I took long walks in nature, had a large forest outside the door where i lived.
I played games 24/7 and skipped school sometimes, was bullied until my father learned me how to fight.
During my teens, i played drums in 2 metal bands, one was a trash-metal that i loved (and still do). We actually recorded a few songs, but the lyrics was just what i could describe like "orc-mumblings" 
I learned programming by exploring different function calls in Basic, got a Final Cartridge 3 for my C64 and learned a few mnemonics of 6502 Assembler by exploration. Little did i know that i started a career...
I listened to radio since there was like - nothing else to do, no internet - nada. Listened to foreign radio like radio Luxenburg, German and Brittish radio. Only way to hear something different back then in the 80s.
I used to desolder lots of components from broken tape recorders and radios, i broke more things than i repaired
A skill that has remained and been rediscovered as i have repaired a vintage computer or two in recent years.
Nobody told me what i couldn't do, i just did it.
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