I write hobby literature for kids of all ages. To get them excited about building stuff from recycled scavenged materials. My philosophy:
Redirecting the waste stream. Doing much with little. A reverse peace-corps to learn from poor people all over the world. Learning to live in minimum-consumption, maximum quality of life ways so that the earth may live also.

How I get exercise:
kitesurfing, windsurfing, sailing, building stuff, dancing.

Funny. If you've been through much you know you've got to laugh at what you can't solve.
Hard working. That's what it takes to accomplish anything. I like to write and build things with my hands.
In great shape. It takes physical strength and good judgment to do the outdoor sports and travel I enjoy.
Hungry for knowledge - I read and listen/see hundreds maybe thousands of lectures and books.
Smart - beyond the tests we took for school. That's what it takes to understand this very complicated world.
Kind. Kindness requires empathy for others as well as self-knowledge.

A good communicator. Teamwork requires excellent communication.

I'm taking time off from starting companies to travel, learn, and attempt to create truly lasting value. To work on worthwhile projects that are non-remunerative.
A machine I invented is used by all the car companies, all the shoe companies, many architects, even high schools.
I write a column for a magazine and build how-to projects that I document online. When I travel I do material culture ethnography.

Building gadgets out of whatever is available.
I can teach you to play guitar in 20 seconds
If we go dancing I can teach you to do a back flip.

I'm in motion.
I'm offering you some shredded coconut. That's what's abundant this season (fringe benefit from a consulting gig).

I listen to tons of audio books while building stuff
The podcasts at the London School of Economics and the Long Now Foundation are really good.
John Gottman (profiled in Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink") is the best source of relationship advice I know of.

Jackhammer Headphones to listen to
Audiobooks on while
Building a finless plywood kiteboard
To go Kitesurfing with pals.
My friends are incredible great people. If you are one you know what happens when you put more together.

Philosophy was once the "love of wisdom".
Later it became logic, ethics, epistemology and metaphysics. Some say it's any field where the methods are not yet good enough to achieve predictable results. Economics recently got added to the purview of philosophers because of the poor results achieved its the practitioners.
Fish have water.
We Americans are 5% of the world and we burn 30% of the stuff.
Run the simulation. This situation is unlikely to continue.

Throwing rocks at humvees (That was a joke, officer! It wasn't me! :).

Dancing at a party, or building some ridiculous construction with friends while the outdoor fireplace rages.

I really like hugs. I've even invented a new type of hug :)

I once posted an ad for hugs to "strictly platonic" on craigslist.
I got tons of responses from prostitutes and robots working for them.
Is that some new kind of platonic?
I haven't heard any stories about "strictly platonic" that didn't involve weirdness. There should be another category on CL for "strictly actually platonic"

you do what others only dream about

If you want a free yacht - I know of three or four available at the moment.