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Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by opportune »

Not that anybody cares, but here’s what I’ve been wanting to do for hobbies:

Add some more physical hobbies. Rock climbing/bouldering, swimming/surfing, hike more often. Maybe even yoga. Right now I lift weights and jog on treadmills but I want more diversity. And I need more sun.

Start playing a competitive game again. Used to be into chess, Starcraft 2. I think this helps me decompress better than most other activities.

Read on my morning commute (25m train ride). Right now I mostly just browse the internet.

Work on a mobile game. Very bootstrappable side gig and I know little about front end.

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by opportune »

TurkishPoptart wrote: post #69

Do video games count as a hobby? I just realized that nothing else really holds my interest and I'm now very worried.

I don’t think video games are a problem as long as you have a good, balanced life outside of them.

If all your friends are from the game and you don’t socialize much outside the game and necessary things like work/family, I’d say that is a bit of a problem.

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by PostPost »

fokinsean wrote: post #75
tchingy wrote: post #71

Start a journal. Put your thoughts in order on a daily basis, and when you look back at the end of 2020 (or beyond..) you'll have something interesting to read and reflect on.

I think I'm going to try this one out this year. I attempted at doing a weekly log but had only had a ~40% completion rate. Any tips on staying motivated? I mostly would enter it into evernote, and as lazy as it sounds sometimes my biggest barrier of entry would be opening my laptop heh.

1. Make it part of your routine. For instance, make it a weekly habit to have coffee on Sunday morning and update your journal. If you pair writing with another routine activity, (especially an activity that you enjoy doing) then you'll be more likely to complete it.

2. Hang a wall calendar in a high-visibility location and put a sticker/tally mark for every week that you successfully log. It's an easy visual reminder of your progress, and it can bug you if you don't log for a week.

3. This may not be the advice you want, but not logging for a week isn't the worst thing - it's okay to have a week now and then where nothing of note really happens.

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by skytreader »

I already have a lot of hobbies. So much so that at any given time there's just a "core" set of hobbies I can indulge in and my various hobbies flit in and out of this set depending on the circumstances.

For this year, I want to go for depth rather than breadth. For instance:

- I can already play the guitar reasonably well so how about going into music theory next?

- I can draw well but I've been mostly drawing portraits and human figures. So how about still lifes and sceneries? Or draw with color as so far all I've been doing is elaborate sketching.

- Maybe finally learn Copperplate.

- After doing Taekwondo since 2004, I recently just picked up boxing and kickboxing. Definitely a lot to learn here still, and even more to integrate from TKD! I wanna get good form on my head movement, get that explosive technique on my punches, throw all my body weight into my hooks, etc.

On to another decade of curiosity, I guess. :)

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by tkjef »

Spakman wrote: post #78

When nearing your final resting place and contemplating all the rich intricacies of your life, do you want to be one of those people who didn't learn to juggle? No. That would be silly. So take up juggling! Aside from obvious things like becoming more coordinated and increasing your spatial awareness, it will teach you a lot about learning. It's fascinating when a challenging new pattern moves from deliberate and ent…

a juggling illusion i learned is juggling 4 balls is really just juggling 2 in each hand.

you can also juggle bouncing off the floor, lighter objects (scarves, tissues), various patterns (above instead of under, 1 up 2 up) and if really adventurous try while unicycling!

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by bhelkey »

criddell wrote: post #63
madengr wrote: post #56

Guns and shooting, a right not exercised is a right lost. Ham radio, use your spectrum before the FCC auctions it off.

About 5 years ago I tried to talk my kids into ham radio. We were all going to get licenses and buy radios but I couldn't sell it.

By 'couldn't sell it' do you mean that your kids were uninterested?

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by criddell »

bhelkey wrote: post #86
criddell wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About 5 years ago I tried to talk my kids into ham radio. We were all going to get licenses and buy radios but I couldn't sell it.

By 'couldn't sell it' do you mean that your kids were uninterested?

Exactly.

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by bhelkey »

opportune wrote: post #81

Not that anybody cares, but here’s what I’ve been wanting to do for hobbies: Add some more physical hobbies. Rock climbing/bouldering, swimming/surfing, hike more often. Maybe even yoga. Right now I lift weights and jog on treadmills but I want more diversity. And I need more sun. Start playing a competitive game again. Used to be into chess, Starcraft 2. I think this helps me decompress better than most other activi…

> Not that anybody cares

I think you would be surprised at the number people interested in something like this.

When I read this, I saw a little of myself in you. I am fairly into bouldering, hiking and have tried, unsuccessfully, to get into the competitive video game scene.

Yoga stuck out to me when reading your comment. I have received invitations to come try yoga but have never gone. I am going to add it to my list of New Year resolutions.

Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020

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Post by simonw »

crispyambulance wrote: post #77
simonw wrote: post #19

Visit tiny museums. I stumbled across this hobby a few years ago. Whenever I'm in some place new, I run a search on google maps for "museums" and try to find the smallest, most niche topic possible. It's a pretty small time commitment - a small museum can often be explored in 30-60 minutes - and it's incredibly rewarding. The smaller the museum is, the more likely you'll meet the person who set it up. And that's guar…

You are on to something! I do this too. Here's what comes to mind... * Mutter Museum in Philly ( http://muttermuseum.org/ ) Awesome victorian medical curiosities * Museum of Questionable medical devices in St Paul ( http://www.museumofquackery.com/ ). Exactly what the name implies. Really interesting for skeptics. * Wagner Free Institute ( http://www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org/ ), in Philly. This is victorian-era scienc…

Those are excellent, thank you.
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