just for a weekend sauna or something.
Going to the sauna is hardly anymore special than taking a bath. In fact I’d argue that more Finnish households have saunas than bathtubs, although that is a guess. We have more saunas than registered cars.
Pretty much every apartment, even studios, built after like 1990 has a sauna. Perhaps of the tiniest ones don’t, but a small one small two-room apartment built after -95 definitely would. Mine does. And these are cheap government rentbuildings.
There’s no lake at my apartment building, so I just have to settle for a cool shower and/or sometimes standing on the balcony in the winter.
And if you live in an apartment building that you don’t have a personal sauna in, there’s definitely one in your building still which you’re allowed to reserve as a tenant, for like an hour or two a week, some for free some for like 2e/h.
To be honest even my go tos are not working very well. Walking, bathing, nature.
Proper sleep?
I try but that is the one that gets goofed up first by life not being great.
Sometimes I get
soloso tired and overstimulated I can’t sleep at night. Even closing my eyes for 20 minutes during the next day can mean I get a decent sleep at night. Also 10 or 15 minutes of morning sunshine helps, I think it helps melatonin production iirc.I always attempt to get about 8 hours a sleep everynight. I have been tossing and turning so my sleep has not been great.
Yes, everyone is different. Something else that helped was a bunch of bs happening and having a major ego death. I happened to be unemployed, so took the time to stay to myself except for going out for food and toiletries, quit the little weed and drinking I did and got really into doing what Jung called shadow work. It was painful, messy, and all-around not fun. But wholly worth it. After this community project is finished, I’m probably going to get busy with that shadow work again. I can tell I’ve neglected it too long.
Im with you on unemployment unfortunately. Closing in on a year. Just read another we ware not going with you and have one active possibility (contact after resume). Which has almost where I have been constantly at since the spring. Was worse from just before the election through the winter though with spans of nothing return contact wise (outside of we are not moving forward with the role). I doubt I will find an ego death and I have nothing to quit but soda. Which aint happening.
I just had two opportunities say that they won’t be filling the positions at all, so that probably doesn’t bode well…
I hug a tree. I dunno if it makes life noticeably better but it’s a vibe. I lost quite a few trees in a storm last year and feel like I’ve under appreciated them for way too long. No more!
My wife does the same, and after we tried shoots the first time, I do the same now. Lost our second biggest tree last year in a storm, fell due to to much water, so the roots came with it, but it happened where we don’t need to trim it, so now it’s just laying there. We’ll let nature take it’s course. And we have enough firewood.
Shoots?
From context I’m guessing it’s “shrooms”.
Eat right, walk, shower, brush teeth, sleep, help in the community.
If it’s sunny: go for a good walk (about 5km/3mi). Or failing that, take the cat outside and sit on the back patio for a little while. The sun exposure gives me some much needed vitamin D.
Other than that, I make sure I get some quiet time each day to recharge away from other people, virtual and otherwise.
not giving a fuck
still giving to much fucks, but at least i’m tying
You should consider selling your fucks instead, at least that way you get something for them
Hustle culture is a, as I believe he kids are saying these days, “not a vibe.”
Good approach
I like to bow and namaste. Even with the worst things, I still give reverence to the universe, and despite my dislike for something or someone, these too have meaning, somehow, someway. It is not my position to know why, just that I recognize it and accept it.
Make a cocktail before dinner. Not saying it’s the right thing for everyone, but it brings joy, relaxation and a nice moment of quality couple time with my partner.
A good drink can help to get back the good mood 😀
I do aperitif half the days of the week, after making supper but before eating it, and when weather permits, sit on the front porch or back deck to drink it.
It really is a nice pause. Not so necessary now I am working from the office again, when we had to work from home a drink was the absolute best divider between work day and personal time. Just one.
Leave slack DMs 15-20 mins before answering
It took me a long time to realize slack responses don’t need to be immediate. I usually have a slightly emotional reaction, but given 5 minutes I can gather my thoughts and give a much better response
My immediate emotional reaction is usually some degree of “have you misplaced your brain?” So it’s good to pause.
Same reason I have a 3 minute delay for outgoing emails.
😃 Approved… On my side more depending who is trying to talk to me…
Stretch for 15 minutes 2 times a day
for every 15 minutes I work, I take a 60 minute break.
Every email I send means a half hour break
Walk my dogs through the woods for 30 to 60 minutes with my wife and kids.
I splash cold water on my face now and again. Triggers our mammalian dive reflex, pops the lungs open. Also removes excess grease without going too far. Feels great!
Dad taught me to do this as a kid to wake up fresh. He didn’t know about the reflex, but it works.
I chug a tall glass of cold water first thing in the morning. Wakes me up a bit, gets the guts moving for a morning shit, and obviously helps rehydrate after sleeping.
Swapping to water for 95% of my fluid intake has been a complete life changer. I wake up feeling better, I sleep better, I can handle the heat and cold better, I’m more alert and able to focus throughout the day. It’s insane what just drinking mainly water does for you.
I stopped needing to use chapstick every 20 minutes
