• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    28 minutes ago

    Id do nothing for as long as I could, only way for me to fight the burnout. Most weekends I can just about fit enough nothing time to soothe the tism enough get my necessary self and house upkeep chores done. Every time I get a 3 day weekend, I find myself productive as hell on the third day. Otherwise I need to catch up on my nothing.

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    3 hours ago

    What would I want to do?

    • Cut down the 2 larger trees and 10 mini trees (originally hedges) that we marked for removal

    • deep clean the house

    • climb in the crawlspace and drill the pipe brackets I need to

    • finally go weightlifting after months of no time or willpower

    • play saxophone

    • meditate

    • go for a long run

    • play with my dog and go adventuring for an hour or 2

    • cook a new meal I haven’t tried before

    • watch a movie with my girlfriend

    • take an edible

    • play some games with the boys

    What would I likely do?

    • sleep

    • mow the grass and rake leaves

    • play rimworld

    • watch Castle with my girlfriend

    • eat leftovers

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    5 hours ago

    I go camping for an additional night. I already planned to bike and camp to the closest national park one last time before winter, this weekend, but I would gladly add one night to the trip and go right now instead of tomorrow.

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    Sleep in, a leisurely breakfast, a drive out and maybe a hike to see the leaves changing, some chill time listening to music in my comfy chair, a nap that may turn into canoodling depending on how we’re both feeling, toodle around with some hobby projects, out to pub trivia or live music with friends. Same sort of thing I do most weekends, minus any bills or housework.

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    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

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    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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      I’ve been unemployed for around six months, that’s actually part of why I asked is to see what other people do with so much free time.

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      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.

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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.

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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.

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      9 hours ago

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

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        I’m always making big plans on my business trips about all the stuff I’ll do, when I’m back home
        Back home I usually just crash for 2-5 days and can’t do much anyway - and then work starts again to stress enough, because of all the postponing, to get me up again

        Not really a fun cycle…

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    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.

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      Been there done that! 10years in company, we got downsized, got thrown away like a trash. Took months to deal with emotions and set myself to do anything. In the end I realized that I was relying on job to be an anchor in my life that everything was revolving around. Losing that anchor forced me to search for a new one, more reliable and something that I can control and that makes me better.
      I started with cleaning my house, then deep cleaning shelves and such, then basement, etc. Got interested in working out, and started doing pushups and such. I learned that I was missing that - creating my own schedule, having goals of my own. It was scary at first, ngl. Trying to do small steps, very small sometimes, that improves your situation bit by bit is what I found helps me with being overwhelmed.

      Wish you all the best, I hope you recover soon and find better job soon :)