Hopefully, a quiet oscillating fan for sleeping. I just don't know which one yet.
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Cast Iron Skillet, take care of it and you will pass it down to your children.
A Time Timer.
They're not cheap, especially for a timer that's bare bones (~20 USD).
But it has changed my work life.
- People who want to interrupt me while I'm working can now see how long until I have my next break. So I am interrupted less.
- Now I self-regulate a bit better, so I'm able to work longer without destroying myself in the process. I take breaks that help me with repetitive strain injuries and with feeling like I'm a human being and not just a machine.
- Now I remember to actually start timers when I start working. I know this is a bit silly, but I was having trouble creating a habit of stopping for breaks. I tried to solve this by setting timers on my phone, but I constantly forgot doing it. Now I'm reminded to start a timer by something that I see on my desk.
Nice onel, thanks for sharing! This is something I can improve on aswell, as a desk worker. Furthermore because taking eyes of the monitor screen regulary is supposed to reduce eye strain! I got this timer for my desk and workouts at home.
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Any basic ear plugs, literally $2 to make the world nicer, to sleep better in loud situations, to protect your hearing, to prevent infections in pools, and more.
You don't realize how much nicer the world is when it's like 15db quiter, especially when you are in a city.
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a high quality pocket knife. never leave home without one.
What game are you changing exactly with this?
It's very convenient when you forgot lunch money.
Specifically a Swiss army knife with scissors. The amount of times I reach for those little scissors is a lot more than expected
This is illegal in France :(
Just guillotines
cop: are you carrying anything sir?
me: no sir, I keep it all PG
cop: alright, you have a good day now
me smirking and taking out my Pocket Guillotine
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I understand the logic, but I've never been in a situation when I thought "I wish I had a pocket knife"
If you carry one, you'll discover all sorts of uses for it.
I have one in my car, but the glovebox is where things get forgotten.
Maybe a small Swiss Army knife would be a good investment.
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I have a Boker Kwaiken, a real nice one, but man do I love the DW-1. Itβs so wee you can really use it anywhere without worrying about freaking anyone out and it does things like box cutting waaaay better than a longer knife.
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Birth control
- Bidet
- Hand barbells + weights
- Inexpensive watch like a casio f-91w, or a cheaper smart one. Turning off all phone sound notifs is nice.
- Used e-reader
- Heated blanket
- One of those water bottles with a straw and a smart lid
Itβs amazing how life changing a $35 bidet is
Every time I go to a bidet-less house, and see that they're going as unwashed as a 5th century peasant 
You really should buy a bedbug proof mattress cover and interceptors for the legs of your bed and furniture. Trust me when I say that an ounce of prevention will save you a lot of trouble, cost, and emotional trauma. Even if it costs more, buy then anyway.
Bidet attachment for your toilet bowl. Trust me, youβll never go back.
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Blackout curtains in combination with a sunlight alarm clock to fall asleep more easily and wake up gentler without my phone.
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Electric kettle.
Bone conduction headphones.
Rechargeable head lamp.
Nice EDC knife.
Driving gloves.
A really good insulated cup.
French press.
Digital kitchen scale.
Slow cooker.
I would switch French Press with AeroPress, for convenience. But other than that. Great list.
I haven't used AeroPress, but I appreciate that the French press is equally useful for making both hot and cold brew coffee. Mine is all-metal and you could just about beat someone to death with it.
I loved my French press, but I did not enjoy the cleanup.
So I tried AeroPress, and fell in love with it, so simple and fast, so easy to clean up, and the coffee is great.
I haven't tried cold brew coffee, but I have seen people do it.
I have also made iced coffee in it, but I haven't found the perfect mix yet.
Foldable bathtub
Ideal for smaller apartments that don't have their own bathtub since it fits in the shower.
I bought one despite not really being a bather, but then I realized why I wasn't into bathing. It's because bathtubs you lie in kinda suck. Buoyenzy means that your feet and chest will always want to rise above the water
But the foldable is more barrel shaped, like a Japanese bathtub. So your whole body save your head stays submerged. Who would have thought that the Japanese, a people with entire industries around bathing know a thing or two about good tub design
Ok I almost see the picture. Do you put a chair in or something or are you crouched? Even with boyuancy I feel like my knees would have a hard time with it. Also a little concerned with using something like that in a space that isint quite expected to have that much weight?
No chair, the buoyenzy perfectly cancles it out. Also, it doesn't actually need tham much water. I usually only film it halfway foll and the mass of my own body fills it up the rest. So it only weighs as much as one very heavy guy
Do you have a good brand recommendation? Or something to look for? My wife always complains about how tub being too small and she is tiny compared to me. I can never fit
Some chifi buds and a (Bluetooth) dac.
I have a pair of kz prx (planars, 37 bucks) and a hiby w3II (good enough over by and okΓ© over cable, 40). If you donβt need by I will recommend the trn black pearl as it has the same parts as some of its more expensive counterparts
Wat?
ELIX: Wifi headphones and a DAC (the thingy that taked digital music and makes it into analog sound for a 3.5 jack).
Bet you can't get all that for $100 though. A used pair of senheisser maybe, but an OK used DAC is probably at least $100 in itself.
Cheap headphones and a connector to make them sound good via Bluetooth pretty much. A lot better sound than AirPods Pro 2 AndrΓ© passive noise cancellation is also enough to drown out most noises
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