Can you travel? What about something like going to Madrid for 3 months and learning the language?
I travel a lot, but could not stay away for that long without checking in on things, also my so would not be too happy, we used to do the whole not seeing each other for months thing and I am not doing it again if I can help it. This year I have been to Malta, Germany, England, Scotland, Austria, Kazakhstan, Thailand and will go to south Africa to see my SO family.
I just get bored very quickly, but I think I should learn a new language, Arabic is the most obvious since I am based in the uae.
I think I have to clarify, I am based in the uae, so no chance of anything political. I have no desire to get into trouble.
The uae is a remarkably clean country, since the government employs a lot of litter pickers.
And no old people here who do not have their family take care of them, plus most don't speak English. I think learning Arabic is the way forward. But I can only do that so much.
If I was in germany politics would take up a lot of my time, as my family is the most politically active family i know.
A dog has been considered but I think it is cruel to keep them in this heat for most of the year. That will have to wait until I am fire. I could get a camel. ;)
There is a few marathones here, I think most related to a charity, so i could look into that. I train for getting the body I always wanted so I suppose that is a goal.
Somewhere along the way, I heard the phrase "If you're bored, you're boring." It has always resonated with me. If you are vibrant and active, you will naturally draw people toward you and you'll never be bored. Not sure what to do to make yourself and your life more interesting? Start by volunteering in your community. Start with something easy that you really enjoy. Keep your eyes and ears open and it will mushroom from there. Eventually you will find yourself saying "I'm so busy, I don't know how I had time to work!". This, IMHO, is what every retiree should seek. Not so busy that you have no time to breathe, but enough to feel vital and needed in your own little (or big) world. Pure, sweet nectar.
I think you will find me anything but uninteresting, I train birds of prey for a living and manage a conservation project with a 2100000 hectar wildlife reserve in another country. Just turns out both things only take up about 2 hours of my day, due to a lot of efficiency. The wonders of the Internet. Everything is just soon much easier with an Internet connection. I don't have to leave the house for anything apart from food if I really wanted to. I went to the office today just for the heck of it. I did car pole with our cfo though. So no miles on the car.
I will get a few new falcons next week so that should give me an extra 2 hours of entertainment a day. Until they can do it all on their own.
Someone mentioned chores around the house. I keep my life so simple when it comes to accommodation that it really would be a bit stupid to spend more than an hour a week cleaning. A garden would be nice I suppose, but that is more money spend than I would gain from it.
Rental properties are no option as the uae market is a massive buble waiting to bust again. But I might have the option to build a small house on a desert farm in a few month, so that could be a project. Might do all the interior myself. That shower mmm build in Hawaii looks like fun. Plus I always wanted to get better at wiring.
I already read way too much, online as well as offline. Thought I would get into cleaning cars, aka detailing. In the process I met a guy who owns the countries best place for that. Now I don't even have to wash my car anymore as he does it for free and much quicker.
Maybe you're just not emotionally ready for FIRE. I guess it's not for everyone.
Trust me, when you're ready you will know it. The alarm clock becomes a big noose around your neck in the morning.
I probably wouldn't have been emotionally ready for FIRE 5-10 years ago. But it can't hurt to get yourself financially ready for it, before that alarm clock really gets to you.
It does sound like you have a good setup going. Enjoy it.
That might be well it. Not that an alarm is my problem, I never set one anyway. But not being emotionally ready. I need to think about that.
Thanks for all the great replies