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Read a journal article with coffee in the morning

It's still up for debate about "positive", however, I changed my wake up time from 0444 until 0501. I had been arriving at work early. I'm slow to realize there's zero reason for me to be early, since my partner is always a little late.

Walking. Daily. That, and purchasing good shoes. It changed my life.

At first, I was in such a poor shape (physical and mental) I was barely able to walk more than a few steps, I was also severely ill and was expected to die quickly in not the most tranquil manner. Nowadays, I'm not dead :p, and I walk miles every day and I will do my best to go everywhere I can, walking. I'm still ill (it's not curable) but it's stabilized and I feel so much better.

I'm still not an athlete and I'm old enough to realize I'll never be one but I don't care: I'm in such a better shape! Both physically and mentally (I feel so much better in my head), my endurance is skyrocketing, and I've also lost so much weight I don't need to wear 'plus-sized' clothes anymore.

And it all started by making the first step, one small step. Literally ;)

Edit: clarifications.

It's a small thing, but I'd been feeling kinda gross about myself lately, and I started setting aside some time to just wear some cute lingerie around the house for no real reason once a week. My husband has started commenting unprompted how much he's looking forward to "Sexy Sunday" and I kinda love it.

I gave up eating meat, because I think animals are gross and annoying. Did wonders for my health and weight. I'm still a miserable bastard though.

New rule: only 1 "in progress" item and 1 "in repair" item is allowed on the hobby pile.

Turns out I actually have a LOT of things to do, and now I actually do it too.

Learned Japanese on a whim so I could watch anime without subtitles. Now by complete coincidence I'm in Japan and not banging my head against the nearly insurmountable language barrier (Japanese people are really bad at English).

Reading more, finally knocking down that bedside stack of books.

Feeding pigeons first thing in the morning. I have a reason to get out of bed and something to look forward to every day.

I stopped adding sugar to my coffee at work. Took some getting used to, but it's less hassle overall, and less sugar intake.

I started a few years ago but locksmithing and lock sport has helped me deal with most of my father figures dieing in the last 5 or 6 years.

Walking regularly, reducing carbs intake, reducing alcohol intake.

I don't have to be radical, it helps even when I sometimes go overboard on eating or drinking.

It also keeps my head leveled. Plus I get to listen to a lot of podcasts.

Started intermittent fasting for no real reason. I no longer wake up hungry and the urge for a midnight snack is completely gone.

No reading in bed, no phone in bed, just go and go to sleep. Also make my bed in the morning.

I expected it to have some kind of debatable impact after a while, but my insomnia cleared up instantly. Like within a couple of days.

I started taking magnesium. Instantly the majority of my mental health issues evaporated but they come back if I go for more than about 3 days without it.

Started a garden and have stuck with it enough the garden is producing tomatoes (still green currently though)

I wouldn't say really positive. But it changed a daily slightly negative into a daily slightly positive.

At work I regularly need to take short notes. I like to fill the page to the full. But it gets messier and more complicated aa the day goes on. So I'd strike through and cross out notes I don't need anymore.
The thing is, crossing things out triggers a feeling of making mistakes. So instead of crossing out I started using check-marks (Dutch-style)., which feels like a succes and is also a quick fun flourish to draw. So small annoyances have turned into small victories.