I don’t engage in any of these public figure personal dramas because I don’t want to give them any more attention. Those kind of posts will always have activity because people want a distraction from their own lives and it’s low-hanging fruit; it doesn’t require any specialized knowledge, only an emotional reaction. Even commenting to say you’re sick of hearing about it or don’t know who the subjects are drives engagement and visibility.

I only really want an instance to be stable, uncontroversial, and to have a low block/blocked by count (I can filter out for myself what I want and don’t want to see). I’d switch instances if those preferences were not being met to a degree that noticeably impacted my experience using it.

Many forms of exercise can be done for free: calisthenics, running, (depending where you live) swimming, hiking, (if you have a bike) cycling.

Creative processes like writing, drawing, there are free programs where you can make music (LMMS has a competition section where you can listen to songs people have made with it).

There are free introductory courses and tutorials for learning things like coding or language learning.

Technically not free, but already need to cook, so there are new recipes you can try on a budget.

Reading is of course free too.

I’m able to find moments of happiness. When I can’t…well, I’d rather not to open those floodgates (especially publicly). I also think some people simply have predispositions to negativity, which doesn’t mean that they’re doomed to always be that way, but that it requires more effort to override it.

Boring answer, but even as someone who loves good voices, celebrities just don’t turn me on at all. I can acknowledge when they have good looks or a nice voice but it doesn’t register as being sexy.

On my mp3 player, I organize folder by artist and the files inside are named [Song Title] - [Album Name]. Playlists are named after genre or occasion (metal, pop, 80s, workout music, soul-crushing lyrics, etc.). My mp3 player has a shuffle option so having files labeled in alphabetical or numerical order isn’t important.