r/Hobbies

I grew up in an apartment and then lived in apartments until I was thirty two so the idea of having a garage with actual tools in it still feels slightly unreal when I walk out there in the morning. The first thing I made was a cutting board that came out visibly uneven and I put it in a drawer instead of using it, which my partner found hilarious, but I kept going and somewhere around the fourth or fifth project something shifted where the mistakes started feeling like information instead of evidence that I should stop. I'm not good at it in any impressive way but I'm better than I was three months ago and I can actually feel that, which turns out to be its own thing.
I have some money saved up and I've been slowly adding tools in a way that feels almost meditative, researching one thing for two weeks before buying it, using it until I understand it, then figuring out what's actually next. I bought a hand plane recently and spent an entire Saturday just practicing on scrap wood not making anything, just learning how the thing moves, and it was one of the better Saturdays I've had in a while. That probably says something about the rest of my life that I'm not ready to fully examine but in the context of the hobby it felt genuinely good.

The part I wasn't expecting is how quiet my head gets when I'm out there. I have a job that involves a lot of managing other people's feelings and priorities and the garage is the one place where the only thing that matters is whether the joint fits or it doesn't. There's no ambiguity, no reading the room, no wondering if I said the right thing in the meeting. The wood either does what you want or it tells you something you did wrong and both of those outcomes are honest in a way that most of my day isn't. I didn't know I was missing that until I found it.

Check out the Boy Scouts merit badges. there’s a bunch of them and they cover all kinds of topics, many of which are multifaceted.

If you really want to go in depth and do them all, you’ll come out a better person.

Knot tying is highly underrated as a hobby and skill. Its completely free too, just use some shoe strings.

Are there any hobbies that you really like the idea of, but actually doing it sucks (for you)?

Mine were colouring, diamond painting and punch needle, basically mindless crafts. I wanted something to fill my time and found these hobbies on social media (yeah, probably the worst place to find hobbies), and was super hyped and bought a bunch of supplies. Have a good try to all of them and they were just mind-numbingly boring.

I know this is going to be subjective.

So i’m trying to not spend too much but still want a decent hobby. everything online looks expensive once you really get into it. i don’t wanna drop money and quit after two weeks. been there already and it sucks. i’m open to pretty much anything. indoors or outdoors, doesn’t matter. just not something super loud or chaotic. i like chill stuff but not boring. if that makes sense. something i can do alone but also share with people sometimes. i thought about reading but i struggle to stay focused. maybe i just haven’t found the right kind of books yet. i also like the idea of making something with my hands. just don’t know what’s beginner friendly. what are some hobbies you started with almost no budget. and did they actually stick with you. i don’t need to be amazing at it. just want to enjoy the process for once. curious what you guys ended up loving unexpectedly

Hi! I am a 19 year old female. I feel like all I do is work, go to the gym, and read (I don’t read enough though). I need some suggestions on what hobbies I could possibly pick up. I’m totally cool to try whatever, and even if it’s a hobby that I have to spend a couple of bucks, I’m cool to try it!

hiii, I have a weird combination of symptoms due to my disability and I'm finding I can't do any of the hobbies I used to do, so I'm looking for ANY ideas of hobbies I may be able to do!

Barriers:

I can't open my eyes without holding them open with my hand (so I'm either blind or one-handed, I can't walk / stand, I can't do anything that's really fiddly (I can just about hold a pen), and I have chronic fatigue and am mostly housebound.

Hobbies I used to love:

anything adrenaline filled (theme parks, etc.), crafting (I had a cricut, and also made lots of my own ornaments and cards etc), board games and jigsaws (most are too fiddly now), some games like Sims, Animal Crossing, Mario 3D World, I was also very active, sporty and loved to dance / enjoyed musical theatre

Hobbies I've found so far:

I can just about manage Sims with one hand, making mood boards on Pinterest, some board games are on the app store

I will literally listen to any idea however random and out there! I'm so bored of just watching telly and listening to Audiobooks!

THANK YOU!!!

i don’t really have any hobbies aside from going to the gym, my interests and things i do in my free time are watch tv, doomscroll, listen to music and play games, i also like drawing (not very good at it tho) 😓 so im taking suggestions and im open to most even if it could cost money, but please give me some suggestions and maybe give some advice or explain what other hobbies are that you find interesting thank you!

Hey everyone!
I'm here to ask the people with experience and knowledge about Self-esteem & Solitary.
Recently I've had a change of mind, and decided to work on my self-esteem and solitary. What I wish currently is to be able to be home, alone, without relying on friends or family for entertainment or being devoured by dopamine such as doomscrolling.
So, my question is, if I live in Sweden where the weather is cold outside, what could I do at home when it's cold outside? Any hobbies at home? Excluding reading, drawing and watching films? I want to be capable of being alone without the fear of missing out, fear or boredom when I'm alone, and not feeling sad and depressed by being alone. So what are some things I could do to prevent that? And how do I improve my solitude.

About self esteem, how do I work on that? So in public I wouldn't have the lack of confidence, in presentations, and speeches?
I'm currently 17 years old and have a lot of wishes to achieve, but starting from step one, what would that be?

Im 16F i finished school so its summer break for me and i’ve just found myself doomscrolling on here or tiktok these past few weeks and yea i realized thats just not how i wanna spend my summer so uh .. what are some good hobbies for me… as a 16 year old female without no income maybe a little bit of money left from past allowances (perhaps $15??) and um hopefully its something that i can do by myself too or something i can do at home