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Re: "I've been thinking about hobbies lately"
You could look into Solo RPGs. Other than a few dice or a deck of cards theres not too much initial outlay.
Dec 09 · 3 weeks ago
🦉 ResetReboot · Dec 09 at 20:04:
@wasolili I mean, yeah, if you use GNU/Linux you get a ton of free things. But I guess the idea is to have a hobby away from the screen of the computer, so that's why the guitar and ukelele, no plugs, just your hands and your ability.
But following the synthesizer idea, the Korg Volcas are small and portable, so that's something to look into.
wasolili mentioned skateboarding and i thought, if the hobby is afk, why not it also make good for health. so bicycle is certainly good for everything and if you can make cycling a hobby that can be win-win.
🐉 gyaradong · Dec 11 at 07:26:
Draw. you just need a nice pen and nice paper or whatever medium you want to work in. Mostly it's not expensive.
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.
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...