<story><title>Things You&apos;re Allowed to Do</title><url>https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>k__</author><text>My findings:&lt;p&gt;Sleep until noon every day.&lt;p&gt;Work only as much as you need.&lt;p&gt;Work from home, or anywhere else for that matter.&lt;p&gt;Have multiple romantic partners in parallel.&lt;p&gt;Have platonic friends of the opposite sex.&lt;p&gt;Share multiple flats with multiple people (i.e. live in multiple places, but cheap)&lt;p&gt;Study 10 years.&lt;p&gt;Make your own iced tea in the fridge.&lt;p&gt;Buy food in bulk.&lt;p&gt;Drink tap water.&lt;p&gt;Create your own dishes by mixing ingredients.&lt;p&gt;Cook&amp;#x2F;fry&amp;#x2F;bake food you would usually eat raw.&lt;p&gt;Eat food raw that you would usually cook&amp;#x2F;fry&amp;#x2F;bake.&lt;p&gt;Sleep everywhere in your home.&lt;p&gt;Learn languages, instruments, or sports after you turned 30.&lt;p&gt;Drink no alcohol at a party and still have fun.&lt;p&gt;Start&amp;#x2F;stop smoking and drinking after 30.&lt;p&gt;Found a company like you would buy a game console.&lt;p&gt;Take no VC money.&lt;p&gt;Take muliple years and tries to create a good product.&lt;p&gt;Write music&amp;#x2F;give concerts for yourself or your friends only.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t wear shoes outside.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t have an opinion on a topic.&lt;p&gt;Overall:&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t play pre-defined games in your life, but ask if they make you happy. You only have one life, make the most out of it.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you have to play by some rules made up by other people to get into a better place, but look at them closely, it could very well be that they are more open to interpretation than they first seem.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paganel</author><text>&amp;gt; Have multiple romantic partners in parallel.&lt;p&gt;Do those &amp;quot;multiple romantic partners&amp;quot; know about each other? If the answer is &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; then yours is a very jerky suggestion (I know &amp;quot;jerky&amp;quot; is a harsh word for this forum, but I can&amp;#x27;t come up with anything else to describe this).</text></comment>
<story><title>Things You&apos;re Allowed to Do</title><url>https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>k__</author><text>My findings:&lt;p&gt;Sleep until noon every day.&lt;p&gt;Work only as much as you need.&lt;p&gt;Work from home, or anywhere else for that matter.&lt;p&gt;Have multiple romantic partners in parallel.&lt;p&gt;Have platonic friends of the opposite sex.&lt;p&gt;Share multiple flats with multiple people (i.e. live in multiple places, but cheap)&lt;p&gt;Study 10 years.&lt;p&gt;Make your own iced tea in the fridge.&lt;p&gt;Buy food in bulk.&lt;p&gt;Drink tap water.&lt;p&gt;Create your own dishes by mixing ingredients.&lt;p&gt;Cook&amp;#x2F;fry&amp;#x2F;bake food you would usually eat raw.&lt;p&gt;Eat food raw that you would usually cook&amp;#x2F;fry&amp;#x2F;bake.&lt;p&gt;Sleep everywhere in your home.&lt;p&gt;Learn languages, instruments, or sports after you turned 30.&lt;p&gt;Drink no alcohol at a party and still have fun.&lt;p&gt;Start&amp;#x2F;stop smoking and drinking after 30.&lt;p&gt;Found a company like you would buy a game console.&lt;p&gt;Take no VC money.&lt;p&gt;Take muliple years and tries to create a good product.&lt;p&gt;Write music&amp;#x2F;give concerts for yourself or your friends only.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t wear shoes outside.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t have an opinion on a topic.&lt;p&gt;Overall:&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t play pre-defined games in your life, but ask if they make you happy. You only have one life, make the most out of it.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you have to play by some rules made up by other people to get into a better place, but look at them closely, it could very well be that they are more open to interpretation than they first seem.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>renewiltord</author><text>If nothing else, it appears like you&amp;#x27;ll live an interesting life this way, though perhaps not a long one if you take the &amp;#x27;start&amp;#x27; path on the smoking.</text></comment>