Don't know how it's in your area but i would recommend a gym. I had a surprising amount of pleasant conversations between and during sets.
Stuff from casual conversations to philosophical debates.
This seems reasonable.
How often do you change you passwords?
Feels like it would get extremely tedious if you have more then a few accounts though, no?
My keyboard and mouse are actually pretty far apart from each other so for me a dedicated keypad on the left wouldn't really work, especially since when i use it i do so mostly with my right hand.
Interesting suggestion though, it hadn't crossed my mind yet to try that.
I cannot remember of the top of my head what the size was, but the problem was that it was around an arms length away from me and I had to move my head/eyes too much when using it. After that, checking how much space i have for my desktop became something I was much more conscious about. Before that it was just: this new monitor me like, me buy.
A water bottle of the right size I found is much more important than it seems.
I had pretty much the same experience that you mentioned:
too big and I don't use it, too small and I can't be bothered to refill everytime.
I see a lot of people praising tenkeyless but I use the numeric keypad so often I can't bring myself to buy one, even if my current keyboard uses more space.
The MX Master is a surprisingly good mouse, specifically the side buttons which I honestly did not think I would use at the start.
Only problem is the thumb button which dies every now and then, but it's fixable usually within 10 min.
Yeah, home workout equipment can be surprisingly cheap but useful, especially if you can't or won't go to the gym.
Problem is that I tend to just stop using my pullup bar, exercise mat etc. sometimes. I don't even realize it's been a few day without me touching them
The claw is such a simple but effective technique that I am sometimes surprised it's not more widespread. I can't remember the amount of times I saw people using knives looking like they are about to cut themselves with the next movement of the knife.
The bothering other people bit is what i feel is mostly stopping me from using anything but a headset.
I do have experience with subwoofers and there is a certain joy when they hit you, but the thought of the whole neighbourhood hearing my excellent taste in music bothers me somewhat.
To comment on the monitor and speaker stands, even just a bit more desk space can be surprisingly useful once you have 15+ things on your desk.
Feels like one of those things you don't learn to appreciate until you need them.
I read your monitor selection guide and one thing that stood out to me was the distance you need to have from you monitor. Completely overlooked that one when I made my first upgrade to a larger monitor and it definitely lowered my use of that monitor. Sometimes i found myself using my second, older monitor more since the distance was more comfortable.
Like a another comment suggested, I would recommend using an adblocker. It might not be the answer you are looking for, but it seems like the fastest, most immediate solution.