For example, I 3d printed a box over my outlet to protect my cables from my bed pushing against it. In addition, my cables never fall to the floor so they’re much easier to grab.
- youmaynotknow ( @jjlinux@lemmy.ml ) 52•11 months ago
Eliminated Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and all of the affiliate companies and services for the mentioned ones, from my life. Now all I have is Linux based and self-hosted. My life’s toxicity levels dropped to pretty much nothing since then.
- fjordo ( @fjordo@feddit.uk ) 5•11 months ago
I just finished doing this too. It’s so freeing not being tied to mega corporations anymore.
- ftothe3 ( @ftothe3@lemm.ee ) 4•11 months ago
What do you use for search?
- haruki ( @h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev ) 5•11 months ago
Not OC, but I’m using Kagi and super happy. Before I use Kagi, I didn’t realise how bad Google result is. Its results are poisoned by ads and SEO nowadays.
- Rambi ( @Rambi@lemm.ee ) 4•11 months ago
I still am using Google and I hate how useless it has become since SEO started to become a thing in the last 5 or 10 years. Maybe I should try Kagi. Does it have location specific search results
- haruki ( @h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev ) 3•11 months ago
Yes, you can filter by almost any country in the world.
- Rambi ( @Rambi@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
Cool, yeah I will definitely be trying it out thanks.
- youmaynotknow ( @jjlinux@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 months ago
I have my own self-hosted instances of Ecosia, Searx and Whoogle.
- brokenlcd ( @brokenlcd@feddit.it ) 45•11 months ago
It might seem dumb but i started preparing what i need for the next day the evening before it, clothes ,my bag, the train ticket, what i need to eat on the go, etc. instead of doing a mad rush in the morning to get ready.
- rdmemd ( @rdmemd@lemdro.id ) English33•11 months ago
Using a password manager
Bitwarden FTW. I also recommend Aegis 2FA and Raivo 2FA
- boatswain ( @boatswain@infosec.pub ) 3•11 months ago
KeePass for life!
KeePass is also good if you want it local only or have figured out a way to sync on multiple devices.
- boatswain ( @boatswain@infosec.pub ) 2•11 months ago
SyncThing makes it pretty easy. It is less easy than a cloud based solution, though.
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 33•11 months ago
Overstock.
Buy two bottles of cleaner. One in the kitchen, one in the bathroom. Tool box lives in the garage, but I have spares in the kitchen drawer. Trash can in every room. Extra shoelaces sitting on the shoe rack. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and it makes life much easier when you don’t have to look for something.
- Rodeo ( @Rodeo@lemmy.ca ) 10•11 months ago
Extra shoelaces? I don’t remember ever needing extra shoelaces ever in my life.
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 13•11 months ago
This is such a generational thing. My parents and grandparents would get shoes and have them resoled periodically. With a little care, a pair of shoes were expected to last decades. You used to see shoe repair shops in every neighborhood. I can’t remember the last time I brought a pair of shoes that could be resoled.
- amanneedsamaid ( @amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ) English6•11 months ago
IIRC most cobblers will work on Birkenstocks.
- Yerbouti ( @Yerbouti@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months ago
The day when you will,you’ll see that this is really smart.
- kent_eh ( @kent_eh@lemmy.ca ) English2•11 months ago
My work boots typically go through 2-3 sets of laces over their lifespan.
- BuzzCola ( @BuzzCola@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
Adding to this buy extra phone chargers for your work desk, car, suit case, and sofa so most any time you have a charger and cable ready to go.
- Dagwood222 ( @Dagwood222@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
How could I forget that??
- Display name ( @Name@feddit.nu ) 31•11 months ago
Everything that takes under two minutes to complete gets done immediately. Future me loves past me now
- Wirrvogel ( @Wirrvogel@feddit.de ) Deutsch5•11 months ago
I managed to clean the kitchen and do the dishes every evening for two weeks in a row now and it is a start to be nice to tomorrow me. If it becomes a habit, I will try to do more, but for now it is hard enough, but also so, so satisfying the next morning! Past me, today me and tomorrow me are a team!
- fadingembers ( @fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English23•11 months ago
I started antidepressants
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 13•11 months ago
When I did that in college, though it was over 20 years ago, I distinctly remember my mother saying over the phone “Oh sure, just take the easy way out”.
Yeah Mom, I’m taking the “easy way out” here by going to therapy and taking medication. That’s totally what those words refer to. 🙄
- NotSpez ( @NotSpez@lemm.ee ) 9•11 months ago
Not to shit on your mom or anything, but that’s ignorance right there.
Good for you for taking responsibility and care for your own mental health
- Extras ( @Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ) 22•11 months ago
I learned to tie some knots. The canadian jam knot and the constrictor basically replaced zip ties for me
- Gunpachi ( @gunpachi@lemmings.world ) 7•11 months ago
This reminds me of a r/coolguides post on many different knots. I should find that one and start practicing.
Edit: I just found this website. It shows animated knots.
- Kit ( @Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 22•11 months ago
Hired a bi-weekly house cleaner. My mental health is so much better now that my house is always clean.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 8•11 months ago
Ooh that sounds nice. I’ve considered doing something similar, but I’m worried about being able to find stuff if I’m not the one who puts it away. Have you had any trouble with that?
- NotSpez ( @NotSpez@lemm.ee ) 12•11 months ago
Most cleaners only clean, dont really change stuff. The secret is to kind of tidy up your house before they arrive. And yes, definitely get one. It’s a life changer, and good for your personal relationships.
