• Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
    12·
    13 days ago

    As someone that works from home and eats a lot of sandwiches; a bread maker. Great for pizza dough too!

  • snek_boi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    11 days ago

    A Time Timer.

    They’re not cheap, especially for a timer that’s bare bones (~20 USD).

    But it has changed my work life.

    1. People who want to interrupt me while I’m working can now see how long until I have my next break. So I am interrupted less.
    2. Now I self-regulate a bit better, so I’m able to work longer without destroying myself in the process. I take breaks that help me with repetitive strain injuries and with feeling like I’m a human being and not just a machine.
    3. Now I remember to actually start timers when I start working. I know this is a bit silly, but I was having trouble creating a habit of stopping for breaks. I tried to solve this by setting timers on my phone, but I constantly forgot doing it. Now I’m reminded to start a timer by something that I see on my desk.
    • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
      4·
      11 days ago

      Nice onel, thanks for sharing! This is something I can improve on aswell, as a desk worker. Furthermore because taking eyes of the monitor screen regulary is supposed to reduce eye strain! I got this timer for my desk and workouts at home.

      My timer

      • snek_boi@lemmy.ml
        2·
        11 days ago

        Ah. To set up the timer, you do pull the hand counter clockwise, as if you were pulling a spring-loaded car backwards for it to move forward on its own. After you release the Time Timer, its hand will move forward on its own, normally, clockwise.

        It is a bit unusual, but the point of the timer is to see how much time you’ve got left. It’s like a battery charge percentage. You know that when the battery reaches zero, you’ve got to charge it up again.

        I hope the explanation helps. If not, feel free to ask or to check out the videos in the Time Timer website. After all, it is a strange product.

        • Valmond@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 days ago

          Lol thank you but I do know how a wind up clock works 😁, I have just never seen one going “backwards”.

          Here’s one on my stove:

          Maybe it’s a European/ US difference?

          • snek_boi@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            11 days ago

            Ah that makes sense. Maybe it’s a European/US difference, but it could be just a Time Timer thing. My air fryer is from an American company and it has the same timer as you (wind it up clockwise, then the hand moves counter-clockwise).

            I wonder if both types of timers (wind up clockwise and wind up counter-clockwise) seek to distinguish themselves from normal clocks in different ways:

            • Wind up clockwise timers (like your stove and my airfryer) let you know it’s not a normal clock by flowing counter-clockwise.
            • Clockwise timers (like a Time Timer) let you know it’s not a normal clock by having a red disk slowly become smaller.
      • eepydeeby@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        Visual timers are a dyscalculia and time-blindness game changer! I don’t like Time Timer being “backwards” but the (often cheaper) alternative brands offer plenty more options! My Secura brand timer goes the opposite direction and I prefer it.

  • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.ml
    15·
    13 days ago

    Low-profile noise-cancelling earbuds. Lived with a snoring roommate for some months, don’t know how I would’ve slept without those.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
    14·
    12 days ago

    You really should buy a bedbug proof mattress cover and interceptors for the legs of your bed and furniture. Trust me when I say that an ounce of prevention will save you a lot of trouble, cost, and emotional trauma. Even if it costs more, buy then anyway.

  • Zenith@lemm.ee
    12·
    13 days ago

    One of those flip boards for folding shirts, especially if you’re adhd, it makes it so you can neatly fold them and still see the front of the shirt so no more unfolding a bunch of things to check if it’s what you want and then just get left there unfolded

    • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.ml
      7·
      13 days ago

      genuinely curious, do most people fold shirts so the front ends up inside? I pretty much just copied the way they fold them at stores so the front is on display

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        My wife doesn’t just do this, she irons t-shirts inside out to protect the design, but also folds them with the design on the inside. Most of my t-shirts are black, so I have no way of telling them apart without unfolding them…

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    13 days ago

    Noise canceling headphones. Yes, they exist for under $100, maybe not the best, but they’re a godsend.

  • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
    59·
    13 days ago

    Blackout curtains in combination with a sunlight alarm clock to fall asleep more easily and wake up gentler without my phone.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      For me it’s a sleep mask, but I also understand that that misses the gentle wake up part. But I love that I can bring my sleep mask anywhere which you can’t do with curtains

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
      26·
      13 days ago

      These are just frankly necessary if you live far enough north. When I’m going to sleep at 11pm ish, the sun is still up lmao.

      • Gelik@feddit.dkOP
        5·
        13 days ago

        I feel you, I’ve got a streetlamp right outside my bedroom window! lol

        • tamal3@lemmy.world
          2·
          12 days ago

          I grew up 2 blocks from a train station that would start running routes every 10 min starting at 5:30 or so. Oh boy I can’t believe I slept through it as a kid, I wouldn’t be able to now without re-acclimating.

        • vaionko@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          12 days ago

          I’m 61°N, the sun barely sets in the summer. Today, sun rises at 3:51, sets at 23:14. It’s proper dark for maybe 2 hours

        • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          13 days ago

          I’m not op, but I’m 55° north… It’s 22:25 here and this is how light it is right now. In another 4 hours, it’ll be nearly full daylight again!

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          13 days ago

          51° N. I’m also on the fourth floor of a building, so the horizon is farther away. I’m exaggerating a little bit. By “still up” I really mean it’s still bright enough out, twilighty, that it would affect my ability to sleep. Bedroom window also faces east west, so, yeah it’s a combination of factors but still.

          • WR5@lemmy.world
            2·
            13 days ago

            It would matter more for your ability to fall asleep at night if your bedroom faces West. Do you mean it affects your ability to sleep in late?

      • Pyr@lemmy.ca
        23·
        13 days ago

        Went to the arctic circle for the first time. It’s crazy how bright out it is at night. This is 12:30AM just after midnight.

  • Owl@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    12 days ago

    I was gonna say an OLED monitor but then i saw the 100$ or less

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      There are other kinds of monitors that come pretty close, but definitely not for under $100. For example, the Nebula display on some Asus laptops, or the Nixeus NX-EDG34S (which is no longer available, but I assume there are equally good monitors available using the same tech).