Recently deleted Instagram, Reddit and disabled YouTube shorts. I now noticed how much I miss doing something — like when sitting in the train or during breaks at work.
So what do you do with your idle time? Any suggestions?
Research, Two Minute Papers (YT), Programming, Music
I bought a Steam Deck 1 1/2 years ago and most of my idle time is now spent playing all the games I never had time or energy for. It’s amazing if you’re into video games.
For long drives/commutes I love listening to podcasts, banter/discussion-heavy streams, or audio books. Also love a bit of karaoke in the car.
If I’m at home, I’d often get into something for bit. Maybe try a new game for a week or two before I grow bored or maybe try out a niche hobby for a while like figurine painting.
I’m not the type to do much productive things at home so my main hobbies are usually outside. Golf, kendo, gym, bouldering - anything that I can sink time into and gradually get better and meet new people is my jam. I also spend the idle time at work or at home learning or researching more on the hobbies I enjoy.
I’d recommend giving audio books a try. There’s so much to choose from and you can find whatever book to match your mood at the time.
Hang around on Lemmy
Lisinig to music
Practice norsk via Duolingo(I know it isn’t foss)
Duolingo is not FOSS
You might be interested in Clozemaster for language learning. It has collections of most frequent words where you get a sentence with a word missing that you have to input. That way you just get blasted with hundreds and thousands of sentences in your target language.
It isn’t Foss ether so I see no point to switch
Edit: I found librelingo but unfortunately it doesn’t have Norwegian as a language option https://librelingo.app/dev/
honestly just sit with boredom for a bit, you will detox and find something interesting to do.
12 hours of laying in bed, staring at the ceiling later
“When does the idea happen?”
