It's summer, which means I'm (mostly) off from work, and it's very easy to sit on my couch or in my desk chair mindlessly Interneting all day. And so, I've decided to resurrect a system used during Covid to keep myself from going totally insane/depressed/fat.
Every hour, get up and move. Even if it's just a quick lap around the house or something.
Every hour, do one of the things from the list below.
Every day, do all the things on the list below at least once.
1. GET OUTSIDE! TOUCH GRASS! BREATH AIR! ABSORB SUN! There are 9001 studies on the benefits of this for your mood/mental health, sleep, etc., and it forces you to put pants on for at least five minutes.
2. Exercise. Approximately the same justifications as above, plus it's nice to be fit and be able to actually do things without feeling like you're having a heart attack, and to be flexible enough not to feel like you're breaking in half when you go to take off your shoes.
3. Make something. Nothing screams to the universe, "I EXIST!" like making something. It can be a small something, like a meal (I'm open to arguments on whether something like a can of soup counts), a paragraph of writing, or a doodle. Doesn't matter, make stuff.
4. Talk to someone. Are we really human without other humans?
5. Clean something. You can keep a whole apartment clean in like 5 or 10 minutes a day, and maybe half an hour once a week. A house is harder. I want a smaller house.
You can even combine them. Go for a walk/jog OUTSIDE! Make a new Magic deck and play your friend with it! Mow your lawn! If you do a design on your yard AND call your mom while you do it, that counts as all five.
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