Addfwyn

I have only very recently come around on that. When voice commands first came out, they were absolute garbage. I am still conditioned to never expect them to work, and am always pleasantly surprised when they do.

To be fair, I largely only use them for things like setting my alarm, because I still have an engrained expectation that they won't work otherwise.

I have always hated that advice. While exceptions exist, there is no faster way to burn yourself out on something you love than making a career out of it. I generally do like my work (IT) now, but a lot if that is because I actively try to not even look in the direction of a computer when I am not in the office. I probably consume less tech/IT industry news now than I did before I worked in the field.

I feel like if you feel like you need to cultivate a mindset for a particular activity, you are probably better off finding another activity. Unless you have extremely specific goals that really demand a particular exercise, it is better to simply be moderately active doing something you enjoy doing.

I've tried running/jogging, I am actually not bad at it. I freaking hate actually doing it though, I would rather be doing almost anything else. Which makes it a terrible exercise for me to do, because I will find any excuse to not do it. Same for lifting weights. I enjoy swimming but dislike public pools, in my current country nobody has private pools, even the rich.

For me I have always enjoyed martial arts, particularly sparring. I can't necessarily find people to do that with regularly where I live now, but I can still practice forms and the like by myself. I get a not insignificant workout from regular Beat Saber sessions too, honestly.

The pay isn't great (even in upper management, unless you are at corporate), but working in hospitality does have its advantages. It does make travel planning a lot easier.

I almost see it as the opposite.

AirBNB is fine if you are just looking for a place nearby tourist sites that you don't plan to spend much time at.

Hotels are great when you need the extra features, a concierge, laundry (I have never worked at a hotel that did not have laundry services and/or dry cleaning), restaurants, and the like.

Kitchen I could see being tricky, but if you need a kitchen I assume you might be doing more a long-term stay anyway, in which case a lot of hotels will have those options as well.

My hotel is a high-end dog friendly hotel, we don't require any additional cost for a guest bringing a room. Unless they order room service for their dog or something (yes, we have it).

We do need some additional paperwork, but nothing that most dog owners wouldn't already have on hand I think.

Since I work at one, I stay at hotels free (within my brand) so I can't say I have much experience with airbnb. I do feel they cater to very different markets though, I don't necessarily begrudge the existence of airbnb, even if they are kind of our competition.

OTAs on the other hand, can all get fucked.

Not sure exactly how much money that constitutes, but assuming I somehow inherited a reasonably large sum of money, do mostly the same thing I am doing now.

Pay immediate cost of living expenses for myself and my partner. I don't have any expensive hobbies that I would need much more. I don't make a ton of money right now, yet it's still more than I can reasonably spend. After rent and food, like half my paycheque goes into the bank already. I am lucky to live in a country where I don't have to worry about an unexpected medical condition costing me millions.

The remaining would go towards charities/local political groups I am involved in. While not without precedence, it would be a strange look to be a stupidly wealthy socialist, and again the money would have no real use to me and would be better served elsewhere.

I don't normally enjoy many walking sims, but something about the pacing and delivery of Firewatch nailed it for me. Didn't overstay its welcome and kept me interested enough in the story that I think I did the whole game in one or two sittings.

I love Cities Skylines, but I absolutely suck with traffic management. I know it's supposed to be the game's big challenge, but it's the one thing I really don't enjoy. Anytime I have tried to plan a city from the beginning with traffic in mind, I find myself not having nearly as much fun as when I just built stuff haphazardly.

I kind of just want a mod that abstracts out traffic (I know about TPM, but that isn't exactly what I want).

Subnautica simultaneously my favourite "I like build base" game and horror game.

I really like the open-ended gameplay loop with a structured narrative. Had way more story than I expected going into it.

Terraria is one I should probably like, given that the other games there are among my favourite games ever. Just never could get more than an hour into it without just getting kind of lost. I get a house for me and the guide guy and then...am not sure what to do exactly.

Is it more action-adventure than I think? I just kind of want to build a town I think.