Ask Lemmy

Collecting hobbies :)

Sourdough breads, brewing beer and wine, growing mushrooms, hydroponics, soapmaking, brewing kombucha, making kefir (both kinds), growing marijuana, back yard chickens, gardening, growing sprouts for weekly harvest...

Last night I pondered out loud about a getting a bigger house to get more room for hobbies :/

Sitting doing nothing.

Mine is drawing. I’ve had other hobbies and have other things that I enjoy doing, but drawing is the most engaging thing for me. Your standards always outpace your ability, so there’s never a moment when you feel like you’ve accomplished everything you could’ve accomplished. There’s always something new to draw or learn about.

Mine is computers,

Okay... Could you be a little more specific?

Bouldering and running are the things I find I want to sink most of my free time into lately. Secondary to that it is general strength and yoga excercises.

I’m a sucker for a good book, recently read the Dune series, it was fantastic.

Then of course music (rap, hip-hop, rock), podcasts (too many to list or keep up with properly, really).

Video games used to be big, but these days nothing really tickles my pickle. I used to be mostly into PvP (first few seasons of league, speedrunners, MW2, Battlerite, Omega Strikers) but these days it is rare to find good ones, single-player stuff rarely catches my attention enough to sink hours in. Usually nothing I try these days lasts more than 2-3 times playing it.

This. Right here. Chats, forums. "Social media."

Hate being around people; somehow can't get enough of talking with them. Via text, anyway.

Wargaming. It's given me a social life. I've developed new skills like painting. It has side hobbies like 3d printing. Hopefully I can make it a career too. I've always dabbled with 3d software like Blender. Three months ago I took the leap to learning 3d sculpting with the plan to release my own designs for miniatures. I really wanna make my own Dark Elves for The Old World.

Making stuff! Fibre crafts, gamedev, general tinkering. Occasional drawing despite being lifelong terrible at it. Making stuff for no real reason other than enjoyment of it is what life's all about!

Music. 2 years ago I started teaching myself guitar and have played almost every day since then. At the beginning of last year I added learning to sing to my routine. Next year is going to be focused on singing and playing at the same time. Eventually I'll start writing my own music.

It's been the best hobby I've ever gotten into. It's stress relieving and makes me feel good about myaelf for accomplishing something that I thought for a long time I could never get good at. I have recordings of playing and singing throughout the last few years. When I feel discouraged or like I've hit a plateau, I listen back to where I was when I started and instantly appreciate how far I've come. I'm pretty sure at this point that music will be a lifelong pursuit for me.

What do you do with your computer as a hobby?

Bonsai

Leather crafting!

Making vector art, sometimes animation

Music and learning new things

I like nice experiences

Encoding/decoding. If something exists, it has a 25% chance of harboring a hidden message.

Video Games. I can escape into video games from everything. They protect me when I am lonely, in pain, suicidal, desperate. I can even play video games in my mind.

Crochet amigurumi.

I also used to play various musical instruments for personal enjoyment.

Photography, mostly landscapes. Something satisfying about capturing the essence of a beautiful view and being able to share it with others who couldn't be there to savour the moment. Sometimes a fancy digital camera, sometimes old timey film cameras my grandpa got me into. I'm also into backpacking, climbing, splitboarding, and otherwise just spending time in the mountains so there's no shortage of views to capture.

Mine was homebrewing, it became my job. Now I mainly spend my time on my bike, seting up to bikepacking.

TTRPGs! I'm currently playing in 3-4 games a week, GMing two of those. It's definitely my escapism as well, but at least it's fun

Writing fiction.

I like making and repairing stuff. Currently repairing a wheelbarrow and creating a contraption out of two defunct mountain bikes that will carry logs and other heavy loads.

Long walks, swimming and playing drums

Same as you OP. I love computers.

My hobby turned into my career. I have been slowly Imagineering an entire VR Theme Park.

Fishing and collecting fishing gear.

Going to the gym, looking at nature and watching TV.

I don't have a single favourite. I like coding for retro computers, doing cross stitch, drawing, playing guitar, gaming and electronics.

Motorcycles. Both riding, and maintainence/repair. Wonderful for my mental health, and they're all cool in their own ways.

Sleeping. Playing with my dog.

Cooking and weightlifting.