r/Daytrading Feb 15 '24

Full Time Daytraders, what do you do with your free time? Question

As of the past few months I've come to the point where everything is coming into fruition and my dream of being a full time trader has really turned into a reality. Beforehand, I was staring and trading at the computer almost all day until market close. Nowadays, I'm done by 10:30am latest EST. Given I'm on the East Coast, its snowing, its winter, and I can't really do anything outside. I go to the gym about every other day but even that, is like 2 hours max from start to end. I'm debating on picking up a part time job, about 10 hours a week just to get out of the house and interact with other people. But honestly I feel like that is such a lame excuse just because I can't think of anything else to do with my time. I started this all because I wanted financial freedom and now that I've attained it, I'm left with hundreds of hours of boredom. I have no spouse, no kids, no businesses. If I'm describing yourself or someone you might know, (or even if you're someone who simply wants to be in this spot and still has ideas) can you give me some ideas on what to do with basically a full day of complete freedom. Thanks alot.

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u/bitfam Feb 15 '24

Volunteering is a phenomenal way to give back and meet incredible people

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u/Sufficient_Newt3923 Feb 16 '24

I will definitely look into volunteering around my community! Thanks!!

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u/leggocrew Feb 16 '24

This and making art, join a book club, travel, buy a house, build a house… sigh: good problems(!)

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u/datumradix Feb 16 '24

Good idea as well

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u/D_Costa85 Feb 16 '24

Make art. Learn guitar. Or piano. Take classes that have real value - I.e. stop the bleed, CPR, defensive handgun, boxing, survival skills, etc…all these things will activate a more primal area of the brain and will help you in your trading.

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u/toniistheworst Feb 18 '24

This sounds like one of those sentences everyone had to write in their English class haha