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Old Dec 29, 2023, 08:11 AM
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Flossed yesterday.
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Old Dec 29, 2023, 09:55 PM
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2nd brushing.

In the morning, waterpik on top of my regular dental hygiene routine. As usual, after I do waterpik, I think that it makes me feel so wonderful that I should make it into a habit, but no, it remains a rare occurrence.
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Old Dec 30, 2023, 09:32 AM
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Old Dec 30, 2023, 08:17 PM
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Old Dec 31, 2023, 09:02 AM
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Flossed, brushed, and rinsed with prescription mouth wash. I need to do the latter right before bed, as I can't eat or drink anything for 30 min afterwards. Hoping to keep going with this.
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Old Dec 31, 2023, 10:22 AM
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Excellent news! Happy New Year and hopefully happy new habit!
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Old Dec 31, 2023, 09:15 PM
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2nd brushing today
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Old Jan 01, 2024, 09:19 AM
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Happy new year. Flossed last night, but didn't brush.

I've started another 5 day tiny habit program to see if I can make brushing more of a habit.
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Old Jan 01, 2024, 05:16 PM
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Hi @splitimage and unaluna and everyone who visits this thread,

Happy New Year and all the best building habits!

I am happy to report that entirely thanks to your thread @splitimage, I was able to build the habit of brushing for the second time on most days, albeit not all. When I first discovered the thread, I did not believe that I could do better than I had been doing already, with the morning routine of flossing, scraping, and brushing. Then I read what unaluna wrote about the necessity to go to bed with clean teeth, but soon realized that it was out of reach for me because I eat dinner right before bedtime (and unfortunately sometimes wake up hungry and need to eat and drink a little in the middle of the night, but that is a separate sad story and I now take Topamax to try to reduce that abnormal hunger). So I settled on brushing not before bed but sometime in the afternoon or evening, at least 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after any contact with food and drink, and entirely thanks to the thread I am now a point where on most days this is happening. There were many occasions when if not for the thread, I would not have done it. I would have forgotten or I would have been too tired. But now it is pretty much a habit, and wanting to be a realist rather than a perfectionist, I am satisfied with performing the habit on most days.

My goal now is to build the vital habit of going to bed consistently every night and I opened a thread about it in this subforum just as @splitimage had done with this thread before me, for precisely the same reasons, accountability and all. I opened it because I saw the success of this thread. As you have already visited my thread and given me hugs, you know. Thank you very much. I also want to exercise consistently. These are new habits to build and I want to be able to say on Jan 1, 2025 that I have built these habits solid.

I won't report on this thread anymore during my normal days because my 2nd brushing habit is solid now and I do not want to get distracted from my main goals of building the habits of going to bed consistently (my thread) and exercising (unaluna's thread). I will keep the subscription to the thread going and check on you from time to time @splitimage to see how you are doing and how brushing and 5 a day tiny habit program are coming along and what the results of your dental check-ups are. It was also great to get to know you more, to learn about your new job, your 5 year long/strong sobriety tenure, and your home remodeling project (I hope it will get completed this year, making brushing easier for you).

As from time to time I will undoubtedly get depressed again and stop caring for my teeth, I will report back on the thread coming out of depressions and regaining control of dental care, which is usually the first thing I do when the crisis passes.
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Old Jan 02, 2024, 10:03 AM
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Thanks for the update @Tart Cherry Jam. I'm really glad that you've turned the second brushing into a habit, that's excellent. Good luck with your new goals of going to bed at a reasonable time, and exercising. I'll stop by your thread occasionally to see how it's going.

As for me, managed to floss and brush yesterday. So day 1 of the Tiny Habits was a success.
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Old Jan 02, 2024, 11:31 AM
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Thank you @splitimage and congratulations on the first success of the year and the program.
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Old Jan 03, 2024, 09:16 AM
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Flossed and brushed yesterday. In I guess good news, my teeth felt sufficiently yucky that I was really motivated to brush them.
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Old Jan 03, 2024, 02:38 PM
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Many years ago I read about Montessori for children, that in teaching children to wash dishes, there is a natural feedback: the dishes become clean. You do not have to explain what the goal of the procedure is. So here, you start off with yucky and end up with clean. Good job!
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Old Jan 04, 2024, 11:56 AM
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Once again, not liking how my teeth felt meant that I both flossed and brushed yesterday. That's definitely progress.
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Old Jan 05, 2024, 12:30 PM
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Flossed and brushed again last night.
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Old Jan 06, 2024, 10:17 AM
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Flossed but didn't brush last night
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Old Jan 07, 2024, 08:38 AM
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Old Jan 09, 2024, 06:58 AM
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"If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba

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Old Jan 10, 2024, 09:33 AM
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Old Jan 11, 2024, 09:52 AM
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"If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba

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Old Jan 11, 2024, 01:43 PM
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I ran out of floss and can't find the floss I recently bought in bulk from Amazon. It is so frustrating, this forgetfulness with physical objects I have had since childhood. I do not want to purchase yet more floss.
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Old Jan 12, 2024, 12:40 AM
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I have ordered more dental tape. Figured that the "old one" would turn up one day but not now and I do not have time to look for it. I discovered this morning that I have lots of unused space in the vanity beneath my bathroom sink and from now on I will keep the floss there because it is a logical place for it.
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Long-term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- Hypothyroidism
- Obesity BMI ~ 38
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Old Jan 12, 2024, 08:55 AM
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"If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba

Taking care of teeth.
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Old Jan 13, 2024, 11:14 AM
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"If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba

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Old Jan 13, 2024, 08:34 PM
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Received my floss. Storing it under my bathroom sink now, which makes logical sense.

Out of the Amazon package fell something I had not ordered. Something curious. I looked it up:

Amazon.com Janet's Girls Adhesive Silicone Attachable Nipples, Reusable, Washable for Breast Forms, Crossdressers, Drag Queen (X-Large Nipple (Pair)) Pink

What should I do with it?
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Long-term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- Hypothyroidism
- Obesity BMI ~ 38
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