Friday open thread: good habits
Dec. 4th, 2020 09:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12It's snowing outside, and I am delighted! I've lived in the northern hemisphere for twelve years, and I still haven't got over my wonder (as an Australian) at frozen stuff falling from the sky!
This week I'm returning to people's prompts for the open thread. Today's prompt comes frombruttimabuoni, and it is:
What good habits do you have — things that you do because they make you feel good, healthy, positive?
I have quite a few of these, and I'm quite methodical about maintaining such habits consistently. I have a bullet journal with a monthly habit tracker.
The big ones for me are exercise: I aim to do some form of exercise at least three times a week. In normal times this would be swimming, which always leaves me feeling fantastic. Generally I can only sleep well if I have been swimming consistently. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, I haven't been able to swim that much this year. I went during the summer when I had access to an outdoor pool, but I'm not prepared to risk spending time in an indoor pool or gym changeroom, even though my gym is open, and numbers of COVID cases in Cambridge are relatively low.
So for the most part, during the pandemic, I've been going running instead of swimming. I don't really enjoy it all that much, although I like the feeling afterwards!
The other physical activity I try to do very consistently is yoga. I don't really count it as 'exercise' as most of the sequences I do don't elevate my heart rate, but they do help me to feel calm, supple, and focused. In addition to longer yoga sessions, I have two sequences (one for the wrists/hands, and one for the neck) which I do several times a day to help combat the aches and pains I get from working at a computer.
My other 'good habit' is something I avoid, rather than something I do. I realised several years ago that looking at social media, particularly Twitter, first thing in the morning, always left me feeling angry and miserable. At that point, I decided that I would log each day when instead of going onto Twitter, I read part of a book during the morning. This has done wonders for my mood and my general lack of anxiety.
Over the years, I've gone through long periods of avoiding Twitter entirely. I've drifted back recently, but have made the decision that I'll be avoiding the platform again as of January, except for one brief weekly check in.
What about all of you?
This week I'm returning to people's prompts for the open thread. Today's prompt comes from
bruttimabuoni, and it is:What good habits do you have — things that you do because they make you feel good, healthy, positive?
I have quite a few of these, and I'm quite methodical about maintaining such habits consistently. I have a bullet journal with a monthly habit tracker.
The big ones for me are exercise: I aim to do some form of exercise at least three times a week. In normal times this would be swimming, which always leaves me feeling fantastic. Generally I can only sleep well if I have been swimming consistently. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, I haven't been able to swim that much this year. I went during the summer when I had access to an outdoor pool, but I'm not prepared to risk spending time in an indoor pool or gym changeroom, even though my gym is open, and numbers of COVID cases in Cambridge are relatively low.
So for the most part, during the pandemic, I've been going running instead of swimming. I don't really enjoy it all that much, although I like the feeling afterwards!
The other physical activity I try to do very consistently is yoga. I don't really count it as 'exercise' as most of the sequences I do don't elevate my heart rate, but they do help me to feel calm, supple, and focused. In addition to longer yoga sessions, I have two sequences (one for the wrists/hands, and one for the neck) which I do several times a day to help combat the aches and pains I get from working at a computer.
My other 'good habit' is something I avoid, rather than something I do. I realised several years ago that looking at social media, particularly Twitter, first thing in the morning, always left me feeling angry and miserable. At that point, I decided that I would log each day when instead of going onto Twitter, I read part of a book during the morning. This has done wonders for my mood and my general lack of anxiety.
Over the years, I've gone through long periods of avoiding Twitter entirely. I've drifted back recently, but have made the decision that I'll be avoiding the platform again as of January, except for one brief weekly check in.
What about all of you?
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Date: 2020-12-05 02:12 pm (UTC)The wrist sequence is here and the neck sequence is here.
Your habits sound great! I share your enthusiasm for walking — it's so good for clearing the mind. I think your comment blocker is a marvellous idea. I generally can force myself to ignore comments, but if I don't, it always leaves me feeling miserable.
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Date: 2020-12-07 04:04 pm (UTC)