This is gonna sound like an ad, lol, but it's really just one of the few things that has improved my life for the better. And it's not a tech gadget!
I started eating this powdered food replacement called Huel a few years ago, and recently they released a cup-o-noodles variant that's really easy to make in a microwave. Each cup is 400 calories and packed with proteins and vitamins and such. Each cup is supposed to be a complete, nutritionally sufficient meal. It's basically like backpacking food for the home.
Now my partner and I eat these for about 80% of our meals, and it's largely replaced home cooking for us. As a really busy couple with no kids and minimal cooking skills, it's been a game changer for us. We both feel healthier, more satiated (meaning less hungry through day) and have lost significant weight on it.
It's not gourmet food, obviously, but perfectly serviceable. I actually look forward to it. On a subscription, each cup comes out to be about $4. The bulk bagged versions are cheaper.
I'm really glad I took a chance on it, despite having previously tried and disliked Soylent. Gonna go make one right now!
I can't really come up with anything so game-changing. I have to exclude things that came around before I was old enough to be aware of things because I have no way to compare life without them.
I suppose the closest thing I can come up with are ATMs. When they came around, it made a tremendous difference in my life. Being about to do basic banking when the banks were closed was incredible.
YouTube. It's where I get all my home workout and yoga videos.
And Google Maps - I suck at directions.
for me, since I got a smartwatch, it's been a game changer. I use my phone way less now because I can check notifications, calls, track my fitness, etc. I can't believe we didn’t have this before
Prefixing all my personal shell commands and aliases with ','.
A bidet. It’s something I really miss when I travel.
Psilocybin. (And I almost didn't.)
edit: instant, lasting relief from anxiety / stress disorder, depression, addiction...
For anxiety / stress, you have to keep taking it for awhile because your amygdala is enlarged. At least once per month. Once per week is great. After a couple of years, I was able to stop taking it so much. Before that, if I went longer than about 30 days my anxiety came back fast and hard.
I haven't been taking it much lately because I'm getting back into software after a mini retirement (growing mushrooms full time), and I don't want to lay in bed tripping when I have tons of work to do.
But now I'm going to try to balance software work with fungus work, and get back to taking it every Saturday.
I want to make it a social thing here in MedellĂn.