I tend say "I mean..." before saying things. No one has ever pointed it out. but I'm very aware of it and catch myself doing it all the time. Sometimes 2-3 times in a discussion.
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Dang, I do that too
Biting my nails and the skin around my nails. Currently trying to quit again. On day 6.
You're doing great. What helped me quit when I was a teenager was to always know where my nail clippers were, and have fast access to them. So whenever I had an urge due to an uneven nail edge, I'd just smooth it out with clippers or a nail file. Really made it simple to quit.
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I used to do it, what helped me break it was keeping a rubber band on my wrist and every time id bite, id snap my self with the rubber band, took ~1.5 weeks for me to stop
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What helped me quit was a manicure. Spending $40+ on my nails helped me not want to bite them. By the time the gel chipped off, I broke the habit, so I didnβt go back. I still pick off hangnails and the uneven structure, but having a file next to my desk at all times helps with that. I also have a cheat nail where I mess it up if I need to.
Staying up late. It's not harmless.
I used to do that. Now, I loooove getting in my bed and cutting out the light and itβs βnight nightβ!
Same. I will potter around until 5 or 6 am and then hate myself as I have a meeting in the morning that I will either need to drag myself out of bed for or sleep until lunchtime and lose half the productive day.
Reading.
Hear me out! I have always been an avid reader, get very sucked into plots. I got diagnosed with ADHD in June. Since I've been medicated I've read $15,000 worth of library books. A little of that amount was before June, but most has been since then.
I will walk around the house making food while reading. If I am doing something that requires my hands then it's a podcast or audiobook. This all being said a lot has been manga or graphic novels but there have been days when I read 10+ books.
Probably doesn't sound like the worst problem but it's something that has started to impact my life in ways I did not expect.
Thanks for reading!
I haven't done the math on "value" read, but I do 15-20 hours of audiobook (because 2x speed) on work days. It definitely can make finding new reads a challenge.
some libraries include that fun little stat on your slips.
That is exactly how I know ! Glad my library system isn't the only one that does that.
you've 'spent' as much on books in five months as i have in, like, twenty years. but i don't always actually check books out. i often just go there (it's only a block away), grab a book, find a sofa to sit on, and read it.. cover-to-cover, then put it back where i found it.
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That's kind of cool. I'd need to combine a lot of different sources to get a number, though. I use all of Libby and Hoopla from my library, a scribd subscription (sorry, everand, I guess now), Audible, and Apple Books to handle my audiobook needs (and more for ebooks, though I have less time for that).
You could try set a countdown on your phone to snap you out of it after an hour or so.
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I've been sucked into a depression fueled reading hole where I just read and lay in bed for several days. What's weird though is after a couple of days I start to narrate my dreams and if long enough it begins to make its way into my waking life?
Ever experienced anything like this?
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Late night snacking
Waking up feeling slightly sick has been the norm for me for the past 5+ years
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Learning a new hobby right after getting partway through another one
Biting/Knawing/Anxiety picking at my lips and fingers, it's not fun
I can't stop buying Chia pets. They can't stop making new designs. Send help.
Turns out Lemmy is pretty wholesome according to this thread :P
To be fair, they specifically asked for harmless habits!
Mine is I can't resist being contrary/devil's advocate...
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Eating sweets.
Doesnt kill me (yet).
I tend to start sentences with "So," in emails and that just doesn't seem professional.
Forgetting time, space and everything else while I write code.
Not that I've almost set the kitchen on fire before by forgetting the pizza in the oven while writing "this one little function".
I'm curious as to what you program/work in. I'm the same way when I'm invested into a configuration/template (I work with the cloud)
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When I'm baking bread, I have to set timers for myself to make sure it doesn't overproof or burn in the oven.
The feeling is wild. I sit down, set a timer for 1-2 hrs, start work, and with the snap of a finger I'm torn out of my zone by my alarm sound.
If it was harmless, why would I care to break it?
If you strive to break a habit, it likely is because it has done harm, no?
Caffeine. For the love of god, why isn't this drug ~~legalized~~ legislated like Alcohol and Nicotine is?!
I get a headache if it is late enough in the morning and I haven't had caffeine yet. I get a headache if I have too much caffeine.
I love caffeine, but it messes me up bad. Absolutely debilitating headaches. I'll go six months or something without, and then relapse until I get woken up by a jackhammer in my skull and give it up again. Sigh. I don't understand the studies that actually suggest it's good for you.
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laughing a stupid little laugh after I'm done talking. probably comes off as nervous and awkward. I hate it.
Whenever I'm typing and there's a character limit, if I'm closer to the limit than I am to having zero characters, I try to fill the limit with precision even if I don't need to.
For some reason I can't seem to stop shaking a bottle of water first before taking a sip out of it
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Listening to Brain Cheney.
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