Binge watching is only feeding your brain certain chemicals and stimuli. You're right that you need to add more things than just escapism.

Add in some exercise -- dopamine boost! You can walk with a podcast or audiobook on. Many shows or movies you already like may be based on books! Libraries lend both. Sitting at the computer all day is very bad for your body! Weights, yoga, biking..

What else is enriching in your life? learning new skills? Meeting new people? Hobbies where you create things or solve problems? Personally, I'd focus on finding a hobby that really makes me look forward to weekends and work is just the way I pay for it..

yoga with adrienne on youtube! Any of her 30 day challenges start out slowly and progress, even if you take longer than 30 days to do them all.

Even though I don't want to do it, walking, yoga and weight lifting are slowly changing my life. Walking allows me time to process thoughts. Yoga stretches out those desk job muscles. Weights are a dopamine hit I always feel better for afterwards. My walk is 30-90 minutes, yoga 20-20, and weights 30-45. I choose based on my mood and time.

This is very true. Studies have shown that we retain less and read slower on screen vs paper. Reading aloud helps engage other faculties in the process.

The Red Cross recommends having 72 hours' worth of materials. Typically after that duration there's other supports coming and it's now a real crisis!

Remember, you're not actually going to starve within 72 hours, and a wasted fridge full of food is a small price to pay.

Know whether your furnace and water will still work in the event of an outage. If they won't, have blankets handy and fill the tub or buckets with water. Setting aside some in clean containers for drinking is nice. Bring in fuel for the fireplace, if you have one.

Fuel for BBQ (don't cook with gas in the house!) in case you need to cook a freezer full of food. A fuller freezer will stay frozen longer than an empty one. Avoid opening the fridge door to get things. A camp stove could be handy to use also outside.

Canned goods and other foods that don't need heating/cooling. Nuts, fruit, PB&J, spaghetti-os, tortilla chips and canned chili, etc. It's always good to have some of these on hand anyway.

A crank radio and crank flashlight. You can use your car radio, but that's chilly!

Backup battery charger for your phone. Try to use other devices and entertainment sources instead. Your phone is a valuable lifeline.

Lights: candles are cheapest but obviously not safest! Solar lights are great!

Shovels and road salt handy

Stock up on medication, pet food

If you have houseplants and no heat, cluster them together and cover with a blanket or tarp. If you have a fish tank, cold water has less oxygen. You can heat water on a BBQ or blow into a tube to aerate (that one's obviously much tougher!!!) You can also wrap the tank in blankets to retain heat longer.

Also, a car kit!!! And make sure you always have lots of gas in the car. There's tons of checklists for what should be in your winter car kit. They actually save lives.

Are we talking hollywood? Broadway? Off-broadway? Local films?

Some of my theatre friends went to acting school. I think 2 are doing professional theatre and had to move for that opportunity. 1 got a gig on a cruise ship. 1 is a stage manager for Mirvish.

The rest just do community theatre here and hold day jobs. Some do comedy nights or whatever to scratch the itch.

Some make local films (or Toronto, which is close) doing sets, writing, etc. That appears to be gig work.

I don't think you make a lot acting anything but hollywood famous.