What's the biggest lifestyle change you've made?

steddyeddy · 30-01-2017 7:44pm #1

For me it was travel. I love hiking in remote and exotic locations. I make a point to get into the wilderness once a year. I'm a lot happier as a result and it's made me more focused.

ScumLord · 30-01-2017 7:48pm

I turned 30, **** young people, their music sucks and they say "like" to often.

30-01-2017 7:49pm

Getting interested in politics. Worst decision ever.

CalamariFritti · 30-01-2017 7:51pm

Moving to Ireland to live with the girlfriend. Giving up the smokes was big too.

Zaph · 30-01-2017 7:52pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I turned 30, **** young people, their music sucks and they say "like" to often.

30 is young, your music sucks too! :P

For me, getting married. Best thing I ever did.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 30-01-2017 7:59pm

Mm calming down I guess. End of 2013/all of 2014 was a very wild time in my life, and while I enjoyed every bit of it, it wasn't me and it was a sloppy slope for me. Stopped partying, stopped messing around with substances, gradually stopped drinking as much, stopped looking for problems where there was no problems and feel more and more like my old self all the time.

Temptamperu · 30-01-2017 8:05pm

I stopped drinking 7 years ago and became a boring bastard.

Junkyard Tom · 30-01-2017 8:11pm

Quitting the smokes probably. In the process of quitting the booze, I've been falling out with it for some time now. Think I'll save up some money and go see Volcano Stromboli at night.

puppieperson1 · 30-01-2017 8:12pm

I gave up relationships and decided to get my own house and live with my dogs, best ever ........

Ferrari3600 · 30-01-2017 8:13pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Getting interested in politics. Worst decision ever.

I feel your pain.

Ferrari3600 · 30-01-2017 8:14pm

Going from being a swotty '31 points in the Leaving Cert' nerd to being a raving partyboy dipsomaniac c***.

D0NNELLY · 30-01-2017 8:17pm

2003. Started my apprenticeship (after years of crap jobs) and met my future wife.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-01-2017 8:17pm

Each one at it's time was important. Career choice, travel, marriage, retirement. The biggest was probably marriage and kids.

osarusan · 30-01-2017 8:19pm

Quitting amateur boxing unleashed my alcohol-loving blubbery layabout for a good while.

30-01-2017 8:27pm

I've moved country several times, each of those moves was a massive change in lifestyle for me. Now I'll be moving again in a few months, and I expect to be happier and more settled for it.

Poor Uncle Tom · 30-01-2017 8:29pm

Giving up the smokes....

pragmatic1 · 30-01-2017 8:41pm

Just gave up the smokes after New Year. Best decision ever.

Toots · 30-01-2017 8:42pm

Had a kid

ScumLord · 30-01-2017 8:44pm

Zaph wrote: »

30 is young,

It happened a while ago and I've been getting progressively worse since.

steddyeddy · 30-01-2017 8:51pm

Candie wrote: »

I've moved country several times, each of those moves was a massive change in lifestyle for me. Now I'll be moving again in a few months, and I expect to be happier and more settled for it.

Best of luck in the move!

Bonzo Delaney · 30-01-2017 8:58pm

Got mortgage built a house got married had 3 kids in between 2007 and 2013 that put paid to any style of life my self and my prettier half had at the time .
Funnily enough we're surprisingly happier now go figure.

MilesMorales1 · 30-01-2017 9:23pm

Giving up the smokes, starting regular exercise.

aujopimur · 30-01-2017 10:47pm

Divorce.

Junkyard Tom · 30-01-2017 11:14pm

Everyone described cigarettes as 'the smokes' in this thread. Interesting.

ChikiChiki · 30-01-2017 11:25pm

Breaking up a 3.5 year relationship to go travelling. I always had the itch. She is tied to college and her job who paid for her college for the forseeable future.This is happening right now. We are on good terms but it's still heartbreaking. I expect tears at the airport but I'm chasing the dream. So Wednesday the 8th I'm outta here for what I'd expect to be a good few years.

It's the toughest decision I've ever made.

Ulysses Gaze · 30-01-2017 11:26pm

Quit smoking.

Bought my first home recently as well.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 30-01-2017 11:33pm

The day I first saw Greek yoghurt on the shelf as opposed to 'Greek Style' yoghurt on the shelf.

I always felt cheated up until that point.

fatherted1969 · 30-01-2017 11:44pm

Had balooned into an awful size after having to give up physical work in 08 after a workplace accident. Back broken in two places. Went back to school to retrain in the disability sector, was still massive so two years ago set out to start walking a bit each week and start watching my diet. Built slowly so started increasing distance and pace over the next 2 years. Entered and ran Dublin City Marathon last year, now run an average of 20 miles a week. Not fast or pretty but I'm out there getting around so feck it. Big changes in lifestyle and work over the last few years..

