Tiny Victories

This is gonna sound dumb for someone who is almost 30, but I have brushed my teeth twice a day every day since getting an electric toothbrush.

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Nice! I’ve had trouble remembering to do it after breakfast ever since going 100% remote. Totally threw off my routine, but finally getting it back.

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I think the biggest thing is just that I have a hard time judging two minutes. I was trying to brush my teeth properly by setting a timer and it was just too many steps. The toothbrush just tells me when I’m done.

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I have brushed and flossed every single day for YEARS. Literally even when I was in labor. But you know what? I still haven’t been able to consistently add a morning brushing routine.

Not dumb at all. Habit building is HARD.

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I have the evening brush/floss dialed in, but the morning one is really hard if you drink coffee in a slow/lingering way. Where does the habit go??? Coffee doesn’t get done until…lunch.

Also - I JUST learned that the preferred order is floss then brush. Why did no one tell me my habit was backwards???

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I learned this from the AJ Jacobs book “drop dead healthy” and switched at that point haha.

The coffee thing is EXACTLY why I struggle. That, and my morning routine is less predictable than my evening, since sometimes I’m solo with a baby and uh… they have very little respect for 2 minute timers.

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When I still drank coffee, I’d brush after lunch

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I brush at night, then again first thing in the morning before coffee and food, which makes little sense. Someone somewhere along the line made me paranoid that brushing my teeth too soon after coffee would wear away my enamel, so the world can thank whoever the heck that was if I’m walking around with coffee breath all day.

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the electric toothbrush was critical for me to establish a good 2x day brushing routine. I love that it takes the guesswork out of it, and my teeth feel SO clean I actually look forward to it.

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I passed my last hurdle to get a certification! Feels good, it had been months in progress. :smile:

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Heck yeah! :partying_face:

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I rearranged my furniture yesterday.

Whisper finally caught (and ate) the fly she’s been hunting all morning.

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My cat is napping on the fake fur blanket and I’m dying of cute.

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Cute fuzzy overload!

I did 20 mini single leg squats on my bad hip. I haven’t been able to do anything close to this in over 1.5 years. I’m making actual progress, all on my own, and I can’t quite believe it.

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!!! That’s fucking awesome.

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I was SO pissed that we forgot we bought strawberries and they got shoved into the back of the fridge and, while still edible and not moldy, they were definitely past their prime and neither of us wanted to eat them.
So I started thinking, hm, OK, maybe I’ll bake something with them, or puree them and put them in… {light bulb goes on over head} OH HOLY SHIT I HAVE TEQUILA AND TRIPLE SEC.

Homemade strawberry margaritas with dinner! They came out pretty well.

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I finally managed to become a GrubHub driver (in addition to UberEats and Doordash). I’ve been trying for months!

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Just found out that the library has expanded its digital book collection so I’ve got some new reading material.

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Ooh, that’s a perfect use for overripe but not yet spoiled fruit :slight_smile:

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