Tough times? What tough times?

If anyone's struggling with their new life indoors, let me try to share what I've learned as someone who made themselves miserable by staying indoors and maintaining terrible habits.

There are maybe a dozen things that each contribute 5% to your happiness, which together add up to 60%, i.e. it's the difference between having a good 8/10 day and a terrible 2/10 day. Some of these things are: sleep, diet, daylight, fresh air, clean clothes, hygiene, exercise, tidy room, clearly defined workspace, etc.

Each of these things in isolation isn't a big deal, but together they can add up to a miserable life or a happy one. You can probably add to this list with personal things you struggle with, e.g. browsing Imgur for hours a day, jerking off in the morning, snacking on sour candy that ruins your tastebuds for real food, whatever. You almost certainly know what habits you have that are bad for you. Assign each one a 5% value and see how much of your day they're costing you.

A rudimentary list of recommendations (YMMV):
- Sleep 00:00-08:00 every day
- Get up and get ready for the day as if you were going to go out to work/study
- Put on your shoes even if you're working at home (socks mean hometime, shoes mean worktime!)
- Open a window and sit by it while you work, get that daylight and fresh air!
- Ideally separate your office from the rest of the house, but if you're like me and only have a single "allroom" for your life, like a studio or student bedroom, set up a separate desk arrangement, login or computer environment or anything you can do that makes it feel separate from your free time.
- Keep ahead of your laundry so you always have clean clothes
- Make some kind of record of what you did today, either with time-tracking software, a notebook, spreadsheet, whatever. What gets measured gets managed and your time is the most precious resource you have. Make sure you're aware how you spend it.
- Go for a walk outside if you can, but at the very least do a mild workout at home (e.g. push-ups, sit-ups, squats, etc)

Everyone's different, but these are my two cents. Any questions, I'll be in the comments.

FP EDIT: glad this was useful to some people. Lots of people are complaining about the "shoes indoors" thing, so I realised I wasn't clear enough: I have a pair of clean "indoor shoes" that I don't mind wearing around the house. It just makes me feel more active and less relaxed.