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Wellness Wednesday for October 12, 2022

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

  • Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.

  • Updates to let us know how you are doing. This provides valuable feedback on past advice / encouragement and will hopefully make people feel a little more motivated to follow through. If you want to be reminded to post your update, see the post titled 'update reminders', below.

  • Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.

  • Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).

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Echoing a thread from /r/slatestarcodex:

https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/y1b4wj/how_are_you_optimizing_your_home_for_health_and/

How are you optimizing your home for health and wellness? What initiatives constitute the best bang for your buck?

I particularly feel curious about peoples' thoughts on HEPA air filters and water filters: do you think the current research supports the purchase and continued operation of a HEPA filter at home? Does a HEPA filter's operation become more viable with infants or small children in the house?

Placing things for accessibility, whether vitamins or a laundry bin or cut veggies or a notebook or etc, has always worked well for me.

I bought straws for my coffee (which I have room temperature) and place them near my mug to minimize future oral complications from daily black coffee.

I always make sure my room is dark and cold before sleeping.

Made a makeshift white noise machine with a box fan and a towel.

A smoothie maker is cheap and useful.

Placing things for accessibility, whether vitamins or a laundry bin or cut veggies or a notebook or etc, has always worked well for me.

On this note, I keep a blanket ladder in the hall/spare bedroom (depending on where we were living), with my workout clothing hung on it. So when I get out of bed between 4:30 and 5:00, I go out in the hall (so as not wake the wife) and get dressed for my workout. Just one more thing to get moving.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/RELODECOR-Leaning-Blanket-Laminate-Construction/dp/B07XNQB6VT/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2SPKHDQO4GHJQ&keywords=decorative%2Bladder&qid=1665594988&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI2Ljg4IiwicXNhIjoiNi42OSIsInFzcCI6IjUuOTgifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=decorative%2Bla%2Caps%2C416&sr=8-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExS0lKNkRETlkzOUU5JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDg4Nzg1MUtVN0lSR1dHSlZWMCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTA5MzI5Mk1GT1hSUDNNTjFIMSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

But I just use an old barn ladder. All depends on your/your spouse's aesthetics.