| How very Socratic of you :) I would:
Mainly - Spend more time with my wife (including doing some of the rest of these things together), when she's not working to achieve her goals - Hack on several ideas that I have, work with/invest in interesting startups (what I would normally save or put into less risky investments)
Also - Help my friends out of the rut - Read more math, physics, sci-fi - Learn to fly planes - Keep my thumb on what's going on in the tech world via the web - Build cool stuff: electronics, etc. - Buy cool gadgets and hack on them - Maybe some political stuff, EFF or atheist issues - I like the OLPC project, I think they should work with American kids too. - Pick up the piano and violin again, maybe travel a bit - Say what I think more often - Some normal leisure stuff now and then Of course, this would be after 2 weeks of sitting around in awe that I had arrived at what I dreamed of as a teenager. I can do many of these things in some capacity right now, but I can't really dig in to most of them. I do my current job in hopes of freeing up a half-of-my-waking-life time slice so I can, but that is definitely a gamble. Self-determination is an enticing thing. I imagine that, even though I've done a fair share of it, there is some introspection to do when you arrive. I wish I had more time to think about this question. What's the view like from there? |
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