• shai_hulud@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I read an interview with Jenna Jameson a million years ago. The interviewer asked what was in the future. She answered something about her career and then, “make myself cum every day, whether I needed it or not”, and I think that is just about the greatest advice for anyone. I’ve rarely missed a day in at least 20 years.

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Meditate. It was difficult in the beginning but since doing it consistently every day I’ve found a way to “dissolve” almost instantly.

    • ptc075@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Serious upvote here. This is a game changer, it’s right in front of our noses, and it’s free.

      Hardest part is figuring out how to make yourself actually sleep - just lying down in the bed isn’t enough.

      • Dasus@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I sleep and eat almost every day.

        Some people are able to sleep at the same time everyday and eat three times a day. I’ve never understood how.

          • Dasus@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            If that were true, I’d actually have gotten used to people telling me “you just need routine”, but yet it still annoys me, after all these decades. No offense.

            I was in the army. Doesn’t get much more routine than that. Didn’t do jack shit for the problems. In fact, made them worse. Want to see the several hundred pages of different lab results and doctors statements?

            • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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              1 month ago

              Lol no, I understand completly. I’m medicated now so that’s why I able to adapt to routine. Just assumed you were not like me.

              Also I was lucky because I changed jobs and i now have a job that somewhat matches my body sleep window.

              • Dasus@lemmy.world
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                1 month ago

                I’ve also gone through like all the medications.

                What I actually found to help for the first time in my life (been literally complaining about these problems my whole life, GI-issues and sleep mainly, but up to actual seizures a few years ago due to the exhaustion… or smth, no explanation to them either) was a GFCF diet, a gluten- and casein-free diet.

                But I have so many other issues now that it wasn’t clear to me whether I could do a routine when sticking to that diet. Hopefully. I’m back off it because you have to be on gluten for celiac testing and whatnot.

                The only job I could do for longer periods (I was in it for four years) was when we were allowed to freely change our shifts between workers. Because I don’t have really any sort of rhythm. So I would do a lot of work but suddenly sometimes I just couldn’t sleep and that would just build up.

                Then they took away our scheduling, because of overtime hours weren’t being attributed correctly and whatnot (we just did the shifts of another person, but even if the hours matched the pay often didn’t, as you’d get more from a nightshift than a dayshift), so then I had to quit there as well.

                I should’ve just stuck there to be honest, I’m sure I would’ve gotten disability by now because they wouldn’t have been able to fire me for being sick. But nooo, I had to try to not be a problem.

                But yeah if I could tell my kid self my dietary requirements I think my life would look quite different.

  • naught101@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Writing a list of things I want to do at the start of the day. Don’t need to get them all done, but it just gives some direction. Things can roll over too, if they seem worth it.

    • flubba86@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Bruh… If I get less than 7.5 hours sleep, I’m tired all day. But if I get more than 8.5 hours sleep, I’m also tired all day. There’s the magic window of time in the middle where I wake up relatively refreshed.

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I have a few things I’ve picked up recently.

    1. A couple of years ago I quit drinking coffee, so now I almost exclusively drink water. I find the water first thing in the morning is a brilliant way to wake up
    2. In the evenings I go for a bike ride, giving me some fresh air, sunlight and exercise. Some nights I go for a 20 mile intercity route, some nights I just do an easy 5 mile route in town
    3. After my bike ride I’ll eat some ice cream, shower, then relax with a book in bed (my phone stays on my dresser and out of reach from the bed) before going to sleep

    The right morning routine and evening routine really makes my days feel so much more fulfilling even if I haven’t been particularly productive that day