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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I mostly get naked in private

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

Is the fry thing really your best habit?

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

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

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.

Aren’t they cold by then?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Doing my job consistently enough to pay my bills

Reading

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

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.

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.

Do something new everyday.