It could be physically, mentally or in some cases spiritually

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Pay-it-forward to yourself.

Put out the clothes for tomorrow-you in the evening. Vacuum the living room as a favor for dead-tired-10-oclock-you.

It even works on much longer time scales: Lift weights so old-you don’t break a hip and miss taking the grandchildren to the zoo.

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Forgive your past self. Respect your future self. Live in the present.

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+ clean up after the party is over while you’re still drunk. gives your head time to stop spinning so you’re ready to sleep comfortably, plus it feels like it takes no time since your perception of that is all warped. waking up in a clean apartment is the greatest gift you can receive with a hangover

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It is such a strange feeling finding dish soap in your refrigerator the next day, though!

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I put my clothes out for the next day! Best feeling is being able to just hop in shower and not have to worry about it. Was actually just starting to think I’m a little crazy for doing that lol

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21 points

Shower

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Read for 30 minutes before sleep. Not just articles, but a real, paper-bound book. Helps with sleep, learning, and reading comprehension in the future.

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This combined with the other guy’s “get a proper night’s rest” is a tough one. I always try to read for a half hour, but end up getting absorbed and reading for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. I think I need to start reading drier books.

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Or start reading earlier…

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And write down every word you don’t know.

I have an anki card deck of all those words and I’ve greatly expanded my vocab doing that for 1 minute every morning while I have coffee.

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Exercise. A little every day will make a huge difference.

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Absolutely! It doesn’t matter how small you start.

I work a desk job and told myself I needed to exercise otherwise I would continue having back/health problems. I started with a 1-2 minute workout every day just so I could get in the habit. And if I didn’t feel like doing even that, I would at least do a few push ups or squats. Once I got used to taking that time every day I saw myself taking 5 minutes. Then 10, 20, 30… Now I commit to a 75-90 minute workout about 5 times a week. And I never thought it would get to that point but I started to enjoy it and look forward to that time every day!

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Seconding exercise. Even if it’s something small like taking stairs on your commute instead of the escalator. It ultimately adds up to so much over any period of time.

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Learn how parentheses work.

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They look matched to me… I think it’s a programmer typing habit (maybe).

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That’s not the issue here; try rereading the sentence as if the section in parentheses didn’t exist

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Okay, on second examination I agree… that is some weird syntax.

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I have this habit too, it’s like a thought bubble in my head that adds context on top of the original sentence. I wonder if it’s a trait for something but never thought it might be programming related.

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