You understand my current state of mind.

I just stopped believing in existence of deities and the existence of inherent meaning of life (not to mistake it with value of life).

The world is just a mess beyond our comprehension and we tend to attribute random events beyond our comprehension to the grand plan of things.

I do think that life is much more beautiful with the acceptance of atheism, mortality (no afterlife), personal and sexual freedom. I tend to just enjoy the moment and the life I have while I still have it knowing that this is it, this isn’t a preparation for what comes next. This is it.

I’m still against mocking religion because I find it to be in poor taste, in the same vein like mocking someones gender, nationality, sexual orientation.

Peanut butter + Raw Carrots / Cucumbers / Apples / Bananas / Cottage Cheese / Pickles / Raisins / Raw Celery

Yes I absolutely love peanut butter and eat huge quantities of it.

Oh wow this is really cool! I love it!

That is a really noble reason to do so. Especially if you loved meat so much.

I have always liked to eat fish more than meat.

After emigrating to Germany I have noticed that meat is really expensive here. Still I bought a piece of meat.

Once I bit into it I was so disgusted by the taste that in that moment I decided not to eat meat anymore.

For me personally it was a great change, amd I’m really loving the lifestyle. I have lost weight and I feel better.

I’m also aware that it might not feel the same for everyone given that I wasn’t much of a meat fan from the start.

Oh there are a lot of small things I had to give up because of rising costs of living. TBHany have been a positive change.

1. Eating meat (yes, really)
2. Impulse buying of all sorts

The whole situation has made me more intentional with my money, and I like that.

MIne was from 2007. So not as old as yours. Yes, there are many things connected to it, but you can’t imagine what a feeling of relief that is.

I switched to Proton too

I’m in a very similar situation like you are. I too have started to be annoyed with the Big Tech products and the Internet in general.

I have switched to Lemmy, shut down my gmail account and opened a Proton Mail, and switched from using Google search engine to Qwant.

I too have switched to Linux Mint, and I’m loving it. TBH my IT colleauges talked me into buying refurbished Thinkpad laptop and told me to install Linux Mint. Boy am I glad I did that.

The next step for me is switching to Fairphone :D