A bamboo back-scratcher.
My advice to people under 40: you won't always have the flexibility to scratch wherever it itches. Appreciate it while it's there.
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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An air cooler. I hate airco (and way to expensive) and got the tip at the hairdresser to get one. Great way to spend the giftcard I received when joining a union. (maybe the union subscription tops it, not sure yet)
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Just bought Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 on Xbox and I'm pretty excited about that.
A secondhand woolen blanket. After years of being sweaty and uncomfortable under synthetic duvets, I've never slept better.
Sounds stupid compared to other stuff here, but a Traxxas TRX-4M 1/18 RC Scale Crawler. I bought it on a whim and then got into modifying it. I've been putting in a bit of money, but it's super fun to play with it and it gets me out of the house to explore the neighbourhood for some good places to crawl it.
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A laptop computer.
I honestly prefer desktop, but I'd run into some situations over the past few years where money was tight and something broke on the desktop which screwed up my entire world as I had no real fallback. So when I had a bit of breathing room, I got my first non-Chromebook laptop.
Then, like three months later, I promptly broke my foot, becoming almost bedbound for nearly 2 months because my foot would swell too much if I tried to sit at my desktop.
I still heavily prefer my desktop due to a larger monitor and because I hate the trackpad placement on laptops--but having a legit laptop helped me out a TON when I couldn't get out of bed all that much.
Try a wireless trackball or Gyro mouse if the laptop mouse is bothering you. They require less space than a normal mouse and are still better than the trackpad. A wireless mouse is also an option for extendeing the range on your desktop.
A robot vacuum. Just a cheap no-brand one and it's by no means perfect but does actually help with day-to-day cleaning. Meaning I can get away manually vacuuming way less often.
Robot vacuums are great.
One downside--if you have animals that are in the house/in rooms when you are not, don't put the robot vacuum on a set schedule. If the animal poos/vomits/etc. the robot vacuum will streak it all across the room because it won't detect it and stop.
Source: I had a robot vacuum, a roomie with cats, and the roomie's cat crapped on my rug when I was at work. I came home to robot-created cat-poo skidmarks all across the carpet.