Biking.

Moving under your own power has so many benefits:

• It's fun
• It's cheap (or can be, to be fair)
• It's good for your health
• It's good for the planet

3D printing. Suddenly you are able to fix small plastic shit in your house which would otherwise mean throwing out the whole goddamn thing. Best feeling ever to repair and save stuff.

Learning a new language. You learn a bit about how languages work, understand other cultures a bit better, usually learn new vocabulary for your native language, understand the relationship between different languages, learn the roots of loan words and generally helps your brain stay healthy, even by only studying the basics.

Baking - fresh warm bread is so good!

Sewing - it's nice to add pockets to things 😁

Everyone should try to regularly do something that lets them 'play' and be creative, like music, singing, writing, acting, etc. Our day to day is largely rule based so I think it's important to have some time operating outside of that.

Also people should try and do something with their hands (no not that). I've been getting into Lego and jigsaw puzzles as a way of reducing my screen time and it's doing me a lot of good. Picked up crochet recently and going to try and make a baby blanket for my incoming niece.

Sewing, at least to the level of basic mending. Helps one realize what well made clothes look and feel like.

Cooking is a very nice, relaxing hobby and you also get to eat some good food!

It’s also very useful and an easy way to impress people.

Wood working. Can fix things and build things. It’s very rewarding. Can find second hand tools and slowly build your collection and upgrade them as you develop and hone your skills until your wife surprises you at home with your closest friends and family and they proceed to tell you that you have a problem and have to decide between investing time and energy into a living family or your woodworking hobby.

• making bread
• brewing beer (or making wine or cider, as one prefers)
• repair sewing

I suspect I'd feel the same about welding or smithing, but I haven't tried those (yet).

Cooking! It can be so rewarding, a fun way to impress or care for others, and you need to eat every day anyway so ample time to practice.

Almost all cooking can be done with practically no hardware beyond a sharp knife, a good sized cutting board, and a good pot or pan.

There's so many patterns and combinations and different takes on the same ingredients that you can learn. The basics get you 80% of the way there

Cross stitching is fun and pretty inexpensive to get into! All you need is cloth (Aida), needles, thread, and a pattern. There are plenty of free patterns available, and a skein of thread is under a dollar.

Crochet

Pros

• Documented mental health benefits
• Cheap to start, can learn from online tutorials
• Easier than knitting
• Make cool toys, clothes, home accessories, whatever you want
• Get to smush yarn into your face on a regular basis

Cons

• Fibre crafts gateway drug

At work, I have a reputation for being the guy who never shuts up about trying to get new people into scuba diving. If there are 2 or more divers at the lunch table I honestly feel a little bad for everybody else. The cost of getting trained and renting or buying all your gear can scare people away, but I would at least strongly recommend that anybody on an island vacation or cruise at least try a "discover Scuba" class. You'll learn everything you need to know to not die by watching a quick video, and working in a pool, then you get to go have an amazing dive in the ocean with an instructor.

Public Speaking

You never know when you'll have to say something in front of a crowd.