Imagine all your basic needs are covered: housing, food, healthcare, and so on. You don’t need to work for a living anymore. What would you do with your time?
I know this might sound like a bit of a dreamy question, but it’s been on my mind lately, especially as I see so many people working tirelessly day and night. Perhaps it’s time for us to slow down and reflect on what truly matters. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!
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Mostly more of what I do in my free time now. Mess around trying to make music, watch TV and movies, play video games, read, watch live music, go on hikes and spend time with my family.
I don’t understand the people who say they’d be bored if they didn’t work. I have more than enough media alone to keep me busy, never mind the amount of things I could pick up or at least try in the extra time. Maybe I’d learn to code and contribute to some open source projects.
The difference would be it would all be on my own terms and truly at my own leisure.
I don’t understand the people who say they’d be bored if they didn’t work.
I think it’s that they would miss the sense of achievement that comes from a group collaboration on a shared goal. Doesn’t mean it needs to be what they do today, but I suspect you’d find these people in community projects if you didn’t have to earn.
Yea exactly. This is more evidence that we don’t need the threat of starvation and homelessness in order to be productive.
Hmmm I am kinda in this situation now and I have to say I still want to work just not for other people (unless I know them well). I actually am trying to be more active and working on my own stuff makes me feel good and gets me off my ass.
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I know a lady who is retired but wealthy, and she spends her spare time in a sewing club, making really high quality beautiful clothes for low-income families in smaller low-income areas, and provides those clothes to those families for free.
When she told me that the first time, my estimates of her went through the roof.
If I didn’t get go work I would be bored for a while until I get used to it. I don’t have much content in my life and work is a key aspect in keeping routines and all that jazz.
Having your basic needs covered is cool, but I’d like some money on top of that, too. So work it is.
Find a job I’d love.
I don’t want to be useless, but now I wouldn’t have to be worried about money.
Brew beer, fix motorbikes, make bird boxes, travel, walk, read, volunteer, cycle, write software, build electronics, sit in the sun with a cat on me. I can’t wait to retire.
That’s similar to me! Fix motorcycles, build guitars, travel, read, volunteer more, build electronics (specifically guitar pedals), and play music. I’ll actually probably drink less because I won’t be trying to cram as much as possible in my limited free time.
I’d work on my car and my computer/gamedev stuff, and teach others to do the same. Also more gardening.
While I understand the sentiment, there are a lot of jobs out there that are necessary but no one wants to do. If no one had to work society would fall apart. At least at this point in time. Maybe it we ever make it to the startrek universe with boundless energy, replictors, medical devices that just cure you.
I’d love to learn more. I’ve wanted to go and do either another degree, or get my PhD, but it’s just not realistic with being the only one bringing in money.
Probably finally finish some projects, too, rather than just starting them and losing interest.
I would do a lot more camping and cycling mostly. really give the bass a red hot shot. tackle my pile of plastic shame
I do shit ton of traveling. Lots of camping and I spend a lot of spare time writing. Also I could knock out my backlog of games.
A lot of woodworking, a lot of fishing, and a lot of hanging out with family. It would be glorious.
Reading, hiking, backpacking, cooking, brewing, fixing, loving, caring, dreaming, building, gaming, growing, learning, teaching.
Harder, better, faster, stronger
Gardening and pickling/preserving foods to start. Writing a novel.
