I would say my Hue lights system because I can modulate the lighting to my mood or what I need.
Therapy appointments
Yawn
It may not work for you and it doesn’t work for me but don’t poo poo it for the people who experience relief.
It’s just too obvious and boring to say that.
A new fridge where the freezer is on the bottom. I’m quite tall so my natural eyeline is pretty close to the top of our fridge - when I’d have to bend over to see what was in the fridge I tended to turn to the freezer first when hungry… since switching up our appliance I cook a lot more fresh food (and, for bonus points, I enjoy cooking).
My 29’ sailboat. I’ve lived aboard off grid for over 5 years now. I’ll never willingly move back to land, I’ll die out here. Under $20k btw.
This was my plan before I got married. Cool to hear someone living the dream.
aaah man that makes me sad. Are you sure you can’t still do it?
Probably not but we’ll see my life is kinda up in the air rn.
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Yep. ’ is common for feet and " for inches so 6’3" would be 6 foot, 3 inches.
Don’t want to end up with an 18 inch stonehenge.
Yes. It’s a Bayfield 29 to be exact
Do you have an income? I’m just curious how this works. Do you catch most of your food?
I do freelance / contract work in IT and marine/boat stuff. I live on anchor for about $2000 / yr, that’s the cost of replacing ground tackle (anchor chain lines parts plus some extra$). No rent.
I fish/crab/lobster, but it’s not enough for full-time subsistence.
Where can you put your boat while you do contract work?
At anchor, lock it up, have a neighbor look after it, pop a fresh prepaid SIM into the camera, but that’s only like once a year I do this and ‘flyin’. I stipulate only a certain amount of fly-ins a year.
I do primarily remote work, my current employer is based in France and anything I do for work marine wise is local, unless I’m helping with a delivery.
But if I had a 9-5 brick & mortar job, I would just leave & lock the boat, take a 10-20 minute dinghy ride in to shore and tie up / lock up at a public dock (some have a small fee).
Sounds super nice.
Personally, I’ll have to do with watching Acorn To Arabella to second-hand enjoy that life
Not to diss the question, but I’ve seen a bunch of these ‘best purchase’ questions here recently and I wonder if someone is trying to subtly promote a consumerist culture.
We’re also in the lead up to christmas.
…we already are in one?
Yes, the “best purchase” questions are a bit frequent. However, where else can you go these days? Facebook? Amazon Reviews? AI article #28462? Paid YT influencers?
Forms like Lemmy are one the last places you can ask and get reasonable honest human answers for purchase advice. Reviews and troubleshooting are last 2 reasons I go to reddit, and even then reviews over there can be iffy on mainstream stuff.
Had exactly the same thought. Although I doubt anyone’s trying to promote anything. Consumer culture has just colonized many of our minds, even here.
Advertisers on
RedditLemmy, what purchasefits generic criteria?Edit: I’m not saying OP is doing that but I tend to believe advertisers were doing this on the old site
Camping equipment.
Cleaning service.
I started smoking pot.
A house.
Base building sandbox games. I don’t know why but this genre of games can suck away my stress unlike anything else (since I quit smoking). Oxygen Not Included is the one I keep coming back to.
I’ve always been a sucker for Terraria and Starbound when I want to build, factorio for automation, dwarf fortress for planning/management, and cataclysm dark days ahead for survival (not sure if it counts since it’s free and open source - do NOT buy it on steam).
I greatly prefer games with a lot of mechanics that I can get lost in over ones that look really good with minimal functionality which is too common nowadays imo… I also like art styles of these games a lot
Still in Early Access, but wishlist/try Mind Over Magic. Same devs and it’s awesome. They plan on the 1.0 release in January I think?
It has the same feel for scheduling/prioritization, though toned down from Oxygen Not Included IMHO.
I’ll check that out. Thanks for the tip! Klei is awesome. I have many many hours into the Don’t Starve games too.
So lucky. Games like that cause me anxiety and stress.
I went from a six year old phone to an iPhone 16 pro max recently, mainly for better low-light pictures of my cats.
I had to bury my oldest last week.
I got a good couple weeks of fantastic pictures of him cuddling us before he really went downhill.
I am so appreciative.
Man, is truly sucks to lose a buddy, but I’m glad you got some high quality media of him.
Hugs Rai.
2016 Toyota Camry.
Paid off and still kicking. Spent more on it than any vehicle I owned before, but it’s made up for it in the long run by not needing any major repairs.
Taking my car in for inspection used to be scary. Now, it’s just whether or not its time for brakes or tires yet.
US Treasury Bills
Treasury Direct, baby!
deny the money changers and rent seekers profits ;)
deal direct with your daddy!
super soft fuzzy home slippers.
they’re just cozy and very comfy.
also wool socks or any thick socks – really comfy.
I recently got some online, and they actually fit my duck feet! So nice and warm and not pinchy.
Membership in the local art museum.
Can go any time and just sit, absorb, and clear the head.
Motion activated lights. I can probably count on one hand every time they’ve annoyed me. Otherwise having a light be on all day in a room I barely use would be 10x more frustrating.
We got some rechargeable motion activated lights. I love-love them. They last a long time. Less tripping over sleeping pets trying to go to the bathroom. Yes, I could turn a light on, but I don’t want to be blinded, half asleep, and used to just shuffle in the dark. Plus when the power goes out, these still work, which is a bonus.
