Just be careful you don't get their "smarthome" line, at least for cameras. It doesn't require Internet to operate, but it requires Internet for configuration and management.
I'm not sure if that's the same with their doorbells, but it was true of their wifi cameras.
I'd also recommend installing whatever quality of life mods/romhacks/emulator settings you can find. Gaming has changed a lot over the years and our brains expect different things than they used to.
I used to love Gen3 Pokemon growing up, but playing it now feels unbearably slow, but it's a lot nicer with a fast forward setting. Same with adding text speed up cheats, faster running cheats, etc.
That, and I'd recommend starting with remakes of popular retro games to get hooked. Usually they have some revamping of control schemes or graphics that match your expectations a bit better. Then once you get the momentum going, expand from there.
Probably some kind of wallpaper app then? Or maybe a video call app downloading backgrounds?
You could try limiting files permissions on a bunch of apps to see what gets them to stop.
Especially for physical goods.
That's not the problem though. The problem is I buy a $500 TV and willingly agree to the terms of service as they are when I first turn it on. Then a year later they change it out from under me and force me to accept new terms. If I disagree, I essentially have to shell out for a new TV since I won't be able to use my current one. They've basically forced me to accept or pay. That's what people are complaining about.
At least in very dramatic extremes, yes there's at least a correlation between horrific animal abuse and psychopathy.
No idea if that extends to more run of the mill actions.
Some kind of scavenger hunt around gathering your favorite things. Then showing them to each other.
Them both being dead is both convenient and conveniently suspicious. Since Trump is guarded by secret service, conspiracies would arise saying they (under Bidens order, or a Harris power grab) killed him. It would be completely absurd given the circumstances and no reputable source would support it, but people would believe it anyway and Fox would push the story. Widely broadcast funerals for each of them.
Then nothing... The conspiracies would flow, but nothing much would change.
Does your 401k allow you to invest in individual stocks? Does it let you invest in an index fund that matches your investment interests?(like one for just tech companies, or just solar companies, etc).
If you're able to invest from within the 401k, do it. You'll get tax benefits.
In terms of general advice though, I'd lean on the 401k here and invest in large index funds (total market, or at least tracking the SP500, or target date funds). This assumes you already have a fully funded emergency fund though.
I don't plan for the future, that's how.
The main "planning" I did was related to my job. I saved a few months of expenses in a savings account. Enough so if I lost my job I'd be able to survive for at least a few months. That removed a ton of stress from the day to day of work since I knew I could always step back if I really had to and if I lost my job I wouldn't starve.
Essentially I "planned" enough to give me the freedom to live in the moment with less worry.
I started with zero-based budgeting via YNAB ages ago when ynab was a local-only app. Over time though I've adjusted and focus on tracking my expenses rather than budgeting. I've found that for me, budgeting is hard to stick to because I can never predict well enough. Ynab helped back when I used it but even then I always had a "rollover" fund I had to steal from almost arbitrarily to make things balanced.
I do keep a rough spreadsheet budget of my fixed expenses though (rent, internet, phone, electricity, etc) that I use to understand how much of my money is "locked-in" and what is discretionary.
For tracking, I have a spreadsheet I input all my expenses into every month or two that I use to see how Ive been spending my money, and I use that to decide if I'm happy with where I am.
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