To ask about your hobbies (need ideas!)

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I’m going through a divorce (tough but he was emotionally abusive so I know its the right thing). One thing I am realising is that I have completely lost myself, partly having young children and also just putting stbxh’s needs/wants before mine.

So now I have the opportunity to focus on me, but I don’t have any idea what to do! I’m not really sure what makes me happy (apart from doing things to make the dc happy).

So what do you do with your spare time. I’m looking for ideas of things I can do at home when the dc are in bed and things out of the house when the dc are with their dad.

All ideas welcome!

Yoga at home and then go to classes when DC are with dad. Same with fitness classes.
Cooking - I aim to do one creative/new thing a week
Wild swimming
Book club
Theatre - love a good show
Regular Walking outings with friends

Long walks with friends
Peloton
Day tips to museums/galleries

i like crafts - mending stuff. Sashiko embroidery, crotchet, re-upholstering chairs, meeting friends for drinks, walking the dog, reading cooking. I sound so middle aged!

what did you enjoy doing pre-children, as a teen etc? Can you resume these hobbies? Are you more sporty, or booki-ish?

Home
cross stitch/embroidery/knitting
reading
films -catch up on all those films you meant to watch
online yoga/Pilates etc
teach yourself a new languAge

non-home
golf lessons/tennis/sailing etc - there’s often women groups or beginners running locally
join the WI
walking groups
bookclubs
learn to play an instrument
join a choir
learn to bell-ring

Hiking/long park walks
Quilting - nice to have a long long project on the go
Playing/practicing piano
Cooking dinner for friends
Cosy reading - pot of coffee, comfy chair and a good book

Playing rally car games on PlayStation.

Crochet
Art classes
Mumsnet

Learning to grow succulents
Making my own clothes - see BBC sewing bee

Both easier than I thought, relaxing and very rewarding

Reading
Family tree on ancestry
Peloton

Are my main ones. Also baking when I get time

I read, do cross stitching, diamond painting and play animal crossing on the nintendo switch!

Sing in a choir
Online yoga
Creative writing
Cooking/reading

I've taken up playing the drums and joining a choir within the last year. Also joined the gym. Like to read and did buy some painting things but haven't really got round to it yet. Also started helping out with my DD's brownie pack.

Lane swimming
Painting - oil & acrylic
(May get some eye rolls here)- but I have always been spiritual and had an interest in magick/witch craft so I’m learning to read tarot

Historical sword fighting - bloody love it.

Talking about hobbies in MN is completely outing!

In some cases yes! I just deleted my own input before posting. Far too unusual and folks will know me. changing my name on the App never works for some reason?

I prefer solitary hobbies, but most of these can be made more social, if you can find a local group for them.

gardening
photography (combined with walking)
reading/audiobooks/podcasts
crochet/knitting
quilting
diamond painting
watercolour
creative writing
musical instruments/singing
jewellery-making

There's an ebb and flow to how active I am with these at any given time, but they're all things I've enjoyed as hobbies.

Jigsaw puzzles
Woodworking
Up-cycling old furniture with paint etc.
Scrapbooking - not the sort you did as a kid, look it up, it can be very absorbing particularly when you have kids! Showing my age here, but a did a scrapbook for my DD's 30th birthday, going from birth to present day, and she loved it, it can be very emotional and rewarding.

Gardening
Drawing
Adult colouring books
Quilting (by hand or machine)
Learn to make your own/kids clothes
Knitting
Family tree
Music
Dance classes
Swimming
Running

My home hobbies are:
Reading
Listening to audio books
Knitting
Crime documentaries
My dogs
Gardening
Herbal remedies

My hobbies out of the home are:
Megalith hunting
Foraging
Camping
Wild swimming
Vintage car shows
Hiking with the dogs

Recently just become obsessed with arrow words.. bought a book after doing one in a paper and now it's my go-to thing for switching off after a busy day looking after my baby and my man child 😬😬😬

Also love reading but I don't really get much chance so listen to lots of audiobooks now - mainly in the car but also whilst cleaning 😊

Running
Hiking
Indoor climbing (roped and boulder)

Painting
TV if I'm honest!
I'm looking to try making small paper models.

I change my username frequently

I like darning socks - I know total weirdo, but I hate to see the end of lovely pair of socks

At home - gardening, audiobooks, studying and just relaxing.

Away from home gym/swim twice a week and golf (love golf, very sociable), plus one night a week I go for a drink (soft drink as I have to drive) with colleagues.

I found it a bit tough at the beginning of my divorce/working out what I wanted to do/fit in. I’m a few years on now. The crucial thing for me was to make friends as I’d moved with XH and didn’t have any here. I’ve done that through golf/gym.