I have ADHD and my hobby is collecting hobbies. I don’t typically get bored. I would likely need to do some side gig to supplement buying things for new hobbies.
That’s my current situation after retiring a few years ago. I stay busy with personal software projects, running a weekly in-person D&D campaign and playing in others, cooking, 3d design and printing, Arduino/ESP and electronics, woodworking, reading, TV & movies, and random crafting and other stuff that comes up.
Write, read and analyze literature. Hopefully I’ll be able to do it as a job.
Become a blacksmith. I’d make all sorts of things.
And a welder. And a tool and die man.
I’d work with metal. And at some point I’d make a point to learn glass blowing because it’s cool.
Go back to the low paying job that I really liked but couldn’t afford.
I would make radio. I do one show a week and I sometimes struggle to find time to even prepare for that, so if time weren’t an issue I’d probably end up just doing a load more.
I’m into bird watching, so I’d want to travel to see new ones and what have you.
I would want to craft more.
I would read more.
I would take language lessons
I would work on that book idea
I would take classes on anything that interested me.
I would want to have a small farm, I just think it’s neat.
Join a 3rd band, I guess.
Get high and scroll Lemmy, apparently
Work to solve problems. Not on a fixed schedule, but my choosing.
Also, long walks and visiting people I like.
Work on Free Open Source Software. Seriously, I fucking love software engineering and I can’t really imagine doing anything else with my life. In fact, that’s kinda my current plan - work towards financial independence and then work on things that matter to me, on my own terms. I really hope I won’t get burned out somewhere in the process.
Same here. I wanna study compsci, do some research into things I pick up as being interesting along the way, then work on FOSS for as much as I can (without burning myself out, or anything like that). The world doesn’t appreciate FOSS enough, but it could very well be the future of computing, as our capitalistic society quickly gets fucked up :')
I’m a licensed electrician. I do construction for my job.
If I didn’t need to work to support myself and my family, I’d offer my services as a licensed electrician to my community at-cost. I’d charge for materials, but not my own labor. Basically, just use the skills I have to support others in my community who could benefit from those skills.
But I also wouldn’t work anything close to 40 hours/week.
Same here but fixing bikes, mowers, cars etc. I do a little when I can now, but finding the time isn’t trivial.
but finding the time isn’t trivial
Preach it! I work 40+ hours plus have a 3yo and 5yo. There’s no such thing as free time except when I’m supposed to be sleeping.
It’s really satisfying. I’ve done this a few times, fixing someone’s home when they couldn’t otherwise afford it is one of the biggest ways to make an impact on someone.
Done this in IT for folks, even back when I was charging for it. No one has the skills and knowledge to do everything in the modern world, and not everyone can pay a pro.
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?
Get on my bike and see how far it could take me. And when I was done with that I would go build bike trails for my community.
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
