To me a lot of the tasks considered not “noble”, sometimes referred to as “reproductive work” (ie. work that enables that a body can regenerate its capacity to work),that traditionally has been devoted to women and for which they are not remunerated:
cleaning up my mess
taking care of plants
preparing food (including long-term projects such as ferments, cooking for friends, etc)
doing the laundry (to a lesser extent…)
other “chores” like fixing things around
are all things that in a given day will contribute balancing out the grim screentime and other activities damaging my body and mental health…
Also (and again only talking for myself, for the strict standpoint of my own experience):
having every day one simple “achievement”: crossing out one of the many tasks that are pending for too long, sometimes the simples bit have the maximum effect as they free mindspace on the “global mental todo list”
usually the things that make me feel better would be considered not “productive” by the people who may hire you and/or who ru(i)n the world. they have in common to involve: contact with other people, senses and the sensory system in general (olfactive, tactile, acoustic etc.), contact and interaction with living things (plants, quality ingredients for cooking, etc.), and most fo them are fundamentally analog and offline…
sometimes it can be as simple, during intense periods of stress or so, as to just pump the music up, get up and dance for 5-10-15min, like nobody’s watching ;)
To me a lot of the tasks considered not “noble”, sometimes referred to as “reproductive work” (ie. work that enables that a body can regenerate its capacity to work),that traditionally has been devoted to women and for which they are not remunerated:
are all things that in a given day will contribute balancing out the grim screentime and other activities damaging my body and mental health…
Also (and again only talking for myself, for the strict standpoint of my own experience):
having every day one simple “achievement”: crossing out one of the many tasks that are pending for too long, sometimes the simples bit have the maximum effect as they free mindspace on the “global mental todo list”
usually the things that make me feel better would be considered not “productive” by the people who may hire you and/or who ru(i)n the world. they have in common to involve: contact with other people, senses and the sensory system in general (olfactive, tactile, acoustic etc.), contact and interaction with living things (plants, quality ingredients for cooking, etc.), and most fo them are fundamentally analog and offline…
sometimes it can be as simple, during intense periods of stress or so, as to just pump the music up, get up and dance for 5-10-15min, like nobody’s watching ;)