Other than sleep and work, it's all just TV/games/reading or going out with my SO and friends. It's all nice and dandy, but dammit I need to use my brain.
I would like something to do in my spare time to just have that sort of problem solving fun. Be it competitive programming, leetcode or anything else.
Hopefully, people can relate and I'm just not going through a mid-level crisis.
How about learning to play guitar? I’d love to do that but don’t have the time. Very different use of brain.
How about join a sporting team like soccer? Again uses different types of thinking but can be quite strategic e.g. to know what space to occupy to either stop the other team or setup your team for a goal.
How about art?? Drawing, painting..
Vs. trying to get really good at chess, or study advanced mathematics, or learn a new (human) language, ...