no hobbies. sad.
nothing expensive, or with an unreasonable learing curve. something easy to start doing that requires little setup so i can pick it up anytime i want
you guys got any ideas?
Learn a language. This basically morphs into other hobbies, like reading or listening to stuff. But it’s gratifying.
Video games - but a little different from other suggestions, get really deep into a game. Learning to play some games is a hobby in itself. Speedrun your favorite, get into your local fighting game scene or play Fightcade, get Slippi and play Melee online, go for high scores in some shmups, competitive Tetris or Puyo Puyo. Etc etc (Though re-reading op, I guess a lot of these may have unreasonable learning curves)
slinging. that is making a sling and learning to throw things with it. get some rubber balls large enough to not go through the fence at a tennis court and go to the court when no one is there and practice.
Oooh, where do you start with this? Like are there YouTube tutorials or a forum or something?
there used to be all sorts of things. like forums and meetups. definately should be able to still find plenty of youtube videos. You can even make a sling from string using macromae which might lead to another hobby.
Needle felting. Like ten bucks for some needles, some wool, and a sponge. It’s no-skill-required art form that consists entirely of stabbing.
I just want to point out that any hobby you engage in for entertainment without it feeling like a chore is by definition not boring (to you). Personally I couldn’t see myself in a situation where I’d be collecting stamps, because I would probably find it very boring. But others enjoy it, so it’s a valid un-boring hobby, just not for me.
Coloring books.
Inexpensive, and little setup, with no steep learning curve?
Off the top of my head:
- singing
- drawing
- playing a tin whistle
- dorodango
- dexterity games (card flourishes, astrojax, yoyo, pen spinning, etc.)
- reading
- kumihimo
- customising things with paint markers
- yoga
- whetstoning
- writing (prose or poetry)
- journaling/journalism
- cross stitch/embroidery
- jelqing
- rock/object balancing
- meditation
- knife throwing
- macramé (using beading floss)
- playing the spoons
- whittling
- eating
- scrimshaw
- nålbinding
- henna tattooing
- primping
- cloudgazing
- looking at fucking everything through a high mag loupe
- tarot divination
- contact juggling
- kefir making
- key duplication by hand
- sleeping
- hiking
- floccinaucinihilipilification
- origami
- talking to nearby friendly looking strangers
- polishing
- cleaning
- caligraphy
- drugless hallucination
- soapbox public speaking
- zen gardening
- guerilla gardening
- pitch ear training
- ‘easter egg’ hiding
- local botanical/ecological studies
- flint knapping
- home/interior design (as long as you don’t actually buy anything)
- knolling
- marble running
- solo RPGs like ‘Alone Among The Stars’ (okay this one wasn’t technically off the top of my head. I couldn’t remember the name, so I looked it up.)
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Painting. Can be done for relatively cheap and scales up to a lot.
Birdwatching. If you have a smartphone you can get the merlin app and start from there. Collect 'em all like pokemon.
Photography. Really helps you see everything with a new perspective. Learn natural scapes, urban scapes. Interesting people. Flowers, Social activism documenting homeless, or cool or interesting people if you live in an urban freakshow. You can make the ordinary extraordinary.
Photography can get hella expensive though, even when you stick to the used market. That said, most phones nowadays can take HDR photos so they also serve as a starting point.
You can do amazing work with a smartphone. It can be hella expensive. It doesn’t have to be. Most of the best photography was done with total shit compared to what’s available now.
Ukelele.
Also bongos or cajon! Tons of videos online.
Started just a year ago. So much free instruction on YouTube. It’s been great
While you’re against boring, have you considered whittling?
Seconded. All you need is a knife, a block of wood and a box of Band-Aids (sticking plasters, or whatever your colloquial term is for small wound dressings).
Electric drum kit is fun, cathartic, and quiet outside your headphones. Chilis are easy to grow, and they certainly entertain the mouth. Running saved my life. Tennis balls from the machine launcher. Rock wall. Skateboard. People love pickleball, but you need friends. Darts. 3D printer. Electric piano. Cooking class you can meet a girl, cook for her, get back rubs. Singing lessons. Fetish exploration. You got this.
Ooh would you have some recommendations or pointers on what to to look at for electric drum kits?
I’ve always wanted to learn drumming but never got around to it
i have an alesis kit my dad got for me through sweetwater, its pretty awesome!!
There are exactly zero boring hobbies, through the right eyes or right lens.
boring as you use it, is a term which works best when describing a person. Take from that what you will.
Well you could start drilling a hole down into the earth for fun. That would be a boring hobby…
It would not be boring in any sense of the word when you got close to magma. :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth#Lowest_artificial_points
It’s boring time, OP
Right? I have loads of hobbies. How the hell am I supposed to know if OP will find the m boring?
you can say what you find interesting i wont flame you bro 👍
Explore your neighborhood
- geocaching
- contributing to open street maps (Street complete)
- photography with your cell phone
I almost commented earlier and suggested Street Complete myself, on the grounds that if someone is sad, which OP said he was, getting outside and getting exercise can be helpful.
Soap making.
Some silicone molds, lye, measuring cups, cooking thermometer, and cooking oil is all you need to get started. And after a while you will be making awesome smelling soap.
i cant i ateded it all 💔 😭
cannabis
Bird-watching or star-gazing or both. A pair of binoculars is all you really need for either. You can print some stuff off online if you wanna get fancier with it.
I would add bug watching as well, and using an app like iNaturalist.
It will help you identify living things and you will help documenting your environment.
