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To ask you what your “hobbies” are?

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ItWasOnAStarrrryNight · 20/10/2025 21:38

I’m looking for some inspiration!

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Wafflefinder · 20/10/2025 23:58

Play tennis a couple of times a week
Reading - aim for 26 books a year
Crosswords and sudoku

Tarkan · 20/10/2025 23:51

Out of the house:

I’m wardrobe mistress at our local am dram theatre so I end up there a lot especially when we have shows coming up and running. Always sewing or putting costumes together before a show but there’s a variety of roles I help with during a show depending on what’s needed.

I joined a ladies winter league darts team a few months ago so I’ve been enjoying that each week. I was pretty useless at playing before but I think I’m getting slowly better. And I quite like having the excuse to go to the pub with new friends each week.

Pilates at a physio-led class once a week. More for my own mobility but before lockdown I did multiple Pilates classes a week and also pole fitness once a week and I’m trying to get my weight/fitness/mobility back to where it was before I go back to pole.

I have a season ticket for our local football team so I try to get to every home match and the occasional away one.

I like attending gigs and musicals, don’t get to as many as I would like but have 3 gigs and 1 musical planned for next year so far.

At home:

Gaming (a few different types of game depending on my mood, my laptop is broken so I only have my phone and Switch at the moment). I also play Pokemon Go which helps me get out the house a bit more when I can.

I used to craft a lot so trying to get back into that. I’ve been crocheting myself a granny square cardigan but the dog decided my wool looked like an amazing bed so I have to get all the fur off it before I continue.

TV/movies. I keep meaning to get back to going to the cinema regularly but again my mobility is affecting that so I’ve been watching things at home.

I also like watching sports on TV (football, motorsports, rugby, golf are my main ones).

I’m trying to get back into reading too. I love books but I burnt myself out a bit as I finished a Literature and Creative Writing degree last year and had to read and study so many books for that I need to relearn how to just read for fun.

ETA: I’m also learning Romanian on Duolingo. It’s a harder language than I realised but I’m enjoying it.

ReignOfError · 20/10/2025 23:50

Gardening
Hill walking - slowly getting back into this after a few years of injuries
Reading
Some niche history stuff
Baking/cake decorating
I crochet a bit, and have just restarted cycling after a long break.

I’m retired, and it’s nice to have time for a range of interests

eatreadsleeprepeat · 20/10/2025 23:47

Knitting
Sewing
Pottery
Reading
Baking
Yoga

MissFancyDay · 20/10/2025 23:36

I love hobbies, I get obsessions that wear off but my main loves are,

Painting in oils
making linocuts
knitting
tapestry
British folklore
going to concerts
reading
Going to castles and stately homes
fossil hunting.

DontGoJasonWaterfalls · 20/10/2025 23:34

Photography (trying to keep doing it for fun alongside as a business so I don't lose my enthusiasm 😅)
Acting
Singing
Playing guitar, ukulele and bass
Learning Norwegian
Learning programming
Video games (on a Planet Coaster kick at the moment)
Reading, when I get time (which isn't often)

winterbluess · 20/10/2025 23:29

EveryDayisFriday · 20/10/2025 22:16

Gym
Painting (I'm not creative though, I have intricate paint by numbers from China that are look amazing when finished)
Podcasts, I love these when driving, at work or walking the dog.
I am a newbie knitter.

I'd love some more hobbies that get me out of the house a bit more.

I'm doing paint by numbers too as I'm not artistic at all 🤣 i love them and are so cheap.
Reading.. non fiction. Memoirs etc
Napping 😬
Watching crime documentaries

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 20/10/2025 23:28

Single parenting, washing, cooking, cleaning, ironing and watching Netflix. Very occasional night out with friends - happens about 6 times a year.

DoAWheelie · 20/10/2025 23:26

Reading
Crochet
Diamond art
Video games

Ramblethroughthebrambles · 20/10/2025 23:26

Singing,
Writing music, arranging music, recording music though not very inspired at the moment despite just watching Riot Women (brilliant)
Planning travel
Occasional drawing
Dabbling in foreign languages
Walking
Was just wondering about a furniture restoration class, but can't find one

CurlewKate · 20/10/2025 23:25

Reading. Cooking. Growing things in pots. Writing fan fic.

TediousMansplainer · 20/10/2025 23:25

I love running (I am an obsessive parkrunner) and I really enjoy playing board games. I like learning languages too.

Buxusmortus · 20/10/2025 23:23

Gardening.
DIY.
Genealogy.
Sewing.
Needlepoint and cross stitch.
Reading.
Calligraphy.
Bookbinding.
Box making.
Cryptic crosswords.
Jigsaws.
Board games.

Umbongoumbongo999 · 20/10/2025 23:22

I sing in a choir, I go to the gym and do a weights circuit 2 or 3 times a week. I am learning Spanish with Duolingo daily and podcasts. I read loads, fiction and non fiction and I like to see live music.

Becs258 · 20/10/2025 23:22

Lego
Paint by numbers
Reading
Football (watching, not playing)
Short courses & Duolingo

Bornslippery · 20/10/2025 23:20

Kayaking in the summer, reading, walking, cooking, listening to old skool house music and drinking wine year round 😀

unsync · 20/10/2025 23:20

Sewing with the adjacent hobbies of fabric acquisition, pattern purchasing, haberdashery and essential equipment collecting. You can never have enough sewing stuff.

sunsu · 20/10/2025 23:18

My hobbies are,
gardening (in the summer)
knitting
walking my dog
reading
i have a PT session in the gym once per week
& I’m trying to play more badminton and golf! But don’t have too much time for it all.

GAJLY · 20/10/2025 23:17

Learning a language reading, walking the dog and meditation. I want to take up a fun exercise too!

Springflowersyay · 20/10/2025 23:15

Obedience with my dog - competing and training.
agility training - dog
walking my dog
pilates
pickleball
wild swimming
jigsaws
baking

MrsMillyFluff · 20/10/2025 23:13

Art, as in painting with acrylics, watercolours or pencils, painting stones, some to put out for people to find (very therapeutic and you don't have to be very good, it doesn't matter) baking, cooking.

WideOpenBeaches · 20/10/2025 23:08

Oh and podcasts about American politics. Now thats a deep rabbit hole…

WideOpenBeaches · 20/10/2025 23:07

Zumba
Strength training (which I thought I’d tolerate but I actually enjoy it)

Volunteering (anything to do with talking to people… they’re fascinating)
Shooting
Skiing

Developing a huge Pinterest board for rooms in my house.

ThatRosePanda · 20/10/2025 23:04

shopping
reading
could definitely do with more

GrannyTeapot · 20/10/2025 22:58

Yoga. Gardening. Reading. Sea-kayaking.