Ask Lemmy

Work for my retirement because you forgot that :P

I would travel a bit and concentrate more on farming. I do enjoy my software engineering job and was writing code as a hobby long before it paid the bills so I'd want to keep up something like that.

If I was free to do anything legal with enough money to maintain my current middle class lifestyle, then I would spend a lot of my time visiting cool places and photgraphing them.

I am no millionaire, not even in SEK, but make a good living, if I could keep my current pay and just do whatever, I would be travelling throughout Sweden and the rest of Europe looking for cool places, like abandoned industries, old/abandoned military infrastructure, old/abandoned civil infrastructure, cool modern places with infrastructure.

I'd probably save up to get a smaller crossover SUV, I love my 2021 Seat Leon, but it isn't brilliant at going over overgrown tracks.

There are a large number of crumbs that need to be gathered.

If it's free, I'd get something large as housing. A proper mansion in the middle of the city. And then have a café and community area on the ground floor. Also a workshop/lab like a hackerspace. Then I need one bedroom and all the other rooms get converted into escape rooms. I'd spend the time building them and spend time with people and build silly things. Optional: a bed and breakfast and rehersal rooms. I think maintaining that and baking for the cafe will be a full-time job.

I would put all my focus in making my games finally, instead of just some evenings

First, I would move into my own place so I don't have to deal with the constant stress of conforming to the expectations of my bigoted family members. Then, for a while, I would probably do nothing. I'm burnt out and have a lifetime of shit to process and heal from. I need time to pick up all the parts of myself that the world has forced me to throw away.

Eventually, when I've gotten a little better, I'll probably start wanting to accomplish things again. Nothing so ambitious as the dreams I used to have, but they were probably unrealistic anyway. And with my basic needs covered, I would be free to do what I find important and fulfilling instead of spending all my time making line go up for some asshole billionaire.

I've always wanted to write stories. I used to draw and paint, a long time ago before the depression got really bad. I'm starting to learn 3D modeling and gamedev, and it would be nice to do that just because I want to, not because I'm unable to work a regular job and am flailing for a way to pay the bills.

Maybe I would just organize get-togethers with my friends where we play tabletop games and eat food I cooked for them using produce from a little garden I made.

There's no shortage of things to do if I'm free to pursue them.

I’d travel way more. I’d visit friends and family and hang out with them, which is almost impossible right now because everyone’s trying to work and and survive. I would probably consider having kids. I can’t justify a child in my current financial situation.

Id still do the same work I’m doing now most likely, but I would cut back workdays to maybe 3 days a week at most. I’d cook more.

I’d definitely be less stressed. I wouldn’t have to worry about rent or my electric getting shut off.

Idk, I would do everything I think this life was meant for compared to the hellhole we are in currently.

Is make fine furniture and finish writing that video game I started about 8 years ago.

I'd build puppets and make videos. Just for fun.