my future job involves taking labor samples from point a to point b in a huge university campus involving several buildings and there is a ton of downtime: I often see my future coworkers playing on their phones, buying coffee several times a day, talking or smoking out of boredom.
There are moments when every laboratory wants you at once but even then they take it easy and a person cannot be at two places at the same time.
I don’t know if it’s really going to be this relaxed but it really looks so.
I was thinking loading my smartphone with books, find a quiet place and read, learn something.
Instead of smoking I could stretch and do some easy pilates and yoga.
there’s always going several times to the toilet to have a seat and relax with nobody pestering you.
I don’t reckon I could study something for college, write a book or poetry or learn a foreign language, as I couldn’t concentrate.
what do you do in your downtime when you’re lucky enough not to have a supervisor micromanaging you?
Reading is always good, and waay better than scrolling. Audiobooks/podcasts are also cool and if you can’t fully commit yourself to writing maybe just jot down an outline to flesh out later
Sometimes I play sudoku rather than doomscrolling.
I play different kinds of solitaire instead of doomscrolling
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Gutenberg.org and go to browse / random Do mundane things like make shopping lists… Look up recipes to cook for the weekend. Get a note taking app and organize lists of things you need to get to or want to get to. I use Google keep but there are a bunch. Research things you always wanted to.
Chess on your phone. That’s what I do. Podcasts or audio books while on the move
I was going to suggest reading but you already said it yourself. So just go with that. I think it’s one of the best uses of free time a human has.
buy an emulator (miyoo mini plus, if I could suggest one) and have fun!
I once had a data entry job where I got through a couple of audiobooks a week.
Get some audio books / tts books / podcasts and craft away. You could even start etsy.
Easy to put away and clean crafts: crochet (amigurumi), knitting, needle felting, tatting, embroidery (cross stitch), hand sewing (English paper pieceing), sketching… There has to be more that I can’t recall… Macrame needs too much space.I listen to educational YouTube videos during work. We don’t have down time but we have no supervisors on my shift. I can get my work done while listening to videos.
I can’t recommend getting an e-reader more. It’s so much nicer than staring at a backlit screen for extended periods of time.
Are they all alike, I mean can I go for a cheap one or what do you recommend?
As long as it’s got an e-ink screen, it’s already an upgrade vs reading on a phone or tablet.
I have a Kindle and love it, but if you don’t want to go with Amazon, I think Kobos are a solid option! The current best models are the Kindle Colorsoft and the Kobo Libra Colour, but they both have cheaper models as well.
Chess puzzles
I read an ebook. Mostly fantasy but I am reading some cosmic horror at the moment.
I’ve been through all of Brandon sanderson several times on my night shifts. Stormlight archive and mistborn eat up a lot of time without it being noticeable.
Buy a Steam Deck and get into Skyrim or something?
You could look up paper airplane designs and try making some.
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