Do you have hobbies? If so, can I ask what?

[vilamoura2003]

Lockdown has been a real eye opener for me. I see all these busy bees cracking on with their hobbies - all lockdown did for me was show me that actually I have a very boring life 😳

I had friends who were baking, making blinds, arranging photographs, and gardening.

Apart from reading and my dogs, I don't have anything else. I'm not sure what I would actually do with myself in retirement or with no job.

So, if you have any hobbies, can I ask what they are. Looking for inspiration 😇

I play classical piano and cross stitch. Can't bake for toffee!!

Running, gym/weights, knitting, playing video games, playing chess, baking, photography. I had a baby in February though so I’ve had to pick one of these to stick with and I’ll get back to the rest in 2025 or thereabouts...

Horse riding (mainly eventing when possible!)
Tennis
Working out/gym
Reading
Dog walking
Cycling

Oh, and cycling. Might be the one I stick with as it seems like a waste of money if I give it up

Crochet, cross stitch, sewing, house-plant gardening, reading. I've rarely got bored.
I cant bake though, or cook anything really.

I like to read, walk dogs around lake, about 2k, I bake cakes and cookies and I also enjoy cooking. I have 6 b2l and do often spend time doing up one or other of the houses. I am putting in 2 new kitchens over lockdown one of which had been stored in conservatory so nice to get my home gym area back again as situated in conservatory. I have also painted the 2 empty houses through out and 1 house had 11 new interior doors and handles. I have declutterd at home. During lockdown I taught myself to crochet by using you tube clips. I am making a baby blanket.

In normal times I like eating out 2 or 3 times a week. I also like watching child play cricket matches and having picnics whilst watching. The games often go on for 4 hours or more do relaxing in sunshine with glass of wine or two.

Cycling, gardening and various forms of exercise such as yoga, boxing, pilates and HIIT.

Keep me sane.

At the moment it's planning travel / reading about destination / watching travel films about Borneo / National Parks / China etc, doing work on two houses, been just invited to join a online book club, sometimes do Duolingo, do fair bit of learning now teaching DS from home - he has ASD and often goes off at a tangent so we research lots of economics, wildlife, science, history. Dh does baking and piano. I do love swimming but not possible at the moment. Used to enjoy gardening but lost interest.

Reading, writing (trying to write a book) running, colouring, being in the garden, bird watching, photography.

Oh and we have a cat, an indoor rabbit and 3 silkie chickens, don't class them as hobbies obviously, but spend time with them.

Blimey, I’m in admiration of all of you lot! I have a horse, although he’s retired I still spend a lot of time with him. I’ve been slowly doing the garden up too.

Church bellringing. But not at the moment while the churches are closed 🙄

Professional hobbyist here.

Knitting, crochet, genealogy, writing, cooking (I don't mean meals, though I do cook meals too obviously, I mean more things like bread making, jam making, chutney, curds, etc), walking, cycling, cross stitch, rug making, tapestries, photography, fruit and vegetable cultivation. I always have multiple things on the go. The hardest part is deciding which to do.

Sewing, painting, gardening, allotment, reading, cycling occasionally, walking a lot, a lot of baking recently though am crap at it, animal crossing!
Wish I was into one thing properly tho.

Crochet and buying yarn mostly. Used to run until my knees gave out on me a few years ago. Now I'm overweight and eat too much crap😳

Like walking and listening to audiobooks too but not sure that comes under the definition of hobby.

Reading, embroidery, yoga. That's about it

Buying fabric, wool and craft stuff ”to use" in reality I'm accumulating fabric and wool.
I also fuse glass in my own kiln, read, sing (belong to a choir and some of us have been zoom meeting every week) and watch YouTube videos of crafts I could be doing with my fabric and wool.

Sewing. I've used lockdown to open an Etsy shop.

Crocheting, cross stitch and my favourite reading. I've read 15 books in the last 12 weeks. Also have enjoyed gardening and going for walks

I have various hobbies that I've picked up and put down over the years.

I play bass guitar in a couple of bands. I practise with each weekly and, between the two, gig most weekends.

That's my main hobby.

Oh! And cooking. I kind of forget it's a hobby because it's just the main part of my free time 😂 I love it

I knit and crochet, and learning to use a sewing machine (I am a bit rubbish but I enjoy it and don't inflict my FOs on anyone else!).

I bake occasionally and read if I'm in the mood. I've mostly lost interest in the telly these days.

Running about after dc - now facilitating zoom clubs and home brownie badges is read of just dripping them there
, which was easier. Also now acquired 2 ponies so that's pretty much a full time job. Basically their hobbies are mine!

Languages - I aim to get at basic knowledge (A2) of as many languages as I possibly can.
Reading, Future Learn, cacti

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They are beautiful, so intricate.