Baking. Though it’s often a means to an end — I really like desserts. I enjoy bread making and pastry making. And have a lot of affinity for laminated doughs.
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#23Books
Making Music
Cinema
Cooking
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#24Gaming as you said
Gardening, I grow edible stuff in my backyard. It's physical and rewarding.
Cooking, necessary as I have kids but I try to get better, cook different things...
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#25Cooking, woodworking, blacksmithing, pottery, home renovations, biking, hiking, kayaking, and reading are ones I frequent. I’m willing to give anything a try once when it comes to extra curricular.
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#26Skateboarding. The mixture of creativity and physical exercise is extremely rewarding and it’s humbling to fall on concrete from time to time.
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#27Investing. Uranium and precious metals equities. 80% uranium.
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#28WCS (social dance) I have a shirt that combines tech + dance hobbies. It says " " on the front, and " " on the back. My dance friends know what "lead" means, but don't know what the extra symbols mean. My tech friends know it's an XML element, but are unfamiliar with the tag.
That's nice. I'm stealing it for Lindy and Balboa.
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#29WCS (social dance) I have a shirt that combines tech + dance hobbies. It says " " on the front, and " " on the back. My dance friends know what "lead" means, but don't know what the extra symbols mean. My tech friends know it's an XML element, but are unfamiliar with the tag.
That's nice. I'm stealing it for Lindy and Balboa.
They don't make them anymore, but there were a few variations:
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#30Running - I enjoy it but do not recommend it. While it keeps my fitness up I often end up with one pain for weeks. Playing the piano - a great diversion, it doesn't take too long to be able to play chords and sing along to your favourite tunes. Writing short mysteries - inspired by Two Minute Mysteries. I write short mystery stories where the rest had to solve the story. I put them up online and occasionally someone…
I think just a walk a day at minimum can help people in so many positive ways. Need to think about a problem? Walk. Stressed? Walk. Need to get more fit? Run.
I'm currently losing a lot of weight with calorie counting and walking. It's better than running, because I wouldn't be running more than once or twice before quitting.