Adult son living at home takes a 20-minute shower every day at 7:30 AM in a 5-person house with 1 bathroom, father forces him to change his routine: ‘I don’t think twenty minutes is too long’

A morning routine is incredibly important to keep, especially in the cold months. Life can throw a lot at you over the course of the day, and you have to be prepared for it. The best way to do this is to have a morning routine that you love and can stick to. Maybe you …
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Nobody Is Actually Doing a ‘Morning Shed,’ Hyper-Optimized Beauty Routines Are Just the Latest Form of Engagement Bait

In morning routine videos across the internet, young women awake looking like hostage victims. Their mouths are taped shut, their jaws are wrapped in bandage-like tape, and their hair is tangled up in a mess of rollers. These «morning shed routines,» a type of hyper-optimized beauty regimen, crop up everywhere. Some screenshots have even made …
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‘Thank you, I haven’t dunked my face in ice water in nearly three hours’: Male lifestyle influencer’s 5 hour long, 4 AM start morning routine gets mocked by the internet

In the land of content creation, the quotidian is big business. It turns out that many people want nothing more than to watch other people go about their daily lives, or at least what they claim is their daily lives, so long as it is aspirational in some form or another. It also just so …
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‘All weekend errands are done before noon’: 25+ Old person habits younger people have picked up because they make life better

As a culture, we’re pretty afraid of aging. There’s a whole industry dedicated to ameliorating the fears of showing signs of aging. We sell creams, treatments, and procedures to keep us looking «young.» We’re dedicated to staying in the loop, in the know, and keeping up with what the kids are doing. This can get …
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25+ Meditation Memes Finding Inner Peace

If there’s any time of year that’s perfect for taking up meditation, it has to be January. Maybe it was one of your New Year’s resolutions. Maybe you’re trying to develop a better morning routine to ward off seasonal depression. Maybe you’re hoping to find a new hobby in the vast emptiness that January lays …
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‘Take two bites. Not just food’: 15+ Default rules to improve your life, at least marginally

We all have rules and rituals. We have the way we like our coffee, the kind of socks we buy, the kinds of places we live, and the kinds of books we read. Every moment is made up of millions of little choices, and to make things simpler, we’ve pre-chosen a lot of them. Sure, …
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Redditors Reveal Their Secret Life Hacks to Navigating the Grind with Ease

There are small routines and habits you have that you practice throughout your life to facilitate daily tasks. I myself never begin my day with anything other than a steaming cup of coffee and five minutes of total stillness—no emails, no social media, and no phones. Having said that, I was captivated by the want …
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‘Once your tank is dry it’s dry:’ Tired workers discuss whether having a life outside of a 9-5 is possible

Time management is one of those skills we’re taught about when we’re young, but it takes a lifetime to learn. It’s why people have assistants and G-Cals and smartwatches. We need a lot of help to figure out what we’re supposed to do and when. Full-time jobs especially have a way of eating away at …
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‘This is basically selling your soul, it’s so pointless’: Middle class man’s daily routine gets roasted for being boring, fellow 9-5ers rush to his defense

When you are a kid, it’s easy to look at a 9-5 like it’s a constrictive indicator of a boring life. They can’t understand how somebody who goes to work every day, does the same thing, and goes home can possibly be happy. When you’re young, adult life can sound like an escape from the …
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Coffee Memes for Highly-Caffeinated Juggernauts Demolishing Their 10th Cup of Joe Today

Just the smell of coffee can be enough to wake you up on a weekday. Regardless of whether you’re into prestigious pour-over coffee, desserty frappes, or the watery 7Eleven swill they’re branding as a «brown caffeinated beverage», you understand that the world runs on coffee. Without our zuzzed up bevvies, people that regularly get 5 …
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