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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • In no particular order :

    • Made water my primary beverage. Turned out that chronic dehydration was causing several physical maladies that went away almost overnight once I started drinking more water.
    • Stop caring so much about what others think about me. Especially strangers. Once I realized that the stranger in the grocery store does not continue to think about me once I am out of sight and if they do, I’ll never know it so it doesn’t matter. Living life based on what I think of me has been so much better for my mental health than living based on what I think others might think about me.
    • Spend time alone with my thoughts. This allowed me to deal with issues and behaviors that I didn’t like about myself and / or identify stressors that may have been manifesting in misdirected ways. I did this way more when I was younger and angrier and it took a couple of years, but I slowly worked through so many aspects of myself that I didn’t like. Some I was able to change and others I learned to come to terms with and work around.
    • When people ask “How’s it going” or similar such greetings, I tell them the truth. This is a bit of an extension of the last 2 points, but I found that sharing and verbalizing the good and the bad worked better for me than internalizing everything.













  • EndOfLine@lemmy.worldtocats@lemmy.world•Cats love routines
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    24 days ago

    I had an indoor/outdoor cat when I was younger. One day I was curious where she went when she left the house so I tailed her. When she caught me, she was not happy. I was not where I was supposed to be so she walked back to the house, turning every few steps to yell at me and make sure I was following. I was clearly an indoor house human and not allowed outside.