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dual n back

I tried this for a couple of weeks and felt like it really had an impact on the capacity of information I can process and retain. Stopped doing it because it isn't a lot of fun to do, should probably start again.

meditation

More of a tool for calming down for me personally

mental arithmetic
method of loci
mnemonics
word association training

been wanting to get into these for a long time but never saw the immediate need for it, maybe I will if I have more spare time. Any good resources to get started with memory training and mental arithmetic? I heard artofmemory.com is good, never tried it myself

spaced repetition

I don't like learning from a screen so I never used anki, but its really intuitive to repeat stuff after some time so I always did that already

microdosing lsd

Has any research been done on this or shroom microdosing? I would like to grow my own for microdosing but I would like to know if it is safe enough for long term consumption first, also I have no idea how long of a jail sentence I could get for growing so I'm not sure if I will ever try.

imagestreaming

what's that?

underwater swimming

Swimming is a lot of fun but I'm not good at it. What's a good way to learn crawl strokes on my own?

biofeedback

What exactly do you think of? Heart rate monitoring coupled with meditation?

brainstorming
tantra

?

dopamine detoxification

so basically no upper drugs and internet browsing? What else would you cut out to reduce toxic dopamine production habits?

colloidal gold

sounds like snakeoil honestly

juggling
coin catching
cardio

Just do some sport that you actually enjoy instead, if you play tabletennis that has the same effects without being boring as shit

creatine

that shit is expensive where I live, maybe I'll try it anyways just to see if it has any effect

raw goat's milk
mct oil
cyproheptadine

never heard of those memes

intermittent fasting

I want to gain muscle instead of losing weight so I constantly chew on some snacks while shitposting on /prague/

cbt (cognitive behavior therapy)

how and where could I try this?

zettelkasten

I just use a messy directory of plain text files and some white paper to take notes, works perfectly fine.

classical conditioning

What do you mean by that?

dream journaling
regular journaling

Did those for about a year, interesting but very cringey to read afterwards, didn't help me a lot so I stopped. Could be useful for lucid dreaming but I don't like that either.

incremental reading

Just looked that up and I can't imagine that this is a good idea. Probably fucks up your attention span as well.

interleaving
Feynman Technique

intuitive, don't need a name for that

semen retention

Just makes me really horny, semen release is good stress relief for me

chess
rubik's cubes

It can be fun but you could also do something productive that challenges your brain, like programming riddles

mind mapping

Just scribble down whatever your thoughts look like

lucid dreaming

It's actually more fun to be surprised by the creativity of your own subconscious mind

brainwave synchronization
binaural beats

I can't really say that this changed anything for me

semax
cdp-choline
phosphatidylserine
bacopa monnieri
huperzine a
ginseng
vinpoctine
piracetam
resveratrol
B vitamin injections
α-Ketoglutaric acid
Reishi mushroom (no mycelium)

never tried those

caffeine
l-theanine

These two together are great, multiple cups of coffee alone is just making me jittery but with l-theanine it is a perfect focus

classical music

good for focus but I like other music more, minimal techno is also good for focus and for other activities I'll listen to whatever I want

free running sleep

unless you live in a bunker that is probably not a good idea. I like waking up without an alarm though. Would like to try polyphasic sleeping at some point as well.

brown fat

all the ways to increase brown fat amount are just the usual health things you should do anyways or did I miss anything?

Vitamin D

Just go outside.

Standard multi-vitamins
Sencha

tastes good, doesn't do anything else (for me). Still drink it for the taste.

kefir

doesn't taste good, doesn't do anything else (for me)

blue light filters

Yeah just run around with red goggles to make everyone see your autism at a first glance. Jeez, just don't stare at a screen all day.


Anyways, I'm not a big fan of the self-improvement meme. I like to try different things, but it's mostly bullshit or the effects are not worth the work. Just try to eat healthy (you all know that fast food is not healthy and cooking varied meals is healthier, it's not rocket science and you don't need to read so much about it), work out a little and don't do too much of any unnatural activity (sitting, looking at a screen, ...) and you got most of the health stuff covered. Then you just need motivation and something you care about and you will soon find yourself working in the most effective way possible, without destroying your kidneys from too many meme supplements.