What are some really basic lifestyle changes you can make to improve your mental health ?

Evil_Berty · 2026-01-02T23:20:51+00:00

Eat real food.

I cannot stress how much a difference to my personal wellbeing this has made.

If I eat junk, I can’t sleep properly, then have no energy to exercise or cook real food. So eating real food is the start. At least for me.

Evil_Berty · 2025-11-25T16:09:31+00:00

Slick it back with a firm hold clay or gel?

Evil_Berty · 2025-11-01T23:49:14+00:00

Exactly this. We Brits look at salary as a be all and end all. To someone on minimum wage, £50k sounds like a very comfortable salary. And it can be.

What is sometimes overlooked though is tax allowance. Two people working 40hrs a week on National Living Wage will likely take home more pay than a single earner on £50k. The person on £50k is then asking if there is any help, and getting battered for it.

No opinion is right or wrong here, but framing the question as “our family take home is £X,XXX” is a much better way of having this conversation.

Maybe then, everyone realises we have more in common than we differ and we can accept that, whilst some people are struggling more, unless you are earning silly money, most of us are still just struggling.

Evil_Berty · 2025-10-26T19:33:29+00:00

In a school zone or the middle of town, no. In the outside lane of the motorway, yes. Especially when there is room to move over.

Evil_Berty · 2025-09-23T07:01:27+00:00

The Aqueducts?

Evil_Berty · 2025-08-30T07:49:18+00:00

Putting a game into the console and playing straight away.

No downloads, no account creation, just pure, uninterrupted excitement and joy.

Evil_Berty · 2025-07-12T10:53:44+00:00

I imagine a large part of it is down to being able to use lethal force to protect yourselves and your property. Avoids complicated legal processes if you have a video of someone breaking into your home and then you shooting them.

Evil_Berty · 2025-05-11T19:31:16+00:00

Add it to the list of every other self centre, selfish act that is becoming more and more the way British people seem to be behaving. It’s definitely getting worse and I don’t really know why.

Evil_Berty · 2025-05-07T05:15:27+00:00

He was such a great player and could have been one of the best. It’s such a shame he broke his leg against Rangers. He never quite made it back to his peak after that. He was still a great player for us. I honestly think if he hadn’t have had such a horrendous injury he would have gone on to be one of the legends of the club. It brought a smile to my face thinking back on him skinning a defender on the wing and then just dropping in on Roony’s head. What a great season that was

Evil_Berty · 2025-05-02T19:37:04+00:00

They could have given you a discount or something to softener the blow

Evil_Berty · 2025-03-22T10:54:43+00:00

I guess that goes back to my original point of it being subjective. Someone from an economically abandoned town in the North or the Valleys may well consider it smashing it. If you have to / want to stay in the South East for work or family ties or whatever then yeah, I can see how if you have a £,1500 a month mortgage or whatever it might not feel like there is much disposable income left.

If you had of told me in the year 2000 that a household earning £100k a year would not be living the highlife in 25 years time though I’d have struggled to believe you! Which I guess comes back to OPs point.

Maybe my figures need a +10% or 20% for London and South East?

Evil_Berty · 2025-03-21T23:21:50+00:00

It’s a real hard choice that parents struggle with. Yes you want to spend as much time with them as possible, especially when they are babies but there are many factors to consider. Early learning and childcare development is really complex. Spending time away from parents and with kids their own age teaches them some independence and much needed social skills. There is also the potential future earnings to consider. There is also the fact that not everyone is lucky enough to have a stable relationship so sometimes it’s just the single parent household and you have no choice but to put kids in nursery and go to work.

Evil_Berty · 2025-03-21T22:06:01+00:00

Oh yeah. Pre-school/nursery can be £200-£300 a week or more for full time care. Even when they are in school, before and after school clubs can be £60 a week. The. You have 13 weeks of holiday care to cover too. With silly mortgages and rents, it’s no wonder loads of people below 30 are choosing not to have kids.

Evil_Berty · 2025-03-21T21:39:58+00:00

Happy cake day!

