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I would still be programming. Just that it would be the projects I want to do, instead of the ones my employer wants to do.

I'm terrified because I don't really have an answer.

Same thing I do for money now, handyman shit

I've been using the stress of needing to do things to keep me going. Without it I can't even imagine what I'd do.

Do so much more with horses Video games Art

Golf. So much golf.

Someone asked me this question recently and I had a minor existential crisis.

All the things I do for fun and hobbies I would do a lot more. Which would likely be the following:

• Exercise (running in the warm months and skiing in the cold)
• TTRPGs (I might move from 1 day of the week into two, and assuming everyone else has the same deal play in-person instead of digitally)
• Reading (books and more books)

But mostly I would work on living the permaculture / herbalism fantasy.

• Do a lot more herbal formulation and
• Maybe open the small apothecary to sell things at Art fairs and other makers markets.
• Turn my urban yard into a full food forest to help grow some of my own food, and herbs. (I want to have an urban oasis of edible trees, bushes and other useful plants)
• Volunteer more a local prairie restoration group that I have worked with in the past
• Finally spend some time gorilla gardening on open lots and sides of alleyways around my neighborhood to spread the plant love.

Start painting or some shit idk

Judging by what I've seen lately: crime and opression to maintain my status because I only understand the world through the lenses of artficial scarcity and zero sum game theory.

Art and music.

Science research.

This depends. But based on how much I have, one of these:

Open a small bar/tapas place in my neighborhood.

Travel

Do what I do when not working - garden, read, exercise, take care of the land & the animals, go see live music.

Make my pottery, dive deeper into woodworking, and learn permaculture farming.

I'd travel, try new cuisine, and I'd also pick up jobs for short stints to pick up skills, almost like journeyman apprentice, I'd also do some kind of social work, and go back to academia with the intent to actually learn and not just to get a degree and get a job, but to potentially do some actual research and development

I'd love to keep working and volunteering. I'd still contribute to society and the social network that comes with it, but with none of the burden of having to earn money to survive.

I teach philosophy for a living these days.

I’d probably keep doing that, but less of it.

I’d also do a lot of writing.

Today being labor day I would go down to the protest downtown, instead I'm going to the office to do as little work as I can manage, maybe have a couple meetings to slow other people down today too

Acting and singing. Studied Musical Theater in my twenties but couldn't see myself making a living at it.

I'm a licensed electrician. I do construction for my job.

If I didn't need to work to support myself and my family, I'd offer my services as a licensed electrician to my community at-cost. I'd charge for materials, but not my own labor. Basically, just use the skills I have to support others in my community who could benefit from those skills.

But I also wouldn't work anything close to 40 hours/week.

Move to Canada, Europe, or Aus/NZ.

Most likely scroll through Lemmy and play video games, pursue hobbies.

Making music, and building guitars. That's all.

I would spend a lot of time tending my garden, growing rare produce to share with the community, and crafting.

You know that guy that makes videos about how to live with Neolithic technology? That.

Play video games. Bake bread. Learn to code. Create music. Maybe create a game of my own some day. Release it 100% for free because all my needs are met.

... oh, and sex. Lots of sex. But I think that goes without saying

Making furniture with woodworking or maybe kitchen utensils with blacksmithing.

I work in cloud tech. Pretty good at it.

But I feel like I should be doing something with my hands. Like woodworking or blacksmithing.

I live in a apartment so I don't have the space to even try out hobby stuff. It's also expensive to do either.

I settled for electrical stuff and bought a bunch of gear to learn soldering. Playing with breadboard is interesting but I enjoy the soldering more.

I would walk my dog, lift weights, study foreign languages, help my community

Travel, meet with friends, play video games, watch some movies.

When all your needs are met, you help others with theirs.

Enjoy it

Organise more and better LARPs

Define basic needs.

Is that just food water shelter utilities Healthcare clothing?

Does it include entertainment?

Travel?

Study more JiuJitsu and physiotherapy for poor people.