How do you pass the time in the maddening nothingness between matches at the business end of the season?

I enjoy the time without football and to be honest the break is welcome, I read less news of any kind and get out more because football isn't part of my timetable.
 
At the moment I'm out of work while I wait for surgery. It's easy to tell when I'm not working because my post count on here goes up dramatically. The last time I posted this much was the last time I wasn't working - summer 2013 after graduating uni.

In more typical times I am busy driving my wife crazy. I have about 100 different dreams and I never see any of them through to any kind of conclusion. One day I want to write a book, next I'm starting a business, then I'm coding video games, then I want to go into politics, then I want to be a video producer, then I'm learning a new language, then I'm training to do long-distance hikes, then I'm learning the drums. I have a list of these "projects" as long as my arm - their average life span is about 2-4 weeks. It's like a disease. Maybe one day I'll actually finish something.

I also have a "habit" of signing myself up for academic courses and qualifications which I soon regret. That's how I've ended up with three science degrees in totally different topic areas - none of which have anything to do with my employment.

The result of all this utter nonsense is that I know a little about a lot of things but I'm ultimately just equally shit at everything... the only thing I'm really good at is wasting my time on spontaneous endeavours.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
At the moment I'm out of work while I wait for surgery. It's easy to tell when I'm not working because my post count on here goes up dramatically. The last time I posted this much was the last time I wasn't working - summer 2013 after graduating uni.

In more typical times I am busy driving my wife crazy. I have about 100 different dreams and I never see any of them through to any kind of conclusion. One day I want to write a book, next I'm starting a business, then I'm coding video games, then I want to go into politics, then I want to be a video producer, then I'm learning a new language, then I'm training to do long-distance hikes, then I'm learning the drums. I have a list of these "projects" as long as my arm - their average life span is about 2-4 weeks. It's like a disease. Maybe one day I'll actually finish something.

I also have a "habit" of signing myself up for academic courses and qualifications which I soon regret. That's how I've ended up with three science degrees in totally different topic areas - none of which have anything to do with my employment.

The result of all this utter nonsense is that I know a little about a lot of things but I'm ultimately just equally shit at everything... the only thing I'm really good at is wasting my time on spontaneous endeavours.
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You and I have a lot in common, though, I eventually settled on economics and data science, because it encompassed almost everything else to some degree. ;-)
 
SebastianBlue said:
You and I have a lot in common, though, I eventually settled on economics and data science, because it encompassed almost everything else to some degree. ;-)
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Well my most recent masters was in mathematical finance, which has led to me learning a bit of Python. Wouldn’t call myself a data scientist by any stretch but realising how universally useful it was has led to me moving more in that direction. Maybe you’re just a few years ahead of me ;)

So it appears you are correct and we do have a fair amount in common!
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
Well my most recent masters was in mathematical finance, which has led to me learning a bit of Python. Wouldn’t call myself a data scientist by any stretch but realising how universally useful it was has led to me moving more in that direction. Maybe you’re just a few years ahead of me ;)

So it appears you are correct and we do have a fair amount in common!
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I have degrees in economics, statistics, and data science, but I originally studied architecture, before going pre-medical school, and finally settling on applied economics.

And calculus, Python, and R are the languages of the gods. ;-)
 
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