Martin

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Reading books is a :tup:

I'm reading a biography of Misolsevic right now.

Teaching yourself something from online too, like maybe making a Game?

Or write a script/book?
I found a new site I love today: http://www.siteduzero.com/

Tutorials for lots of things, including some programming ones that are cool. And because it's in French it automatically piques my interesta bit more [/cheap gimmick that works]
 

Dostoevsky

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Reading books is a :tup:

I'm reading a biography of Misolsevic right now.

Teaching yourself something from online too, like maybe making a Game?

Or write a script/book?
Making those silly games for facebook will make you a fortune :D

Literature, natural languages, philosophy, psychology, writing, photography, swimming, biking.
I love psychology. What are you into? Which books etc.

If I continue having a lot of free time I'd like to give a shot in learning Italian. I always wanted to do, but never had time on my hands.

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I found a new site I love today: http://www.siteduzero.com/

Tutorials for lots of things, including some programming ones that are cool. And because it's in French it automatically piques my interesta bit more [/cheap gimmick that works]
Anything like that in English?
 

Martin

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I love psychology. What are you into? Which books etc.

If I continue having a lot of free time I'd like to give a shot in learning Italian. I always wanted to do, but never had time on my hands.
I've read a bit of Freud and Jung. Each one was nuts in his own way. Also read some general introductions and stuff like that. I've never gone very deep in this field, I've gone deeper in philosophy.

Language study is cool, it opens up new worlds to you.
 

IrishZebra

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So Sheik, what came of that philosohical/spiritual period in your life?
I don't think I'm ready for a career change, or even taking up philosophy full time. I'm keeping it aside as a project, of sorts, for later. Career and family come first at this moment.

But at this moment, philosophical thinking is about as close I've got to discovering my passions. And I think that sooner or later, I'll need to pursue my passions rather than do something that really pays.
 

Dostoevsky

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I've read a bit of Freud and Jung. Each one was nuts in his own way. Also read some general introductions and stuff like that. I've never gone very deep in this field, I've gone deeper in philosophy.

Language study is cool, it opens up new worlds to you.
I'm more into psychology, but I've never seen a book that looked interesting. Tried some e-book but it was lame.

We talked about it before but I forgot most of it. I have too many PMs so I can't even find it now. If you have a suggestion I'm all ears.

Not off the top of my head, but I'm sure I've seen various sites like this over the years. If you're into more course-type content there are some really nice sites around:

https://www.khanacademy.org/

But they are more similar to college courses, and you might be sick of those at the moment.
Yeah I know that one. I remember when Andy posted it, it helped me for Economics a couple of times.

Thanks IZ.
 

Martin

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I'm more into psychology, but I've never seen a book that looked interesting. Tried some e-book but it was lame.

We talked about it before but I forgot most of it. I have too many PMs so I can't even find it now. If you have a suggestion I'm all ears.
The problem is (probably) that you don't know what you're interested in. Just reading a random book about the subject rarely works. That's why reading introductions where they introduce the field and all the sub fields are best at first.

Assimil.fr have the best courses imo. (also in English)
 

swag

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City. It was countryside mostly when on vacation, but I don't even remember the last time I was there. It has to be like 6-7 years.
I've started a daily program of city hiking of at least 4-5km a day, every day, for the past 2+ months. It's been a good change for me. Too much driving to the office killed off my usual walking routine.

Pretty much horrible. I have no job at the moment so I'm waiting till mid-september to see if something positive will pop out, out of some 'talks'. For the first time in my life I have nothing to do, or think about in the near future. I can literally sleepy for 24 hours. At first it felt great because I seriously needed a lot of rest. But now it's turning into a nightmare because I'm bored as hell, I have no idea what to do. Being home so much makes me want to bite myself very often.

How about you?
Good luck with that, Dusan. There's a big challenge in always trying to take advantage of your situation for what it offers, what little that might seem to be. Because once you're working again, you won't be able to do half the things you could do now.

But of course, it's hard to think about that when you're just trying to get the rest of your life in order for a while. When that's unsettled, things are hard to count on.

The good news from my perspective is that the experience of going through that makes you appreciate and better set up for when you are working again.

I found a new site I love today: http://www.siteduzero.com/

Tutorials for lots of things, including some programming ones that are cool. And because it's in French it automatically piques my interesta bit more [/cheap gimmick that works]
Cool. But you do know that the French eat donkeys. :shifty:

You could try these too :) ...
My old start-up. :heart: :D
 

Dostoevsky

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The problem is (probably) that you don't know what you're interested in. Just reading a random book about the subject rarely works. That's why reading introductions where they introduce the field and all the sub fields are best at first.

Assimil.fr have the best courses imo. (also in English)
:tup: I'll check it out as soon as I get up tomorrow. I'm currently watching Spartacus which kills my evening time.

Good luck with that, Dusan. There's a big challenge in always trying to take advantage of your situation for what it offers, what little that might seem to be. Because once you're working again, you won't be able to do half the things you could do now.

But of course, it's hard to think about that when you're just trying to get the rest of your life in order for a while. When that's unsettled, things are hard to count on.

The good news from my perspective is that the experience of going through that makes you appreciate and better set up for when you are working again.
I know what you mean and I was thinking like that 2 months ago, but it changed. I was like 'oh man, just one more exam and I'm gonna rest and do stuff without stresses'. It was a hard time those years of studying. After like 10 days of rest everything changed. I'm usually at home and like '... what to do now'. Even if I do some stuff there's a lot of time on my hands. I've never faced this situation. The most I had was free 2 months during high school, but even that I knew it's gonna come to an end. Now the time looks like a void, filled with nothing. Chasing a job in Serbia like one of the hardest things ever. Unemplyment level is huge, too much corruption and you need some behind your back (no home) in order to get just a decent job. Most of the people my age search for one for over a year, which really scares me. In the meantime I'll try to work on myself, learn some new stuff. It doesn't have to work-related, but just something new in order to shape my personality.
 

IrishZebra

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:tup: I'll check it out as soon as I get up tomorrow. I'm currently watching Spartacus which kills my evening time.



I know what you mean and I was thinking like that 2 months ago, but it changed. I was like 'oh man, just one more exam and I'm gonna rest and do stuff without stresses'. It was a hard time those years of studying. After like 10 days of rest everything changed. I'm usually at home and like '... what to do now'. Even if I do some stuff there's a lot of time on my hands. I've never faced this situation. The most I had was free 2 months during high school, but even that I knew it's gonna come to an end. Now the time looks like a void, filled with nothing. Chasing a job in Serbia like one of the hardest things ever. Unemplyment level is huge, too much corruption and you need some behind your back (no home) in order to get just a decent job. Most of the people my age search for one for over a year, which really scares me. In the meantime I'll try to work on myself, learn some new stuff. It doesn't have to work-related, but just something new in order to shape my personality.
Paid internships, if you can get them, are your best hope bro.
 

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