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Intermittent. Fasting. My brain and habits tend to lean towards instant gratification in an ADHD way if given the reins. The rational future planning part of my brain realizes this is fairly detrimental to all the things I want to succeed, and tries to set rules. In practice brain guffaws at these rules, dances in circles and gets excited about something else. In practice brain realllly likes to read books about habits, prefers this to doing the habits though. But future brain may finally have snuck one in that could stick, read Atomic Habits by James Clear a couple weeks ago, and ordered (this is also a habit of in practice brain, but future brain was sneaky this time) a new habit journal.  Thinking about habits as setting the good habit to be stronger than the pull of the bad one. I started two things today, and both fall under the umbrella of intermittent fasting: 1) food only for an 8 hour window of the day, and try to avoid snacking inside that window, 2) checking and responding to social media and email once per day. These are both things I know work for me, and I can be the person that practices these habits as strongly as she practices the daily habit of a cup of coffee in the morning, through all situations, places, and external stimuli.

Today was a: loop dog walk. Ponder what projects I want to do and how to do the. Do some little tasks that make my fight of flight response tick. Drop things at the mail. Find my donated mug I made a long time ago for sale at the thrift store for $2. Buy windshield wipers. Read book with dog snuggles. Go to hot yoga (20 people) not hot enough, only an hour. Drink coconut water. Eat two satisfying meals that I couldn't finish. Resist snacking urges. Hang out with megan and mom watching giant tv while snuggling with moss. Got to bed early, plan on getting up in the middle of the night to be productive. Sort of day.