If I had this time, I'd have learned game dev or basics of computer hacking.
Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
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Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#12Are you wanting to do something productive or do you want to relax and enjoy your free time off?
Trying to do something productive.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#13Build a tool you'd like to have for work.
DIY something in the house to make it exactly what you want. Maybe your desk?
Put in a garden and sew a fall crop.
Get a slingshot and shoot it in the house. (Can actually prove useful to be skilled at this!)
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#14Rent a boat at your local lake for a day or two. Go camping! Try out photography (it's a golden age for cameras). Try researching travel a little more, maybe nicer hotels/a spa may be more appealing than other styles of travel :)
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#15A month can be enough to get over the initial hurdle/lay a foundation for learning a hard topic e.g., statistics. Or kick start any other routine that can't be done/hard to do in small iterations while starting a new job.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#16For the first week, be lazy, and lounge around while keeping up with your normal routines. Try to let yourself get bored. Start reading a book you've wanted to try getting into.
For the second and third weeks, you should have gotten your fill of sitting around. Try finding at least 6 places around you to stop in at, even if it's just for a coffee or lunch. Maybe use this as a way to socialize and stay 'present', if you have anyone you could invite along. Or see a few movies in theater, partake in a guilt-free bar night, etc.
For the final week, you get to reset your sleep schedule, and start shifting back over into more 'normal' habits. Maybe take a day or two to poke at some code to start jogging the brain again, or something that makes you problem-solve in some way. For me, that's often videogames, but it can be anything. If you have a garage, you have space for a physical project, if that's more your thing.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#17I suspect this won't meet with popular approval, but it's a serious suggestion.
Do nothing. Allow your mind and body to unwind. Allow yourself to sleep in. Allow yourself simple pleasures like walking, cooking, sharing a meal with friends.
But in general, if you have your next gig already lined up, its perfectly acceptable to do absolutely nothing and enjoy it!
Be well friend, and congrats on making changes in your life.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#18Turn off alarms - sleep/wake with natural light.
Meet everyone you have been meaning to. Go to the theatre/movies. Go see a game or concert.
Don't binge watch. Don't check HN.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#19Turn off alarms - sleep/wake with natural light. Meet everyone you have been meaning to. Go to the theatre/movies. Go see a game or concert. Don't binge watch. Don't check HN.
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Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#20Turn off your PC and do the things.
Museums, bars, concerts. You have at least 15 things to do/visit that month.