u/anitnelavcreate

mine are a feta, tomatoes, bacon and egg sandwich, and quiche. both quick, both keep me full without needing something sweet after. Drop yours below, and let's make this a list people can actually come back to.

falling asleep is easy for me. it's the waking up that's tricky. Too little sleep and I'm off, too much and I'm also off. I've been letting my brain ease in slowly (light, no noise, no tasks), and it helps, but still figuring it out. What works for you on the waking up side?

I do it even in winters and even when I have not sweat or been outside. Its just calms me so much, in morning and at night before bed.

Nobody I know in my friend group shower twice daily and they said its excessive and unnecessary but I feel dirty without showering twice even though i dont sweat or smell bad.

Always one notification away from someone else's urgency. Anyone?

Exhaustion from overwork makes sense. But some people are just as depleted working normal hours. Anyone else feel this?

Falling asleep isn't the problem for me. It's 3 am inner clock that gets me

Since using the pixie cream blush I noticed i have way more milia spots on my cheeks. Although even after months of stopping using the product, I still see those little bastards all over my cheeks and I notice I have a few more now. I have a pretty minimal skin care (morning: toner, vitamin c, moisturizer, sunscreen.

Night: toner, niaminacide+propolis, moisturizer

Twice a week: aha scrub and retinol mask or serum)

Am I missing something? Do you have any suggestions?

Something I always hear is: the tiniest version of something you enjoy when you're wiped. Like 10 minutes outside, or one good meal, or a song you actually like instead of whatever's on. Something small enough to actually do, that reminds your brain it knows how to feel okay.

What works for you tho?

I heard someone describe it as "catching the sleep wave". feels simple and also like something I've never once actually done on purpose.

not looking for big transformations. more like, the weirdest or most boring little adjustment that ended up mattering more than it had any right to.

Do you remember this challenge I decided to start? https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueGrit/comments/1t3jg6d/this_week_im_starting_this_whos_with_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Well, here's my honest opinion. It definitely worked for me. I feel like I had to use it more for work-related than life-related things. For example, on Wednesday, I had too many chores to do and couldn't finish all the things I had on my to-do list for the business I'm trying to create. Felt guilty but prioritized 1 thing that I knew needed to be done and would have made me so happy and light at the end of it. Did it, felt productive, and WAY LESS GUILTY, which is a big thing for me, and also, cause i was focused on only that thing, I learned so much cause i was giving everything to that task

Did anyone try it?

Fun fact about how my brain works: my husband and I decided the best solution for us was for me to stay home and take care of the house. We were both working 9 to 5, but his career made it almost impossible for him to spend time with the family or even be home. With both of us working and him having the craziest schedule, we were barely seeing each other. When he was home, I was at work, and when he was at work, I was home.

It started to feel heavy, both on the house and on us. Chores piled up, we were eating out all the time, and we were basically living parallel lives. It was starting to affect the relationship because we just… didn’t see each other.

So the smart decision for us was for me to stay home and, let’s say, be the project manager of the house. But I’ve always had a super entrepreneurial mindset, so of course I still found a way to earn my own income. Not because he wasn’t providing, he takes great care of me. Honestly, I could just relax, take a step back, and give myself a year to breathe. But my brain just wouldn’t allow it.

I ended up starting a freelancing career in community management. And now I’m literally forcing myself to live one full day as a stay-at-home housewife. Like, I have to tell myself: “Hey, you’re allowed to slow down. You don’t have to optimize everything. You can just cook, shower, read, show up for the things your husband wants to do together, and exist for a second.”

I actually have to force myself not to think about what else I should be doing.

How wild is that.