23 Bits Of Crazy Sounding Advice That Are Actually Solid
Everyone is always offering us advice. And honestly, we spend a lot of time filtering the crazy advice from the good advice.
Published 2 years ago in Ftw
Everyone is always offering us advice. And honestly, we spend a lot of time filtering the crazy advice from the good advice.
Every now and then, though, the craziest advice just happens to work best. We've sourced Reddit for some of the craziest pieces of advice that actually work. Hope this helps!
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Everyone is always offering us advice. And honestly, we spend a lot of time filtering the crazy advice from the good advice.
Every now and then, though, the craziest advice just happens to work best. We've sourced the net for some of the craziest pieces of advice that actually work. Hope this helps!5
From my 7-year-old daughter…I still laugh about it today. If you’re ever in an awkward situation with someone or need to just go away, you could always pretend to choke on something. I don’t know where this came from but it’s funny AND it works. You just run away to get a glass of water. -u/Typical-me-
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If looking for something in a low light environment, try to use your peripheral vision. I read about it in an old WWII manual about aerial combat at night. It has something to do with how eyes work. It has helped me many times over the years. For finding stuff in a darkened room, or outside in a field at night, not aerial combat. -u/BMLortz
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Time will pass either way—if you want to work to get better at something, accomplish a long-term goal, or change careers or credentials, don’t look at the 2-5 years and think you’ll be too old. If you’re 24 and want to go to college, you’ll be 28 in four years with or without a degree regardless of what you do in that time. -u/Mild-Intrigue
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Stressed, upset, panic attack, ennui? Put an ice cube in your hand. Move it around your hand until it slowly melts. It takes about 5 minutes. Primary Effect: the cold on your skin grabs your brain's attention. You stop thinking about what was stressing you out and feel present in the moment. Secondary Effect: the cold cools your blood, which goes into your heart and slows down the beating.
As your heartbeat slows to maintain your body heat, your lungs breathe more slowly as well. It forces you to breathe, which calms you down. After 5 minutes of this, you will feel much calmer, if slightly drippy. -u/LeskoLesko21
I tell my daughter to add the word "yet" after anything about lacking something. "I don't know how to play this game." Becomes "I don't know how to play this game yet." That sort of thing.
It's meant to redirect negative self admonishment into a drive to grow and learn. And apparently, it's sinking in because she will say something like "Ugh, I can't make it up this hill!" while we're out bike riding and then catch me looking at her, give a big eye roll and go "...yet!" in the exact tone you think a teenage girl would use. Then she ends up sometimes just rage-succeeding to prove the point, it's great. She's going to be at least 3 times better than me, low as that bar may be. -u/Zambeeni24
For all my ADHD’ers or others who struggle with executive function, do chores while waiting. Have something in the oven? Let’s see how much laundry you can fold before the timer goes off. Microwave? I bet you can empty the dishwasher in 90 seconds. On a phone call? Pop in those earbuds and let’s tidy while we talk.
I get so hung up on Waiting Mode™️, and the novelty of trying to accomplish a small task during that interim feels a bit like a deadline pressure, which is basically the only thing that motivates me. Tricking my brain into a mini productive panic is startlingly effective. -u/YaBoyfriendKeefa
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