I use lemmy obviously. But I’ve started reading books again rather than doomscrolling until I fall asleep at night, and also more gaming and socialising in general.

I think it was a crutch for my depression.

I went through an existential crisis in my 20s because I was ‘told’ I needed to be religious but never was. I read a lot of theological and philosophical texts and came to a conclusion similar to yours, if there’s a ‘God’, then they’re cruel. I oddly get Pantheism more than Monotheism, because at least it justifies that there’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ deities but a lot of them are based on interpretations of phenomena that can now be explained by science.

I took much more to philosophy. I know what I believe is right and wrong morally, and science explains (almost) everything. If there’s a ‘God’-like figure, they can suck my nut sack because I believe they are at best indifferent, at worst, evil.

I do around 7-8.5 hours. But some of that is just socialising/chatting with people (I’m in software dev management). Lots of “Sooo… What’s your perception of what’s going on?” “Things going OK?” “Who do I need to talk to to smooth things over?” kinda stuff (the soft skills side of things). It is super rare to go above that unless there’s an incident of some type or something goes totally pear shaped.

I used to do 10+ last job and despised it. Took a step down in pay for this role but so much less stress. Day ends, I log off and detach from it all.

Edit: Put per week, not per day…

I was wondering if this was Australia. I’ve heard of issues with smart meters and the issue is annoyingly complex as the information they get from the AEMO isn’t always correct.

Source: Have worked in the energy utilities sector in the past…