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100 tiny changes to transform your life

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> 89. Investing in wired headphones, rather than wireless earbuds. Not one has popped out of my ear and disappeared down the drain since.

Throwing in my vote for wireless Aftershox: they also never pop out of my ear. Additionally, because they are bone induction, wearing ear plugs doesn’t hinder them (eg when using a loud appliance/tool), and they are safer for biking because I can still hear other sounds.

I also find them invaluable for my walks. Being able to hear traffic is a tremendous help. Interestingly it has made me more aware of how loud So Cal roads can be. It is not possible to set the volume loud enough for major thoroughfares although plugging one ear helps.

I use the OpenComm product for 4-8 hours a day of conf and video calls, and for $200 they are life changing.

https://shokz.com/products/opencomm2

I love my aftershox, totally agree

This appears to be some collection of things from many people they have done to make their lives a little more satisfying. Some of them are contradictory like 1 and 3. Some of them for sure will not work for everybody like 12 - I'm doing the complete opposite to get myself going. Some of them are women only like 21. It's an interesting list nonetheless.

Or #5 which is good advice for an alcoholic.

> Not setting a morning alarm.

And for those of us who work for a living?

I haven’t set an alarm for the workday in years; I naturally wake up around 6:30am. Even if I stay up late, I’m unable to sleep in. I think I’d rather need an alarm to wake up.

I'm the same. In fact on the rare occasion I do need an alarm I'm always awake before it goes off anyway.

Not setting the alarm is just part of the story though… to make it work, you also have to have a good sleep routine all around.

Or you can just wait until you hit your 50s and suddenly can’t sleep as long because everything hurts anyway. That’s been working for me.

it's also really easy for the circadian rhythm to just shift forward a bit each day. i currently managed to reach the point where i woke up after the sun had set, and not sure where to go from here to fix it.

tried staying up all night and then go to sleep at a reasonable time the next day, but that just ended making things worse since i was too tired to stay awake that long eventually :D

No worse than jetlag. You don't get over it in one day but you've got to keep sticking to the new schedule until you do.

Or people that go to bed at a time that supports waking up at the desired time...

It depends if your work must start by the clock. If you can have more flexible schedule then it is possible.

Wait till you get to #18. It tells you to set the alarm 30 minutes early!

#1 on their list is not setting an alarm, then in #3 they endorse a Lumie alarm clock they bought...

“They” are not the same people. It is a collection of items, with a one-to-one person-to-item relationship.

Working for Just Stop Oil is real job!

I get these were all submissions, but the curation is a bit wonky too.

Number 1 is "don't use an alarm".

Literally two down from that, at number 3 is "Leave your phone downstairs and buy a good alarm clock".

It's possible to get into a cycle where your body naturally wakes up.

> 3. Leaving my phone downstairs at night

I was on this train until my garage was broken into at 3am and we needed to call the police. Luckily the thieves spooked and ran, but if they had tried to get into the house I would want my phone near my bed.

Get a land line phone

Only if you keep it set to silent, otherwise junk calls will be a PITA.

We are trying to solve this with a little table for phones in the hallway. I suppose if thieves were inside I couldn't get into the hallway without a fight it would be bad, but it's quick enough in any other situation.

> Rescuing trapped bees

I some time ago came across a nice little trick: Using a big empty matchbox to catch them and then just open the window to free them. Works like a charm.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CNVeqM94L80

Very interesting, thank you.

Some of those feel like the good changes that I have accidentally made for myself!

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