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Still work but at a reduced rate and else I would actually think about volunteering or improving my living conditions like a garden or tech at gome :)

House in the middle of the woods, with internet connection. It's the weird eremite techno wizard life for me.

Kung fu, charitable volunteering, and any intellectual challenge I could take on.

play more games learn to draw maybe pick up a new language.

I would become an author and write plenty of fiction, poems, short stories. I might also get into game development. And if time permits, I would even pick up on astronomy.

I can answer this because it's true. I work out daily, cook every meal, hangout all day with my dogs, explore YouTube rabbit holes, and read scifi. Without an alarm, I'm suddenly a morning person. Up by five with energy. I'm trying to figure out my next move. Weird thing is, it's probably another career. Just on my terms

The same life but without the pressure of a job.

Id probrally learn programming and become a Linux distro/software maintainer for projects like Debian and maybe Libreboot.

I don't think I'd ever leave the makerspace.

Basic needs only? Still work so I can have money to do more than just basic things.

I'd throw parties probably, but only if poverty were eliminated for everyone.

Harass minorities.

Spend as much time as I could in nature or playing video games. Or playing video games while in nature. Lots of camping.

Beat on red hot metal with a hammer, and fly hot air balloons.

So all that would change is that my basic needs would actually be met.

Ride my Motorcycle and brew beer. Then go work out. Hang with friends. Hike, swim, explore the world.

DM or GM tabletop games for groups

Get a proper sleep.

Find a deserted corner in the Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest, likely up near Haida Gawaii, and just… vanish.

I like civilization in general for the benefits it brings. I even like a few people. But humanity in general…

I truly enjoy solitude.

I achieved this 2 years ago. I spend my time rock climbing, travelling to rock climbing, hanging with friends, lifting, running, tackling little diy projects, working part time in a fun job to get some extra spending money, and trying to sleep with as many hot women as possible.

This is a lot of fun, and I highly recommend it.

I'd probably teach something like scuba diving.

I would make handcrafted furniture, work on my garden, and contribute to open source software that supports both farming and woodcrafts.

I would work on open-source software and play games, which is what I already do, I'd just have more free time to do it.

Teach

I would do nothing while also not stressing out about doing nothing.

Indie game development. Except more full time instead of just on weekends like I do now.

A) mental health would absolutely improve so I'd have more energy for

B) producing more shows and putting on more events. Personally I don't want to retire because I want to create a career where if I did retire I'd just do what I was doing anyway. I'm kinda doing that now but I have more BS and stress to deal with.

I'm there. I'm hanging out with friends, spending time in nature, I have a few hobbies, and the rest of the time I'm summoning the wrath of the gods and goddesses to smite the corrupt powers of the world.

So, I'm pretty content.

Read a lot of books. Swim. Go for coffee anytime I could with friends. Volunteer. Sit and stare out the window at the rain. Foster parenting.

You're describing retirement. And, boy have I spent a LOT of time thinking about what that looks like.

A lot of people have lists of things they'd do, see, learn, or be. I had one too, but it kept fucking changing depending on where I was in life and what my interests were.

Any list I had always felt restrictive. Here's where I ended up instead...

I would put my energy and attention only on the things that I want to put them on at any given time.

I guess some call that living in the moment, but I call it retirement.

Purse writing

Help my community with the things I have expertise in.

Have children

Continue to work and fuck over poor people is very popular.

I'd make a few kids with my wife, make my private pilot license and travel the world with my family by plane (as the pilot, of course). In the meantime I build aviation related open source software.

I would find work where I enjoy myself, and get a hobby of travelling the world and documenting cultures

I'd design and build useful things

Create art. Writing screenplays and books. Painting, gardening, working out, traveling, seeing live music, volunteer with whatever great organization I happen to be into at the time. Spend more time in my community. Have children.

Streamer but in like a chill way, no subs