If you never had to work again...

[nageov3t]

if money were no object, I'd probably become a professional student and get degrees in whatever subjects interested me.

 

[Platypus]

I used to think that way too...it's amazing what you can adapt to if you have to...

This isn't how I wanted to retire...but it's the hand dealt to me, so I deal with it.

I haven't "worked" since 12/2003...and won't ever go back to it. I dabbled at bookkeeping and tax preparation for a few months 4 years ago. Not my "cup of tea," and physically, I couldn't do it anyway. (sitting long periods)

I need to work on *something* intellectually stimulating even if it's not like a job of sorts. I would go insane I think otherwise. Maybe that will change once I get closer towards retiring age but I go mental without something to dive into and focus on.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

sleep,eat and exercise.

 

[BoomerD]

I need to work on *something* intellectually stimulating even if it's not like a job of sorts. I would go insane I think otherwise. Maybe that will change once I get closer towards retiring age but I go mental without something to dive into and focus on.

nef, nef, nef...

 

[brianmanahan]

You know what I wouldnt be doing? Waking up at 3am to clean out some fat douchebag's butt abscess, thats what.

i like 500$k per year as much as the next guy

buttttttt NOT that much 😵

 

[JulesMaximus]

i like 500$k per year as much as the next guy

buttttttt NOT that much 😵

Pay me $500k a year and I'll gladly do that job.

 

[nageov3t]

I need to work on *something* intellectually stimulating even if it's not like a job of sorts. I would go insane I think otherwise. Maybe that will change once I get closer towards retiring age but I go mental without something to dive into and focus on.

I'm the same way... I didn't have a job for a month when I was in my early 20's and I totally went feral. sleeping till 1-2 pm every day, spending all day playing Everquest, and I didn't leave my parents basement except to shower and grab food (typically after they want to sleep, to keep human interaction to a minimum).

but I'm sure if it lasted longer, I would have eventually come out to find something to do (even if only puttering around the yard or doing volunteer work)

 

[lxskllr]

Anything I wanted. I'll assume I'm not working cause I won the lottery, or something like that. I'd work with tobacco, do some charity work, patronize the local ballet company, build stone walls on my new manor, do blacksmithing...

 

[sixone]

Travel.

 

[skyking]

I enjoy building things, designing new things. I'd have a very large shop and build what makes me happy.

 

[Kyle]

Golf

 

[Imp]

if money were no object, I'd probably become a professional student and get degrees in whatever subjects interested me.

That's what I'd do. I already have it planned out: bachelor's and master's in cultural anthropology and archaeology, and aboriginal studies. During or after that, I'd take community college courses in French and Spanish, and do a bunch of travelling.

In the mean time, I'll spend 90% of my time away from life jerking off while fantasizing a life that doesn't so closely resemble hell...

 

[Kaido]

I would go insane if I didn't have something to work on.

Yup.

The sad fact is that I have no self-discipline. I require a job to function in life. I need outside pressure to motivate me to get going in the morning :biggrin:

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Motorcycle trips

 

[Kaido]

I'm the same way... I didn't have a job for a month when I was in my early 20's and I totally went feral. sleeping till 1-2 pm every day, spending all day playing Everquest, and I didn't leave my parents basement except to shower and grab food (typically after they want to sleep, to keep human interaction to a minimum).

but I'm sure if it lasted longer, I would have eventually come out to find something to do (even if only puttering around the yard or doing volunteer work)

I had a buddy who got fired/laid off and was able to collect for a full year. He went from a regular guy to a guy who never showered and played video games all night, straight into the morning. Sure, the ideal nerd life, right? In theory, at least. It was horrible to watch, and until his government mula ran out, he just couldn't motivate himself...and didn't want to. He got fat, he was lazy, never did anything, didn't date anyone...just existed. Meh.

It's amazing how busy you can be, doing nothing at all.

 

[Kaido]

I enjoy building things, designing new things. I'd have a very large shop and build what makes me happy.

I would definitely build a BYOCNC kit:

http://buildyourcnc.com/CNCMachineKits.aspx

 

[Ruptga]

I'd work anyway, but it would be on worthwhile things. Actually, I don't think my overall plan would really change, it would just become a lot easier.

 

[Kaido]

I'd probably get a nice cottage built in a spot that I can truly own and don't have to pay taxes or abide to some weird rules on what I can/cannot do on my own property, assuming such place even exists. I'd keep my house as I'd still want an address and a place things can be delivered to. The cottage would be off grid and have solar/wind power and what not. I'd also get a dedicated fibre link from the house to the cottage to act as a LAN extension.

I'd probably run some kind of online based business like web hosting or something to keep myself busy.

Probably lots of traveling and stuff too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

http://www.islandsky.com/

http://www.solarcity.com/

http://bergey.com/off-grid-wind-turbines

http://www.preparewise.com/25YearShelfLife.html

I may or may not have considered this idea in the past :whiste:

 

[skyking]

I would definitely build a BYOCNC kit:

http://buildyourcnc.com/CNCMachineKits.aspx

Not for me. If I decide I need a CNC of my own, I'd get a real one. I worked a few years in aerospace machine with some great guys; they would hook me up with something that would be just as happy carving titanium as it would plastics or wood.
I'd be more likely to hire that sort of thing out anyway.

 

[Engineer]

I don't know but I would love to make it up as I go.

 

[skyking]

I'm sort of going there on my own. I have about 10 more years to work, and have a plan on that shop on this property. I'd have a 16x44 high bay, and two levels of 32x44 next to it.

 

[WT]

I would also volunteer somewhere to help out animals.

KT

Isn't that the same as mod duties around here ???

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Raising money for Childrens Hospital Boston. Preferably from a golf course somewhere.

 

[deerslayer]

Go to work. I have two toddlers in the house that are especially fond of screaming. I like going to work.

 

[BoomerD]

If money wasn't any consideration...and that was not stated by the OP...I can think of a shit-ton of things to do that wouldn't involve "working."
Travel, go back to school and study things of interest, travel...

I'd love to take a large motorhome around the country and see at least one football game at every NFL stadium. There are still a few of the major national parks on my bucket list...and of course, there's always the South Pacific...but dammit, I'm STILL waiting for the bridge to be built so I can take a motorhome...at least as far as Hawaii...