Vegetable gardening
Growing food you then cook, on a plot, a raised bed or a balcony
Planting, watering, weeding and picking, at whatever scale the space allows. Light physical work, time outdoors and a feedback loop measured in weeks rather than notifications. For most people who stick with it the food is the smaller part of the appeal; the appeal is a standing appointment with something alive. Setup costs little, the running cost is time, and the season decides the schedule instead of you.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Oprah WinfreyDoes it
Talk show host and producer · The Oprah Winfrey Show
Lunch on the day she wrote her happiness list was tomato soup made from tomatoes she had picked that morning. Food out of the garden is one of the specific things she names when the question is what happiness actually looks like.
Source: Oprah.com: What Oprah Knows for Sure About Happiness
Aimed at the same thing
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- HabitFREE, no cost
Daily walking
A long walk most days, often without headphones
On record from 19 of 62 tracked people: 14 do it, 5 recommend it - Habit$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Cooking family dinner
Making the evening meal from scratch as the default, kids in the kitchen
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
High five in the mirror
A silent high five to your own reflection after brushing your teeth
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Morning puttering
A slow, unscheduled first hour or two: coffee, the paper, breakfast, no meetings
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Time in nature
Deliberate time outdoors among trees, water or open sky, most days
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Work-life harmony
Treat work and home as feeding each other rather than as a strict trade-off
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it
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