I have a few suggestions that have helped me!

One is doing puzzles, physical or video games. I like problem solving a lot since it keeps me from ruminating. Sometimes it feels really good to work on a jigsaw puzzle and just zone out with some music.

Knitting and crochet is another. Just be careful with your hands and neck if you're doing it for a long time. There's some great tutorials online and you can into it pretty cheaply with inexpensive yarns. Plus, you'll end up with a neat blanket/scarf.

Complex cooking is another option. If you like food, try making some of the cuisines you love at home. The research and actual time into making stuff from scratch is intense. People who bake fancy bread end up spending a lot of time perfecting recipes.

I would take a class if I were you. Not necessarily at a college but an art, cooking, or dancing class. Whatever you’re into. You mentioned running so maybe try to train for a marathon (or whatever your distance is).

The only other way I know of time traveling is brown liquor and you definitely don’t want to go that route if you’re depressed and lonely. A class will help you meet new people too.

I ran some trail and road marathons when I was younger and trail runners are always super interesting and a bit nuts in a good way. It’s a solo hobby at times but there is a community. Trail running isn’t about your time since every trail is different. No one really compares anything except distance and even then, finding a cool trail is more important. So, it tends to be about the process rather than the outcome.

I can think of three things:

1. ~~Gaming~~
2. Contributing to opensource
3. Learning something new

I smoke weed and watch TV. I also take Zoloft every day and it works pretty well at minimizing my intrusive thoughts too (which mostly happen at night) so it's like multi-pronged for me.

Idk, if you've been going through this for a while and nothing in this thread works, you could look into antidepressants; you don't have to be on them forever. A lot of the common ones are somewhat affordable without insurance.

Binging TV isn't pretty or healthy but it does definitely help time travel past those sad times in your life where you need time to heal

Come over and help me and my wife with all our house projects and yard work. We don't have time for everything we want to do.

Get a job in building construction.

You work hard, you work together with people, you start your day early and you get tired in the evening.

Procrastinating... I feel, whenever I postpone something for tomorrow, days fly by faster than usual.

I used to watch favorite TV shows, long series, and try sleeping as early as possible. Watching shows is so passive and easy that it ends up working well. It's really important to have fun and get good sleep, so I suggest focusing on that until you figure it out.

start working on a social experience VR app, with an acquaintance that could become a friend.

I've been listening to a great book series called dungeon crawler carl on audible..there's like 6 books and they are pretty long .that could eat up time.. I listen to them whilst exercising