tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540416431838077504.post7669135154455674579..comments2024-01-08T01:44:05.285-05:00Comments on Ascent Into Madness: Two Week Vacation to do NothingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540416431838077504.post-43546317598561751792010-04-04T06:58:52.392-04:002010-04-04T06:58:52.392-04:00I know what you mean about being fortunate to have...I know what you mean about being fortunate to have a job doing what you like. There's been times in my career when I've thought "wow, I can't believe I get paid to do this fun stuff" (never mind that time I got paid overtime to test a previous employer's software compatibility with then-popular games...). <br /><br />Although I think if I wasn't working long days every day I'd probably have more energy at home to play with technology instead of being so wiped out that I think "tomorrow". On the other hand, I have an almost complete lack of ideas. There's thing I want to learn but I just don't have an idea of what to accomplish to give me direction.<br /><br />But yeah, there's so much else to do. I can keep myself entertained without work. Here in India it's mostly reading, but if I was in the U.S. there'd be so much more I'd love to spend my free time doing.<br /><br />When I've been between jobs in the past I filled my days with cooking, baking, brewing and painting in addition to the usual reading, writing and programming. But here in India I just don't have a clue where to get things like ingredients or supplies, and we've been on the list for a second gas cylinder, to use my oven, for about four years, but the gas company doesn't have the capacity to give existing customers second cylinders right now.<br /><br />I asked my brother-in-law about do-it-yourself types of things but he said that in India anyone who can afford to do it themselves can afford to hire laborers to do it, so there's no culture of DIY and no places to go and get decent quality supplies in any sort of way I'd be accustomed to shopping. And for things like brewing the only options would be imported winemaking kits or yeast in supplies for commercial scale brewing as nobody does that at home.<br /><br />Oh well, hopefully before the year is out I'll be back there.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783459068017886354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540416431838077504.post-59358858193159364582010-03-31T02:37:19.944-04:002010-03-31T02:37:19.944-04:00Man, me too. Not that writing software wouldn'...Man, me too. Not that writing software wouldn't be a big part of how I'd spend my newly-unemployed time, because I do love that (and appreciate the extremely good fortune of being paid to do something I like). But there are a billion interesting ways to spend your time besides the few things that comprise "work". I think I could keep myself entertained for centuries.Steve Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17227040478368663757noreply@blogger.com