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:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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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.
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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.
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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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I recommend a couple of things.
First, make sure that you moderate both social media and news sources. Don’t marinate in those things as they tend to skew toward the negative or making you feel less than other people. Both things in large doses are bad for you. I think following the news is fine, just limit it to an hour or less a day, and from a fairly neutral perspective (I use AP most of the time). Do the same with social media, limit your exposure to an hour or less a day.
Second, make sure you have a creative hobby that you enjoy. I’m a duffer of a fiction writer. But I find that doing that gets me away from the consumption cycle of social media and news and gaming. It’s quite cathartic in a lot of ways to tell a story the way you wish things were rather than how they really are.
Third, take up a sport or activity that involves moving your body. Do yoga, play soccer or baseball or go hiking. I find active hobbies are great for clearing your mind of negativity, plus you get a lot of health benefits including better sleep.
Fourth, get real life friends and prioritize spending real life time with them.
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