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by munksbeer 411 days ago
Flossing my teeth. I can't remember where I read it, possibly on here, or reddit, but a post suggested a good way to get started.

I set my goal to floss one tooth a day. And the trigger for it was always before I could brush my teeth I need to complete that one goal, and then give myself a big smile and raise my arms in triumph. And then I could brush my teeth.

I did that for a few days and found that it was quite easy to stick to. I then started flossing a few more teeth, until I was doing them all. That was six years ago, and to this day I floss every night. Sometimes I'm very tired, but my goal remains the same, floss one tooth, so some nights I just floss one tooth, but most of the time I do them all.

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I remember a saying from a dentist, "You only need to floss the teeth you want to keep"
I love watching movies and have my floss next to the projector :)