CHRIS BROAD, KENT
Q Will buying new tech make me happy?
A New tech is a way to make your life easier, smooth out certain tasks, increase your enjoyment of media, up your comfort levels. It’s about incremental improvements, and occasionally just throwing some money at fun or your hobbies. If that quality-of-life boost makes you happy, job done. But Guru knows well enough that making a compulsive tech purchase is like making a compulsive donut purchase. It’s delicious, but it won’t chase the black dog away for long.
Perhaps, though, you could focus your tech purchases on improving lifestyle habits that might send you along the correct path. You don’t even need to spend much; you could shell out a small amount on a fitness watch (the Mi Smart Band 6 is £25 and absolutely fine) and give yourself a step goal. Enjoy the endorphins: you’ve earned ’em. Maybe you pick up a cheap air fryer (often as little as £30) and
