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AskSN: What’s One Habit That Has Significantly Improved Your Life?

715 sats \ 22 comments \ @nym 22 Oct AskSN

Sometimes it’s the small, consistent habits that lead to the biggest changes in our lives. Whether it’s something practical, mental, or even philosophical, we all have habits that help us become better versions of ourselves.

For me, the habit that’s made the biggest difference is daily reflection. Every night before bed, I spend just five minutes thinking about my day. I ask myself, “What did I do well today? What could I have done better?” It’s a simple habit, but over time, it has helped me make better decisions, improve my productivity, and keep a sense of balance.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22 Oct

Persistence and hard work.

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 22 Oct

Thanks for sharing, this is a very useful habit that you mention, I had heard about it some time ago, but honestly I never put it into practice.

To be honest, I fight my own battle just like everyone else, seeking to improve every day and continue learning, other habits that have helped me and that I have put into practice since I fully focused on this bitcoin thing have been:

Wake Up Early
Look for Options to Manage My Time Better
Reading

Wake Up Early Here I must admit that this has been one of the best habits that I have been able to develop in these last three years. Previously I lived a very uncontrolled daily schedule, some days I went to sleep very late at night, which caused me to sleep later in the morning, or when I had to get up early I was short of energy and desire, since I went to sleep late in the morning. Now I wake up no later than 6:00 or 6:30 AM. I barely open my eyes, get up, wash my face and teeth, do my business, and then without thinking much because then you get distracted and do something else, I sit down to meditate for 10 to 15 minutes. Once I have done my meditation, I continue with my daily activities.

Better use of my time I had never been aware of this before, since I saw the series "Mr. Robot" where there is a character called "Rosa Blanca" who lives obsessed with measuring each minute that he burns daily, since time is the most valuable, scarce and ephemeral thing that we humans can have. Since I saw that, something changed in me, I don't live it in an obsessive way! But I do try to put it into practice day by day to the greatest extent that I allow myself while I am doing my daily tasks.

Reading This last one is something that I have been practicing consistently for a little longer, long before the Plan-demic and waking up to certain issues that now occupy my endless reading. I was already developing the habit of reading daily, I started with comics, mangas, then I moved on to novels and fiction, at that time I found reading very enriching, improving my grammar, my vocabulary, knowing other things, etc... But usually I read things with random content, today I have worked on focusing better on this habit, now I deal with topics of personal finance, bitcoin, economics, trading and price action theories, philosophy among other things that I feel are the ones that we should be reading from the time we are between 10 and 12 years old, when I was little I didn't have books at hand or anyone who told me that I could learn this way, in adolescence the most I ever read was the newspaper on Sundays.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @profullstack 22 Oct

waking up at 4am everyday.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 22 Oct

It’s a habit I dropped. I quit drinking. Improved my physical and mental health, my relationships and my finances.

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym OP 22 Oct

Proud of you. I did the same.

39 sats \ 5 replies \ @User21000000 22 Oct

Moving as often as possible. If I’m on a call I like to move around. Get outside walk move

33 sats \ 4 replies \ @denlillaapan 22 Oct

random bursts of 10-15 pushups waiting for the tea to boil or food to cook lol

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @nym OP 22 Oct

I like that! When I was younger we had a pullup bar in the kitchen and every time we walked under, we did a couple pullups.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 22 Oct

YEESS, best friend does that!

Gets crazy when I visit... we competitively pull-up until both our shoulders' hurt lol

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 22 Oct

That’s great ! Pull ups are one you need to do often to improve

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 22 Oct

Yes that’s the way

29 sats \ 1 reply \ @nichro 22 Oct

Never keeping beer in the fridge (bad habit taken up during lockdown era) so drinking at home doesn't become a normalized ritual because it's there.
intermittent fasting: indirectly it's made me more energetic and focused in the morning and early afternoon. It's made me comfortable with cravings and slight hunger, not reaching for a snack or food instinctively. Made me appreciate eating, and eating higher quality food that nourishes and satiates. Bonus: Save money on less groceries/snacks. Don't gain weight as easily. Don't even need to be extreme about it, can skip days and not a party pooper if going to an early breakfast or late dinner. It's about the trend not the exception.
Having a regular sleep/wake schedule: this was a huge one. I was on a rotating schedule, early morning, afternoons, evening and night shifts, for a big part of my 20s. At that age, especially early on, you feel invincible. You can sleep little, pull all nighters like it's nothing. Eventually it takes its toll and swapping to a regular 9-5 schedule has been hugely beneficial. The circadian rhythm hype is real, as is the quantity of sunlight absorbed. It's a funny thought I have sometimes: my younger self, in surface rebellious fashion, would take pride in not having a dreaded 9-5 just to be outside the mold.

Edit: I just saw it said ONE habit. Fuck, I'm bad at this. Actually one of my major weaknesses: being indecisive and narrowing a "best X" to only one.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym OP 22 Oct

haha that's ok, thanks for sharing. I think I've been doing intermittent fasting just by chance, but I'm not sure. Lately I will just have supper, and then not hungry enough to eat the next day until about 3pm.

27 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 22 Oct

Waking up and going for 3 mile walk every day.

Also cutting back on carbs

56 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 22 Oct

Agree on the carbs thing.

The more I learn about carbs and their huge downsides, the more I'm flabbergasted that I (as a very health conscious person) haven't run into this idea before in my life.

Glad that I have a better understanding now, though...

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 22 Oct

When did you start?

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 22 Oct

Back in 2022. I gained a lot of weight and got sick of having a huge gut. So I started a weight loss challenge on YouTube for $50 and continued on ever since

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 22 Oct

beautiful.

Hard to know, but one thing I do without fail is a similar routine before bed: I open the window and look out over my beautiful world and take 10 slow, deep breaths. Just appreciating the beauty of things; life; feeling the air calm me down.