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Excellent decision :)

I don't read much magazines and only in print (because no tracking, it's great to see they have a print edition but not in my budget for shipping to the EU) and usually not about lifestyle but I must say I'm all in favor of eating 'seasonal' fruits and vegs (is that how you say that in English?), cooking simple meals (instead of buying ready made stuff) and craft and fixing stuff.

For example, I've always liked to make my own notebooks and I learned to solder and to sew (by hand and using a sewing machine), aged almost 50, so I would be able to fix our simple electronics (things like a broken headset) and mend our clothes.

as for fruits, our table is always fitted with a couple baskets of fresh fruits that we need to refill at least 2 times a week, as my spouse and I much prefer eat those to all those industrial over-processed/over-sugared/over-packaged nightmares they call 'sweets' that are sold. And beside our personal preferences the content of those two baskets simply follows the season ;)

That's also one of the reasons I switched from Apple (another fruit ;) to Linux (what fruit would it be?), a few years ago.

I was getting tired of Apple making unfixable and not upgradable computers (aka, programmed e-waste) and telling us it was the new normal while constantly pushing us to buy new stuff instead of fixing it. So, after almost 40 years using Apple I made the big jump... Zero regrets: I do what I used to do, for the most part, and I know I can do it on a device I can easily fix or upgrade myself when I need to.

Walking. Daily. That, and purchasing good shoes. It changed my life.

At first, I was in such a poor shape (physical and mental) I was barely able to walk more than a few steps, I was also severely ill and was expected to die quickly in not the most tranquil manner. Nowadays, I'm not dead :p, and I walk miles every day and I will do my best to go everywhere I can, walking. I'm still ill (it's not curable) but it's stabilized and I feel so much better.

I'm still not an athlete and I'm old enough to realize I'll never be one but I don't care: I'm in such a better shape! Both physically and mentally (I feel so much better in my head), my endurance is skyrocketing, and I've also lost so much weight I don't need to wear 'plus-sized' clothes anymore.

And it all started by making the first step, one small step. Literally ;)

Edit: clarifications.

ever since Trump got elected in November, my mental health has been slipping.

Trump is a symptom. He (it?) is not the disease.

Try not to fixate too much on the dude, the issue is in how such a frustrated illiterate racist could ever be elected and, even more: how was he able to become a candidate to begin with? That's the real issue. Not that he is an asshole. There are plenty assholes, in the USA as well as in all other democracies around the world. The issue is when those illiterate assholes are being considered worthy leaders... by the electors in those democracies.

I know doomscrolling makes it worse.

It sure does. I'm not US and I don't doomscroll. Ever. There is nothing that is that urgent/important that I should stay in the loop real time. Heck, I even started reading print newspapers again, almost 20 years after I gave up on them so I'm able to take some more time to digest the news. And even there, I filter out most of what I consider mere noise and not real information.

Before rejoicing, I'll wait after Trump announces a 200% tax on EU made products unless we start buying more US digital software and services and we remove rules and regulations, data protection,...

:)

The light.

That being said, I also love light during Fall and Spring. A little less during Winter.

What are you people going to say next? That I'm exaggerating? Open your eyes...

I've been moving back more and more of my activities offline for a long time now. My eyes are somewhat open, and I don't think I'm an exception. It's just that when you're online you can only hear... online people ;)

In an hour or so, I will be out walking in the city, with nothing but my small watercolors set, a pencil and a sketchbook. No notifications, no messages, no social, no games, no podcasts, no music,... Just me and the world for me to sketch and paint... very badly... and what's even better is that I don't give a crap about that. I just enjoy doing it.

So, now that you realized how screwed up most online activities are, what will you do offline today, if anything? And if there is nothing planned, why not give it a shot? :)

J'utilisais le site Web de Lemmy/Jlail.lu, à présent j'utilise le site Web de piefed ;)

The few exchanges I have had so far (here on Piefed and on Lemmy) have been rather positive/interesting. A few could even be the start of a lot more interesting discussions but have yet to mature, which is absolutely fine. Like already suggested by another commenter, we probably need to give it some more time to grow. Meanwhile, we can do our best to start making it feel more lively already.

It's probably my English that is lacking (sorry for that) but I though I just wrote 'people should not do that, they're not a products'. Could it be that me using the first person is the main issue, here? Or did I really phrase anything that makes you think I feel 'special' (can't see what)?

If so, I will try to keep that in mind next time.

Thx, that's nice of you to say, but don't worry too much about that.

As far as I'm concerned downvotes only start being meaningful the moment a downvoter takes to time to explain their motivation, if they're too lazy to even do that, well, why should I worry what they may think, or like or dislike? ;)