Life becomes more complicated to navigate as we grow older. When “adulting” obligations come into play, we tend to overlook the simplest yet most sensible practices that ultimately become greatly valuable in certain situations.
A Reddit thread from a few months ago discussed these “cheat codes” for a more fulfilling existence. Answers ranged from simple tasks, such as wearing sunscreen, to more complex actions like being intentional with everything you do.
Most of these are common-sense concepts, but sometimes, we could all use a reminder.
#1
I really do have food at home. It's better quality and cheaper than the fast food place I'm driving past.
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35points
#2
No. It's a complete sentence. It's the perfect answer to a yes or no question. Just...no.
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32points
#3
Wear sunscreen, live below your means, save and invest, exercise, eat unprocessed food(try to), don’t take everything so seriously. Be kind to people, everyone is struggling with something.
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29points
#8
Find something to compliment people on the first time you see them during the day, it changes the atmosphere.
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25points
#9
Invest in a good pillow and mattress. Good sleep is more valuable than people realize.
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25points
#10
Tell yourself it's a privilege to have dishes to wash and clothes to clean. Tell yourself you love to clean.
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24points
#12
You can tell how a person talks about you when your not around by listening to them talk about others when they are not around.
Hug your grandma like you know this will be the last time you can. Some day you will be right.
Hug your grandma like you know this will be the last time you can. Some day you will be right.
22points
#13
Just work smarter not harder…but work hard to find ways to work smarter. Basically if I think there might be a better/quicker way of doing something, I’ll spend the time to figure it out so future me isn’t wasting as much time. I do this a lot for work.
21points
#15
Create an account and add the thing you want to your cart then wait. You’ll likely get some kind of coupon as an incentive to buy.
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21points
#16
See your life as a story that you wanna tell.
Imagine you're reading a book or a movie about yourself, see yourself as the lead character, and then act in a way that both
* aligns with the characters path and values
* makes for an interesting story
The sooner you learn this, the better your lens on life becomes.
Imagine you're reading a book or a movie about yourself, see yourself as the lead character, and then act in a way that both
* aligns with the characters path and values
* makes for an interesting story
The sooner you learn this, the better your lens on life becomes.
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20points
#17
I do whatever is the hardest chore for the day first. Once that’s out of the way… it’s usually auto pilot cruise mode. If it’s reversed and procrastinated on the whole day has gone to c**p! And the worst is at the end!
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20points
#19
Be nice to people who serve you in shops, cafes, bars and restaurants especially your regular places.
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19points
#20
Gratitude. Seriously. It sounds so f*****g lame but the reality is, when you start counting your blessings you lose track of your problems.
It doesn’t make things that suck go away but when your mentality is being thankful for another day, or how nice the birds sound this morning, or looking at your whacky family and remembering how life was without them and how good it is now…
Yeah it doesn’t take long for you to stop giving yourself an ulcer for nothing when you think this way.
It doesn’t make things that suck go away but when your mentality is being thankful for another day, or how nice the birds sound this morning, or looking at your whacky family and remembering how life was without them and how good it is now…
Yeah it doesn’t take long for you to stop giving yourself an ulcer for nothing when you think this way.
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18points