There are so many books out there but I really like 'Keys to Drawing' by Bert Dodson. Start simple, you only need a pencil and something to draw on.
There's definitely a trade-off. It usually means having a quieter digital life, and that can in turn push you to think of alternate or IRL ways to do things. Everyone needs to find their own personal level of privacy they are comfortable with I think.. it shouldn't be an obsession or detrimental to your life.
Syncing tasks app with Thunderbird using CalDAV rather than your json method is one way of doing it. There may be other tasks apps out there though?..You'd need a CalDAV service for hosting the tasks..I use Posteo (email/calendar) and it supports this.
- Upvote - good point/interesting/funny/agree/posts I like to see
- Downvote - strongly disagree/inappropriate/poor comment/posts I don't like to see
Even if you do not want to use the command line/terminal very often, it would be worth just learning how to install, remove packages and update your system. Just those few things will likely make your whole experience much easier.
They're not really debloatable but you can use alternatives. Newpipe can handle YouTube. Invidious instances in the browser. Something like libredirect can send you to alternate front ends for Reddit.