Sounds (labor and money) expensive.

More or less my stance as well.
I don’t want or need 24/7 GamersNexus. The team is great but oh boy is it dry.

You should say that you “surf the web” and attach the stereotypical picture of a 90s child literally surfing in the virtual space.

Except for a community manager.

Yeah, I have seen some channels reuploading a shorter version of their videos as teasers or a vertical version.
Those absolutely can be skipped without missing anything.

Dunno what you are subbing to or your interests but mine are almost always sciency (chemistry/physics), engineering, tech, gaming, IT or comedy related.

You’d be surprised what I manage with motivation and boredom.
You’d be surprised what a highly skilled scalled person can manage to achieve.

Boredom, Skills and Motivation are dangerous things to have if improperly handled.

Yes.

Trying my best.
If you want to help save anything, maybe participate with the rest of us: http://warrior.archiveteam.org/
If you have a spare PC/docker container you only require an internet connection and electricity. And it may save some picture or reddit post/guide/advice for the folks in the future. :)

The moment I find something even remotely useful for a problem I faced and solved, I am saving it on the Internet Archive.
And I try to not be DenverCoder9

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/anime-girl-punching-wall

Except for the electricity bill because someone forgot to shutdown the mining VM :p

My best motivator is having an issue and a need to solve it (e.g. room is cold after work but I’d like it warm -> automation or “I hate how netflix is taking away my movies” -> Media library). This resulted in me getting a smart home thermostat and jellyfin.

My biggest advice:
Stop going to grocery stores and instead try to find a local tea store with loose teas stored in non-see-through containers.
They will usually let you smell the teas and you can determine if they may fit your taste or not.
But watch out: Smell ≠ Taste
And the taste is very dependant on your water hardness (if hard, you should get a water filter) and for how long and how hot you brew it.

Wish you best of luck :)

If you want a starter:
80-90°C water (my cups are ~400ml)
Chinese gunpowder tea (4g is my go to)
1-2 mint leaves (my choice is nana/maroccanian mint)
Brew for 1-2min
If it’s a good quality tea, you can reuse the bag and maybe add another 1-2 leaves of mint

Yeah, bagged tea is definitely more cheap compared to those more boutique teas.
But you can get it cheaper in local tea shops or on sites like yunnan sourcing. But: shipping and import

I assume your are either not interested in loose tea or not there yet.

Once you reach temperature sensitive teas (like japanese greens) that are additionally sensitive to hard water it quickly becomes difficult to brew tea at work/not at home.

Personally I started to bring a 400ml thermos (about my usual cup) and on some days my 1L thermos.
Both my thermos keep a 70°C tea warm (probably 50°C) even until end of work and so temperature doesnt become an issue but instead oxidadation. Greens like to become a faint brown color and change their taste. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.

Try eplaining tea to others though.
Every time I am on-site I get asked for two options: Coffee or water.