Ask HN: How to use $5k "self improvement" stipend?

If you don't know how to spend it, spend it on expensive office items that can easily be sold on secondary markets - ideally those that don't need ebay etc.

Last year I bought three Herman Miller Aeron chairs and just slowly sold them off on Craigslist for a discount.

Find a conference for your expertise and interests. You'll need to juggle attendance, travel, and lodging costs, but $5K ought to cover something in the US if it's not in SF or NYC.

I’d go on some kind of hippy meditation retreat because I think I want to know what that would be like.

Send it to me and I'll shoot you a custom, inspiring daily text message for a year.

No context to answer my friend.

I would attend some in person training for certification if I were early career.

I’d buy a maxed out MacBook Pro, get the reimbursement approved, then return it for a refund.

Personal trainer.

I just buy things to refund with my training budget.