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The one benefit of all this #snow chaos is that a lot of personal daily duties have been permitted as hybrid. Like working from home has been relaxed for many or #uni lectures have been streamed online.

I am wondering how the whole scenario would have been managed if the #covid pandemic never happened. One could argue the silver lining of the pandemic was infrastructure investments to permit users the ability to work/learn from home.

Also wondering if some individuals get anxiety attacks when such a state is called back into action. The horrors that one endured during that dark time and having flashbacks and/or PTSD episodes.

Are we better from it that such a pandemic happened or will we lose all the knowledge left on the table?

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Finally Monday has arrived and infrastructure breakages can slowly be fixed. Due to the heavy mass of snow lots electric cables were caught under fallen trees.

To continue with the fix they had to turn off the electricity for the whole town and it fascinated me how dependent I felt towards #electricity.

Without electricity neither WiFi nor mobile data works, one could have gone shopping if one had cash, but with credit card it was not an option. Making anything warm to eat is reliant on electricity unless one has a gas/wooden stove. I could have continued work on my laptop, if I had only updated the repos in time.

Though in the end due to boredom, just decided I might as well get some more hours of sleep. This in return usually clears boredom and starts the new period of time with some extra motivation.

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Today the newly fallen #snow through havoc on the transport system in #Munich with most vehicles not even attempting to move. The southern Bavarian region got ca. 50 cm of snow since Friday at the forecast estimates it to continue to fall up to 80 cm.

It has been reported that the such a snow storm hasn't happened in the last 20 years.

The annoyance of transit halt and cancelations are understandable. Further shoveling snow never really stops. If one plans to move about one should question the load baring capacities of trees, which can make matters much worse in a vehicle hindered system without necessary infrastructure if caught underneath.

The forecast for Sunday is to drop the temperature down to -15 °C before recovering on Monday. Flooding might be the next concern, since the forecast claims 5 °C for the weekend.

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Though this is all good as long as one doesn't get claustrophobic in the sleeping. That can then have the opposite effect.

There are two options to deal with this. The obvious one is to not use a sleeping bag. The other option is to use one that is wider and permits more movement.

#claustrophobia #SleepingBag

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The benefits of a weighted blanket arise from the benefits of pressure therapy, which has its origins in deep massage therapy. This means that the extra weight of the blanket is a passive method of still raking in the benefits from a deep massage. This might be the optimal solution for individuals who have social anxiety and/or hate being touched.

The irony is that individuals that can benefit the most from pressure therapy is exactly the same crowd that avoids human-to-human interaction the most. These are individuals on the #autism spectrum and/or combating #depression and/or #anxiety.

Through the application of pressure one's heart rate is reduced thereby putting the individual into a relaxed or recovery state. Once in such a state, #sleep quality can improve, thereby making the initial conditions more manageable.

#PressureTherapy #DeepMassage

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The best technique to stay warm in a cold room is cocooning while sleeping. This technique consists of creating a cocoon around one's body and a sleeping bag has this shape prebuilt into its structure.

The downside of going without a sleeping bag is that one is more prone to breaking out during #sleep, since most people shift during slumber.

The setup I follow is: first a sleeping bag, on top of that a crochet merino wool weighted blanket, and finally a cover to entrap the rest of the heat that could have left through the crochet holes.

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Further supposedly it boosts the sleep quality on average, especially if the temperature range is between 15 - 18 °C.

Though this is only true, if one has warm enough covers to counteract the coolness like a weighted blanket or a sleeping bag.

#sleepquality

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The only benefit of having a #cold room during the #winter is that if one has comfortably dressed oneself warm, more than likely, one will be able to go outside without any additional layers for a couple of minutes.

A cold room is categorized as a room when one can wear the clothes for outside comfortably inside, e.g. coat, hat, gloves, thick socks, snow pants, etc.

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Have you ever unconsciously filmed yourself? The question comes from the idea of bettering oneself and from rewatching the recording one can pinpoint habits that one would like to change like the slouching tortoise pose which most desk jockies are way too familiar with.

Of course one can try to change such habits with internal motivation, though getting to see oneself doing the unintended activity will be bettered branded into one's mental image of oneself.

#SelfCare

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#TIL that in #Germany the hunters have a contract with the farmers in their #hunting region, where the hunters are liable if the crop is destroyed through wild game. Thus farmers and hunters almost live in a symbiotic relationship, the hunters have the duty to remove the pest and the farmers permit the hunters to hunt on their area.

The typical example of a poor hunter are bald spots in crop fields. This is usually due to boars digging up in the area, especially prone during months when food is scarce. Killing off a couple pigs usually scares them away for some time before returning back to the crime scene.

Of course the farmers could always claim that the bald spot was due to poor management of game, where the hunter can hire a specialist to vet the area to reduce the liability cost.

Depending on the hunting region and area size, it is typical to set the liability limit at 20,000€. This is about the cost if 10-15 farmers lost their crop yield within the area.

#jagen

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Looking back at the example, life is not as smooth sailing. Since at every turn or action there is an obstacle in the way to tip the scale ever so slightly towards quitting.

One's job is to identify these blockers and put in an action plan how to overcome them.

For example one is hiking along a trail and tree fell on to it, one can either go around, over, or under it.

As one continues on the trail there would have been a stream crossing though the bridge is washed out. Options of tackling the obstacle are going through, jumping over it, or navigating to a different bridge.

These were some examples of dealing with physical blockers, though most of life consists of intangible ones that possibly can be manifested away from physical ones.

For example the hunger is so strong that one cannot think clearly. The solution is to eat something while maintaining one's sanity i.e. that the food consumed doesn't trigger another avoidable blocker.

These were simple examples and life consists of an interlinked chain of triggers; find them and tweak them to get the desired result.

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Sadly I failed the challenge with a ruck weight of 20lbs, since I started the challenge with bad knees and at the 831 rep from 1000, the pain was so great that I just continued without the weight.

Additionally every 100 reps I did 10 push ups and once I reached 1000 reps, I continued until everyone finished with the added challenge of doing 5 push ups every 25 reps. This means I totaled 1400 step ups and 180 push ups.

After the challenge I initially felt it more in the arms and now 2h later also in the knees.

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When looking at the performance of desired behaviors, only a fraction of the time, 80-100% of quality is achieved.

The typical approach is to achieve the quantitative behavior and assume that this equates to max quality. Since if one put in the time, sweat, and tears, then it must be correct!?

Let's say an associate gave you the task to move from point A to point B and you marked the destination on a map with their confirmation. You arrive at point B and there is no associate to be found anywhere, only to learn that the associate actually meant point C.

Now one can question who/what is at fault?

- Are you at fault for going to the wrong point?
- Is the associate at fault for giving poor instructions/directions?

One can play the blame game, but this won't create an action plan on how to handle a similar problem in the future.

The simplest solution is to first get the goal coordinates in an objective manner directly from the associate. Once this is clear, then invite any suggestions on how the associate would do the task. Since it is a suggestion, this still keeps the playing field open for you to acquire your own strategy.

From the example one sees that getting to point B the quantity was achieved, though the quality was not 100%. To achieve the complete quality, one had to go more quantity.

Ideally, one would structure the quantity in such a way that it stays minimal and passes the quality check. Since each additional start and stop puts a cognitive load. This in return increases the chance of quitting ever so slightly every time. So as long as the scale for completion is tipped in its favor, all is golden.

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Psychology categorizes #motivation into three areas: biological, social, and cognitive.

Cognitive motivation is the one that can make or break a person. It is the one creates addictive vice and virtue behaviors like binge watching a show vs studying new info to further one's career.