Do a kindness to someone without expectation of recognition or return

Read a book

Find an enjoyable exercise

Sit under a tree on a nice day

The greatest frontline oral health routine is just a wood toothpick and a tongue scraper.

We have kind of been tacitly sold this idea that the way to keep our mouth clean is to use rinses and to brush. The deeper truth is that preventative maintenance is much better!

Get the bacteria fuel off of that wet carpet called a tongue, and get it out of the gaps where your gums meet the teeth.

I still brush my teeth, but my friends, hear me!

If you pick and scrape 10 minutes after eating, the requirement to brush almost goes away. I am not saying to stop. I’m just saying that what I personally experienced was that my mouth feel and teeth were so clean, there were many days that if I did not brush by habit I would have forgotten. I think a lot of people (myself included) use teeth fuzzies and mouth feel as the signal to brush.

Edit: there is a very interesting read about the origins of the toothpick in North America! If you’re interested a quick web search will show you the way. But the gist of it is that Brazilians were noted to have exceptional oral care and wonderful teeth in the 1800s, when no modern dentistry existed - their use of the toothpick was found to be what made it so! Although noted to be an exceptional method of keeping one’s mouth and teeth clean, it did not catch on due to being considered a vulgar practice in NA.

Cutting off stressful, negative, or hateful friends and family members has had a hugely positive effect in overall life quality and wallet.

Wash my hands the second I get home.

Semi-regularly wash the touch surfaces in my home including door knobs and light switches.

I don’t get sick like I used to.

Leisure walk every day. 30 minutes is enough.

Don’t smoke, don’t drink alcohol.

Drink a lot of water.

Regular sleep schedule. Sleep hygiene.

Eat healthy.

Appreciative social contacts.

• 10-15 min walks. Great time to just get the body moving and get into deep thought or listen to an audiobook

• Having a regular water refill routine

• Weekly/monthly budget/finances review

• All the small annoying non “fun” stuff that every old persons unsolicited advice essentially.

No matter how much your brain tells you that it’s go time… You need to take 10 minutes a day to stare at the ceiling, have a bath, or do nothing and turn that fucker off.

E: I know my own brain, it will not stop. So I literally have a repeat task in my calendar and my do not disturb set to go on for that 10 minutes automatically!

Reading novels; helped me grow my vocabulary and helped me learn empathy and critical thinking by putting me in other people’s shoes

Take out the next days clothes the night before, its one less thing to think about in the morning.

Make your bed when you wake up it requires minimal thought and slowly wakes your brain up.

blinking eyes.

Team Sports are pretty good for a social life. As in casual leagues. Just daydrinking with extra steps.

Going for a walk is generally a good thing.

Hobbies I’m not sure, none of mine seem low effort.

Habits, just off the top of my head:

• Going to bed early
• No alcohol
• A good weekday stretching routine
• Not making social plans on Sundays (assuming a Mon-Fri work week)
• “No screens” rule in the bedroom

Knitting, reading, gardening, at least one walk every day.

Hobby: Doing mobility 10-15 min a day.

Habit: Taking fiber supplements before every meal.