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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd grow food. Good food, and way more than I or my family could possibly eat. I'd also grow beautiful, ecosystem-supporting native plants. I'd offer to do the same for my neighbors who dont enjoy such things, or who just want a beautiful and functional yard.

With my leftover time i'd go hiking a couple times a week, and I'd read scientific literature when the sun goes down.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Build things, well, until I get tired of it. The ADHD is strong and I hate fine finish work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Write, travel

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Exercise, play music, go jogging around town and meet new people all the time. Basically what I do now except not having to condense it into the little time I have off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Peter Gibbons: I would relax... I would sit on my ass all day... I would do nothing.

Lawrence: Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Work so that others can also have their needs met.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

A podcast about the pre-columbian Americas which in all honesty would be a Hardcore History knockoff.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Build Legos and Gundam models. Finish writing my novel I keep restarting. Hold more Hunter: The Reckoning sessions for the group I Storytell for. Game, work my way through my backlog. Spend more time with my wife.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Make music, perform music, make games, make movies, write small books and maybe draw pictures.

And then I would try out being a research attorney, being an EMT, a pilot, maybe working with NASA at some point and working for some government agency specializing in digital warfare.

People always assume if you had everything you would just sit at home and be lazy and never try anything. But from my experience you don't do that shit just because you're complacent, you do it because either you are way too stressed out to try out new stuff or you are in the middle of a depressive episode. Almost all people I know wouldn't be able to be lazy for more than 2 weeks, they would start making something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'd make a lot of paintings, learn how to animate, compose a gigaton of music, make a graphic novel, collect analog synths and various folk instruments, gaze at the stars, go camping a lot, make a garden of native plants, design my house to be optimal and asestically pleasing, read a lot of books, spend time with friends, host a server or two. And travel. Lots of travel but I'd do travel where I stay in one place for months as opposed to multiple in a couple of weeks so that I could really absorb the culture.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 weeks ago

Work to solve problems. Not on a fixed schedule, but my choosing.

Also, long walks and visiting people I like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Write, write until I drop dead, with a smile in my face.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 weeks ago

I’d start with gardening, fishing, road tripping, camping, hiking, but I think that might eventually not be stimulating enough. I’d probably pickup a hobby that would enable artistic expression. Maybe pottery, or stained glass?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 weeks ago

Get high and scroll Lemmy, apparently

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Painting, drawing. General arts. Travel. Eating adventures. Fitness. Electronics and automation. Programming. Health focus.

And I'd make my point and click adventure game. Finally.

The dream

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Make music, write terrible sci-fi, and publish economics research (assuming we haven’t reached post-scarcity yet).

Basically I’d have time to actually dedicate myself to my hobbies.

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