I’ve found setting an unrealistic goal (retirement at 45) but realistic goals that lead up to the unrealistic one so that accomplishments are made. Humans get a dopamine hit when we “check a box” or complete a task. Lean into that a bit with things you do. Small things help towards the efforts of larger things.

Other than that, escapism through keeping myself busy too.

This is something else that crossed my mind. Not like the $20 a year or whatever is going to break my bank paying separately…

I’ve used AirVPN for over a year now. No complaints. Mullvad stopped port forwarding so had to swap. Recently moved email to proton so might move VPN over soon too.

About all we really got is some damn good… Highly fattening… Food.