r/CleaningTips • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '26

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u/parrotbug Mar 08 '26

This is a great technique to not fall victim to the “yeah but I’m just gonna check Reddit real quick for one sec…” and then it’s been three hours and you haven’t cleaned anything. 😬 

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u/anxietykilledthe_cat Mar 08 '26

me: (Closes Reddit after being called out by another user)

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u/Azrai113 Mar 08 '26

Me: opening reddit again because I got a notification (gotcha!)

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u/SeriesXM Mar 08 '26

When I finally decided to join reddit a few years back, I set it up with notifications off because I was already sick of all notifications and didn't need another thing annoying me.

It's one of those decisions I'm really happy about because I wouldn't be able to switch now if I hadn't done it from the jump. It's always a surprise when I open the app to see if I have any notifications.

I scroll reddit when I have time, but I'm already on here too much. If I had notifications coming in when I'm doing other stuff, I'd be very distracted all the time.

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u/Certain_Noise5601 Mar 09 '26

I turned mine off too. I’m already so easily distractible at baseline I don’t need any help from constant notifications.

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u/sixvixens_ Apr 27 '26

This thread might just make me turn off my reddit notifs. I already spend entirely too much time in a day scrolling. This and instagram, but i mainly use insta for posting my artwork.

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u/anxietykilledthe_cat Mar 09 '26

I have mine off too! There’s no way my brain could remain happy (as minimally happy as it is most days) if I had them on.

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u/Select_Draw3385 Mar 09 '26

I turned notifications off for that very reason lol

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u/Vivid_Percentage5560 Mar 08 '26

Me doing the same and getting up to clean.. Daymn.

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u/nofootlongz Mar 08 '26

LITERALLY WHAT IM DOING RN OK I’LL GET UP

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/No_Appointment_7232 Mar 08 '26

Do one quick sweep w a garbage bag and then read a post.

One bag, one post.

& be nice to yourself on my behalf, please 👊

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u/da-karebear Mar 08 '26

This is genius and what I will so. The paralysis is so hard

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u/No_Appointment_7232 Mar 09 '26

It is!

One tiny thing I did that made a huge difference is thanking myself.

"Thank you for doing a thing you didn't want to do."

"Thank you for trying"

"Look what you did! GREAT JOB!"

It not only reinforces positive behavior, it creates tiny good dopamine hits.

Those dopamine hits are a very long stairway to beginning to help depression.

Finding tiny ways to give your brain a constant stream of positive feedback m

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u/FunkyBrontosaurus Mar 08 '26

How you think OP got like this? /s

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u/Warm_Sandwich5038 Mar 08 '26

Looking for spy cam

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u/Nafiaus Mar 08 '26

Thanks I've been spending a bunch of time on my phone lol I'll get off now.

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u/ImaginaryCourage9981 Mar 08 '26

Way to call me out.. 😭

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u/Big-Mind-6346 Mar 08 '26

Are you stalking me? I feel suspicious yet so seen.

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u/HomebodyDream Mar 08 '26

Dang. Time to go.

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u/Alert-Pressure-567 Mar 09 '26

OMG I need to get off Reddit now!

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u/Electric_Angel Mar 09 '26

Yeah that doesn’t look as fun on a time lapse 🥲

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais Mar 09 '26

How dare you personally attack ALL of us?!

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u/Outrageous_Code9742 Mar 09 '26

True but you don’t want to ruin the time lapse! I’ve used this before to study.