If you’re trying to make the most of your abundant free time then learning Quenya is a mistake. Learning a language nobody speaks seriously is at best a way to signal status to a very specific group of people and at worst a party trick
Some ideas of ways to spend that time that would pay higher dividends over the course of the rest of your life:
learn a musical instrument
become skilled at a competitive game (mtg, poker, rocket league, chess, etc)
practice yoga
personally I’ve found practicing yoga to be the best thing I can do for making me feel good in my body on a daily basis, which I see as a prerequisite for being effective at pursuing other goals
go running
invest in a relationship (call a friend/family member on the phone whom you otherwise wouldn’t)
Read at least 20+ books on rationality, decision-making, heuristics and biases, etc.
Here are some of my favorites, in order of the impact they made on my life:
Language in Thought and Action
Yudkowsky’s sequences
Class by Paul Fussel (taken with a large grain of salt. not really rationalist but caused me to update significantly)
If you’re trying to make the most of your abundant free time then learning Quenya is a mistake. Learning a language nobody speaks seriously is at best a way to signal status to a very specific group of people and at worst a party trick
Some ideas of ways to spend that time that would pay higher dividends over the course of the rest of your life:
learn a musical instrument
become skilled at a competitive game (mtg, poker, rocket league, chess, etc)
practice yoga
personally I’ve found practicing yoga to be the best thing I can do for making me feel good in my body on a daily basis, which I see as a prerequisite for being effective at pursuing other goals
go running
invest in a relationship (call a friend/family member on the phone whom you otherwise wouldn’t)
Here are some of my favorites, in order of the impact they made on my life:
Language in Thought and Action
Yudkowsky’s sequences
Class by Paul Fussel (taken with a large grain of salt. not really rationalist but caused me to update significantly)
Influence: science and practice