• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    25 minutes ago

    Wondering what to do because decision paralysis.

    Assuming I was in the mood, have all the energy and mental focus I want I’d think about how to fix my home setup.

    Bonus points if I would understand everything perfectly and didnt have a need to learn all intricacies beforehand

  • Fleppensteyn@feddit.nl
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    1 hour ago

    Just lost my job so I have this time. I want to travel a bit later, but until I can leave, I’m doing nothing at all. Years of fulltime work just killed off all social life, any motivation. Now that I’m finally free, I feel so dead inside that I just want to do absolutely nothing for a while.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 hours ago

    I’ve been unemployed for the last few months. I’m single, no kids. I’ve had more of these 24 hrs of uninterrupted free time than I’d care for. Honestly, sounds wild, but I hate it now.

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      27 minutes ago

      I’ve been in that situation. At first it’s kinda nice being able to sleep in without worry for a little bit. But after a while it really starts to drive you crazy just not having anything to do with your time. That restlessness quickly turns into depression.

    • shapesandstuff@feddit.org
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      I was out for ~6 months a while back. I put a schedule on my calendar, so every day had some structure. Get up at 8 or 9, breakfast, practice an instrument, game time, lunch, write applications, gym, dinner.

      Did the same through the lockdowns and some structure really helps.

      • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Agreed. I was doing pretty well the first 2 months or so, but I crashed into a bit of a delayed depressive episode over it all the last month. I’ll get sick of my own moping and wrangle myself again soon.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    Heh, I actually get those sometimes. I’m disabled, so the only real barrier to complete freedom is family, and I can sneak in a few days a year where I’m alone all day, and sometimes over night.

    For real, the only thing I’d do that I can’t do when everyone is home is crank the fuck out of the music. My wife gets migraines easy, and my kid seems to be following suit unfortunately. So really turning it up until I can feel the bass in my guts is a rare treat.

    But you can only do that for so long before the ears get tired. So the rest of the time would likely be reading without interruptions.

    I’m pretty fucking easy to please lol.

    I sometimes house sit for my best friend, and that’s essentially what I do there, just not that loud with the music because the pets don’t like it past a certain point.

    Sometimes I’ll pop in a movie that isn’t to the liking of the family instead of music, and enjoy the more immersive sound. Which, I could also watch things they don’t enjoy as much with the sound up, but why not have both factors my way?

    Mind you, I can do those things with everyone home, but it takes planning and I’ll still have interruptions. But doing them always has the risk of causing my wife hours or days of pain and misery, so it’s something I prefer to just wait for. Kinda makes it more enjoyable tbh.

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      yep. anyone that doesn’t say recuperate already has enough free time to do whatever it is they’re responding to this thread with.

  • Ballissle@lemmy.zip
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    Finally finish my first baldurs gate 3 playthrough. And spend the rest of the time achievement hunting by going back through my save states.

  • Venicon@lemmy.world
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    50 minutes ago

    Plot out my vegetable garden to grow my own food next year, declutter the house and drop donated items to charity.

    And sleep.