I put something on the television that is distracting but not mentally stimulating. Sitcoms that I’ve seen multiple times or old sci-fi movies on Tubi.

Also nuts but I prefer raw or at least unsalted. Cashews, almonds, pecans, walnuts

I have a personal motivational tool I call “dopamine starve and reward”. Basically avoiding things that give a false feeling of accomplishment and allowing myself to feel good when something has been accomplished. It’s handy for big projects around the house. Number one is to not talk about what I plan to do (starve) until I’ve actually taken a big step (reward). Another is to not buy everything i need right off the bat (starve) instead buying materials as I need them (reward). This notion came to me after working for a small family business. The owners would have a project in mind, go buy all the materials, drop them off then go have lunch at the bar and talk about all the stuff they were going to do. Then nothing would get done. I saw this in myself and learned to avoid false feelings of accomplishment

“Percussion”

People often ask “so what do you do?”. I find this to be a loaded question, it shows where a person’s head is. Most folks respond by talking about their job. I’ll usually answer by asking “for money or for fun?”. If nothing else it gets a chuckle

When a stranger does something trivial that ticks you off just let it go

In the US property taxes are paid to the county. Some if not most charge more in taxes if it’s rental income.

I’m fortunate enough to be doing okay thanks for asking

I left during the strike and haven’t been back since, abandoned my 10 year account. Been here ever since. Gotta admit I miss some of subs that pertained to my hobbies. They were initially small with little activity until Covid, then they all blew up. Lemmy is okay but it’ll take years to get enough members for niche communities to function.

BTW what “even worse decisions” are you referring to?

Joe DiMaggio

When you’re young you vow to yourself not to change which as it turns out isn’t that hard. Trouble is the world changes around you. Then you find yourself shaking your fist at the clouds and realize you sound like your parents

First you go to birthday parties, then party parties, then graduation parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties, weddings, your friend’s kid’s parties then funerals

Sink bath. Shower every few days, wash just the stinky bits the other days

I got PADI certified when I was younger. No ocean near me so I had to fly, stay in a resort and pay a dive operator to take me out. It was very cool but too expensive for the short amount of time in the water (length depends on depth). It seemed to be popular with the middle age crowd that liked to vacation in warm places, dive during the day then party at night

N scale is pretty small though there’s not as much available as HO scale.

Thats an odd rational.

The program has helped friends of mine and I’d bet they’d disagree with you

Hell yeah!

Maybe English speaking people with tattoos of Chinese letters is the equivalent?

Zip drive