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Edit: the test is the Prostate Specific Antigen test. More info here:

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A love of danger and continually pushing your body to it's limit will take a toll later in life. Heavy alcohol or drug consumption will also catch up to you. Even forgetting sunblock will eventually cost you. At the very least eat right, start a skincare routine and stay hydrated!

Social media has become a regular part of our daily routines. It has become engraved in our minds as a natural occurrence we don't give much thought to. What I was trying to find out is first of all why do we feel the need to endlessly scroll through social media spending hours on it every day but also most importantly how would we feel without it. In what ways would our lives change if there was no social media. Or at least if we were able to drastically decrease the time spent on those apps.

So, I decided to stay off social media and dial down my usage to a minimum. I can't completely ignore it since I use a few apps for promoting my YouTube channel. So I limited myself to using social media ONLY for the purposes of promoting my channel. Zero scrolling basically.

I feel less anxious, sleep better and have much more free time (didn't think I would notice this one). My overall mood also improved and I noticed I care less what other people think and I'm more in touch with the real world.

I don't believe we should all quit and never go on another social app again for as long as we live though. But I do believe that reducing our time on social media and focusing on different aspects of our lives a little bit more can be a good thing. Not putting so much value on those metrics and numbers and starting to compare ourselves only to ourselves from the day before while being happy with minimum to no acknowledgment from others.

I read that, due to the effect that it has on the brain, social media is addictive both physically and psychologically. Using social media lights up the same part of the brain as most other addictive substances. When someone experiences something rewarding (like using social media), or uses an addictive substance, that activates dopamine producing areas of our brain, causing dopamine levels to rise.

It can make us feel less alone, but also trigger feelings of isolation and inadequacy. If we’re spending a lot of time on social media, it can be hard to imagine life without it. However, there are plenty of reasons to consider taking a break from endless scrolling.

If you would like to try it for yourself, here's a video on the topic. I talk about some benefits but also some cons of quitting, what happens to our brain and bodies when we use social media and a few tips and hacks I used to make the quitting process much easier (like the one in the title).

Let me know what are your thoughts on the topic. How do you feel about social media in general?

Edit: Leaving your "old life" doesn't mean you get away with the consequences....Jesus Reddit.

I learned this far too late in life and have seen too much cheese go to waste either in my own, or other people fridges. Shred and freeze! Frozen cheese works great for pizza, grilled cheese, soups with cheese melted in... don’t let cheese go to waste!

It tastes pretty damn similar and is significantly healthier! Greek yogurt has lots or protein, calcium, potassium and vitamins and is much lower in calories and fat than sour cream.

I’ve always skipped buying sour cream at the grocery store because of how bad it can be but now I use greek yogurt instead and am able to enjoy it with tacos, pierogis, chilli and a bunch of different dips as much as I want!

It’s easy to get angry at these people because it seems unfathomable for them to act so selfishly or without consideration to others, however the best and possibly only way to improve that is to show them patience and respect, as they probably lacked such virtues when they were growing up.

We did this, and it’s driven a ton of good conversation with my tween age kids as they took days to analyze and choose their stocks, and now they regularly check on their stocks’ performance.

“You mean I actually OWN a part of this company?”

“Why do stocks go up and down?”

“Why did my McDonald’s stock go down at lunchtime?? Everyone is eating!”

Lots of other questions like public versus private companies, “quarterly results” and “how big is company X” and market cap, etc.

A great way to get them interested in how the economic engine runs!

EDIT - BTW - One of my boys wanted to buy Ferrari. Which was Fiat, I laughed, but said okay...He's up 86% on that stock. (Now Stellantis). He also brags that he's 11 and "owns (a) Ferrari".

For my child, not only is taking apart Legos sometimes challenging, he also has an emotional connection to things he's made and he has a hard time breaking things he's made. I've found that once he creates something, he plays with it for a day or two but then loses interest. When I dismantle his creations, it actually gets him him excited to build cool new things. I also take pictures of his creations to capture his imagination and so he can always rebuild something if he really liked it.

Remember that it is never too late to start something. Especially if it makes you even slightly happy. Think back to all those times when you thought about it, but didn't begin then. If you start now this can be the exact time that you look back and remember when you changed things.

The only way to never win a race, is to never start.

So for example. I was looking up videos of insane parents and kept getting only results for the subreddit. I added "-reddit" and that immediately cleared the results.

Strap wrenches are usually used to unscrew oil filters, but they work just as well on jars. You can find them online or at any auto parts store.

Press the Windows key, Shift key and S key all at the same time, then click and drag your mouse to capture the part of the screen you want to copy as a picture.

You can then press CTRL V to paste it into a word document, emails, or any online chat application that allows pictures as attachment

I have noticed over the past year that I've stored multiple credit cards in Chrome. (Security isn't something I will address in this post but I've never had an issue.)

I realized that I've memorized the 3 digit CVV numbers to all of the cards, making impulse buying quite easy.

Once I deleted all of my card information, I now find myself re-thinking if I REALLY NEED what I'm about to purchase after having to go get my wallet, choose which card I want to use, and manually input all of the info.

Also, my Amazon, eBay, and Paypal accounts all have card info stored making it easier for me to spend money there and elsewhere.

These are a bit tougher, but I've found that changing the default cards from a Credit card to a Debit card gives me a little longer pause before I click "Buy".

Knowing that a purchase is in pure cash makes me think twice, because if it's credit it's deferred and I don't have to worry about my checking account balance. Now I will occasionally change my mind during the time it takes to log into my bank to see my checking balance.

***Bonus "Extreme" Tip***
I have not done this yet, but I am considering it: Submit a Lost/Stolen Credit Card Replacement for every single card you own, and watch your inbox for subscription services unable to renew due to invalid card. You might reevaluate whether you really need some of the services you are currently perpetually paying for.

"I'm sorry" is a statement of feeling. You feel bad about something. Well, who cares? It is passive, weak, non-compelling.

"I apologize" is better - it's an action. You are formally acknowledging wrongdoing. It is more active.

"I apologize for [action]" is ideal. It's an action, formally acknowledging wrongdoing of a a specific and described sort. It takes ownership and is proactive in recognizing what you did wrong.

Pretty self-explanatory. Try this the next time you are cleaning your kitchen counters (particularly if they are granite or have a busy pattern): Crouch down and look at the countertops at eye level to see all the crumbs and random dried on food spots that were missed. I thought my counters were clean before I learned this trick.

When your showering your dog, try to not get it’s hair wet throughout the shower. instead, once you are almost done showering it wash his head that way he doesn’t shake and splatter water everywhere. It’s something I found out a while ago and makes showering my dog much easier sense he doesn’t shake and splash me with water and it makes cleaning up easier.