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 used to lose my stuff all the time (and in fact, I still lose my wallet every couple years). But one thing I've done to mitigate this is to put my keys in the same place every time I get home. I have a hanger right next to my front door and I make sure I leave them there. So even though I continue to lose my wallet and employee badge, at least I'm not scrambling to look for my car keys.
Another thing that I've found is helpful is having weekly scheduled social events. I spend a lot of time working from home alone and I start to lose my sanity after a few days. I've made strides to have weekly scheduled activities on weeknights - same time/same day every week. I find the anticipation leading up to these events helps counteract the work fatigue/isolation.
I carry a large Hydroflask with me everywhere. I fill it up three or four times a day and really don't drink other liquids (except coffee). It keeps me hydrated and I never have to worry about buying drinks. Side note: I've also lost several Hydroflasks but I'm on a good streak now with my current one!
Groupon for oil changes. I've been doing this for years and it's a lot cheaper than your local Valvoline.
I use eBay to purchase used books. I like the act of having a physical book in my hand and Amazon has gotten very pricy. eBay seems to be the cheapest site to buy used books.
I like all of your suggestions as well. I haven't made the switch to a Tile tracker, but that's only because I haven't seen any good wallet/Tile tracker combo products out there.
I just keep the tile inside a wallet pocket. It doesn’t fall out.
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