Lindy Hop. 15 years in and I still enjoy it.
Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020
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#23Visit 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…
I second this. Just about any subject matter is interesting if presented by someone who cares deeply about it.
That being said, I believe it is fair to say that I had a better experience than wife+kids at two of my favourite niche museums - the Grimeton spark gap transmitter in South Sweden and, all-time favourite - the museum of submarine cable in Porthcurno, Cornwall, UK.
Everybody loved the Ramones museum in Berlin-Kreuzberg, though.
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#24Visit 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…
Whoa. What a cool idea. For some reason i just think i need to maximize what i see and shoot for the biggest museum i can find. There are at least 25 smaller museums within 30 minutes of where i am. I’m stoked!
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#25Visit 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…
I work in the tourism industry and I think you are onto something here.
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#26My favourite is the first suggestion I received: Rock Thumbing[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumble_finishing
I didn't know it existed and it looks fun and zen, too bad I live in an appartment.
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#27Help the elderly, visit the lonely, feed the hungry.
Maybe it's because I'm in my midlife crisis, but as I think how much time I put into hobbies I wonder how much good I could have done in the same time.
But creating music, build scale models, growing cactuses, watching movies is a lot of fun. And people need time to relax and enjoy life.
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#28Lockpicking is both relaxing and challenging, and oh so rewarding when you succeed.
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#29Lockpicking is both relaxing and challenging, and oh so rewarding when you succeed.
Try getting a set of impressioning tools for tubular locks... they're like $30 and so fun.
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#30Lindy Hop. 15 years in and I still enjoy it.
And you can easily branch out into related Swing Dances (and Solo Jazz). Currently I'm into Balboa.