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LolBatmanHuntsUon Goodbye, Atomic Habits. The overlooked problems with building healthy habits

While not a rule sustainability should be a factor to consider imo. Author would quickly find out what an impossible routine or habit looks like.

I consider calculating it would be along the lines of: sustainability = effort x time.

LolBatmanHuntsUon How Diaries Evolved from Lists to Personal Histories

I'd like to know how others think about the hypothesis of the pandemic causing the next evolution? With the proliferation of habit trackers and productivity tools. What's begun is focusing less on the spiritual and more on actions.

I've personally been fascinated by the idea of personal history for 2 years now. Especially using personal history to improve how I live or want to live tomorrow.

For my own journal I have chosen to capture more objective facts e.g. the actions in my day-to-day life. And place less effort on recording more subjective reactions like my mood.

LolBatmanHuntsUon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2024)

Inspired by this Veritasium video: https://youtu.be/R13BD8qKeTg?feature=shared

I'm working on a journal that incorporates Bayesian learning on how aspects of my life affect my mental, physical and social well-being. Having used it for nearly 500 days I plan to turn it into a life accounting and auditing tool.

https://www.habitually.co.uk/

LolBatmanHuntsUon Collection of Dark Patterns and Unethical Design

GoDaddy flagrantly steps over the line from deceptive practices into unethical shady business territory. Continues to amaze how they are still running.

LolBatmanHuntsUon Ask HN: Most accurate scientific book on human sleep?

It's a bit cliche but the most accurate book is the one you can write for yourself.

Seriously, make yourself a guinea pig, experiment and have fun. All whilst making note of how things are affecting your sleep.

Here are some starter experiments:

-no tech within 1 hour of bedtime

-do household chores or go for a walk/run a few hours before sleeping

My last tip for all of this is to have self-compassion, a majority of things won't work but that's the methodologies problem not yours. Decide if you want to tweak it or move on.

Good luck and best wishes.

LolBatmanHuntsUon [dead]

For me happiness is an incredibly flawed metric. It's so obtuse that it's context is the only thing of value to discuss. I.e. that article for me is discussing financial well-being.

For nearly two years I've split happiness into 3 pillars: .Mental well-being .Physical well-being .Social well-being

A truly happy day is a stars aligning event where each category has to be fulfilled.

But you get a lot more nuance in knowing your emotional happiness is not occurring with equally strong physical or social happiness.

LolBatmanHuntsUon Fairbuds are Fairphone's proof that we could make better tiny gadgets

A happy middle ground is buying a pair of IEMs and a Bluetooth dac/amp.

For $50 each you get earphones that should last you a lifetime and have above average audio quality. With the benefit of IEMs being you can replace the cable as needed.