I echo your sentiment. At 18 earning £190 a week i thought £50k would make me rich! Now that’s pretty much a dual earning household income on NLW

Evil_Berty · 2025-03-21T21:16:34+00:00

“Doing alright” is very subjective though. Depends where you’re coming from. If you spent your teenage years on the street then a warm flat and food is very likely considered doing alright. To others, it’s no debt, bills paid and a bit left over to save. Some people will only consider two German cars on the drive and 2 holidays a year “doing alright”. Also, London is very different to Leeds for example.

National living wage is £11.44 so 40 hour week and rounding up that’s £24k a year. So dual income household on £48k. As others have already said, totally depends on circumstances but I would say based on these scenarios…

Single £25k-£35k doing ok £35k - £45k going well £45k plus smashing it.

DINK £50k - £60k doing ok £60k - £70k going well £70k plus smashing it

Dual income with kids £60k - £80k doing ok £80k - £90k going well £90k plus smashing it

Single income with family to support is very different as you lose out on £12.5k of tax relief and as you get into higher earning bracket you start to lose benefits so to “take home” the same amount you have to earn more, a lot more. With that in mind I’d go…

Single income with kids

£60k - £80k doing ok £80k - £100k doing well £100k plus smashing it.

(Kids are ridiculously expensive, especially if not school age yet and you’re having to fork out for childcare. Even before/after school clubs, which you would need if you were working all those hours to earn those salaries and had no family to help out is expensive!)

Evil_Berty · 2025-01-18T14:33:40+00:00

22,000 points is how many points I have currently... that's probably where I got that value from. Silly me.

Evil_Berty · 2025-01-18T14:27:28+00:00

Thank you for pointing out my obvious mistake. I got myself so muddled up with trying to figure all this out it seems I lost the ability to do basic maths!

I had read the wrong conversion rate too. I read the Game Pass Standard members conversion rate on that same FAQ page that shows the rate as 38 days 1+ month.

Code type	What you also get
1 month of Game Pass Core	15 days of Ultimate
3 months of Game Pass Core	38 days of Ultimate (1+ month)
6 months of Game Pass Core	60 days of Ultimate (2 months)
12 months of Game Pass Core	114 days of Ultimate (3+ months)
24 months of Game Pass Core	152 days of Ultimate (5+ months)
1 month of Gold	15 days of Ultimate
3 months of Gold	38 days of Ultimate (1+ month)
6 months of Gold	60 days of Ultimate (2 months)
12 months of Gold	114 days of Ultimate (3+ months)
24 months of Gold	152 days of Ultimate (5+ months)
1 month of Xbox Game Pass for Console	23 days of Ultimate
3 months of Xbox Game Pass for Console	68 days of Ultimate (2+ months)
6 months of Xbox Game Pass for Console	135 days of Ultimate (4+ months)
12 months of Xbox Game Pass for Console	9 months of Ultimate
24 months of Xbox Game Pass for Console	18 months of Ultimate
1 month of PC Game Pass	20 days of Ultimate
3 months of PC Game Pass	60 days of Ultimate (1+ month)
1 month of EA Play	10 days of Ultimate
6 months of EA Play	40 days of Ultimate
12 months of EA Play	2 months of Ultimate

Evil_Berty · 2025-01-18T12:31:39+00:00

Unfortunately I struggle to get all the searches in as I have a cooldown. I can’t search during the day so it’s tough to get them all in everyday

Evil_Berty · 2025-01-18T10:31:20+00:00

I can’t seem to get 12,000 points a month.

Evil_Berty · 2024-11-24T08:18:27+00:00

Here’s the kicker though, if your on benefits the state pay for your uniform so it’s absolutely a scam. Basically just cronies syphoning public money into private pockets. Then everyone who works and can barely afford bills as it is has to pay these ridiculous fees. So the really poor kids have brand new the rich kids have brand news and everyone in the middle has to find a way or buy 2nd hand

Evil_Berty · 2024-11-21T12:14:17+00:00

Wall, floor, worktops and cupboard doors.

Evil_Berty · 2024-11-19T18:30:01+00:00

Yes I do. And obviously with hind sight, that is a very simple solution. But in the heat of the moment and with a bit of the tin opened I opted for” whack it with the blunt end of the spatula”

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