What do you do with all of your free time?

wayne49 · Oct 2, 2024

Ride my dual sport motorcycle on and off road.

Take the trash out as needed. Shop for groceries as needed.

Hike and climb the local terrain to get outside. Tonopah, NV is great for both of those. As is Saddle Mountain BLM near Tonopah, AZ.

Do nothing some times.

Sean Konkolics · Oct 3, 2024

Jerome Brown said:
I'm beginning to realize that perhaps my real question is: "What does one do After they escape the rat race?" Did you have a clear vision of what you would do with this new freedom when you cut free? A vague idea?
I have had the idea of visiting every bathing hot springs in North America. I get blank looks or "Then what?" from co-workers. But working on the house and lawn and being a mechanic on the side sounds like just more rat race, what society expects. Am I making any sense?

That's a much better way of approaching the question. Just a slight change in how we've been conditioned to see work and leisure time.

How widespread are these hot springs across the USA? I'd use them as an excuse to branch out and explore maybe a 50-100 mile ring around each spring after visiting each one. You visit the springs, and get a good taste of the surrounds as well.

And as we tend to do here in Australia, will chasing good weather (cool or warm) be a thing for you?

nickec · Oct 4, 2024

Write songs. Build airplanes. Ponder Earth's resident's challenges. These three keep me busy.

PlmrPaulie* · Oct 5, 2024

bvanevery · Nov 1, 2024

maki2 said:
Boredom cure. I sometimes think of buying a moderately priced slingshot and practicing flinging some rocks with it until I can at least hit a target more often than I miss it.

How about making your own spear, atlatl, bow and arrow, rabbit stick, boomerang, other less well known flying sticks and devices? Throwing them at animals is completely optional, not really a priority for me personally. I just haven't been in the woods often enough in recent years, to take all these possible gizmos seriously.

There is someone on YouTube who does actually hunt deer with a slingshot. Seems you have to hit 'em right square in the forehead or it's not gonna work at all though. They were using big steel balls an an awful lot of elastic.

For the more fanciful German Engineering perspective, there is of course The Slingshot Channel. He's legend! I'd be more bushcraft than workshop, personally.

twomountainlions · Nov 12, 2024

I do nothing (unless Im repairing or cleaning something, or reading).
I dk for all the surrogate activities in the world, watching a bird or a bee, a creek, or taking a nature walk is much more interesting than anything else. I dont see any people for at least two weeks at a time in places I camp and thats the way I like it (wish it was years before I have to encounter "civilization"). If theres internet, I browse, otherwise read. My life in the wild is rich and full of interesting plants and animals observations. Days fly too fast.

rruff · Nov 13, 2024

twomountainlions said:
I do nothing

You described my ideal vagabond time perfectly! Being rather than doing. Such a gift to retreat from the "noise" of humanity and live in the real world.

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