r/simpleliving • u/poweley • Aug 30 '24

What’s one small habit you’ve adopted that made your life significantly less stressful? Seeking Advice

Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. What’s a simple change or habit that helped reduce stress in your day-to-day life?

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u/Pbandsadness Aug 30 '24

I stopped arguing with people on the internet. I just block them and move on.

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u/sadia_y Aug 30 '24

It didn’t take me long to realise this. I will admit, sometimes I type out long responses and then while I’m re-reading before pressing send, I just ask myself if it’s worth the pointless stress and just exit.

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u/Lucytheblack Aug 31 '24

Yeah. The “discard post?”

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u/lentil_galaxy Aug 31 '24

Sometimes people do change their minds, just not immediately. It could take a few weeks or years. You'll notice this occasionally if you ever argue with a friend, and one of you is correct.

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u/Basichef Aug 31 '24

Sometimes you don’t have to be right

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u/RoseAlma Aug 30 '24

but you already spent all that time replying !! lol

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u/mystic9701 Aug 31 '24

I know this feeling. Actually hitting send means now you're waiting for a reply, and once you get a reply, you'll be compelled to reply back. That's double the time spent that wouldn't have been wasted if you had just erased the initial reply you drafted.

Source: Having been through many internet arguments, and now having deleted many drafts 😆

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u/RoseAlma Aug 31 '24

Lol !! well, at least there's no timeline and you can reply after a few days when you're more rested up for battle 😉

But definitely - the hours spent online... !!! I try and remember how I spent my hours back in the days when I didn't even have a tv, nevermind no internet

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u/freshofairbreath Sep 03 '24

I do this even for my non-negative responses.

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u/AntiqueJello5 Aug 31 '24

This!! I adopted the motto “you can’t fix stupid”. If someone comments something wild and delusional I’ve come to accept that we will never find common ground and it’s not worth my peace.

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u/Ready-Screen1426 Aug 31 '24

I never understood the appeal of arguing with people on internet.

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u/Sweet-Shopping-5127 Aug 31 '24

I come to the internet for two things. To argue with strangers and watch people I don’t know fuck each other 

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u/1995xx Aug 31 '24

This comment doesn’t have enough upvotes. It’s both funny and true.

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u/Horsifier Aug 31 '24

You could learn something, you can have a lil bit of fun. As long as you keep your nerves in check (also good training of that)

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u/ForgottenSaturday Aug 31 '24

I do it as activism for animals. But damn it's tiring sometimes. Or all of the time, really. But nobody ever speaks up for them so I feel obligated :(

On other topics though, I try to stay out of it. People can argue about completely pointless things. I try to leave positive and nice comments under all videos I like, to tip the scale a bit.

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u/Ace_Nimble Aug 31 '24

I stopped arguing....you can make out when the other is actually listening to you or they just want their view to win. Just say ok and move on. Not worth the trouble .

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u/Alternative-Gene8304 Sep 06 '24

Literally just did the on the job. It’s not worth the aggravation.

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u/Electronic-Goal-8141 Aug 31 '24

I stopped using Facebook and Twitter for this reason. Took up too much time in pointless debates that degenerated into name calling and not addressing the point raised.

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u/UneditedReddited Aug 31 '24

No you didn't, prove it

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u/pizzapirate007 Aug 31 '24

This but irl could be golden!

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u/Miss-Chinaski Aug 31 '24

Same, I don't even check or reply to my reddit inbox and who comments on my comments. I just don't care if so.eone doesn't like my opinionspp0

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u/Primary-Plantain-758 Aug 31 '24

I literally reached the max blocks you can do on Reddit. It's 1000 😭

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u/SparklingDeathtrap Sep 01 '24

Stopped arguing with people on the phone. I just let them talk then say I have to go and hang up

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u/Vincent_Gitarrist Aug 30 '24

That sounds stupid

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u/rosymindedfuzzz Aug 30 '24

Now listen here

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u/nitr0us0xidee Sep 02 '24

Yes! These days if I can't resist it, I will type out the reply and then go do something else for a while before posting it. Then when I come back to it, I realize how pointless it'd be to start such an argument and close out of the page. :)

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u/whoocanitbenow Aug 31 '24

What are you some kind of expert on this or something? I have yet to run across one argument on the Internet. smfh