Tell me about your hobbies!

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I really want to find an interesting hobby and would love some inspiration!

I’m based in London so have lots of opportunities (though expensive). I’m trying to stay physically active but never really been into team sports... I’ve recently taken up Salsa which I’m enjoying.

Any ideas?

I do yoga, pilates and go to the gym, not as a hobby but as a necessity.
My hobbies are wet and needle felting, reading, crochet and dreaming of my next house renovation! These can be sole occupations but I do workshops too. As the kids get older I want to add mosaics and basket weaving which I've dabbled in the past. Workshops are good as it's hard to carve out four plus hours to do something properly at home but a workshop means you just do that activity all day with people doing the same, and you can see what everyone else is up to.

I am really boring.

My hobbies are yoga, reading and playing The Sims lol

A friend of mine is heavily into arts and crafts, though. She makes blankets, cards, ornaments and also knits and crochets!

@Pipandmum those sound interesting, thanks! Hadn’t really thought of craft activities

@DonnaDarko well if you’re boring I definitely am!

I also love the sims....I didn’t think I could count that as a hobby though

You're right. I was just grasping at straws there 😂

I can't possibly say as it would be massively outing.

@crapette Knew there would be one of you no mention of golf or cycling....

Diy/gardening & home/garden 'design' - meets the crafting desire without the resulting clutter/tat from crafting (which was why I dropped crafty stuff).

Learning/exploring stuff - pick an activity, any activity, and dabble in it until that activity exhausts my interest. I take more joy from learning lots of different things than mastering one narrow thing. Adult education course brochures and listings of special events at local places are good for ideas. Taster sessions can lead to interesting paths.

Are there any climbing walls near you? Sociable but not a team sport.

I do a form of yoga and I also am a glass artist.

Photography. I've been really struggling lately though with depression etc so haven't done very much with it for months but I think when the weather calms down and it's darker later and I can get out more by myself and with my family it'll pick back up again.

I go to a camera club once a week and sometimes enter the competitions there. Occasionally I even win! I'm also on some groups on facebook for photography, one specifically for females and have found them to be helpful and inspiring and have met one or two people in real life as a result of them.

At home I like to knit and occasionally sew but I'm not very good at it.

I love knitting though that's an on and of thing due to joint hypermobility related knackered hands. Said joint hypermobility restricts the physical activities I can comfortably or safely do but playing pokemon go with DS1 tends to get me off my arse.

What did you enjoy doing when you were around the age of 12? Because I have found that everything hobby related that I do is what I enjoyed at that age (but had abandoned some due to 'growing up'). Basically I love books (reading and collecting), crafts, comics and Lego.

I like climbing.lots of clubs , courses and social events at various climbing walls to get you started and find buddies

Aged 12 I didn’t really have many hobbies to be honest! I was very shy and reclusive

Thank you everyone who’s shared so far, it’s really helpful

Dressmaking. It's become a really big thing.

It's such a buzz to make something that really fits you and is unique.

Have a look at Sew Over It. It's in London somewhere (and online). It really is a great hobby. Buying fabric is a different hobby but we won't talk about that

I'm a runner running wanker
I like it because I don't have to talk to anyone or socialise
I can wear leggings and sweats and everyone just thinks 'oh there's bear on her way for A run' when actually I just can't be arsed to wear real clothes
I have an amazing tan all year round
I can do it with friends if I want to, but 'oh I'll hold you up' is the perfect excuse to avoid human contact
You can analyse some serious data with a free app like Strava (if you're a spreadsheet/graph kinda person)
Periodically you can enter a race, get a shiny medal, hang out with other likeminded wankers runners, and then retreat back into your cave again.

It's literally the perfect hobby for me. The only downside is the actual running bit which is hard work.

Some of the above plus outdoor swimming, Sailing and considering pottery.

Lyra hoop
Yoga
Tapestry for when I'm watching the telly

I'm quite boring my hobbies are:
Gym
Reading - I am part of a monthly bookclub
Baking

I did play netball, but stopped when I fell pregnant and just didn't go back.

Just about to start a course learning how to do Mehndi.

i love to paint, though i'm not very good at it! i find it really relaxing (though i end up spending a fortune treating myself to new brushes and colours )

i also have a guitar and a keyboard in my room and i love taking some time out with youtube and learning a new song on those! it's not the guitar i have now but my first guitar i got on gumtree for £20 so it wasn't expensive at all and youtube's free as long as you have wifi!

Yoga
Running
Jigsaw puzzles

I have loads of hobbies :)

Reading, yoga, Pilates, Zumba and glide, gardening, crocheting, knitting, baking, walking, visiting NT properties, going to exhibitions, visiting interesting places which I haven't been to before.

I love my garden, spring is just the best time ever, and took up archery a couple of years ago, always wondered if I could do it....turns out I can, and it's great fun too!