Mar del Valle<p>[...] que las arpías no me permitirán la entrada en Mitilene de tu mano y tendré que esperarte en la playa alimentándome de crustáceos y abrasándome la piel.</p><p>✦ Foto por/Photo by: Marta Huguet<br>✦ Versos/Verses: "La habitación de las ahogadas", de <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.es/@velvetmolotov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>velvetmolotov</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/LaHabitaci%C3%B3nDeLasAhogadas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaHabitaciónDeLasAhogadas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AltModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltModel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fotograf%C3%ADa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fotografía</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/poes%C3%ADa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poesía</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paganism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
A friendly reminder that change needs to be sustainable or it won't last. Set up goals that are reasonable instead of aiming so high you're bound to fail when your self-dicipline runs out.
Behavior change is much more about strategy than self-dicipline. You need to make the desired behavior as easy as possible by removing friction. For example I always have a dumbell and drawing equipment laying around near me so I will do small spontaneous bursts of muscle workout throughout the day and use small moments of idleness to draw.
The opposite works as well. For example you will likely reduce your social media usage dramatically just by logging out after each session. This will also make the automatic behavior of opening addictive apps 100 times a day out of habit visible.
Toronto. January 13th, 2024. Will we be so merciful, when the chance comes to take back what has been taken, tenfold? Retribution cannot measure pain. It multiplies it. The justice we seek is ruin.
I have managed to keep my new years resolution to cut my caffeine consumption to half. I now drink coffee 3-4 cups a week instead of 7-10. I don't like drinking coffee every day because I can feel the caffeine tolerance go up quite quickly and I hate feeling tired from the low key withdrawal. I'm now way less tired as baseline and I can feel the energizing effects of coffee better.
Many people who have trouble waking up in the morning are long time coffee drinkers. If you are addicted to caffeine you will have some level of withdrawal tiredness when you wake up which is why you might not be able to function before the delicious morning coffee. Of course some people are naturally more energetic towards the evening and more tired in the morning (I'm the opposite) but heavy caffeine use can definitely make mornings more tough.
