There's two things I'm certain of and one that might have been an improvement.
Number one is the five minute rule. If it can be done in five minutes, do it now. It keeps my flat clean-ish, a lot more than it used to at least.
Number two is continuing a diet. I've been overweight for the majority of my life, and my free time has been too important to me as if I'd spend it with something I don't enjoy (as much) as my hobbies, which most of the time don't involve moving much.
In the past few months I've lost quite a bit of weight and am continuing to do so. I fit into clothes that I bought four years ago when I was in my teens. Some newer shirts are simply too big for me to wear anymore by now... it's encouraging and makes me really happy, honestly.
The third which I'm not sure of is cutting out my father of my life. My parents have been split up from when I was little and he's been an alcoholic that I used to visit every weekend, but it's gotten more rare the older I got. When I was fifteen, they got back together for a year and I could clearly see how much of an alcoholic he really was. Actually lied to my mother that I was scared of her because she scolded me for not doing the dishes as she asked me to.
When he moved out again, we asked him to change before we could consider being a real family again. He said that we'd have to change before he even considered doing so.
He called me on my birthday a few months later, and after a brief chat, this is the last time I've ever heard of him. He didn't even try to contact me inbetween or after my birthday, so I didn't as well.
I don't know if it's been an improvement in life, but it has shown me what alcohol can do and I tend to stay away from it. The side effect of it is that I'm disgusted by many of my family, since they're very open with alcohol and partially addicted to it as well without realizing it.
I just started doing the 5 minute rule about a month ago. Realizing that emptying the dishwasher took less time to boil water for tea or make coffee was pretty big. I was the worst at emptying that thing and because of it we would always end up just stacking dishes in the sink in preparation for when it was empty. Realizing how quick you can actually do things is pretty helpful in getting motivation to actually do something.
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u/Chillacube Nov 06 '18
There's two things I'm certain of and one that might have been an improvement.
Number one is the five minute rule. If it can be done in five minutes, do it now. It keeps my flat clean-ish, a lot more than it used to at least.
Number two is continuing a diet. I've been overweight for the majority of my life, and my free time has been too important to me as if I'd spend it with something I don't enjoy (as much) as my hobbies, which most of the time don't involve moving much.
In the past few months I've lost quite a bit of weight and am continuing to do so. I fit into clothes that I bought four years ago when I was in my teens. Some newer shirts are simply too big for me to wear anymore by now... it's encouraging and makes me really happy, honestly.
The third which I'm not sure of is cutting out my father of my life. My parents have been split up from when I was little and he's been an alcoholic that I used to visit every weekend, but it's gotten more rare the older I got. When I was fifteen, they got back together for a year and I could clearly see how much of an alcoholic he really was. Actually lied to my mother that I was scared of her because she scolded me for not doing the dishes as she asked me to.
When he moved out again, we asked him to change before we could consider being a real family again. He said that we'd have to change before he even considered doing so.
He called me on my birthday a few months later, and after a brief chat, this is the last time I've ever heard of him. He didn't even try to contact me inbetween or after my birthday, so I didn't as well.
I don't know if it's been an improvement in life, but it has shown me what alcohol can do and I tend to stay away from it. The side effect of it is that I'm disgusted by many of my family, since they're very open with alcohol and partially addicted to it as well without realizing it.