I want to reward myself for getting things done, but my depression poisons everything fun. Depressed Mefites, have you found any ways to self-reward that break through anhedonia?
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posted by cortisol
on Feb 27, 2013 -
16 answers
I work alone, in an office isolated from other people with zero opportunity for social interaction. I could, if I wanted to, arrive at 8.30am, stare at a screen til 12.30pm, break from 12.30pm-1.30pm, then stare at a screen from 1.30-5.15pm.In silence. Alone. I really, really don’t want to. Help me come up with things I can do every hour to ‘break’ for a few minutes before getting back into the next hour-long block of work.
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posted by t0astie
on Jan 23, 2013 -
21 answers
A good human being is returning my lost iPhone and declining the posted reward. What's a good way to thank him?
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posted by dynamiiiite
on Nov 26, 2012 -
28 answers
What are some publicly available prizes or rewards for solving really obscure / awesome problems?
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posted by CharlieSue
on Jan 30, 2012 -
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What are some good (current) examples of reward and punishment in the United States? Please give me any websites, magazines or books I might be able to source for an essay.
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posted by camylanded
on Oct 6, 2011 -
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My credit card gives me 5% cash back for buying from "electronics stores, grocery stores and department stores". How do I know what stores fall into those categories?
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posted by d(-_-)b
on Oct 11, 2010 -
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My wife wants my help motivating her to take up running again and wants to use a punch card. Help me thing of rewards!
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posted by Octoparrot
on Jul 21, 2010 -
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I am thinking of organizing a "two-dollar dare" party and I need simple dares that can be performed in front of a lot of people, and achievable right there. Props are fine, as is the use of another person. So far, I have things like, picking your nose, licking someone else's foot, peeing in a pair of adult-diapers, letting someone slap you hard, letting someone give you a haircut, simulating an orgasm. The idea is that if the people at the party want to see it, they can up the "bid" to a double-dare ($4) or a triple-dog-dare ($6) so I am looking for a good selection of tame dares and rather more outrageous ones. Can the hive mind help me?
posted by Sully
on Nov 19, 2009 -
18 answers
How can I change my mindset to think of food as sustinance and not food as entertainment/reward?
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posted by arniec
on Aug 11, 2009 -
42 answers
I lost my wallet yesterday and received a call from a man who found it and we're arranging for its return. Should I offer him a reward? How much?
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posted by otherwordlyglow
on Mar 5, 2009 -
64 answers
Think-Back-To-High-School-Filter: What incentives / prizes / privileges really motivated you? (Aside from grades)
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posted by Alabaster
on Jan 17, 2009 -
31 answers
Rewarding a good deed - We accidentally left something sentimentally and monetarily valuable in a pastry/bread store. A week later they returned it to us. What is a fairly inexpensive reward/gift that all the employees could enjoy?
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posted by nzydarkxj
on Nov 3, 2008 -
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What are the best ways of dealing with dramatic friends, to give them the love and support that they need without rewarding their dramatic strategies?
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posted by xo
on Apr 20, 2007 -
29 answers
I left some pants in the dryer at my dorm and when i got back they were gone. How can I make an effective poster asking for them to be returned?
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posted by joshuak
on Jul 22, 2006 -
22 answers
