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How do you "Do as as I say, not as I do"?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 hours ago

Stop checking the news.

Grab a book before sleeping rather than your phone.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

β€œDone is better than perfect.”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

I'm working on this, though i usually say - I'd rather get bitched at for doing it wrong than for not doing it. At my job it's to emphasize the stupidity of the task and the lack of training on a shitty system.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago

Sleep more.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 12 hours ago

Be kind to yourself

[–] [email protected] 59 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

β€œDon’t overthink it” & β€œworrying won’t solve the problem when you have to wait anyway”.

I always give that advice. However, I, personally, always overthink and keep worrying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

I would agree, but I'm still frantically thinking whether I actually agree and whether I should be expressing that publicly!

[–] xmunk 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Always add tests to your code!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago

True that haha

In practice, I live by "never write any code that's important enough for anyone to insist on testing it" 😎

[–] otp 3 points 8 hours ago

Don't Write Lemmy Posts In Title Case

Actually, I like capitalizing random nouns, so sometimes I might do that accidentally.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

"Your life is worth it, don't give up!"

Right as I think about my own suicide plans.

I feel like a hypocrite.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago

Asking for help us a sign if strength, not weakness.

I know that because i find it extremely hard to ask for help.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Oof that his home.

All I can say is that things can turn it better, it has for me personally.

It's great of you that you inspire others, though, not hypocritical, it's what we all need sometimes. Doesn't matter if you don't see it personally, you are helping another human being get along.

[–] otp 2 points 8 hours ago

Sometimes it helps to take your own advice, like having a conversation with yourself as if you were another person.

Other times, there's a cloud around our heads that stops that from working.

I hope you find someone to talk to who treats you with the same compassion that you treat others.

Depending on where you live, someone to talk to is probably a phone call away. Give it a try if that's an option.

[–] felykiosa 4 points 11 hours ago

I feel you so fucking much.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 13 hours ago

It's not a problem if it takes you 12 tries and you still haven't gotten it, do it a 13th. If I don't do something perfect on the 1st or 2nd try I'll most likely never do it again.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago

"don't worry about it being perfect" and "stop being so self critical"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Don't eat a entire box of thin mints.

[–] xmunk 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That's easy to obey... but samaos seem to spontaneously evaporate near me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I had a customer that mentioned something about her daughter and the cookies, I interrupted her to ask for 10 boxes of Samoas.

They did not last as long as one would hope.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Do not eat that entire 3KG bag of wine gums to yourself

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

No issues for me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

I'm sorry, what? Elaborate for curiosity!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago

If you just do the thing, people will stop asking you when are you going to do the thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Try to hit the gym at least 3 times a ~~day~~ week. Daily if you can, even if it just means a light "spa" day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Rest days are important! Depending on what you're doing of course but ya need to rest

[–] otp 2 points 8 hours ago

I overheard someone saying that rest days can be even more important than gym days because that's when the body recovers.

My body does a lot of recovering!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Three times a day, or, if you can muster it, once a day!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Lol, oops. 3 times a week