I think the most important theory in Marxism is alienation. The things separating you from your Maslow's hierarchy of needs are the things that all base and superstructure are built to mediate. Debordian Spectacle, the most insidious and vicious part of capitalism's relationship to the individual, preys on your alienation to reinforce the whole monster. The entire self-help industry is geared toward idealism and social atomisation, so without a coherent Marxist approach to being an individual countering your alienation you're left with grifters and woo.

That's where grillpilling has value to me. I don't like r/acidmarxism because parasocial relationships are fucking weird, but when you're carving out some interest beyond a side gig and doing so for a consciously left-ideological sense of self-actualisation then it opens up new doors for how you understand your socialism. Working in American for-profit healthcare was extremely alienating, my grill pill was houseplants and later fungi, now I've reoriented toward a more ethically palatable career. That career is the sickle they put on socialist flags. As things get worse my usefulness to an org is much better than it would otherwise be, as giving luxury foods to people in breadlines is the lunch version of what Black Panthers did with their breakfasts. Working with those kingdoms reinforced my interests in environmentalist subjects and other academic subjects like ethnobotany which feed into reading more about indigenous studies.

None of that would have happened without carving out time for a self-betterment hobby which doesn't leave it at "life sucks less if you have a hobby".