Which are some low effort habits or hobbies that have had a positive impact on your life?

4 days ago by 1Malayali to c/asklemmy

Including the positive impact after removing unwanted habits or hobbies too

ladicius 26 points 4 days ago

Leisure walk every day. 30 minutes is enough.

Don't smoke, don't drink alcohol.

Drink a lot of water.

Regular sleep schedule. Sleep hygiene.

Eat healthy.

Appreciative social contacts.

path: 0 26230736, hotness: undefined, score: 26, children: 0
Krudler 16 points 4 days ago

No matter how much your brain tells you that it's go time... You need to take 10 minutes a day to stare at the ceiling, have a bath, or do nothing and turn that fucker off.

E: I know my own brain, it will not stop. So I literally have a repeat task in my calendar and my do not disturb set to go on for that 10 minutes automatically!

path: 0 26230912, hotness: undefined, score: 16, children: 0
XiJinpingStanAccount 13 points 4 days ago

Step outside of your routine. Drive 20 minutes down the road on a whim and go to the park. Go for a walk. Break the monotony of life in small ways all throughout the day/week. Less screen time too.

path: 0 26234436, hotness: undefined, score: 13, children: 2
corsicanguppy 3 points 4 days ago

Is this the "touching grass" activity they spoke of? Seems scary.

path: 0 26234436 26238753, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
XiJinpingStanAccount 1 point 4 days ago

Well kind of. But it's more like touch DIFFERENT grass. Like whereever you live I bet there's a river or creak or lake or whatever within a 30 minute drive. Go there. Check it out. Sit next to it for a minute. Let yourself be an ape for a minute. It's what we are. Just follow your whims. See a cool rock? Go check that shit out.

path: 0 26234436 26238753 26238791, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
TeamSports_or_CuckPorn 12 points 4 days ago

Team Sports are pretty good for a social life. As in casual leagues. Just daydrinking with extra steps.

path: 0 26230729, hotness: undefined, score: 12, children: 0
HobbitFoot 11 points 4 days ago

Going for a walk is generally a good thing.

path: 0 26230557, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 0
solitaire404 11 points 4 days ago
  • 10-15 min walks. Great time to just get the body moving and get into deep thought or listen to an audiobook

  • Having a regular water refill routine

  • Weekly/monthly budget/finances review

  • All the small annoying non "fun" stuff that every old persons unsolicited advice essentially.

path: 0 26231631, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 0
yenahmik 9 points 4 days ago

Hobby: Doing mobility 10-15 min a day.

Habit: Taking fiber supplements before every meal.

path: 0 26230486, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 0
ashenone 9 points 4 days ago

Do a kindness to someone without expectation of recognition or return

Read a book

Find an enjoyable exercise

Sit under a tree on a nice day

path: 0 26233426, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 0
the_abecedarian 9 points 4 days ago

call friends & loved ones even if there's no particular reason to

path: 0 26234346, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 0
Krudler 7 points 4 days ago

Wash my hands the second I get home.

Semi-regularly wash the touch surfaces in my home including door knobs and light switches.

I don't get sick like I used to.

path: 0 26233010, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0
ToiletFlushShowerScream 7 points 4 days ago

Cutting off stressful, negative, or hateful friends and family members has had a hugely positive effect in overall life quality and wallet.

path: 0 26233061, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0
Eat_Your_Paisley 6 points 4 days ago

Take out the next days clothes the night before, its one less thing to think about in the morning.

Make your bed when you wake up it requires minimal thought and slowly wakes your brain up.

path: 0 26232583, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
dessalines 6 points 4 days ago

Knitting, reading, gardening, at least one walk every day.

path: 0 26230923, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
manuallybreathing 5 points 4 days ago

I take the stairs, when i'm sad, frustrated or upset i do pushups

path: 0 26237117, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Krudler 5 points 4 days ago

The greatest frontline oral health routine is just a wood toothpick and a tongue scraper.

We have kind of been tacitly sold this idea that the way to keep our mouth clean is to use rinses and to brush. The deeper truth is that preventative maintenance is much better!

Get the bacteria fuel off of that wet carpet called a tongue, and get it out of the gaps where your gums meet the teeth.

I still brush my teeth, but my friends, hear me!

If you pick and scrape 10 minutes after eating, the requirement to brush almost goes away. I am not saying to stop. I'm just saying that what I personally experienced was that my mouth feel and teeth were so clean, there were many days that if I did not brush by habit I would have forgotten. I think a lot of people (myself included) use teeth fuzzies and mouth feel as the signal to brush.

Edit: there is a very interesting read about the origins of the toothpick in North America! If you're interested a quick web search will show you the way. But the gist of it is that Brazilians were noted to have exceptional oral care and wonderful teeth in the 1800s, when no modern dentistry existed - their use of the toothpick was found to be what made it so! Although noted to be an exceptional method of keeping one's mouth and teeth clean, it did not catch on due to being considered a vulgar practice in NA.

path: 0 26232757, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
fatur0000new 5 points 4 days ago

blinking eyes.

path: 0 26231466, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1
corsicanguppy 2 points 4 days ago

Like, extra. We don't blink enough and they get dry.

path: 0 26231466 26238785, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
ILurkAndIKnowThings 4 points 4 days ago

Instead of cherry picking "low effort" habits or hobbies. Pick habits you value and hobbies you like, then just put in a bit of effort starting from the lowest amount. Stop when you think it's too much.

path: 0 26238656, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
Jentu 4 points 4 days ago

Spinning yarn. Fiber arts in general, but spinning is very low effort. It keeps your hands busy while you watch something on TV (or if you're waiting in a waiting room) so you don't feel the urge to grab your phone. Drop spindles are also very affordable and probably the best way to learn. You could spin wool roving or top. You could also go forage a ton of wild nettle (do that it in the winter so it doesn't sting), process the nettle, then spin that. Or you could get into the dying process, which is super fun. It's an entire rabbit hole.

