I would do nothing while also not stressing out about doing nothing.
I would make handcrafted furniture, work on my garden, and contribute to open source software that supports both farming and woodcrafts.
I would work on open-source software and play games, which is what I already do, I’d just have more free time to do it.
I’d probably teach something like scuba diving.
Teach
Indie game development. Except more full time instead of just on weekends like I do now.
You’re describing retirement. And, boy have I spent a LOT of time thinking about what that looks like.
A lot of people have lists of things they’d do, see, learn, or be. I had one too, but it kept fucking changing depending on where I was in life and what my interests were.
Any list I had always felt restrictive. Here’s where I ended up instead…
I would put my energy and attention only on the things that I want to put them on at any given time.
I guess some call that living in the moment, but I call it retirement.
What is retirement? A time when you will have enough money to just exist in whatever way you desire? Sounds fake.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?
- Robert Browning
A) mental health would absolutely improve so I’d have more energy for
B) producing more shows and putting on more events. Personally I don’t want to retire because I want to create a career where if I did retire I’d just do what I was doing anyway. I’m kinda doing that now but I have more BS and stress to deal with.
Continue to work and fuck over poor people is very popular.
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.
Read a lot of books. Swim. Go for coffee anytime I could with friends. Volunteer. Sit and stare out the window at the rain. Foster parenting.
Purse writing
Help my community with the things I have expertise in.
Have children
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.
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.
I would find work where I enjoy myself, and get a hobby of travelling the world and documenting cultures
