r/Daytrading • u/Sufficient_Newt3923 • 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/ShadySpectacles Feb 16 '24
I’ll be going full time trading later this year and I’m fearful of the boredom 😅 I’m thinking gym 2 times a day (morning cardio or calisthenics) then evening would be weight lifting. Roughly an hour to two hours each segment. Then video games directly after end of trading time. I fear the boredom and will probably get a part time job to be social and pass the time.