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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

what hobby do you have?

143 replies

11112222 · 12/08/2019 22:12

not AIBU, but trying to better myself and get out a bit more.
I have completely forgotten who I am and what I like.
so what are your hobbies?

OP posts:
HomeEdRocks18 · 13/08/2019 11:42

I paint in the folk art style - wooden hearts, greeting cards, plaques etc
Im also a member of the local ladies circle group so take part in local fundraising activities.
I have a woodland too and like building dens and cooking on the camp fire

firstimemamma · 13/08/2019 11:58

Reading, baking... want to get back into running.

Pinkarsedfly · 13/08/2019 11:59

Running
Yoga
Reading
Allotment
Knitting
Drawing

BossAssBitch · 13/08/2019 12:00

Horse riding
scuba diving
Travel (we are always planning the next place to visit)
Power yoga
Daily HIIT
Mountain biking (luckily we live in the heart of some of the best mountain cycling terrain)
Gardening and interior design
Cosmology
Walking my two dogs
Playing the violin (badly)
I'm always reading and improving my knowledge of the world and the universe
In the winter I go on as many snowboarding trips as I can cram in

I would love to be able to paint or make clothes!

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 13/08/2019 12:03

Reading, baking, knitting, sewing, watercolors, polymer clay crafting. I do need to get out more because I'm very lonely and my hobbies are all solitary though.

MinisterforCheekyFuckery · 13/08/2019 12:10

This thread has made me realise I have no hobbies whatsoever and how sad that is. Like you OP, I don't even know what I like doing anymore! Life has been all about work and kids for so long.

I have a 10mo baby and a primary school aged child and DH works until late during the week so can't leave the house on weekday evenings and weekends are busy with DC activities, birthday parties, general family stuff. I'm not artistic or crafty at all and I've never been any good at sport. Even if I could find the time and energy to do something for me, I've no idea what.

imclaustrophobicdarren · 13/08/2019 12:36

Horse riding
Reading
And recently started customising clothes. I'm shit but it's fun.

LifeofClimb · 13/08/2019 12:38

Painting, mainly. But I have lots of interests: hiking, climbing (mostly indoor), cycling, weight training (I do this one regularly!), photography, reading (fiction and nonfiction), writing (don't do this nearly enough), letter writing (I have a penpal), cooking (my interest in this waxes and wanes... I get frustrated at having to cook everyday but I do enjoy it when I do it properly), online selling (for me, friends and family), gardening (finally got my own garden to play in), interior design (this is currently consuming me, with DIY and furniture restoration), boxing (I do this weekly), travelling (abroad and UK campervan breaks - lots of trip planning), and part time modelling.

With full time work I struggle to find the time to do everything I love. Only so many hours in the day!

Some of these things earn me some extra ££, so it all helps. I'm a newbie model though, came to it in old age!

Writersblock2 · 13/08/2019 12:48

Writing, reading, running, studying (almost finished a level 3 undergraduate module in a subject unrelated to my degree and then I’m heading into postgrad), travel (and planning travel), participating in fandoms.

And yes, I work full time.

alittleprivacy · 13/08/2019 12:48

I used to love to skate on my inlines as a pre-teen and a teenager. I haven't skated for years (other than ice skating with the family at Christmas time).

You just described me last year and now skating has become part of my identity. It took a couple of months after I first took DS skating to really get into it but I don't think I'll ever look back. And what's great about it is that I can do it with DS as family time, alone as me time and with my new skating friends as adult social time.

The kind of skates you buy will depend on the skating you want to do. When I started I concentrated on cheapness and bought bargain skates. Tbh, that's fine for a kid but as an adult, especially if you are 35+ you need to be mindful that you are strapping wheels to your feet, so you want good equipment. To start a pair of recreation/fitness inline skates are probably a good idea. They'd have 4 70-80mm wheels. I'm in love with Powerslide brand skates, as the trinity frame they use makes the skate easier to glide on rougher ground and they are very responsive. Powerslide Phuzion skates would probably suit you really well. But if you know you'd love to do a lot of distances, an endurance skate with 3 100mm wheels is a good investment. Using rec skates for the distances I was doing was starting to hurt my knees. Now I use the rec skates when out with DS and the endurance when I'm alone or with friends. And my ancient old inlines from my teens have new wheels and bearings and are good for slalom as they have tiny wheels, which suits me as I'm very short.

If you want to skate with your kids, the Senhai brand that they sell in Smyths are a genuinely decent skate for children and adjustable sized, which means they'll get a few years from them.

