QofD: What To Do

LJs question of the day:

What To Do
If you retired tomorrow (or in some other way no longer had to work a job anymore), how would you spend the free time you suddenly had? Would it be new hobbies, volunteering, visiting family/friends? To what age do you think you'll have to work before you can retire?

Oh. My. God. So many things would change.

Let's face it, I would spend the first three months sleeping in and playing video games. Because why the fuck not?

Then I would finally have the time and spoons to take care of the meatsuit properly - physio, proper exercise, learning how to cook meals that don't make me sick. I could take brain meds when I need them instead of having to worry about how to fit the side effects around having to hold down a job.

I would be able to spend more time with my family. (Who I love dearly but who sometimes take more energy than I have when I have to deal with All The Things on weekends.) I could really be there for my mother, who has more than her own fair share of health issues.

I could finish all the house projects. Take classes. Write. Learn how to code. Make art. Visit friends. Plant a garden. Learn to sew. Build things. Fix up my bike. Research my family tree. Learn to weld. Explore all the local places I mean to go back to and never do. Get involved in local politics. Volunteer.

If money isn't an issue, I would travel. A lot.

Unfortunately I don't think I'll actually get to do any of those things. Because of the current policy of giving all the money to billionaires, I doubt I will ever have the money to retire.

It's a nice fantasy, though.

(Also the people I work with who say they would be bored if they retired early? What the fuck is with that!?)