I'm down to a soda/caffeine drink at most once a day, down from drinking two or more every day.

Almost all the films and games I've interacted with came from a little , otherwise it just wouldn't be accessible for me.

McDonald's has been too expensive for years, and it takes too long since they refuse to hire enough people and its usually a child doing the job of 5 grown adults. Fast food my fat ass, I can cook my own food for a fraction of the price faster than McDonald's.

Try to do so many apps per week, 7 or so is a good number, doing a lot sounds good on paper, but HR of different places talk and flooding with your resume makes you look desperate and therefore unemployable.

Create a schedule you can follow and try to have so much time dedicated to rest/enjoyment if possible, no matter how small.

Self hosted retro private EQemu, I also use the server for Jellyfin, just for music.

I used to use it to control my window AC from work too, but sadly the smart plug I use for that died over the winter, was nice to pair with those tuya-alternative through http since my cheapo phone needs to save all the storage it can. Its on a very old rig, so I'm always impressed that it still works.

Seconding this, and even if its a supposed stable profession don't depend on it, I've seen too many tradesmen working retail and doctors that fail to start residency.

I'd add on learn as many skills as you can, especially basic cooking and repair (car, home, gadgets, etc), it will save you time and money. Home cooked is cheaper than eating out and if you can make meals in advance and freeze them it will save time.

And strawberry milk comes from red cows.

It doesn't matter in the end.

There probably are, there's a reason why super high security systems aim for airgapping of sorts, and even that's not immune.

I'm going to be on the job hunt soon, this will be helpful.

TIL myself, I'd like some green noise for rest

Out of body experience, the illusory perception that you're hanging outside of your body, people that have NDEs (near death experiences) report it a lot but you can trip that sensation while very alive, people with hard core dissociation type conditions for example, other more boring things like sleep deprivation, trauma and stress, or simple meditation and perception games.