Life is very complicated and that can make us sad.

What have you done, which has successfully simplified your life and made it better?

  •  Vaggumon   ( @Vaggumon@lemm.ee ) 
    18•2 months ago

    Deleted Facebook, instagram, 14 years ago, twitter in 2019, reddit during the api bs, stopped being the only one maintaining relationships, and finally, stopped caring about most things and people/dram I have no power to fix or change.

    •  Che Banana   ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 
      2•2 months ago

      To echo this great comment: Gardens are amazing…and they don’t have to be much. To have an avocado tree that you’ve somehow kept alive for 5 years after you forgot you threw itnin the dirt is amazing.

      Managing your money, time and friendships (including the fuzzy ones) is also key…small steps and big rewards.

      Travel, if and when you can, instead of gifts, is more rewarding and opens you up to different life choices you may not know exist.

  •  sunbeam60   ( @sunbeam60@lemmy.one ) 
    7•2 months ago

    Declutter.

    I am a “two moving box guy”, priding myself on being able to fit my whole life into two moving boxes.

    Then I had kids and married a fantastic women. Then you start acquiring all the things you need for a “grown up life” and you suddenly end up with weird shit like “a metal hole punch” because you needed it that one time.

    And over the years you end up with a garage full of shit that might just be useful one day.

    Some years ago my wife and I made an active effort to get rid of shit we didn’t have a purpose for today. If you live in a good neighbourhood chances are your neighbour will be happy to lend you a jig saw, or a metal hole punch, or disco lights or whatever you need.

    Now, whenever we book an Airbnb it hits just like a jackhammer how much crap other people own that they clearly don’t need. Endless amount of water bottles etc.

  •  orcrist   ( @orcrist@lemm.ee ) 
    7•2 months ago

    I used to live in a big city and was bicycling or bussing a lot. When my apartment lease ran out, I was able to find a place where I could walk most of the time. That was great for several years. Of course it depended on the specific location.

    Another thing is owning less. If you own things that you don’t use at least once a year, maybe get rid of them. It’s easier to clean, to move, to organize, to find things. Of course this also depends on preference. Regardless, owning things has its own mental and financial costs, so find an amount that is good for you.

    Getting rid of a TV made my life better. Similarly, getting rid of a microwave. But the latter depends on your cooking habits. For example, my work has a microwave, so I heat food up there regularly, and at home I cook things.

  •  wuphysics87   ( @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml ) 
    2•2 months ago

    Recognizing the difference between complicated and complex. Complexity comes from multiple layers or interconnections. It can be elegant, efficient, sophisticated. Complicated is needlessly confusing. A tangled web. Unfathomable. My relationships are often complicated, but they are seldom complex.

    I mention this not to be (very) pedantic or to take shots at the op. Rather, to the question, appropriate specificity, simplifies and improves your life. Remember those complicated relationships? More than half of my arguments started with disagreeing on what ‘it’ is. How many of yours?

  •  Dae   ( @DaedalousIlios@pawb.social ) 
    2•2 months ago

    Todoist. It’s nothing to do with “productivity” per se, but that is a benefit I’ve reaped.

    Instead of having to remember what feels like 100 things all the time and doing 2 of them, I just remember the app. And it’s a hell of a lot less stressful. The sub-task function also helps simplify larger things and makes them simpler to tackle. It’s a game changer as an AuDHD individual.