Trying to get some ideas on how to spend my time off.
Ask HN: If you had two months off between jobs what would you be doing?
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#2Personally I’d turn off my electronics, grab some books and go hiking in the wilderness. At least for a couple weeks. You may never get a chance to be this “unplugged” again.
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#3I had a similar situation, I just ran, hit the gym, dated and learned Clojure. Great times take me back.
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#4I'd go travelling.
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#5Ask yourself what is the biggest thing you always stop yourself from doing because you "don't have enough time" and go for it. For me it would be working on more open source projects and ideas.
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#6I'd travel to a different country, read some books, meet some new people & go on dates.
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#7I had three months off between jobs a couple of years ago. I did absolutely nothing, just sleep in, stay up late, read a few books, watch movies and play games.
After three months I almost felt like a human being again. That feeling was gone 2 days into the new job.
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#8I would travel to a new country I have not been before and explore the culture and food.
I would find a nice fiction novel to read, and I would try to build a habit of working out each day.
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#9If you ask me before I take the two months off, I would plan to write a novel, write, shoot and direct a movie, take the CFA, back test some trading algorithms, and write three apps (one game, one very useful app in a new industry I know nothing about, and some social app) while learning new languages (mandarin and some variant of lisp).
If you ask me after the two months, I most likely caught up on Westworld.
Re: Ask HN: If you had two months off between jobs what would you be doing?
#10Travel, learn a language, read, code on a personal project, help others -- it could be anything.
One thing I've typically done is a breadth-first search of interests at that point in time, so I know how to direct my activities to get fulfillment out of life for the next few years. I've mainly been able to do that through reading a lot (nonfiction mostly). It's hard to do when you're full-time working.