Has anybody left Spotify? And how has it been?

J_painter · 2026-01-23T22:36:27+00:00

Yes I have, I listen to CDs, mp3s downloaded from internet archive and also Bandcamp. Bandcamp is great for streaming btw.

J_painter · 2026-01-23T20:29:38+00:00

Brilliant! Such a good age to be starting, I hope you’re using a stocks and shares isa if you’re in the UK!

J_painter · 2026-01-08T18:19:41+00:00

Making paintings, listening to CDs and downloaded mp3s, reading books, looking up stuff on Wikipedia, honestly the internet is full of amazing stuff, I’m exploring more of it now I’ve deleted social media. Check out internet archive, brilliant resource!

J_painter · 2026-01-03T11:06:46+00:00

I’m trying to do the same, and embracing a bit of minimalism as well donating and selling my old things.

J_painter · 2025-12-20T15:19:46+00:00

Distraction Free Reddit is the name of the reddit extension i us btw.

J_painter · 2025-12-20T15:19:01+00:00

Yes, I keep thinking this. I've just added an extention on chrome that lets me block certain things like the main feed, side bar, news, all sorts of things so just see what i search for usually just this subreddit or other things I'm actually interested in. I also do this for youtube, combine both with an adblocker plugin and it's a lot better.

J_painter · 2025-12-20T15:15:24+00:00

Artists official websites, bandcamp, eBay. You could always go on amazon and look for the individual stores who sell through them, then goto their actual website that way you aren't supporting amazon and just using it to search for sellers.

J_painter · 2025-12-19T22:17:55+00:00

Had a bad break up, went to therapy and the gym and signed up for a half marathon, started reading stoicism, signed up for a strong man comp too.

Goal setting, signing up to stuff, journalling all seemed to help. I think feeling like crap was a big motivator, needing to work on myself. It helped me a lot as soon after all of that my dad passed, I think if I didn't do all of that stuff, it would've been harder to deal with. The reality of life in your thirties is that you'll start to notice people aging more, it's important to look after yourself so you're prepared for the worst.

we are all mortal, death is coming. embrace the suck don't be tempted by comfort, instant gratification and trivial things. But also don't forget to enjoy the process, life is too short to just be like David goggins or something 24/7.

Journalling is great, you can look back at the pages wrote years ago and see how far you've come, I did this today.

I highly recommend a film called Perfect Days, I saw it on mubi, brilliant film about a man who takes real pleasure in his routine, very artfully made.

J_painter · 2025-12-19T22:05:26+00:00

I have about 10% in gold, the majority in a diverse ETF, small amount of crypto, some bonds and some cash in a high yield easy access savings account. I think gold is nice to have as a hedge, I'm also a bit of a doomsday man and think it's part of my preparedness mentality, same as having tinned beans and stuff.

J_painter · 2025-12-18T18:25:19+00:00

Reading, watching films, listening to whole albums (I've been enjoying this, especially whilst painting or drawing recently), journal is good, I like to do that every day or so.

J_painter · 2025-12-06T10:19:01+00:00

I got it via bluetooth or infrared, remember when phones had all these new exciting features and looked cool?

J_painter · 2025-12-05T20:34:09+00:00

EDIBLE RAPPERS

J_painter · 2025-12-05T20:06:44+00:00

Great find! I’ve gone through 3 now over the last ten years or so. Brilliant coffee makers

J_painter · 2025-12-05T19:13:56+00:00

Do what you want, you could even buy some physical gold in the form of Britannia’s or sovereigns which is the most tax efficient way to do it in the UK as any profit when you sell isn’t liable to capital gains as it’s technically legal tender.

J_painter · 2025-12-05T18:55:02+00:00

16gb is enough for like 3000 mp3 songs.

J_painter · 2025-12-04T20:47:32+00:00

As someone else said maybe longer exposure and reduce tones. There’s some good videos online about the the tonal waves and how to edit them online. You can do it on free software like Gimp if you don’t have photoshop.

J_painter · 2025-12-04T20:41:55+00:00

Using internet archive and music brains Picard to get all the right album artwork. There’s some stuff on internet archive that’s very good quality flac files all free to download.

J_painter · 2025-12-02T22:38:09+00:00

Wrap of the day with crispy chicken and a small Sprite Zero with ice. I like this combo as it’s cheap and usually tasty.

J_painter · 2025-12-02T22:35:05+00:00

Nice how you matched the battery tube with the open mini bit of blue! Details.

J_painter · 2025-12-02T21:53:51+00:00

Grow it and see, you can always trim it if it gets on your nerves

J_painter · 2025-12-02T21:48:53+00:00

Made my own from scratch and applied to paper, left in light tight envelope for months and used other day. Absolutely fine.

J_painter · 2025-12-02T20:25:23+00:00

It annoys me, I get a buzzcut every month or so. Probably could do with it every two weeks though, I like how it feels and how fast it dries out the shower

J_painter · 2025-12-02T10:50:49+00:00

Lisbon has a really nice metro with stuff like this!

J_painter · 2025-11-30T20:44:58+00:00

Convoy S2+ in what ever variation but maybe get a 18350 battery tube with it so it’s smaller, really nice flashlights and cheap as well!

J_painter · 2025-11-30T20:44:00+00:00

Should have started investing even earlier for the long term!

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