The fun thing is you can use the product of the low effort hobby in higher effort hobbies like weaving. And once you get fabric from weaving on a rigid heddle or floor/table loom, you can amp up the effort even more in following a pattern and sewing things from that fabric. Or just hang it and look at it.

path: 0 26239792, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
HerbGrower 4 points 4 days ago

In my last job which was WFH I would go for a bike ride in my lunch break. Now I cycle to work so that also works for regular exercise.

Gardening, can get all the rosemary and sage I want for free and cover roast potatoes with it.

path: 0 26230939, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
pebbles 4 points 4 days ago

Set the phone in another room.

path: 0 26237487, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
corsicanguppy 0 points 4 days ago

Hey, sometimes the phones are hucked into the other room if they're going off too much. Time out, Daddy's gotta work.

path: 0 26237487 26238664, hotness: undefined, score: 0, children: 0
wesker 3 points 4 days ago

Hobbies I'm not sure, none of mine seem low effort.

Habits, just off the top of my head:

  • Going to bed early
  • No alcohol
  • A good weekday stretching routine
  • Not making social plans on Sundays (assuming a Mon-Fri work week)
  • "No screens" rule in the bedroom
path: 0 26231440, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
altasshet 3 points 2 days ago

As other people said, walks are great. Good way to decompress after work.

I also do yoga twice a week. Helped a lot with my back, and keeps my flexibility at a reasonable level.

path: 0 26270682, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
lntl 2 points 4 days ago

Smoking

  • Good for socializing
  • Bad for health and wallet
path: 0 26231693, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 11
1Malayali 4 points 4 days ago

I see public smoking to be problematic and anti-social, since such folk don't seem to care about the health of others due to 2nd hand smoke.

path: 0 26231693 26232367, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 3
lntl 4 points 4 days ago

Last year I flew from Midway to Laguardia and when I arrived I realized that I left my smokes in the central time zone. I walked out to the smokers pen and asked someone there for a cigarette and we wound up chatting for like 20 min before our pickup arrived.

path: 0 26231693 26232367 26232536, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
manuallybreathing 1 point 4 days ago

Wait until you find out about tge health effects of fire, gas cooking, and car exhaust

three things i think about everytime i stop smoking :( why bother? I feel better when i dont smoke, after the first three days anyway

path: 0 26231693 26232367 26237162, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 1
1Malayali 2 points 3 days ago

I don't like those too. A reason why I support the popularisation of electric vehicles and induction cooking.

And is it not like saying 'the climate will likely change, so why have complaints on the global warming adding to it'?

Why pour oil on the fire?

path: 0 26231693 26232367 26237162 26240741, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Dyskolos 2 points 4 days ago

Since when are drug-addictions a hobby? There isn't even any noticeable benefit of smoking. Drinking, gambling or even the harder drugs at least give you something back.

path: 0 26231693 26232516, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 6
lntl 3 points 4 days ago

OP asked for habits or hobbies. IMO smoking is a habit.

path: 0 26231693 26232516 26232553, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 3
Dyskolos 3 points 4 days ago

Yup he said that, didn't see it. But "habit" makes it sound so harmless though. Would you call it the same if it wasn't socially semi-acceptable or if it was crack not tobacco?

path: 0 26231693 26232516 26232553 26232612, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 2
lntl 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I'd call smoking crack a habit. I don't categorize habits as harmless

path: 0 26231693 26232516 26232553 26232612 26233648, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
manuallybreathing 1 point 4 days ago

Lol someones on the wagon, calm down mate, do you want to live forever?

path: 0 26231693 26232516 26237199, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 1
Dyskolos 1 point 4 days ago

I would like to. But i wouldn't trade a longer life for a totally benefit-free smoking. I'd take weed or even cocaine over something that just reeks and burns money :-)

path: 0 26231693 26232516 26237199 26238025, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
Father_Redbeard 2 points 3 days ago

I've been seeing small bands play locally. I love metal and all it's sub-genres and my town has been absolutely stacked for smaller shows this year.

I saw Hippie Death Cult and The Obsessed in a tiny venue for $22/ticket and even got to meet some of the members of the bands as they were walking around or working the merch booth.

I've got at least 2 concerts each month for the rest of the year and may fit more in if I can.

Hell, even the most expensive show I went to was $50/ticket and that was for Alcest, Deafheaven, and Mastodon (favorite band of all time). It was absolutely mind blowing and I'm still buzzing from the "high".

I should note I'm 3 years sober from alcohol and have struggled with crippling social anxiety and panic attacks over the years. I'm using these events as exposure therapy (along with actual therapy) to social situations and knowing that I can leave at anytime helps to avoid the uncomfortable cyclical anxiety loop I was getting caught in. It's actually been enlightening how much I've been able to enjoy and has made a massive positive impact on my life.

path: 0 26246361, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
insanemantis 2 points 3 days ago

Whenever I have small interesting little pieces of trash (like a toothpaste cap, the spring from a dried out pen, handle from an old razor etc) I now have dedicated craft drawers to keep those knick knacks in

Now whenever I want to make cool little sculptures or crafts, I have a generous collection of various shapes and materials that I can make them out of

Also helps save on whatever extra apoxie sculpt I would have needed

path: 0 26257184, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
asklemmy
asklemmy

@lemmy.ml

login for more options
55789
8841
4310

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy �*

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Icon by @Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de

go to feed...