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Eating magic and doing flow arts!
Long runs
Pinball
I workout every weekend already so probably that.
Apparently, waking up by 6 or 6:30 because my stupid body is on a schedule and we're sticking to it every day, I guess.
Oh, and laundry. No matter what else I have going on, the laundry never stops.
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Working out. (I do it most weekdays, too).
I work in software, and I've seen far too many guys in my industry who are either skinny as a rail and surviving on Cheetos dust, or painfully overweight. Had several co-workers croak unexpectedly, at shockingly young ages.
It's a real problem in the industry. People simply plop themselves down at their computers and forget to do anything else for an entire day.
I have kids, and refuse to let them lose their dad early, so I hit the gym for an hour in the mornings, at least every other day. I do a mix of cardio and weight training. I also never stay seated for longer than 45 minutes.
Seriously, guys... If you work in the software industry, make a habit of getting up and moving around. It doesn't actually take much to reap enormous benefits just from staying more active.
I never had to before, always had reasonably active jobs. Supervisor role and middle age and a scolding from my doctor has made a difference.
I've been giving myself 20 minutes a day for the last six weeks. I haven't really lost weight, but I do feel better.
I actually gained weight when I first got serious about the gym, and that worried me until my doctor reassured me that I was putting on muscle, not fat. These days, it's pretty obvious in retrospect.
The real metric I pay attention to is blood pressure. As my dad's getting older he's been struggling with blood pressure, and I don't want that to ever happen to me, so cardio is important.
I have an IT company, and believe the same. We’re all working remote, and we organize competitions regularly like who is doing the most interesting sports, making the most progress, being the most consistent, etc.
I think it’s also important for the long term sustainability of the team too, we want people to have healthy lifestyle balances and not burn out.
Bingo. When my body is healthy, my brain is healthy. When my brain is healthy, my code is better.
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Snorkeling.
Making pancakes for my kids.
Learn something.
Taking a 1 hour nap
Fishing
Hitting the gym
Gardening and plant care. Winters would be quiet tho
Greenhouses and indoors plants exist though. And some vegetables like kale grow well in winter. And I've seen some impressive greenhouses that use geothermal energy (think water pipes 3 meters deep feeding warmth all winter long).
I'd love to have a geothermal greenhouse. Saw them on YouTube and was impressed. Here I have to make do with what I got, but one can dream.
Mind altering substances and trail biking has worked well so far. Preferably both at the same time.
Eating, pooping, showering, sleeping, cooking, cleaning, drinking coffee.
Five-a-side football (soccer). I'm not a sporty person, but started going with a local group a few years ago and have reaped the benefits of doing some intensive team exercise once per week. I go with a bunch of guys way older than I am, and it's amazing how fit and healthy they are compared to the average person I meet of their age. I certainly plan to keep this up so long an injury doesn't prevent me.
Spanking it.
You do that anyway, choose another one.