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The non-optimized life
Cinema!
Pants for People With Big Butts
Vegan in LA
12w
The non-optimized life
quit pilates and go play something fun
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No offense to Pilates but quitting it and playing fun sports instead has completely redefined my relationship to exercise. If you loved playing a sport as a youth, find an adult club version of that sport. (If you live in a major metropolitan area I guarantee there’s a team for you.) You can also just get a friend or two to go play the sport at the park for free! Exercise is way better social and fun (and outside IMO).
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13w
The non-optimized life
Carrying cash
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I genuinely cannot recommend it enough. You can give it to people freely, it streamlines street vendor, farmers market, or parking attendant interactions, and the taco truck might give you a discount. Overall improves daily interactions and “widening the opportunity for luck to hit you” in the city. Plus spending it or giving it away feels free! AND sometimes you can say “keep the change,” which feels very cool. I am personally partial to the $10 bill.
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15w
The non-optimized life
Spite Mark Zuckerberg with ScreenZen
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The only app/method I have found useful for curbing social media usage while still using them a little bit. You can set extremely customizable limits, and set your own message for yourself before you open them. Mine says “don’t make Mark Zuckerberg money,” bc sometimes spite is the most motivating emotion.
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16w
The non-optimized life
not needing everything to be a ritual
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I heard a podcast ad last week calling a fancy toilet a way to “elevate a daily ritual.” I do not need everything to be a ritual. You can take a shit, put on lotion, or make coffee without buying products to make it feel special and replace actual meaning in your life.
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