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Re: "I've been thinking about hobbies lately"
I think cheap and free hobbies didn't really go away, they just got drowned out and neglected with the commercialization of everything. I like this thread of cheap hobby suggestions. I'll throw some out there. Geocaching, card/board games, walking/hiking. Another hobby I was really into the past that wasn't free but became free over time, fixing up old bicycles. There was some initial costs buying tools and then buying old bikes that needed fixing. But eventually I was selling them for more than I was putting into them so I was breaking even and enjoying myself.
Dec 11 · 2 weeks ago
I've been thinking about hobbies lately — It's important for humans to have a specific "thing" that they can do to relax and unwind, but many modern hobbies seem to involve spending large sums of money in perpetuity or are electronic in nature. I've been trying to think of something slow and relaxing—a craft, really—to start practicing. Ideally it would be cheap, but it should also be something that could be done almost anywhere without the need to carry around large amounts of extra gear or...