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~8 am everyday

Bedtime fluctuates but the goal is 'in bed' by 10:30 and asleep by 12a. The long term goal would be something like a rigid 11p-7a. This has been a hugely positive shift from all the years I slept ~2am-10am. All I was really doing past 10 was consuming media. I get much more done now.

@ricky

Mar 1, 2024

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a highly personalized sleep schedule

fuckin’ normies with their 12-8s and normal sleeping hours. get nasty with it! currently i’m really into taking a 1-3 hour nap in the evening (no earlier than 5, no later than 8) and then waking up to do an additional 3-4 hours of being alive, then sleeping from 2-7. i am tired all the time.

@beabecker

Feb 7, 2024

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Chaos

My sleep routines are complete chaos. in the couple years after being diagnosed with CFS I managed to get a routine that was: bath, meditate, read, journal, sleep. No phone for an hour before bed, I’d literally leave it downstairs. Audiobook to sleep. I think back to this with bemused fondness. During this time I was incredibly isolated so didnt really have anyone to message or things to look at on my phone anyway. As soon as I had friends, a group chat, a boyfriend, a life etc that all goes out the window. I am all or nothing. life is simply too stimulating for my brain, having passions and relationships is exciting and when I have them (which thank god I do though) I am thinking about and interacting with them always. My bedtime routine is sometimes good and I’ll read and journal and sleep well. At others I’m up scrolling til 2am, I sometimes watch ASMR to sleep, if I’m really feeling bad I’ll watch Howl’s Moving Castle. Some days I just put on an audiobook and sleep immediately, others I’m fighting for my life until the wee hours. i am a fully grown adult who once had to go on sleeping pills because I couldn’t stop compulsively knitting until 7am during a particularly stressful and exciting essay deadline week. Depending on my pain/exhaustion/adrenaline levels my bedtime can be anywhere from 10pm to 3am. I have never fully written this out, and despite all this I have never really considered myself someone who struggles with sleep lmao.

@mouse

Apr 26, 2024

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set your reading goal this year

I feel like 12 is a wonderful place to start. 1 book a month. Keep it in your bathroom. Beside your bed. Where you eat your meals. Please read this year. It's one of the best things you can do for yourself. and for me, and for everyone who you'll tell, I'm reading again, and you should read with me too. Take pictures or screencaps of passages and send them to your friends. Read funny, easy books, evil and upsetting books, books that are boring but are still satisfying to finish. Go to the library. Challenge yourself. You will feel better, you'll feel proud of yourself, and you'll banish the negative moodlet of being mad or ashamed at yourself for not reading. It's ok that you haven't been. You had your reasons and it doesn't do any good to beat up on yourself. That was then and this was now. Start a book tomorrow bc it is a new day :)

@killer

Jan 1, 2025

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set yourself against algorithmic recommendation

I don't listen to any AI generated playlists because I prefer to hear ones curated by people. I love sharing music as a human to human thing. It's also dismaying how music streaming services prioritize the songs of artists whose management pay them, etc. It's so fun to simply browse anonymous person's curated lists instead on top of sharing with friends. It's never been easier to peek into someone else's semi-private music preference and walk their landscape. Just today I found a person who's made dozens of playlists for specific beanie babies (!), all with no saves or likes. We don't need AI driven sorting to develop taste and find things we like. Break out of the corral with me and run free. Let's see what's over the hill

@killer

Aug 6, 2024

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Cultivating RECIPROCAL relationships

be giving, accept graciously, be thankful, withdraw when it's wise

@killer

Jul 20, 2024