I picked up exercising pretty consistently since last March. I had never been able to do that so consistently before.
I honestly did it because people said exercise is supposed to improve mental health.
Guess what it didn’t do?
Yup, you guessed it. I also hate it almost every single time I do it. The one time I randomly really enjoyed my exercise routine I was in a bizarrely good mood already before I even started exercising that day. I felt so good like I was on drugs or something.
Guess what it did instead?
Gave me chronic pain and fatigue that goes away if I skip my exercise routine.
Sms, calls, discord, Google voice, work emails (I rarely get a work email…maybe a couple of times per month)
I have my personal Gmail to get silent notifications so I know if something happened but I’m not repeatedly spammed.
Most other things are off unless they are unobtrusive. Ex: my robot vacuum stays enabled for notifications so I know when it is done cleaning, Uber eats is enabled for order tracking but disabled for promotions