I’m retired so I fill my days doing whatever I want. But I’m always interested in what other people would do if they had more free time.
Look for a better job cuz mine is not great but it’s something
I’d get a motorcycle and a semi-nice camera (don’t wanna lose a flagship model when touching asphalt or something).
I also like gaming but I’m currently spending some 300 hours a month in front of one screen or another between job, freelancing and gaming. If I get to work less, I’ll also sacrifice some gaming time to get a bunch more outside time.
so, what? half the work hours but at double the rate of pay so it comes out the same?
probably read more. cuz that’s free. i can’t afford to do much else.
Not quite what I meant. I just mean what if you had more free time, but not more cash. Sort of what you wanna do for free that you can’t do now because of time restraints.
I’ll edit to rephrase the question.
I considered it more as you’re not working, you have a fixed income in this situation. Like a retired person.
Exactly.
Designate it to be my sleeping time and use the rest for my hobbies.
Work on a fedi project. Write more music. Travel a bit. Learn more languages.
Hell, I’d settle with just drinking coffee and watching my dog run around in the backyard.
Sounds amazing. I work from home and manage my time as I see fit, working hours range from 2-12 depending on current load, so I’m totally on board with maximizing free time if I get my stuff sorted efficiently.
Guess if I cut it further, I would try to get more into gardening.
I tried gardening before, but I’m pretty terrible at it. But I only retired recently, so this spring, maybe I will give it another go.
I read a lot. I would read more.
Get high and vibe. It’s my favorite thing, but it’s an expensive illegal hobby sadly.
Not expensive or illegal where I live. Stay strong, brother.
Since I saw a couple "read more"s - my trick, if you’d like one, is to put a book on the turlet. I open it up when I’m urinating, too - but usually I hit a point where I’m into the story enough where I start taking the book and reading it as my activity. But I’ve certainly taken months to get through a book just using bathroom time for nonfiction, less narrative stuff.
I can tell you exactly what I do, because 25 years ago, I chose to forgo promotions at work and prioritize free time and quality of life over money:
I spend time with my family.
I do the things I want while I’m still young (or rather, while I was still young 🙂).
Generally leading a good life free of stress and drama.You were given only one life. You have a finite set of hours on this dirtball, and the countdown is running. Every extra hour you give to your employer in exchange for money is an hour you don’t spend with your loved ones, and you can’t buy it back. Retirement age is too late to enjoy your life.
Nobody goes to their graves thinking they should have worked more.
I can tell you exactly what I do, because 25 years ago, I chose to forgo promotions at work and prioritize free time and quality of life over money:
My hero! I just recently retired at 55 for same reason.
I’m the same age and I’ve been retired for 25 years 🙂
I have a job I really enjoy that I do a few hours a day, for the money sure, but also for fun. And then I enjoy a lot of extra hours doing the things I want.
It’s like retirement but with a few hours of fun stuff I gotta do every day, sure, but it’s still fun. When I retire for real, I just won’t do the few hours of fun no more.
I’m the same age and I’ve been retired for 25 years
I would have if I could have. But I had to wait until I hit the “20-years in” mark to be able to get my pension. It’s the lowest pension because I’m out early, but like you, I wanna enjoy stuff while I’m still fit and healthy.
My gf is 35, so she kinda sorta tried to talk me out of it. She’s fine with our age difference, but I think she got caught up in “OMG you’re getting a pension!” haha
After she noticed how much I mess around and do whatever I want now, she sorta changed her attitude. But I’ll be honest, she seems to be a little passive-aggressive. Maybe jealous of it?
Even tho she makes more money than I do, she seems a little bit resentful, so I dialed back the “Oh I just read this really good book all day” comments.
Not sure if our relationship will make it. But I don’t care. I have no regrets about retiring early. And now I get to fuck around on Lemmy all day too! haha
Nobody goes to their graves thinking they should have worked more.
There are plenty of workaholics that absolutely think they should have worked more in their last moments.
They tend to be awful people.
Sleep, exercise, catch up on chores (cleaning, organizing). I’m tired of being tired, achy, and messy.
Drink bourbon in a nice garden and listen to the radio. I’d probably write a lot more also
Ugh, please, I would do anything to work less and create more. I’m making the furniture for our flat, I would do that faster. I am making my own TTRPG, I just started on a TCG cause I think the tools for making them yourself are in a good place (and I’ve literally always dreamed of making one), and I like to write short stories - I’d definitely do more of that.
Got a big steam backlog, that’d be nice. I’d workout more everyday. Idk, work is a means to an end and the moment I can make that more efficient I will.
More photography
I’d travel more. I could never afford to leave the country of course but I’d like to see neighboring states or even just see more places in my own state. I want to know what it’s like to exist in the world before it’s gone.
I have done more traveling, but not out of the country. I have no desire to leave the country. We have plenty of beautiful things here in the US. But I live in such a beautiful state, I have the best views just outside my windows.
