- Delete Twitter account.
- Close politics and news browser tabs.
- Check out. Degree and duration TBD.
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Welcome to club WAAF, I completed steps one and 2 this morning as well
All the usual approaches will still apply. Get off the internet regularly. Go for walks. Talk to real people instead of doom scrolling. Etc.
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I’ll never be a full-fledged member. There will be better days but for now I want to get away from everything and everyone. Good luck to you.
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And to you man, we will miss you here. Come back when youre able.
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Already miss you Devil 
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Plan is just to help people locally where i can. My goal everyday is to help someone or make someone laugh and i think im doing okay.
Back during the first trump term i got promoted, met a girl, made a lot of new friends, who knows whats coming next. Not sauing any of that wqs due to trump, but ill tale what i can get
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Yesterday was a tough pill to swallow. Feeling a little better now. Maybe I’ll be able to get a full night’s sleep.
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Watched Support Your Local Sherif tonight and it was as fun as I remembered, what I hadn’t noticed in previous watching was how amazing the background actors were, working their asses off waving hats and arms and whatever. Recommended.
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Might have to go into full-blown Japanese villager mode. The people around me, mostly aged Japanese, are so blissfully unaware of the affairs of the world. Most don’t even own a smart phone or an Internet connection. My in-laws being two such people.
And right now, it looks to be a much healthier way to live.
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Thanks, like I do know what the right things to do are, but it’s much easier said than done. Especially when you don’t give any fucks anymore.
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OK so yesterday was harder than Wednesday. I think I was like “OK it’s time to figure this shit out” and I’m just not there yet. I don’t think today is the day either. For right now I think I might shoot for Monday as the “OK, what’s next?” day. But I may need more time than that.
Went for my run a little later today (which means like 5:30AM) and there were some other early-morning people out, which is understandably rare when it’s earlier than 5:00. I had forgotten how much I like the little hello’s runners say when we encounter each other. It’s a really small thing but I like it.
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What resulted in a massive improvement in my mental health was not watching or following the news. The extent of my following of the news is looking at the front page of CNN when I wake up in the morning and that’s really it. I am aware of its existence but not allowing myself the time to emotionally engage with it. I don’t get granular with its details. I don’t hatewatch anything or anyone.
I have supportive people in my life and I stay engaged with them in activities that are not political in nature. I actively avoid political discussion in daily life (though obviously an exception existed for this week) even with people who fundamentally agree with me.
Ultimately, there’s nothing I can do about it to change the situation to one I would prefer. It makes following politics a form of self-abuse if you allow yourself to get emotionally invested in it.
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CNN is basically what fox news was 25 years ago now, you’re really better off. I also stopped consuming news media and somehow still don’t miss major news anyway.
I focus a bit more on Czech news now due to where I live. The news here is far less sensationalized and there’s less of a horse race dynamic when it comes to elections since they’re so much shorter. It’s pretty boring by comparison which I like.
But even with Czech news, I maintain the same distance from it that I do American news. Stay informed while staying disengaged.
10,000 steps per day with nature as my companion. Have yet to find anything that works better.
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walking in general has been a life changer for me. I try to hit as many steps a day as I can. aim for 3-5 miles. In the best shape of my life somehow just from that. for almost all of my life I couldn’t walk long distances and now I can and it’s amazing. Always have a productivity burst afterwards. My family history is full of heart disease so I started doing it a few years ago and it’s been working.
If you can do that for pleasure even better. walking burns almost same calories as jogging.
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Same. I walked 7 miles tonight. Thought about Trump the whole time. Awesome. Really looking forward to the next 4 years.
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I would never let trump invade my walking time - it’s for ruminating on coding problems, meditation, and plotting the downfall of my enemies. it’s as much a disconnect from my real life for me as it is exercise. I try to maintain a certain heart rate while I just tune out on tech podcasts, usually. if you’re lucky enough to do it in nature you should do that, I just have a treadmill and my sketchy neighborhood