Spend more time with kids, study language, exercise, watch movies and tv shows I don't have time for, listen to podcasts, cook more sophisticated meals, maybe translate movie/tv shows subtitles for others.
Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work?
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#92Sport! Hiking, mountain biking, running, weight lifting.
Trail maintenance in my region. I'd probably camp overnight a lot.
Catching up on all the books I havbe left behind.
I always wanted to pick up woodworking and I'd like to learn how to sew with a sewing machine. Practical stuff keeps me engaged.
Drinking beers? :)
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#93> What would you do if you didn't have to work?
Probably do more deep dives into archiving internet data. The web suffers Library of Alexandria[0] type events every day and there's an excess of bit-rot that doesn't need to happen if people dedicated more time to scraping and archiving data. Maybe joining the Internet Archive is a good bet here. Since it's volunteer-only, not having a job would be a good fit.
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
And that is largely why some people are successful and others aren't.
When I look back on my life, my most meaningful memories are not the ones I've made on someone else's payroll. "Successful" doesn't have to mean "worth a lot of money".
When I think of work, I mostly think of effort. A lot of my most meaningful memories are from working on things I enjoyed. Putting effort into relationships, working on hobby projects, working on a small motorized bike, or even working at a job I enjoy.
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#95- Travel and meet all my old friends/family that I haven't for years or even decades even though we are all on "social media" and "like" each other's posts.
- Setup 100% free Quality Private Primary education in developing countries like India and actually be on the ground for the most part doing it initially myself.
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#96Sport! Hiking, mountain biking, running, weight lifting. Trail maintenance in my region. I'd probably camp overnight a lot. Catching up on all the books I havbe left behind. I always wanted to pick up woodworking and I'd like to learn how to sew with a sewing machine. Practical stuff keeps me engaged. Drinking beers? :)
Oh there will be plenty of beers consumed to balance out all the sport.
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#97I see an emerging theme of "exercise and spend time with my kids" which is funny because I currently work 32 hours a week and I spend the "extra" time on that. I don't have to work. I do because my project pursues a worthy goal and has its own fulfillment, smart coworkers. If something more worthy came along, that I could actually be good at, I suppose I'd do that instead, whether it made money or not. I'm mostly concerned that I am the problem if I become too cynical, jaded, or depressed to see an opportunity to make the world a better place and go for it. Cutting out social media and reading the book of John, looking at Jesus helps inspire me and keep me focused on what really matters.
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#98I’d form an online vigilante group like Perverted-Justice, but focused on disrupting the operations of financial scammers who prey on people who are gullible, technologically unsophisticated, or demented.
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#99Surf every day. I’m not sure if you can do this job remotely, but you say you’re coastal … military … San Diego perhaps? Anyway, the thing to do is the thing everybody else at every other stage of life wishes they could do. There are billionaires who wish they could just surf every day.
I'm currently in South Mission Beach. Still working though, so my joy is just taking the dog for long walks on the ocean/bay side every day. ;-)
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#100If you are able to, I would consider getting a second job that is remote for those 6-7 months. It's a good opportunity for you to stuff your mattress and having a small trove of extra cash on hand (or 6 months worth of income of bills paid off, if you're in a decent amount of debt) could do wonders for your future.