I would say my Hue lights system because I can modulate the lighting to my mood or what I need.
Membership in the local art museum.
Can go any time and just sit, absorb, and clear the head.
Gym membership & personal training. Expensive but completely worth it!
A house.
My car has been amazing, I got my license about 2 years ago, and after relying on busses and trains to get around for eight years and living alone, having a car is just fantastic.
Thinking smaller, my cameras, I got properly into photography back in 2017 when I bought a Lumix GX80, and got a 14-140mm lens for it, it taught me soooooo much about taking nice photos. Then last year I upgraded to a Lumix S5, and damn, it is a really nice camera! The only thing that annoys me with it is the slow AF, so I am already planning on getting two other cameras to complete my setup… But anyway, my cameras has helped me a lot when it comes to go out and do stuff, simply because I want to get the photos!
Thinking smaller yet, my Hue system is amazing.
Being able to open the door to my apartment and being greeted by a nicely lit apartment rather than a black void when comming home from work is just fantastic.
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).
Smart light which can dim in the evening.
Comfy bed.
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.
Be on the lookout for a articles “Top 10 things you can buy to improve your mental health”.
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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
…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.
They are great questions to train the AI on. That’s why were are all here right?
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.
We’re also in the lead up to christmas.
A 3D Printer. It replaced a lot of bad habits and it stuck for me. Plus I’m creative and I love to tinker, so it was perfect.
Right now I’m trying to use my filament printer to create quality D&D miniatures with mixed results. Fine tuning is getting closer and closer to resin print quality.
US Treasury Bills
Treasury Direct, baby!
deny the money changers and rent seekers profits ;)
deal direct with your daddy!
Adoption fee for my shelter pup, Ripley.
Camping equipment.
Cleaning service.
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.
What your saying continues even less to the conversation, so maybe reconsider posting when you’ve got nothing to say.
You’d think that the comments under a post about mental health products would be much more thrilling. Yet here I am with both cheeks planted firmly in the back of my seat. I demand my money back
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.
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.
Slip fees?
None, I live on the hook. No rent, no slip fees.
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.
Sounds super nice.
Personally, I’ll have to do with watching Acorn To Arabella to second-hand enjoy that life
How do things like mail work? And what if you need to put in an address into a form?
I use a private PO box from a company that specializes in Dockside Services in Seattle / Ballard Wa. address, mail, ID, etc etc services for roamers. I have them forward to a temp address or General Delivery wherever I’m at. I also can use the Amazon lockers / Wholefoods, but I try to as little as possible. Outside of the US it gets a little trickier.
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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.
I also read 29 inch sail boat and I was like Uhm, what
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).
Awesome - I was curious - lake minded here ; )
