Exercise.
Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
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Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#22For 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 y…
This is perfect. This would be an amazing thing to do yearly. This is how you reduce stress, and rebuild your mental fortitude, and habits.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#23For 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 y…
This sounds like what would happen if OP followed no advice, nothing wrong with that though and airing out your brain.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#24I would personally just get my non-work life in order. I've been on the cusp of burnout for so long that I've let other things slide. I would take the time to clean and organize the house, get some exercise, sleep right, etc. Just recover so that I'm at my best starting the new job.
Sounds like you could do with a week or two of leave. Don't let yourself burn out. Take a break.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#25Develop a healthy daily routine. Cooking, exercise, walking.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#26Paradoxically, non-internal answers to this will take the freedom from you
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#27For 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 y…
> Try finding at least 6 places around you to stop in at, even if it's just for a coffee or lunch.
In my last 2 weeks off where I didn't travel I made the plan to visit a different place for breakfast/brunch each day. It was great! It found more nice places in the city I'm living in that I haven't visited before, and provided each day some structure which prevented my from just doing nothing.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#28You specified on this page that you'd like to do something productive. My strategy has always been to study for my next job WHILE I'm on the current one. Is there any area where you feel weak that studying ahead would help you substantially? I would view a month as a massive gift if I wanted to pull ahead in something.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#29I would personally just get my non-work life in order. I've been on the cusp of burnout for so long that I've let other things slide. I would take the time to clean and organize the house, get some exercise, sleep right, etc. Just recover so that I'm at my best starting the new job.
Sounds like you could do with a week or two of leave. Don't let yourself burn out. Take a break.
Agree GP sounds like it's that time.
Re: Ask HN: Free for a month. What to do?
#30Paradoxically, non-internal answers to this will take the freedom from you
Not sure I agree. It's sometimes helpful for me to crowdsource feedback b/c I don't think of everything. I'm highly self-motivated and never even had an inkling that might be the case.