- mitrosus ( @mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de ) 6•11 months ago
Yes, I am not comfortable with someone coming in my private residence. So I am left to do everything myself…
- Yerbouti ( @Yerbouti@lemmy.ml ) 19•11 months ago
I stopped listening to news radio in the morning. Music is the way to go to start the day.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) 18•11 months ago
I got a freezer for the garage and I shop at Costco
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 12•11 months ago
Where I grew up there was a program where you’d sign up for a waiting list. Then when the county police encountered a deer that’d been injured but not badly mangled by a car, they’d put it out of its misery and send it to a local butcher. You’d pay $50 to the butcher and end up with a huge amount of packaged venison.
We kept a freezer in the basement just for that. It would fill the freezer.
- bstix ( @bstix@feddit.dk ) English18•11 months ago
I leave a roll of trash bags in the bottom of the trash bin, so it’s where I need it when I need it - instead of taking up place elsewhere or getting lost. I do this for all trash bins. In the kitchen, at the toilets, at work, in the garage etc.
Also, with all the different sorting these days, I’ve decided not to sort the plastic, paper, glass etc. at the source, but just use one big container for all the clean stuff. When it’s full, I’ll take it out and sort it at the actual trashcan outside which is the place where it actually needs sorting. There’s no need to keep 5 or more different trash containers under the kitchen sink to be emptied separately.
- averyminya ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
We do this for work trash but not for home trash
I don’t buy personal electronics, phone cases, or other items in black if I have the option. Not quite as rigorously I’ve stopped buying black or dark clothing where possible. Decades of buying everything in black or darker shades as the default and at some point I realized it’s pretty damn bland and makes everything harder to find if lost.
- SilentStorms ( @SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 13•11 months ago
I’m the opposite, I started buying everything in black. Makes choices easy and I don’t have to worry about matching colours or whatever lol
That was my logic too. Wait until you’ve been doing it for decades.
(In all seriousness it’s totally a personal preference, but I’m glad I stopped.)
- nossaquesapao ( @nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ) 6•11 months ago
I buy all my electronics in black, because they can last decades and still look fine. Most white or colored stuff become yellowish with time.
- kambusha ( @kambusha@feddit.ch ) 4•11 months ago
I’ve done the same with a lot of “easy to lose” things; I’ll go for white or other bright colors so it’s easier to spot and harder to misplace or forget. I lost my water bottle the other day because it was nighttime and the bottle is black.
That’s actually a great example - my water bottle is so bright i looks like it should burn you if you touch it - and for exactly that reason. 😁
- Pea666 ( @Pea666@feddit.nl ) 17•11 months ago
Buy multiple chargers and charging cables for my devices. One on my nightstand, one on my desk, one in the living room and one in my work bag.
If it’s relatively cheap, buy multiples and spread them around so you’ll never have to look for it.
- Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English2•11 months ago
You can also buy USB C adapters if you have multiple different devices but don’t want to carry around multiple cables.
- Pantherina ( @Pantherina@feddit.de ) 1•11 months ago
I prefer that minimalism
- Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English1•11 months ago
Can you get much more minimalist then one cable, one power adapter, and a few adapters?
- Pantherina ( @Pantherina@feddit.de ) 1•11 months ago
No I mean I prefer your solution / the EU solution
- Pea666 ( @Pea666@feddit.nl ) 1•11 months ago
Get a bag of those as well if you think that helps! Make your life easier.
- Damage ( @Damage@feddit.it ) 16•11 months ago
I travel with a work toolbox, among my stuff are drill bits and taps. I used to keep them all loose in a small container, and whenever I had to both drill a hole and tap it, I had to find the tap and then fish around for the correct but. Now I tie them together with elastic bands, so whenever I pick up a tap it has the correct bit attached.
- GrayBackgroundMusic ( @GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ) English16•11 months ago
Buy two of things. If you have trouble washing something, like bed sheets, buy a second set. You can change them first, then you have some more time to wash and dry and fold the other set. Otherwise, if you only have one, then you have to wash and dry and remake your bed in a shorter time window.
- statist43 ( @statist43@feddit.de ) 7•11 months ago
Who just has one set of bedsheets anyway?
- GrayBackgroundMusic ( @GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ) English9•11 months ago
I did, before I decided to buy 2. Only had 1 when growing up.
- statist43 ( @statist43@feddit.de ) 3•11 months ago
You put it in a dryer when you washed it, or what?
- GrayBackgroundMusic ( @GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ) English6•11 months ago
Strip bed. Wash sheets. Dry sheets. Remake bed. All as soon as possible.
- statist43 ( @statist43@feddit.de ) 2•11 months ago
This sounds like a drill or sth.
But I can attest, having more then 1 is helpful
- Thisfox ( @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz ) 2•11 months ago
How odd. I can’t imagine owning only one set. Do you also have only one set of clothes?
- GrayBackgroundMusic ( @GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ) English3•11 months ago
Do you also have only one set of clothes?
…
- Ms. ArmoredThirteen ( @ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 months ago
I keep getting burned finding boots that I like and by the time they wear out they’re discontinued. For the first time I finally did the thing where I bought a pair, confirmed I like them, and immediately got a second pair. It was a hefty up front cost but now I’m genuinely looking forward to the same blue crushed velvet docs for the next 4-6 years