Fucking hell. I lost 70$ and my IDs and even someone else's ID. I was so busy with packing, travelling and planning that I lost my wallet somewhere along the way.

The one time, I dared to forget to keep constantly thinking about my wallet's location, I lose it.

The worst part is I skipped a proper dinner today because I thought that I was being frugal and saving money.

Fuck. Fuck.

Lessons? I guess

• Wear tighter pants
• Don't keep cash in the wallet
• Sleep and eat well

The rule:

• I tell myself "Do this work for only two minutes and then if you don't feel like it, it's too stressful, just give up!".

Why the JUST TWO MINUTES rule works for me SOMETIMES:

1. Helps start the work:

• It's easier to convince myself to start on something, if it's for just two minutes.

1. Gets SOME work done:

• Even if all you did in those two minutes was read the problem statement, you have made far more progress than doing NOTHING - which plays into NON-ZERO DAYS.

1. Kickstarts more work:

• Sometimes those two minutes can help you kickstart a whole session of executive functioning. It might make me look at a problem which I was too stressed to even look at, but which later turns out to be actually quite simple.

1. Guiltless reprieve:

• If nothing else it at least gives me the guiltless reprieve after I am done working for those two minutes. I will pickup social media again to get the dopamine hit, but I did something! I can take a break and try again.

Notes: This is a very janky method, but it surprisingly works sometimes. It doesn't work always - especially if my stress levels are very high or I am out of will power or physical energy.

What do you guys think?

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I thought I'd make a list of all the useful dopamine maxxing tricks Lemmy shared with me in one place. I have actually tried some of them, and I detail what worked for me below the list.

Original Post: https://literature.cafe/post/27067980

I also made a list of all the awesome Music People shared.

Top Voted Tricks

• Distract yourself with trauma and emotional stress
  • (not recommended by user)
• High BPM Music (Beats Per Minute)
• Pharmacological Balance
• /u/[email protected]'s List
  • Good Sleep (Set a routine)
  • Hard Workout (Preferably in the morning)
  • Protein Focused Diet
  • Therapy, journaling, applying emotional regulation skills
  • Nature walks in the day
  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Avoid Sugar/caffeine/+ crashes
  • Give your brain a break
  • Avoid distractions
  • Fidget Toys
  • Prescribed stimulants
  • One habit at a time
• Motorcycle spin, the air, noise, traffic, vibrations, complex smells.
• Smoke some weed to initiate stuff
  • (not recommended by user)
• Create a Distraction Free Environment meant only for Work.
• Save ADHD Tips Post
• Some Drugs

I did not list the drugs mentioned, because I don't understand them and would not recommend anything I don't understand. I am not a doctor. Check with your Doctor what works best for you.

Things that have definitely worked for me:

• High BPM music
  • Music in general gets me pumping, especially electronic high BPM music with drops.
  • Some music that makes me feel good, gives me more "energy"
  • I think I actually get a small rush with certain music.
  • One of the users said that it should be something that "scratches" your adhd brain.
  • Downside: You can associate music with work.
• Therapy, Journaling, Applying emotional regulation skills
  • Writing down what I feel, and when I feel dysregulated and need to procrastinate has helped me identify a lot of my triggers.
  • Downside: You have to spend energy journaling.
• Morning Exercise
  • Exercising feels good.
  • Downside: Very high energy demand (mental).
• Clearing distractions
  • Close door
  • Getting rid of phone, and other distractions is very helpful. I highly recommend it.
  • Downside: I don't see any.

Mixed Bag:

• Creating an Environment to just work
  • Ehh, I think, this can backfire, especially if you are also an anxious sort. You'd hate the place where you "just work".
  • But It helps having an environment where others are working and not actively disturbing you.
• Meditation/Mindfulness
  • have tried for months, it hasn't been very helpful with ADHD.
  • But is good for stress relief, maybe that's how it helps. But it isn't significant.
• Regular breaks
  • Your brain needs them, but you can lose track or time and you will have starting troubles again.
• Gamified Pomodoro
  • Spent way too much time creating these or searching for these. Always gave them up, because they were just more "work".
  • But a simple pomodoro is actually helpful.
• Nature walks
  • Requires you to get out, and requires you to have nature near you.
  • But It is good for stress relief and clearing up your mind.

Extras - My own tips and things I have heard elsewhere:

• No Zero Days
  • Just do whatever you can do. This can sometimes jumpstart a hyperfocus session because it makes you feel like you didn't completely waste the day or you figured something out that you didn't before.
• Start your day by cleaning up your room
  • Helps you feel decluttered and frees you of possible distractions.
• Write down any distracting thoughts into a Diary
  • It helps getting back into your flow.

List of music people suggested:

• Darude - Sandstorm: https://youtu.be/y6120QOlsfU
• Super Touhou Eurobeat Mix: https://youtu.be/nbsYoYZWhhs
• Mars Volta
  • Meccamputechture: https://youtu.be/4B76mnzf4Wo
  • Drunkship of lanterns: https://youtu.be/crknkUbmKac
• Typhoon Devil - Chainsawman: https://youtu.be/uItMM3v4RTo
• Gamelan Music - Indonesia: https://youtu.be/UEWCCSuHsuQ
• Chipzel - Spectar: https://youtu.be/9TTnTu3ql_g
• Parliament - Flashlight: https://youtu.be/bWurqD68u70

Other Artists

• Yanni
• Tool
• Coheed
• Bach
• Vocaloid
• phonk

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Would love to sit down for a beer on the porch, in the evening an hour before sunset, just quietly listening to the waves.

I like

I really enjoy the 90s UK. For some reason it's very cozy to me. I think it's because it's an era where marginalized groups were getting more rights, climate change hadn't spiraled and it was a relatively peaceful and stable time.

Anything that helps increase your will power and dopamine levels.

I was wondering if there's any Blockchain project that could be integrated with and fingerprint all GenAI content. Every Blockchain token node could be linked to an image, or video produced in their meta data. And companies could verify if the generated text appearing on their platforms is AI or not.

I think with government regulations we could reduce the number of scams, and misinfo.

Though I do understand it's limitations and that it would not be super difficult getting past such restrictions if the party were willing enough.

And it wouldn't work for text, and code I suppose.

But it would be very helpful for indentify AI content much more easily.

Privacy could be maintained as it is with bitcoin and crypto.

But I wonder how you would get everyone to integrate such a system. Both the governments and the companies.

I remember reading about this discussion in some thread months ago, but I can't find it.

I didn't know where to post this, but I assume everyone on lemmy is some kind of wiz, so even in this subreddit someone might have the answer.

Is your method superior over others' ?

I really want to be able to mod the subtitles in ghost of Tsushima, but as far as I can tell there are absolutely no Modding tools capable of this.

But I did manage to extract some of the files and found the subtitles I wanted to edit.

So my goal was to add german subtitles with the English ones and package them and put them back together.

This was my work around to having two sets of subtitles together on the screen at the same time. All I would need to do is edit the subtitle file and place the german subs.

But the subtitles are stored in .xpps format. And I could not find anyway online to extract it and package it.

Any suggestions?

Like a budget hard drive after 6 months use, my memory is shot. I feel like I can barely remember anything.

I've been learning to code for the past 6 months and I have to periodically relearn all the concepts I had already learnt to implement them. I must mention that I am also trying to learn another language as well as do my full-time day job at the same time.

It feels like I am barely making any progress and that has been a shot in the arm to my confidence.

I don't want to feel like I suck at everything, the only thing I think I have going for myself is that I think I can improve myself.

Any tips to help with memory retention?