I can think of three things:
- ~~Gaming~~
- Contributing to opensource
- Learning something new
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I find it hard to contribute to some projects because I don't understand the overall architecture but I think contributing to unit testing is pretty simple. You just need to understand the smallest units of work, not the whole thing.
Contributing is not limited to writing code. Sometimes it is finding bugs and reporting them. Sometimes it is just telling people about project.
Binging TV isn't pretty or healthy but it does definitely help time travel past those sad times in your life where you need time to heal
Get a job in building construction.
You work hard, you work together with people, you start your day early and you get tired in the evening.
Procrastinating... I feel, whenever I postpone something for tomorrow, days fly by faster than usual.
Having a due date for a project or work assignment that you procrastinate really makes time move way too quickly
You need to sort our bed time routine out.
Don't do anything in bed other than sleep (or sex). Go to bed try to sleep, if you don't sleep get up and go to another room and come back in half an hour, an hour whatever it takes. Try sleep again if that doesn't work after a bit get up again. I actually find going for a pee and trying again works surprisingly well. Take your TV out of your room, don't use your phone in bed, don't exercise in your bedroom and don't exercise late and night.
Try the military sleep method.
If you want time to waste on something, do a jigsaw or scale model.
Join a board game group.
Watch The World at war 1973. Best ww2 doc ever made and its 26 episodes long. That will waste some time.
Come over and help me and my wife with all our house projects and yard work. We don't have time for everything we want to do.
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I smoke weed and watch TV. I also take Zoloft every day and it works pretty well at minimizing my intrusive thoughts too (which mostly happen at night) so it's like multi-pronged for me.
Idk, if you've been going through this for a while and nothing in this thread works, you could look into antidepressants; you don't have to be on them forever. A lot of the common ones are somewhat affordable without insurance.
I had been on zoloft for a while but stopped a few years ago. I actually just started again very recently. We'll see if that works.
Weed doesn't help for me, it makes me more anxious. TV also helps for a little bit
Im a huge advocate for fitness and diet for people who are having trouble with mental health. Because it gives you something you can nerd out on, control, research and if it sticks its a huge net positive for your life.
Figuring out your macros, setting yourself a step goal, designing a functional diet, doing some basic weight training even with just bodyweight exercises.
It also has the advantage of quite often leaving you tired at the end of the day. I can recommend some resources if you like.
People say exercise makes your brain grow. But that’s the wrong way to look at it. Sitting around all day makes your brain atrophy.
It’s so hard to be mentally healthy when your brain atrophies.
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start working on a social experience VR app, with an acquaintance that could become a friend.
I used to watch favorite TV shows, long series, and try sleeping as early as possible. Watching shows is so passive and easy that it ends up working well. It's really important to have fun and get good sleep, so I suggest focusing on that until you figure it out.
Ugh I wish I could fall asleep early. It's sooo hard to fall asleep before 2am or so. And then I haven't been able to sleep past 7am or so. Which is why I said other than sleep. It's just really hard for me to sleep, even if I've been incredibly active during the day.
I've been listening to a great book series called dungeon crawler carl on audible..there's like 6 books and they are pretty long .that could eat up time.. I listen to them whilst exercising
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Can you not go out at night? I understand not everywhere is as safe as where I am, but on a sleepless night, I love to go out alone and explore the places I've been to just to see how it is at night. There is a bridge here that has an ocean view, a few rooftops with city views, a hill with both the city and the port, a lot of cafè also open 24/7 so I usually just read there. I read books, articles, scientific papers, code documentation/open source projects, and before I know it time passes by.