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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Travel, learn culture science theologie languages and so much more, teach

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Make stuffed animals and donate them to hospitals, fire stations, and police stations

Organize town-wide scavenger hunts

Learn to cook good food and give it away to people who want some

Start a group that would teach people how to use a sewing machine.

Organize a bearded dragon rescue.

Trim people's hedges

Make videos to share all my knowledge with people for free

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months 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.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Write only free code. Right now, probably 80% of my code is free. I’d bump that up to 100%.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] addiks@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] PoorYorick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Open a non-profit primitive skills school. There are several of these skills that are rapidly dying and will likely be gone within a generation.

[–] nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

like what? a generation sounds a little extreme...

[–] PoorYorick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Some will probably exist as exhibition pieces in places like Williamsburg, but a lot of the practical skill and techniques are in danger of being lost due to lack of use. Among the skills that I would like to see preserved are things like flint knapping, blacksmithing (blade smithing is still doing fairly well), foraging, manual land navigation, and to an extent manual stone carving / banking masonry.

Much of the manual nature of these skills has been replaced by automation or handheld electronics, so they are practiced by a dwindling number of artisans.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Learn shit.

[–] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Exercise, drink wine, read more, and take tons of road trips.

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Game (and probably stream myself doing so) a lot, get more exercise, volunteer a bit, probably contribute to open source projects a lot more

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Become a blacksmith. I'd make all sorts of things.

And a welder. And a tool and die man.

I'd work with metal. And at some point I'd make a point to learn glass blowing because it's cool.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I would take classes for stuff that actually interests me. And spend more time on hobbies. It's pretty obvious to me honestly. I don't understand how people get depressed and bored when they retire. It actually makes no sense to me. It's super common too. People feel like they "have no purpose" and absolutely crumble in retirement. It blows my mind. I feel like those people are super fucking boring and have no interests.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Probably mostly cooking, cleaning, going on adventures with the dog, playing music, and smoking extravagant amounts of weed

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I wish I could be a perpetual student attending college. And open a business that im passionate about.

[–] Norin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

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 :)

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

First year I'd definitely visit all Formula 1 Grand Prix.

[–] ImmersiveMatthew@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Exactly what I am already doing. imagineering my top rated VR Theme Park and explore SE Asia and other parts of the world. Love both.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Knowing me, do what I normally do in my free time, but hopefully actually get projects done.

I'd have plenty of time to play games, watch my shows, listen to CDs/music, hopefully finish a project I started on Wattpad or another program, and spend time learning coding to help with my NeoCities site and some other projects I wanna work on but don't know enough to make become a realiety.

[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You know those people who restore old machinery and equipment? Locomotives, historic warships, industrial sites and so on? I'd absolutely be dedicating my day to that. There's something so satisfying about seeing that old stuff work, but they're always chronically understaffed and struggling to keep up with everything.

Oh, and write a novel.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Probably continue to work in transpiration with special needs school kids. My job isn't so much about money to me at this point I'm deeply emotionally invested.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Do so much more with horses Video games Art

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Streamer but in like a chill way, no subs

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I would make radio. I do one show a week and I sometimes struggle to find time to even prepare for that, so if time weren't an issue I'd probably end up just doing a load more.

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