Yeah... You're right, maybe i'm a bit hard on myself...

What I find interesting is that when you framed free-time in the sense of "what would I do without a fulltime job", I started looking at things differently, seeing possibilities instead of boredom, thank you.

Fabs

Who else is simply existing? Do you have a purpose? I don't.

I could offer lots of recommendations, but I think ultimately it is a state of mind. Social media perpetuates this. People only share their highlights. I share my snowboarding adventures. I don't share the sitting in my home office that is littered with empty energy drinks day in and day out. 

I would argue that what you are doing, helping your grandparents, has FAR more substance than what most people do. It certainly has more substance than what I do day to day. It sounds like the main difference is I have more hobbies. 

Nonetheless, if I didn't have a full time job I would get a morning work out in, pick up breakfast and coffee, go to grocery store to buy what I want to cook for the day, learn something new (physical like skateboarding or mental like math), and relax. Doing these things will lead to finding a community to share more time with. 