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Some random energy ideas: - Walk the Camino de Santiago on the cheap - Get in crazy good shape - Train for a half marathon for a start - Drive a supercar on
by anonsivalley652 7y ago
Some random energy ideas:
- Walk the Camino de Santiago on the cheap
- Get in crazy good shape
- Train for a half marathon for a start
- Drive a supercar on the Autobahn
- Take up electric paragliding (PPG)
- Get an apprenticeship to learn the art of making Himitsubako / Karakuri (Japanese puzzle/trick boxes)
- Volunteer
- Donate blood
- Try to talk to that quiet, old homeless guy who's always around
- Vote (as applicable)
- Take good stand-up comedy classes and find the most brutal venues
- Say and mean "hello" to more people
- Go go-carting
- Learn botany or geology - shout-out to Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
- Learn Mandarin and move to Shenzhen (yes, the current issue will be over soon)
- Get a VW bus, sell almost everything and wander around Pennsylvania, Ontario and Maine
- Use a sensory-deprivation chamber or semi-meditate somewhere quiet doing and thinking nothing until your brain starts generating ideas and they just pour out
- Get some friends or random cool folks and experiment with quality psychedelics
- Become a farmer.. you'll always be busy and get to practice skills including: welding, machining, maintenance, electrical wiring, industrial hydraulic maintenance, MacGuyvering, construction, botany, geology, civil engineering, chemistry, risk management, accounting, negotiating, marketing, sales, human resources, management, private aviation, meteorology, engineering, plumbing and heavy equipment operation. I probably missed some like having to feed and care for a fence-making rig. https://youtu.be/HG4gplitWSs https://youtu.be/HG4gplitWSs
- rjsw 7y ago> Become a farmer.. I probably missed some ... You will probably need first aid skills.
- mfer 7y agoDoing a full time day job + leading a busy open source project team is a lot of work. It's like having 2 jobs. Then on top of that you have all the other things in life like family stuff (or dating), spending time with friends, taking care of your home. Then, after all that you have relaxing. Not everything can be go go go. No amount of energy ideas will help in this case.
- turbinerneiter 7y ago> - Drive a supercar on the Autobahn Please don't. Take it to the Nürburgring, but don't abuse the Autobahn as a race track. People die.
- _Microft 7y agoGerman here: this, so much.
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- pjc50 7y agoThese all sound great for energy in the long term, but in order to find the time to do them alongside the full-time job you'd definitely need to drop the open source side projects. And for many people, they're a big energy hit in the short term.
- rafaelvasco 7y agoI second the camino de santiago, crazy good shape, electric paragliding, volunteer, donate blood, help homeless people in the streets, be gentle with people, use a sensory-deprivation tank, experiment with psychedelics; Becoming a farmer seems really interesting as well;
- vidanay 7y agoAs someone who has dabbled in agricultural pursuits, please accept my opinion that farming is NOT a low stress job. Mother Nature is a fickle bitch, and she will screw with your planting, your growing, and your harvesting.
- rafaelvasco 7y agoNo doubt about it. Can't even imagine how hard it can be;
- Insanity 7y ago+1 for getting in shape. Starting to really work out has had multiple benefits (looks, health, mental resilience, it's therapeutic, ..) You shouldn't wait for a burnout to do this though. (Although that's also when I started)
- anonsivalley652 7y agoAmen. Burning-out means one's life has been unbalanced/over-extended. Take care of #1 first, get priorities, lifestyle, goals and mind together. :) I mean to have other things going in life besides work and tech. Take up pottery, glassworking, photography or painting.. whatever seems fun.