And whatever you do. Think of safety. I never skate without wearing wrist, elbow and knee pads. If I'm outdoors I always wear a helmet. In very hot weather I'll use a bike helmet for inline skating but for everything else, I use a skate helmet as it offers better protection for the back of the head. For DS, I allow him to skate in the rink without protection as it has a sprung wooden floor. For outdoors or the indoor skatepark, he wears all the same safety gear that I do. Lastly, always carry water. Skating is intensive cardio and muscle building, for anything other than a little glide around you neighbourhood, you need to stay hydrated. If you want to do long skates, a jogging vest with either pouch bottles or a hydration pack is really, really handy as you don't notice you are carrying it and it's easy to take sips of water whenever you need it.

RandomWordsandaNumber5 · 13/08/2019 12:53

Dressmaking, playing the piano, enjoying travel, doing lots of classes at the gym.
Of them all, probably enjoy the dressmaking the most with the gym a close second.

QuantumWeatherButterfly · 13/08/2019 12:57

I run and I bake - mostly bread, but occasionally cakes too. If I had more time, I would learn to crochet, and I would love to take up sewing too. Maybe when DD is older? Who knows!

Oh, and I love to do interior design, so I spend countless hours creating mood boards for the rooms in my house that will never actually get done because I would bankrupt us!

ChrisPrattsFace · 13/08/2019 12:59

I love seeing the hobbies others have - I genuinely have none. Don’t even have kids yet!
DH has a few which he’s very invested in! Kayaking, fishing, trials biking and a bit of a woodwork/DIY lover!

KilburnOriginal · 13/08/2019 13:06

I make cards, we don't buy cards from shops anymore we can make nicer ourselves.
Jewellery making is my most recent hobby, about 10 months ago, I now have a my own website and an Etsy shop.
Reading
Walking the dog
Swimming

Trisha01 · 13/08/2019 13:26

Dog walking, yoga

Loom knitting, cross stitch

Reading, adult colouring and doing zentangles

I also like reading and collecting tarot cards

5foot5 · 13/08/2019 13:46

I play an instrument (learned at school then barely blew it for 25+ years but took it up again in my 40s). Now I play in a local concert band and a Saturday music club. It s a very sociable hobby and I have met loads of new people this way and had lots of interesting experiences.

I also love trying new crafts and am particularly fond of crochet.

DH and I both love walking and luckily we live near the Peak District so can get out somewhere lovely most weekends. Used to combine that with geocaching but only cache very rarely now that DD has grown up.

DrierThanANunsNasty · 13/08/2019 13:52

I’m lucky in the fact that my hobby (writing) is my actual job. Also studying at the moment for a Masters so barely any time to do anything other than that.
I wish I had a more crafty hobby though - I’ve tried getting into baking/sewing, etc but I’m so useless at it all Blush

FishCanFly · 13/08/2019 14:02

Now mostly reading.
Cooking - though its hardly a hobby. But I always sop for cookbooks and new recipe ideas.
Used to like photography, now its sort of fizzled out.
Tried to get into motorcycle mechanics with my DH, but now for me really, i prefer just riding with him.
Videogames - but my DC would laugh at me if i called myself a gamer. I have my favourites (Assasin's Creed and Fallout), but i really don't get what they play at all.

YouJustDoYou · 13/08/2019 14:06

Metal detecting. Reading.

LiveatCityHall · 13/08/2019 14:10

@RamsayBoltonsConscience I'm a fellow Rockie too! I love it so much! I've had some amazing opportunities to sing at some fantastic events. I'm always bleating on about Rock Choir to anyone who will listen Smile

ritzbiscuits · 13/08/2019 14:14

Started back at ballet class after 20 years last year. Very hard but I LOVE it. Also pilates to compliment it.
Reading (trying to read a lot more now my DS is a bit older)
A bit of crochet and knitting but do it mainly in the autumn/winter.

Helpmeltb · 13/08/2019 14:20

@BlooperReel I'm just permanently knackered 😂. I'm a single mum, working full time (including being 24/7 on call one week every 4 weeks). I fit a lot in on the weekends I don't have the kids. Climbing during the week when kids are with their dad. Pool sessions for scuba, the kids come and learn snorkeling. Wild swimming, the kids come too (not sure how it will work when it gets cold).

Souwest · 13/08/2019 14:52

Painting dh's wee little model railway figures

steakandcakes · 13/08/2019 14:52

Gym

vintagebella · 13/08/2019 15:05

Semi retired (ill health) and this year took up the Violin. I have one to one lessons and am starting group lessons next month. My aim to be good enough for the community orchestra in a couple of years. I love it, I'm not brilliant and it's hard going (especially reading music) but it brings me joy. (Not sure about the neighbours Wink )

Apart from that I've taken up crochet again and am learning to make my own clothes as well as do alterations.

I used to love running and hiking but ill health has meant I can't do those anymore.

I think it's hard when you're working and bringing up a family, maybe have other caring responsibilities, you forget what you like to do. I feel privileged that I now have time to do that.

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