I am looking for ideas. What is an unexpected hobby you started as an adult that now is a major source of joy and happiness for you?
I am looking for ideas. What is an unexpected hobby you started as an adult that now is a major source of joy and happiness for you?
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DE Shaving
Collecting and using fountain pens and inks.
Buying band t-shirts
Gardening
Sudoku
Got started during the pandemic watching YouTube sudoku videos and have kept at it.
Cars. So expensive. But I’m happy
Birdwatching!!
Fitness start at 20 first time going to gym 14 years later never gone a week without going
sharpening pencils and see them break then do it all over again
Loosely fits as a hobby but curating my online experience. Treat my online life like it’s that closet in the home office with tax documents, my birth certificate, and family photos/heirlooms and go organize my closet.
Proper email accounts for personal/business/household/throwaway use. Set up to filter what I don’t want and properly notify me of important things across my devices. Social media with hundreds/thousands of blocked pieces of content to keep rage and reaction content out of sight and out of mind. Tailored playlists of shows, movies, and music to suit ANY mood or situation in 2 clicks. A written document of active/important accounts/sites/apps/credentials. Don’t wanna find an old Myspace profile or reddit account I slapped my name on and forgot about or recover my password every time I use x website.
Makes going online a lot more pleasant and life in general just go smoother. Whether it’s a chore or a hobby depends on how much junk you have piled up I suppose.
Diamond art
Oh easy. Whiskey.
Reddit. Never looked at it until I retired two years ago.
Social organisations and fraternities. I joined Freemasonry when I was 42 and it’s been a great way to connect with others in my community. I also took up private language classes online to learn French, which I have always wanted to learn.
Jigsaw puzzles 🧩
The sims. It’s my favorite escape
Classic car restoration
Sending care packages
Quilting
Sewing!
Indoor hydroponics.
I just made a tasty pizza with homegrown tomatoes from my basement, and I eat spinach with my eggs every morning also from my basement.
Actually gaming a lil bit. My family couldn’t afford much of that stuff as a kid but I really like it now. Don’t really play online but I’ll mess up some zombies on COD or beat up the comp in Madden.
Knitting and gardening. Although gardening is harder with my health issues.
Adult coloring. So fun.
Also gaming with my PlayStation but I stoped for a while because I moved. So idk, I might sell it. It kinda stresses me out and I get stuck playing some games. I’m Not playing it now. And I don’t have much because they can be expensive or else I have to get PlayStation plus or whatever else every month to do certain crap. Not really worth it now because I/my husband are trying to save money to pay off debt and groceries are still expensive and so is our cats rx food.
Adult coloring is cheaper and I already had some nice colored pencils from my husband he had.
Diamond dot art. It’s so repetitive and simple and whole it does make my hand cramp and hurt my carpal tunnel some, its just addictive. I ordered a custom one thats HUGE and I cant wait to start on it. It’ll be my biggest one and the one with the most colors. I think there’s like 62 colors. Im super excited for it!
Golf
Taking care of houseplants! For some reason I always assumed I didn’t have a green thumb but learning how to make these guys grow and thrive has given me so much joy
Collecting lapel pins. It’s a very costly hobby, but I’ve almost got my first bulletin board filled up with them.
Forest reclamation after retirement
No prior experience at all.
Didn’t even know how to use a basic lawnmower.
Now I have a small, extremely neglected private forest that I’ve been working on for 4 years.
Now I use a tractor, chainsaw and all sorts of gas powered tools.
So much instant gratification!
Fountain pens
crochet, I didn’t start until I was 30, and I really enjoy it
Running. I took it up in part as a replacement for time previously occupied by my alcohol “hobby” (i.e., crippling addiction). I’m hopeful this will lead me safely into old age, as opposed to the drinking, which was quickly leading to an early grave.
Playing Pokémon
I want to start junk Journaling I’ve collected all kinds of materials but kids you know
Marriage and kids
Bike riding.
Unexpected because I almost died because of if, twice.. 😅
Unicycling
Sleeping
Custom computers and custom keyboards. Started maybe around 45 years old. 52 now.
Disc golf
Mechanical Keyboards!
50 year old male that has never worked on cars. I bought 1976 VW bus. It’s a money pit but I love it!
Martial arts.
I started my journey when I turned 18, funnily enough.
A very long time later, and now it’s become such an ingrained part of my life I would simply not be me if I didn’t have it.
Purely happenstance, too.
I had just moved countries, to a city much larger than I was used to and felt overwhelmed so I just decided to take a stroll through some neighbouring areas.
Found a local, long-run and very traditional dojo. Instantly fell in love, rest is history.
Surfing
When the weather is fair, riding my bike or skateboard
Puzzling 🔥
weight lifting and motorcycle riding
Jiu jitsu at age 30.
Something primal about fake killing another human.
At 60M, I got hooked running a quality inflatable Kayak on nearby Clackamas River. My Kayak Buddy around the block has 3 Inflatables. We have a route of 8 miles over 4-5 hours,with a lunch stop. They could not keep us from getting back on that river during COVID=Freedom! The places that a river float is only way to enjoy the beauty all around you. Seems each trip of 20 for the year? Was unique.
Am looking forward to a couple Spring runs with high water flows. Retired
Great A-D!
Cut up fruit and eat it from a bowl, gives me such a peace!
Skateboarding
Roller skating! I started at the end of May last year, so I’m coming up on a year soon. I took an intro class just for the heck of it, and it was the hobby and activity I didn’t know I needed. Also got me through the hell of job searching after my convocation. Pretty much when I wasn’t sending out resumes or preparing for interviews, I’d be at the rink. Roller skating is great physical activity, but also for my mental health in terms of resilience. I’m always learning something new, some days are going to be brutal and I’m going to fall, but the best thing I can do is get up and try again, sometimes in a different way.
AI Artwork
Gaming.
I played minor amounts of COD for two decades. Every few months I would play a couple games. I was terrible.
I recently switched to different types of games like Returnal, Diablo IV, Doom, and a few others and my wife and I are having so much fun
A few years ago it was Lego. That is still a major love, but the cost has slowed me down.
Recently, I discovered a love for fountain pens- a generally cheaper hobby, and am loving writing fun letters to friends and relatives enhanced with stamping, stickers, wax seals, interesting enclosures, etc. It’s amazing what you can find for really cheap for doing this sort of thing.
I find I am also becoming a lot more political and am going to add using 4×6 computer cardstock and mail merge to write letters to my representatives.
Lego’s
Also PHP coded websites
Painting! I started doing it as my therapist recommended it for extreme anxiety, it changed my life! I met awesome painters, gained a skill and I even made money with some my creations
Painting.
World building
Legos and gardening
Lego.
Buying and then returning things to Marshall’s.
Jigsaw puzzles. Younger me hated them. Older me became obsessed with them a few months ago.
Herpetology
Demonolatry
Pottery (wheel throw). It’s expensive but WORTH IT