/lounge/ - sushi social

hello, im new here! ヽ(´∇`)ノ

I have often thought I could use more discipline in my life, perhaps you have too. With the goal of improving discipline, I want to practice with you.

Pick something you cannot now do, and do it. Make a commitment by posting here, set a deadline, and report back after you are done, success or failure. It can be anything at all. Playing a challenging piano piece, getting outside every day, waking up in the morning, running a mile, forgoing your preferred distractions, anything.

Myself, I have trouble sitting still when I meditate. So I commit to sitting completely still for one hour, with a deadline of Wednesday evening. If I so much as move a finger I will reset the clock.

There's two kinds of discipline I am aware of - the discipline to endure a difficult situation to its end (as in sitting still for one hour) and the equally valuable daily discipline of keeping up a good habit whether you desire to do so or not. So keep in mind which kind of discipline you want to practice and go for it. Be bold and become a stronger person!

Hygiene is important sushis. Bathing is healthy for mind and body. Cleanliness is spiritually important. It relieves pain and stress and is super comfy. Who doesn't love a bathhouse episode? But what's the correct technique for bathing? Getting inside a warm tub and staring at the ceiling? Going to the sento with your friends and lewding random strangers before stealing the girls pantsu? We can't all afford to go to public bathouses, onsens, and hammams, many countries don't even have them anymore, but many of us have bath tubs at home. If not, you'll have to brave your local bathhouse which may be filled with pervy old men or toxic mold or both. So let's share some comfy tips for bath time.

A good bath should involve preparation of the body, scrubbing, soaping, and soaking. Okay. Here's the shitty method I threw together. Feel free to harshly attack me.

Step 1. Prepare the body. You wanna slowly expose your body to heat and gradually induce some sweating. Exactly how you should do this depends on the equipment you have available. Use the tub to generate steam. Sit in a warm room. Whatever. Just make sure you sweat.
Step 2. Massage the body. This one is tricky if you're on your own but much easier if you're at a public bath or some equivalent. Just make sure you've let your body sweat out the bad stuff beforehand.
Step 3. Exfoliation. Traditionally, a glove made from camel hair is used. These are hard to get so find a comfy substitute, nothing to harsh. Begin gently scrubbing the body. Do not peel your skin off. Be gentle.
Step 4. Get a lump of soap, preferably Nablusi or Aleppo soap (these have been hard to get due to uncomfy political reasons so use Castille soap if you can). Soap the entire body, gentely massage the stuff in.
Step 5. Get in the tub and soak for as long as you like.
Step 6. When you're done, rinse, then apply soap and rinse with warm water again. Some people say the final rinse should be cold water. Its really up to you but I prefer warm.
Step 7. Get in a comfy gown and relax in a room with moderate temperature, sit in comfort but don't wrap yourself up to let the body breathe. Let your body cool down. Take the time to enjoy some tea and snacks. Don't consume anything too cold like ice cream.

This entire process is probably wrong but whatever. I did my best with what I had. My tub will never be as good as an onsen etc. fuck it. I'm gonna go suicide for posting this by tossing the toPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

When someone comes to your place or you visit someone, what would be the ideal conditions? What would you like to do or plan for the occasion?

any tips on dealing with a breakup? i feel like it's the first time even when it isn't. we still adore each other and i think it's just factors out of our control.

toki! sina sona e toki pona anu seme?

Toki pona is a constructed language, like Esperanto or Klingon.
But, unlike those it's absolutely tiny! If you're keen you can be fluent enough to chat in just a few days.

It's a wonderfully comfy way to communicate, and it can be great fun too.
There's a very active community, so it's easy to get practice, and there's new music, podcasts and stories coming out all the time.

The whole essence is simplicity, reducing things down to the bare necessities and getting away from all the confusion of modern life.
Kinda like this place.

Do we have any other speakers here?
Does anyone else want to learn more?

I'll be hanging around here to find out!

I think my plant is trying to tell me something.

What do you grow?

Thread for any and all alcohol related stuff!

Whether it be to talk about something nice you had to drink or to tell us about an evening out on the town, it's welcome here.

Cheers~

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