make art
and garden. make art and garden.
I loathe gardening. But i’ll gladly build you your gardening stuff! Teamwork, yeah!
So many garden projects indoor and outdoor I want to do… never find the time.
Purse writing
Help my community with the things I have expertise in.
Have children
I’ll tell you what I’d do, man…
Metal, leather and wood working. Bee keeping and running a little shop
Harass minorities.
only correct answer
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.
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?
Write, write until I drop dead, with a smile in my face.
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.
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.
This right here. While my career might be in tech, nothing ever calls me like being a proper steward of the land. You can wake up and look out and see what you did growing and becoming stronger every day. It enriches your soul.
And we aren’t even talking about how you feel when you donate food to people who need it.
I don’t think I’d ever leave the makerspace.
The same life but without the pressure of a job.
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.
House in the middle of the woods, with internet connection. It’s the weird eremite techno wizard life for me.
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
