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[–] seeigel@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Without joking, most likely I would watch more Lemmy.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Write sci fi novels and take care of stray cats

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

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

[–] adp1314@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I can answer this because it's true. I work out daily, cook every meal, hangout all day with my dogs, explore YouTube rabbit holes, and read scifi. Without an alarm, I'm suddenly a morning person. Up by five with energy. I'm trying to figure out my next move. Weird thing is, it's probably another career. Just on my terms

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 3 points 3 days 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

[–] machine2918@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I would make handcrafted furniture, work on my garden, and contribute to open source software that supports both farming and woodcrafts.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days 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

[–] DCErik@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Join a 3rd band, I guess.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 5 points 3 days ago
[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Travel, camp, travel. Play with dog

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 days ago (5 children)

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

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Create art. Writing screenplays and books. Painting, gardening, working out, traveling, seeing live music, volunteer with whatever great organization I happen to be into at the time. Spend more time in my community. Have children.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Go into teaching. I love to assist others in their learning voyage, I love science, research, classes. However, financial realities mean that I would be starving if I pursued that path. So I find fulfillment in adjacent activities in my current line of work. I would also have an electronics workshop, repairing computers and other electronics for fun.

I'm a software engineer so I'd probably seek a way to use my skills in a way that benefits people, possibly something tied to volunteering work I already do. And also contribute to some open source project.

I'd try to maintain a somewhat regular working schedule but with fewer hours per day than I currently spend at my job. Maybe I'd travel and work from different places.

[–] terraborra@lemmy.nz 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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.

[–] Whats_a_lemmy@ponder.cat 6 points 3 days ago

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

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Metal, leather and wood working. Bee keeping and running a little shop

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Exercise to get healthy and work on my garden, to start. Then I'd handle any necessary projects for my home. Then I'd find causes to support by volunteering.

[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Haha I like to be silly at work sometimes after I’ve already paid the big monthly expenses. I say, “I’m here to do two things help kids and pay bills, and I’m all outta bills.” I would continue to work in my field on a part time basis. Then I would make time for a few doctor appointments and start going to therapy again. I’d walk my dog at different parks more often. Hopefully id make more time with my friends and family assuming they have the same deal. I would want to be more involved with my community too.

[–] Kookie215@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

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

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

The same life but without the pressure of a job.

[–] quetzaldilla@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Art and music.

Science research.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Same thing I do for money now, handyman shit

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I'd like to think I'd actually do all the art I'm too fucking stressed to sit down and focus on. Maybe make a video game or two.

My long term wish has always been to fuck off to somewhere not-too-warm and tropical, and write stories from a place where I can see the sea.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Purse writing

Help my community with the things I have expertise in.

Have children

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Spend as much time as I could in nature or playing video games. Or playing video games while in nature. Lots of camping.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] rekabis@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Find a deserted corner in the Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest, likely up near Haida Gawaii, and just… vanish.

I like civilization in general for the benefits it brings. I even like a few people. But humanity in general…

I truly enjoy solitude.

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.

[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

So many hobbies

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days 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 :)

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

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

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Define basic needs.

Is that just food water shelter utilities Healthcare clothing?

Does it include entertainment?

Travel?

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[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Volunteer at various non-profits. I am (sadly) one of those people that "need" to work in some capacity in order to fill fulfilled. I also need structure, which I'm not very good at building for myself. I need to be held accountable (such as being expected to show up to work at a certain time), and work has always helped me do that.

I'm about to leave my current job with no back-up plan, and while my savings and partner will provide for me for the rest of the year, I'm kinda dreading not having structure. I'll probably volunteer somewhere.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

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

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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

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