#Staying Hydrated

[hopeful-engineer]

🌞 Self-care vs. self-indulgence vs. avoidance

Sometimes it may be a hard to swallow pill, but there's a difference between self-care and self-indulgence:

🍭 self-indulgence: spending too much money on stuff you want, but don't really need, like clothes you'll wear twice and then leave in your closet, where all they do is take up space, books you'll never read, subscriptions you'll forget about

✨ self-care: saving money; planning your budget; buying less, but better quality; thinking twice, before buying something you want, but don't need: "Will I really use it? Do I have enough money to buy it, without worrying, that I won't have enough to buy something more important? I want it now, but will I still want it tomorrow?" (note: I didn't write "don't buy anything except necessities" anywhere. Buy the stuff you want, but do it consciously, plan it and think before buying.)

🍭 self-indulgence: eating fast food and unhealthy snacks; drinking soda pop, energy drinks, tea with a lot of sugar, or too much coffee; adding sugar to everything; drinking too much alcohol

✨ self-care: eating as healthy as possible; learning to cook; avoiding fast food, sweets, potato chips and other unhealthy snacks; reducing your sugar intake; drinking water, fruit juices, tea without added sugar; planning your meals; buying natural food (note: It doesn't mean "never eat anything unhealthy again, never add sugar to anything, never drink alcohol". You can treat yourself with some pizza, or sweets, or beer sometimes, but it should be a treat, not part of your everyday meals.)

🍭 self-indulgence: staying up until 3 AM to watch films/series, play computer games, browse social media, chat with someone, or even to do something, that doesn't involve technology, for example draw or read books; sleeping until 11 AM, because you went to bed too late; sleeping 12 hours at the weekend, because you slept 4 hours a day during the week; hitting the snooze button; laying in the bed for too long after waking up

✨ self-care: fixing your sleep schedule; waking up earlier; going to bed earlier; sleeping 7 to 9 hours every day; avoiding all-nighters; having a fixed wake up time and a fixed bedtime, the same every day, including weekends; getting out of bed immediately when your alarm clock rings (note: I know there are circumstances, that can mąkę having a fixed sleep schedule is impossible, or next to impossible, I also know in some situations it's totally normal to stay up late, like you don't have to leave a party at 9 PM just because you want to stick to your sleep schedule, that would be unreasonable. Do it the best you can under your current life circumstances, and remember, this is about everyday life, not some rare exceptions.)

There's also a difference between self-care and avoidance:

😨 avoidance: staying home all the time; not going to any events, because meeting new people is stressful; always declinig your friends' invitations

✨ self-care: not going to that big, loud party, because it's too overwhelming, but going to a pub with a few friends instead; inviting your friends to your home, when going out feels too stressful; declinig some invitations, when you don't have time and/or energy, but accepting others, when you feel better and have more time; gradually increasing the number of social interactions you have, to be able to meet new people with less stress

😨 avoidance: having no plans for the future; thinking, that there's no point in having any goals in life; telling yourself, that ambitions are generally pointless and hence you don't have to do anything and be good at anything

✨ self-care: having specific, short-term goals and an overall vision od your long-term future; knowing, what you really want to do and what you're good at, and sticking to these things; consciously choosing, what to learn and what to give up on, based on if it's important to you, not to other people; not distracting yourself with too many side plans, when you have one main goal; knowing, what is your passion and what is your ambition; knowing, that you are ambitious mainly for yourself, and only secondly for the society; believing, that you are capable of achieving your goals

😨 avoidance: not studying at all, because it takes time and energy; procrastinating until the last moment before the exam/test/project deadline; always talking the easiest way possible with no ambition beyond barely passing the exam/test; having no plan, no study schedule; never asking for help, even if you're failing, because you think asking for help is a shame, or you're simply too shy; dropping out of school/college because it's stressful

✨ self-care: knowing that you're studying for yourself, your grades don't define you and that real knowledge and skills are more important, than grades; focusing on these topics, that are important to you for your future studies/career, and being the best you can in these areas; being good enough to pass at everything, that isn't important for your future plans; planning your studying and starting early; taking regular breaks to avoid burnout; asking for help if necessary, but trying to do as much as possible and reasonable on your own; acknowledging that, despite the education system being flawed in so many ways, it also gives you many opportunities;

Of course, self-care includes bubble baths, eating cake, listening to your favourite music and slowly drinking tea, while watching the rain outside through the window and letting your thoughts wander, but these aren't only forms od self-care and definetely not the most important ones. Of course, sometimes it includes staying home with your cat instead of going to the party, sleeping in, instead of studying for an exam, because you're exhausted, or giving up on something, instead of trying again and again, but this should happen in some, specific situations, not be your default response. Real self-care should focus on improving your life, not escaping it or avoiding it.

This post doesn't mean, I'm perfect at all of these things. Actually I struggle a lot with many of them. This is a piece of advice for me, too.