Stroke Politics · 30-01-2017 11:54pm

Got leukemia, and looked at my diet, after two weeks of septicemia post-chemo

Stopped buying low-fat and went to full fat instead. Real butter, real cheese. Cut back on sugars. Cut back on red meat. Ate more nuts and more salads. Took up walking, then the treadmill and now running again.

Now 8 months on from treatment and consultant says my bloods have never been better. I feel about 15 years younger in the space of 7 months...

don corleone · 30-01-2017 11:58pm

Starting Brazilian Jui Jitsu. Was always in sports all my life mainly Hurling. This is a different thing altogether, such a learning experience and really is anew way of life. Highly recommend it to anyone thinking of starting self defense. People of all shapes and sizes can do it. Im 30 and I started with a guy well into his 50s, he cant believe the change in his overall physical fitness and health

mansize · 31-01-2017 12:01am

Buying a house at 32

Four Phucs Ache · 31-01-2017 12:23am

Gave up a lovely car ,motorbike and financial freedom so my wife could give up work and have another baby.She is worth every minute of every hour we struggle.

Nice things will always return.

Nomis21 · 31-01-2017 12:57am

I moved to Ireland eight years ago to start a job and didn't know anyone in this country. I joined Couchsurfing and let 400 backpackers stay in my house (Not all at once though).

I met people from 45 countries (Including Ireland) and Coiuchsurfing has become my lifestyle. Best time of my life in fact...

harry Bailey esq · 31-01-2017 1:53am

ScumLord wrote: »

I turned 30, **** young people, their music sucks and they say "like" to often.

Try 35....mid life crisis kicks in,music even starts to become cool again,though your always the oldest on the dancefloor

31-01-2017 2:03am

promotion a few years ago after going back to college in the evenings.

committing and focusing enough to get through it and then stepping up from slacker to manager has changed me completely in terms of confidence and self-fulfilment

razorblunt · 31-01-2017 9:20am

Diet changes.
I got married 2 years ago and I was going to do the usual crash diet for the wedding. Everywhere I read, it stated that crash dieting doesn't work and a lifestyle change is required, so I decided to change the diet from a year out, knowing if I failed I'd have the crash diet as a backup. I ended up dropping about 4.5 stone.

Stopped fooling myself into thinking the gym was benefitting me too (I wasn't focused enough on workouts) so I joined a "functional" gym that offer classes and circuit sessions. I haven't looked back since, being and feeling fit is a great thing.

missvicky · 31-01-2017 10:19am

Got married, bought a house and had another baby and Im still 'young' at 28. Best decisions I ever made.

_Brian · 31-01-2017 10:21am

Few years ago I gave up a job working shifts nights, was travelling for 3 hours a day and basically working 13 hour shifts. Pay was great, I took a "considerable" pay cut for a better work life balance.

Spend much more time with my kids who are growing up fast.

gifted · 31-01-2017 10:24am

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Try 35....mid life crisis kicks in,music even starts to become cool again,though your always the oldest on the dancefloor

Try 45...honestly it's brilliant....we don't give a **** at 45...

Wanderer78 · 31-01-2017 10:30am

gifted wrote:

Try 45...honestly it's brilliant....we don't give a **** at 45...

Really looking forward to this, I've never given a ****e, so 45 will be extra special doesn't give a ****

rainbow kirby · 31-01-2017 10:57am

Quitting online gaming, starting to get fit and losing 4.5 stone when I was in my mid-20s.

fleet_admiral · 31-01-2017 10:58am

I don't watch TV anymore. I much prefer the radio

King George VI · 31-01-2017 3:29pm

Bought a rowing machine and started using it most nights a week. Changed my diet (I miss greasy food

) and just general started eating less. Lost 4KG in two weeks. Also for some reason I stopped fapping like a madman, limiting myself to 1 a week if even that. I look and feel better than ever.

Not sure what no fapping has to do with anything. Just thought I'd try. Easy as pie.

team_actimel · 31-01-2017 4:28pm

Moved out of town to a much cheaper house in the countryside. I've more room, sleep better, money saved that I can spend on my favourite things : gigs, festivals and travelling. I now look forward to my quiet evenings in after work and I am exercising more and eating better without the temptation of chippers on my doorstep (it was always a problem for me).

Glenster · 31-01-2017 4:30pm

30 when i stopped trying to rattle everything that moved in coppers thursday to sunday.

What's the biggest lifestyle change you've made?

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