Title: LPT Create a monthly "friction fix day" to kill small annoyances before they drain you
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A lot of stress in my life did not come from big problems but from stupid little things that annoyed me every single day. Sticky drawer that never closes right, website where I always have to reset the password, light bulb that flickers, subscription I keep meaning to cancel. None of them felt important enough to deal with after work so they just piled up in the background and stole energy.
Now I have a recurring event in my calendar called "friction fix day" on the first Saturday of each month. During the month I keep a dumb list in my notes app called "ugh" where I quickly write down every tiny thing that bothers me. On friction day I make coffee, put on a podcast and go through the list item by item. Change that password and store it in a manager, oil the weird door, finally buy the right cable, clean that one horrible corner under the sink.
It usually takes one or two hours and the feeling after is wild. The next weeks are smoother not because my life changed in a huge way but because twenty tiny cuts are gone. My brain feels less overloaded and I notice I am less snappy with people around me. If a full month feels too much, start with a 30 minute friction session this week and see how many small annoyances you can delete from your daily experience.
Create a monthly "friction fix day" to kill small annoyances before they drain you
A lot of stress in my life did not come from big problems but from stupid little things that annoyed me every single day. Sticky drawer that never closes right, website where I always have to reset the password, light bulb that flickers, subscription I keep meaning to cancel. None of them felt important enough to deal with after work so they just piled up in the background and stole energy.
Now I have a recurring event in my calendar called "friction fix day" on the first Saturday of each month. During the month I keep a dumb list in my notes app called "ugh" where I quickly write down every tiny thing that bothers me. On friction day I make coffee, put on a podcast and go through the list item by item. Change that password and store it in a manager, oil the weird door, finally buy the right cable, clean that one horrible corner under the sink.
It usually takes one or two hours and the feeling after is wild. The next weeks are smoother not because my life changed in a huge way but because twenty tiny cuts are gone. My brain feels less overloaded and I notice I am less snappy with people around me. If a full month feels too much, start with a 30 minute friction session this week and see how many small annoyances you can delete from your daily experience.
Create a monthly "friction fix day" to kill small annoyances before they drain you
A lot of stress in my life did not come from big problems but from stupid little things that annoyed me every single day. Sticky drawer that never closes right, website where I always have to reset the password, light bulb that flickers, subscription I keep meaning to cancel. None of them felt important enough to deal with after work so they just piled up in the background and stole energy.
Now I have a recurring event in my calendar called "friction fix day" on the first Saturday of each month. During the month I keep a dumb list in my notes app called "ugh" where I quickly write down every tiny thing that bothers me. On friction day I make coffee, put on a podcast and go through the list item by item. Change that password and store it in a manager, oil the weird door, finally buy the right cable, clean that one horrible corner under the sink.
It usually takes one or two hours and the feeling after is wild. The next weeks are smoother not because my life changed in a huge way but because twenty tiny cuts are gone. My brain feels less overloaded and I notice I am less snappy with people around me. If a full month feels too much, start with a 30 minute friction session this week and see how many small annoyances you can delete from your daily experience.
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object(stdClass)#6939 (3) { ["meta"]=> object(stdClass)#6942 (2) { ["status"]=> int(401) ["msg"]=> string(12) "Unauthorized" } ["errors"]=> array(1) { [0]=> object(stdClass)#6931 (3) { ["title"]=> string(12) "Unauthorized" ["code"]=> int(1016) ["detail"]=> string(19) "Unable to authorize" } } ["response"]=> array(0) { } }Title: LPT Use a 5 line check in template to keep friendships alive without social burnout
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A lot of us care about friends but secretly feel guilty because we are "bad at keeping in touch". Long messages take energy, short ones feel awkward, so we end up sending nothing for months. What helped me a lot was making a super simple 5 line check in template that I can paste and tweak in under one minute.
Mine looks like this 1 hey, thinking of you today 2 one sentence about my life right now 3 one genuine question about their life 4 small shared memory or inside joke 5 no pressure closer like reply whenever or just happy to share this. I keep it pinned in notes on my phone. When someone pops into my head while I am on the bus or in a waiting room, I grab the template, change two or three words so it fits them and hit send.
It sounds robotic, but people actually respond really warmly because most folks rarely get low pressure friendly messages that are not asking for something. The structure also keeps me from oversharing when I am tired and would regret a long emotional dump later. Tiny but consistent check ins keep the connection alive so that deeper conversations feel natural when we both have energy.
Bonus tip if you hate texting, you can use the same 5 line idea as a voice note script so you dont ramble for 9 minutes and then feel weird about it.
Use a 5 line check in template to keep friendships alive without social burnout
A lot of us care about friends but secretly feel guilty because we are "bad at keeping in touch". Long messages take energy, short ones feel awkward, so we end up sending nothing for months. What helped me a lot was making a super simple 5 line check in template that I can paste and tweak in under one minute.
Mine looks like this 1 hey, thinking of you today 2 one sentence about my life right now 3 one genuine question about their life 4 small shared memory or inside joke 5 no pressure closer like reply whenever or just happy to share this. I keep it pinned in notes on my phone. When someone pops into my head while I am on the bus or in a waiting room, I grab the template, change two or three words so it fits them and hit send.
It sounds robotic, but people actually respond really warmly because most folks rarely get low pressure friendly messages that are not asking for something. The structure also keeps me from oversharing when I am tired and would regret a long emotional dump later. Tiny but consistent check ins keep the connection alive so that deeper conversations feel natural when we both have energy.
Bonus tip if you hate texting, you can use the same 5 line idea as a voice note script so you dont ramble for 9 minutes and then feel weird about it.
Use a 5 line check in template to keep friendships alive without social burnout
A lot of us care about friends but secretly feel guilty because we are "bad at keeping in touch". Long messages take energy, short ones feel awkward, so we end up sending nothing for months. What helped me a lot was making a super simple 5 line check in template that I can paste and tweak in under one minute.
Mine looks like this 1 hey, thinking of you today 2 one sentence about my life right now 3 one genuine question about their life 4 small shared memory or inside joke 5 no pressure closer like reply whenever or just happy to share this. I keep it pinned in notes on my phone. When someone pops into my head while I am on the bus or in a waiting room, I grab the template, change two or three words so it fits them and hit send.
It sounds robotic, but people actually respond really warmly because most folks rarely get low pressure friendly messages that are not asking for something. The structure also keeps me from oversharing when I am tired and would regret a long emotional dump later. Tiny but consistent check ins keep the connection alive so that deeper conversations feel natural when we both have energy.
Bonus tip if you hate texting, you can use the same 5 line idea as a voice note script so you dont ramble for 9 minutes and then feel weird about it.
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object(stdClass)#6943 (3) { ["meta"]=> object(stdClass)#6944 (2) { ["status"]=> int(401) ["msg"]=> string(12) "Unauthorized" } ["errors"]=> array(1) { [0]=> object(stdClass)#6945 (3) { ["title"]=> string(12) "Unauthorized" ["code"]=> int(1016) ["detail"]=> string(19) "Unable to authorize" } } ["response"]=> array(0) { } }