Normally, people have contact with various individuals throughout their day, whether these are work colleagues, coffee shop employees, postal workers, or passing neighbors. In order to cut yourself off, stop talking with these various people.  Stop answering the phone or opening your door to callers. Complete isolation may be difficult if you still need to go to work and communicate with co-workers and supervisors. This will be somewhat easier if you live alone. You can use your home as a sanctuary where you can isolate yourself. Remove yourself from your friends’ lives by not spending time with them anymore. You can take one of several approaches to accomplish this. These approaches can be:  Ruthless: You can cut people out ruthlessly by telling them you don’t want to hang out anymore. You will likely come across as mean and rude. Honest: In this approach, you can be honest by telling your friends that you are in the process of cutting yourself off from society. Expect resistance from people who care about you. Avoiding: You can just stop talking to the people in your life. Avoid their calls, avoid making eye contact if they’re talking to you. Passive: Decline invitations and let your friends get tired of asking you to hang out. It’s healthy for you to cut negative people from your life. These people can restrict your growth and stability.Establish boundaries for your own well-being by refusing to have these people in your life. It is up to you whether or not to tell the people in your life that you intend to cut yourself off from them. But if you’re in a relationship, your partner may be hurt, angry, or confused by your decision. In most cases, you owe it to your partner to explain why you’re isolating yourself. Be compassionate with your loved ones. It can be devastating for parents to have a child cut himself off from them. They may undergo the same sorts of feelings associated with the death of a child. If you have responsibilities such as caring for children, it’s not recommended that you cut yourself off from society. You need to provide good, stable, healthy care for your children. If you have children that you care for, this is probably not a good time to cut yourself off from society.

Summary: Halt contact with people you see regularly. Stop hanging out with your friends. Explain your motivations to your loved ones. Don’t leave your responsibilities.


Before making a vodka tonic, chill the vodka in the fridge overnight or at least for a few hours. Vodka drinks taste best with ice cold vodka. A pint glass will be far too large for a vodka tonic and can water the drink down as you fill the glass with ice. Ideally, a highball glass should be used for a vodka tonic. If you don't have a highball glass, opt for another short, squat glass.

Summary: Make sure your vodka is ice cold. Use a highball glass.


Even though they're left to ferment for a long time, the apples you choose can significantly shape the flavor of your finished vinegar. Choose the best quality apples available to you in order to get the best apple cider vinegar at the end.  For a more complex and deep vinegar at the end, try using a combination of different apples. Use two sweet apples, such as Golden Delicious or Gala, with one sharp tasting apple, such as McIntosh or Liberty, for a slightly sharper vinegar at the end.  Instead of using whole apples, save scraps from apples used in other dishes to make your apple cider vinegar. One whole apple is roughly equivalent to the scraps of two apples. Keep the peel, core and other scraps in your freezer until you’re ready to use them to make vinegar. It's always a good idea to wash your fruit and vegetables before eating them, and the same is true when cooking or fermenting them. Give your apples a thorough rinse and scrub with cold water to clean away anything you don't want in your vinegar.  You can use any number of apples you want to make apple cider vinegar. The more you use, the more vinegar you’ll get! If you’re just starting out making your own apple cider vinegar, try using 3 apples for your first batch. This will give you a good amount of vinegar but won’t put too much at risk if something goes wrong.  If you're using apple scraps, make sure to wash the whole apples before separating the scraps from the rest of the apples.
Summary: Choose quality apples. Wash your apples in cold water.