Which product have you purchased that increased your wellbeing?

- A refurb Vitamix 5200

- A Garmin watch, and I'd reluctantly also say an Apple Watch (HRM, SpO2, ECG).

- A bicycle

- A comfortable pillow and mattress

- A CO2 monitor. I discovered my house regularly has very high levels of CO2 (2500+). We now open windows whenever we can and turn on the circulation fan.

Instant Pot pressure cooker - Great for stews, can do big batches of beans and lentils, brown rice, chickpeas for hummus etc. You can save a lot of money and packaging buying dried beans and soaking them.

Air fryer - Handy for french fries, roasting a couple of peppers, reheating food like pizza slices turns out better than the microwave.

A standing desk and a "premium" chair (Steelcase Leap).

A lot of people I talk to about spending $800-1K on a chair rebuke the very idea; while they themselves are on their second or third IKEA MARKUS ($300/per); while offering a far worse user experience in the interim. Depending on where you live, there's also an unusually large supply on the used market due to telecommutting.

There's a saying: "Spend money on what separates you from the ground." Meaning shoes, beds, and chairs. But I'd also say a desk that is supporting your hands, wrists, and arms should maybe count. Standing desks can help a lot with sitting too long in one position, in particular if your work has times when you don't need to type you can switch to a non-traditional handheld mouse (e.g. ELECOM Relacon), and stand more naturally.

YMMV of course.

A Garmin watch. Went from running rarely with no goal or plan in mind to running 20-30 miles a week consistently. The built-in running plans are great have coached me to multiple half marathon and 10k PRs. I've lost more than 60 lbs as well.

I've been using TranscribeMe a lot recently! It's a bot that converts voice notes to text, it's for WhatsApp and Telegram https://transcribeme.app It's great for those who don't like voice notes, haha!

A dog. Makes me walk 1.5 miles most days of the week. Plus all the affection etc.

Apple Watch. Any watch with sleep and workout tracking would do (Garmin, Fitbit, etc). I primarily purchased the watch to help track my sleep and was shocked by just how bad my sleep habits were. I've improved my sleep patterns, increasing my average time asleep from 6:30 to 7:30 in two months.

A few added bonuses: the app I use for weightlifting (https://www.hevyapp.com/) has an Apple Watch mode, freeing me from my phone during workouts. I can also use the watch to track runs, as mentioned by the commenter in this thread with the Garmin Watch.

A light therapy lamp to help set my circadian rhythm in the morning. I got a used NorthStar 10,000 off ebay for $100. Highly recommend if you're not a morning person. Hits better than coffee if you ask me.

A smartphone with a 120 Hz screen.

I am addicted to my phone like most people, so that smooth, smooth frame rate really makes a difference when you have 8h average screen time every single day.

Probably the single purchase that's had the greatest impact for me was my Bose noise-cancelling headphones. That was quite a while back, as they're the QC-15. However, they still work great and I still use them often.

Personal trainer for resistance training. Nothing even comes close.

A new modern full suspension mountain bike. One of the only enjoyable ways to exercise that I will do regularly and look forward to.

A used electric piano. $300, sounds great to my ear and it's a joy to learn to play a musical instrument.

A yogamat