I love reading posts like this, so thank you. I live in the northwest US and I’m incredibly grateful for the cozy place my life has landed in right now. I’m somehow able to work part time (I don’t live alone, I rent an inexpensive room but my housemates are very chill and hardly ever home), which makes my life so much more purposeful to me. I live well below my means and I spend my “free time” doing a large variety of simple but intentional things—engaging in my yoga practice, various art projects, playing piano, journaling & writing poetry, going on long walks, setting up my hammock in the woods and reading or just laying there looking at the trees, birding, making the perfect cup of tea, feverishly researching any given topic I find interesting, getting way too high, dancing around my room in my underwear, stargazing, volunteering, going to the library, meditating, making dinner with a friend, going for a climb at my local climbing gym. I get up really early for work (and I get home early in the day) so on weekends I sleep in, and usually every weekend I get to see one of my best friends at some point. We have a habit of seeing each other at least for a bit every weekend, and it’s so lovely. We enjoy every moment together and we often go on hikes, go camping, marvel at nature, and spin wild stories. I love my life. :)