[utilitycaster]

well, all clear and I'm going to be fully honest I didn't measure the gin i poured into the lemonade so. what happens happens.

[anewcalamity]

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[hannukahmatata]

Another normal one again, good morning dash

[nobodysdaydreams]

Love that I’m getting some asks in my inbox, I will be answering those eventually so thanks guys. 🥰 Just one question though.

How did you all know that I wasn’t drinking water? Every single ask so far (just two, but still) also comes with a demand that I consume water and stay hydrated. How did you know I wasn’t? I mean, do I ever take care of myself? No. But y’all are coming for me.

[cat-mothers-world]

It's my signature diarrhea day.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

hey look at this! (holds empty plastic water bottle up to eye and looks through it like a kaleidoscope) oooooh,,, ahhhhhh- Ah. (sees a single water droplet come rolling towards me) AAAAAGHGHGHG

[yinseal]

went back and forth with tumblr and it turns out that huge ugly warning pops up on any page with "mature content" and is not removable. which is gross but anyways work will be slowing down this month so i'm finally back online hi babes i missed u

[cweampier]

staring at my inbox intensely. I SEE DACRYPHILIA RUBS HANDS TOGETHER MISCHIEVOUSLY

[bukatra]

How I, a person with ADHD and autism, finally got myself to be fully hydrated:

I sat down and identified the main barriers: plain water is a sensory issue, I kept forgetting to drink unless reminded, sipping from the rim of the cup often makes me spill the water, and I kept knocking over cups. All of these issues made me not want to drink water.

I went online and found cups that have lockable spillproof lids and a straw that pops out with the push of a button. They are 16 oz.

I bought 6 of them, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

I also got liquid flavorings in several flavors.

Every night I fill them ALL up with water and add flavorings, mixing them at random so each one is slightly different.

I put at least 1 bottle in each room.

This way:

Whenever I look up I see the water bottle and remember I should drink it.

Each flavor is new and delicious, activating my ADHD reward centers and making sure it stays interesting

It is no longer a sensory issue

It's easy to keep track of my daily water intake. I try to finish as much as I can. Any that is left gets poured into one cup to see how much was left over.

If I have less than 1 bottle's worth of water at the end of the day, I WIN and get to go to the 7-11 and get myself a soda!

This is just how I did it. This won't work for everyone, because my barriers to proper hydration won't be the same as other people's. Hopefully, this will help others figure out what works for them. Figure out what's keeping you from being fully hydrated and find solutions that fit your needs.

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11/8/2022

The boys having a sippy sip

Left to right- Dwight Jr., Tobias July and Emmitt Wild

[amitkakkarhealthyway]

8 Tips for Exercising During a Heatwave By Amit Kakkar Healthyway

[basshole-astard]

PSA: i keep seeing posts about staying cool in extreme heat that include advice like "gatorade is bad actually!" and "don't drink fruit juice it'll just dehydrate you!" and neither of these are true!

regarding fruit juice: there's apparently a misconception that Any Sugar At All will dehydrate you, and that's simply not true. yes, sugar will make you pee more when consumed in large amounts, but 1) the natural sugar in fruits won't do this to you 2) great news! a lot of fruit juices exist without any added sugar in them! 3) honestly even having a glass of the fruit juice with added sugar won't completely dehydrate you as long as you're also drinking water throughout the day. if its hot you deserve a cold treat of a drink!!! can't go wrong with fruit juice!!!

regarding gatorade: maybe this isn't an every day drink, but guess what: if it's 110F/40C or hotter outside, and you don't have AC, or you're moving around a lot outside of the AC, and you're sweating buckets: that's when you drink a gatorade.

gatorade exists to replenish all the electrolytes (salt) and glucose (sugar) that you sweat out. YES it is meant for athletes to drink during intensive work outs and not necessarily for people who aren't doing that kind of exercise. BUT GUESS WHAT! when you're sweating buckets because you had to walk to the bus in extreme heat, that's intensive exercise. please feel free to drink a gatorade after that! that's its intended use case!!!!

no: neither of these drinks should be a total replacement for water. but drinking a lot of water and then treating yourself to a fruit juice with lunch is a good idea!!! drinking a gatorade becuase you just had to walk for 20 minutes in the heat is a good idea!!!

Please Stop Spreading Misinformation About Drinks!!! It's fine if you drink things that aren't water!!!! Yes you should probably always be drinking water but drinking something else As Well isn't going to hurt you!!!! okay!!!! its fine!!!!!!

honestly so long as you are consistently getting Any (non-alcoholic) fluids in you, you're doing great!!!!!! okay!!!! i love you stay safe <3

[cheesy-breadsticks]

im such a waterpilled drink maxxer

[thenjvvc]

Winter Leg Care

Winter brings dry air, which causes parched skin on the legs. Skin needs moisture to stay healthy, so moisturizing, gentle polishing, and staying hydrated are all important. To keep your legs warm in the winter, wear warm clothing, apply sunscreen, and read more about winter leg care.