Didn’t know that, now I’ll definitely have to look into it, thanks!

Might be a good option. I would have to protect myself though, I burn so fast standing outside. Does this require a white card?

Does this require some experience with forklifts or something?

Currently in Sydney, Australia

Pretty impressive that you are still using this as a daily driver.

I do feel there has been sometime lost when moving to the current iteration of smartphones. Typing is slower and many phones have become a distraction rather than a useful tool.

I have a smartwatch currently. But I sometimes forget to charge it, which means that I won’t be able to use it for a while. It does help with noticing notifications though, I especially like that the alarms are silent and only noticeable by me.

Thanks, that’s a good option! I didn’t know you could run it automatically in the morning.

And by filtering it for a specific calendar that I use for important events, it can be for just those events I need it for. Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it out. Too bad I use an iPhone as my daily phone at the moment, I don’t think there is something equivalent to this for iOS

That’s what I try to do. But sometimes I forget setting the alarms and then I start double guessing myself. Checking my calendar anyway even though I already have alarms set.

I was looking for a way to automatically set alarms based on calendar events, but seems like I’m out of luck…

This is what I would like to try. Just setting some time aside for experimenting.

But of course I still need to eat something everyday, so it would be good to have some staples to make when I don’t have time or some experiment failed.

I think that’s a good idea.

I actually like taking recipes and trying to reduce them to their most generic form. Like a curry, or a stew, or a salad. Most of the ingredients can be substituted, but the basic steps are the same.

I think it would be good to try more simple recipes. Eggs are great and I like to use them in many ways.

I think part of the issue is also how I’ve been brought up. My parents always made different meals every day and always wanted to make healthy and tasty food. But they never taught me how to cook.

So my standards are kinda high, but my actual skill is not that great.

Eating out can be nice, but it does not necessarily save any time. And often it feels like a choice between either an expensive meal or something rather unhealthy

I’ve always had difficulties using recipe search websites based on ingredients. Often I’m still missing one important ingredient, so i can’t make the suggestions. Or they try to find things with all the ingredients you fill in, which is not always useful.

A lot of ‘meals’ are also just side dishes, like honey glazed carrots or something. Which is not really something I would consider a full meal.

What website do you use?

Haha, great choice of mouse :)

I never really got into music much, maybe because it’s too distracting for me (especially with lyrics) I do feel like it can be very relaxing, but it heavily depends on the song. And I never bothered to make myself a playlist, so I don’t really know what I would listen too. (and I will avoid that rabbit hole for the time being :P)

Thanks for the kind words.

Just starting with something random is a good idea. I think that’s usually also how I get out of these situations.

I actually recently had the same issue when looking for a mouse. I wanted something lightweight, works with bluetooth for day to day work, but can also be used wired (with less latency). But it had to be with usb-c.

This was surprisingly hard to find and it took me several weeks before I decided. (Got the Keychron M3, which really fits my needs perfectly) Unfortunately this reinforces my behavior to keep researching for a long time before deciding. (honestly the time I spent on this was probably not worth it, even though it is a good mouse. I would probably have been fine using my old logitech for a while longer)

Sometimes there is not even an option that fulfills all criteria, and in those situations I can keep looking forever. Then it becomes really important to just let it go and get something that’s “good enough”.

Not sure how to train myself to do more of the opposite though.

You might be right that it has to do with my current mental state too. I recently moved to a different country, and (even just sensory wise) it has been an overwhelming week.

When overwhelmed, my mind tends to go blank and I just keep researching forever in some kind of zombie mode. I wish I knew a way to ease myself. But that is actually one of my main challenges, how to rest and recover. I tend to default to browsing/researching more online whenever I have nothing to do, or when I’m too tired.

Thanks everyone already for all the suggestions, makes me feel like this is something that happens to others as well.

I would love to have somebody cook for me at my home and show me how to make some good easy recipes. But I suppose that would be outrageously expensive. I try cooking myself to save money in the first place :/

I actually like cooking, especially if it turns out well. And I don’t really mind working on it for an hour or so. But this time I spent and entire free day looking up things to make and it felt a bit too much.

I would love to be able to just make anything based on whatever is in the fridge. But I don’t really have much experience yet, and especially on days when I’m tired, I feel incapable of thinking up something to prepare. I just stare at the fridge and pantry and have no clue where to start.