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What improved your quality of life so much, you wish you did it sooner? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 39 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Things that helped;

  • Blocking Lemmy and Reddit on my phone, and limiting time browsing the News
  • Delete social media apps from the phone
  • Switching from diet sodas to just cold water
  • Reducing coffee from 4 a day to 0-1 a day
  • Get diagnosed for ADHD and get on Vyvanse
  • Eat high fibre, starting the day with oats/fibre
  • Meditating
  • Journaling, with weekly review of how I progressed towards my goals
  • Cutting back on smoking weed to once every other month

What I'm still working on;

  • Cut down on time browsing porn. I'll probably binge porn for an afternoon once a week or two. Still too much.
  • Consistency in the gym. I've had a lot of life altering events happen recently, so I'm trying to get back on the ball.
  • Just vegging out on the computer while at home. I should be doing things like writing, reading, or exercise. But instead I sit here and type out long comments while my meds kick in. :)
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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The more I read, the more this sounds like toxic productivity. It’s okay to have downtime. It’s okay to just relax. It’s okay to have hobbies that aren’t entirely focused on health or mental wellbeing. It’s okay to occasionally indulge hedonic tendencies like porn. Hell, most doctors say that jorkin it a few times a week helps keep things healthy.

    Maintaining this kind of lifestyle will likely result in burnout sooner or later.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    What part of all this is toxic? Who said I don't have hedonistic tendencies?

    I watch porn. I just waste several hours a week on it. Trust me, I'm going to keep watching porn. I just want to timeblock it a little better, improving my relationship with it.

    Maintaining this kind of lifestyle will likely result in burnout sooner or later.

    Which ones exactly do you think contribute to burnout? Because as I read through it, I can't think of a single one that does. Maybe journaling if you do it every single day (I don't).

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    porn addiction is probably hard, there are forums out there usually about porn-induced ED that may give insight.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I'm not trying to give up as well, just want to reduce it. I did try a four week break from it (made it to 2 weeks) and it did reduce the amount of time I spent on it from that point forward. So I might have to do another one of those.

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