Share multiple flats with multiple people (i.e. live in multiple places, but cheap)
Study 10 years.
Make your own iced tea in the fridge.
Buy food in bulk.
Drink tap water.
Create your own dishes by mixing ingredients.
Cook/fry/bake food you would usually eat raw.
Eat food raw that you would usually cook/fry/bake.
Sleep everywhere in your home.
Learn languages, instruments, or sports after you turned 30.
Drink no alcohol at a party and still have fun.
Start/stop smoking and drinking after 30.
Found a company like you would buy a game console.
Take no VC money.
Take muliple years and tries to create a good product.
Write music/give concerts for yourself or your friends only.
Don't wear shoes outside.
Don't have an opinion on a topic.
Overall:
Don'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.
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.
Do those "multiple romantic partners" know about each other? If the answer is "no" then yours is a very jerky suggestion (I know "jerky" is a harsh word for this forum, but I can't come up with anything else to describe this).
I agree, that being open about that is completely key. When I was very young (1970s) I had a few female friends that I had no interest in dating, and they had no interest in dating me, but we agreed we were available to each other during times we were single and needed some sexual attention. It went both ways, and we always practiced safe sex. I would say any one of them hit on me out of need, over those few short years, as often as I hit on them. It was always discrete, and polite, and quite frankly, quite fun, because there was no romantic baggage. No expectation. Other than pleasure and release. And it made it clear to me then, that sex was as important for women as it was for men, but more fraught with risk. And if you could be cooperative on the risk (one word, condoms) and open about what the physical needs and desires were (learn how to use your hands, gentlemen) the physical aspect of it could be mutual and joyous.
Those years ended for me a long time ago, but they were important, for me, and for my partners at that time.
I've tried it, but probably I don't have that "you are done sleeping" signal. When I'm awake from "long enough" sleep (10-12hr), I'm tired and lazy. When I sleep 8 hours flat, I'm still sleepy when I get up, but I'm functioning normally after morning routines (washing, breakfast etc).
One beauty of a smart phone is just before laying down to sleep, just ask your phone to set an alarm in eight hours, and put it well out of your reach. And don't get back into bed (or the couch) when you get up to cancel the alarm. Just get moving.
I have done this when I got caught up in a really good book and read until 4:00 AM. Generally, I wake up on my own, before the alarm goes off, but it is a safety valve.
I know exactly what you are talking about. It took me months to develop a proper sleeping pattern that doesnt depend on alarms. IMO thats something you need to learn, especially when you never were used to it.
Sleep until noon every day.
Work only as much as you need.
Work from home, or anywhere else for that matter.
Have multiple romantic partners in parallel.
Have platonic friends of the opposite sex.
Share multiple flats with multiple people (i.e. live in multiple places, but cheap)
Study 10 years.
Make your own iced tea in the fridge.
Buy food in bulk.
Drink tap water.
Create your own dishes by mixing ingredients.
Cook/fry/bake food you would usually eat raw.
Eat food raw that you would usually cook/fry/bake.
Sleep everywhere in your home.
Learn languages, instruments, or sports after you turned 30.
Drink no alcohol at a party and still have fun.
Start/stop smoking and drinking after 30.
Found a company like you would buy a game console.
Take no VC money.
Take muliple years and tries to create a good product.
Write music/give concerts for yourself or your friends only.
Don't wear shoes outside.
Don't have an opinion on a topic.
Overall:
Don'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.
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.