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meagain3 · 05/06/2025 16:23

Mine are sitting on my ar*e scrolling on social media! I’m curious to know what others do in there spare time to give me ideas!

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SlightlyJaded · 05/06/2025 17:54

Painting - try and do a few minutes at least most days, even if it's a few strokes whilst I am waiting for kettle to boil.
Writing - try and get get a few words down several times a week
Reading - every day (even if it's 'audible' whilst walking the dog)
Film - watching/making/talking about
Crafting - random things I've seen on Etsy and thought 'I could do that!' (sometimes I can, sometimes I can't)
Tennis - not as much as I should but really enjoy
Walking DDog - every day - gets my 10,000 steps in and resets my head
Travelling (obviously not an every day thing)
Board games and Puzzles - try and do a crossword or similar a few times a week. Family aren't fans of games like me so I don't get to play often, but really enjoy simple games like yahtzee and backgammon

granhands1 · 05/06/2025 17:59

Trail running, going to the gym for yoga, weights and spin. Complaining that I am tired, scrolling on my phone and daytime naps

Corgi2023 · 05/06/2025 18:06

Choir
Following Gymnastics competitions (try to attend one event a year).
Walking
Eurovision
Sourcing out new activities for the little one. (Trampolining is a good one I can get involved in too).

PigFan · 05/06/2025 18:11

Cross stitching
Reading insane amounts of fanfic

Boopear · 05/06/2025 18:14

Walking
Weightlifting
Pilates
Potting (Clay!)
Boxing
Reading
Yoga
(nursing injuries from doing too much..🙄)

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 05/06/2025 18:20

Knitting, crochet, spinning (on a spinning wheel), reading, choir.

feelingbleh · 05/06/2025 18:35

I think my biggest problem is I work in a very peopley job and I'm really not a peopley person so when iv spent all day basically acting that im this happy chatty bubbly person I just really have nothing left to give. So it's tv, eating and sleeping 😴

Wethers121 · 05/06/2025 18:42

Gym
I play a team sport
Reading

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 05/06/2025 18:47

feelingbleh · 05/06/2025 18:35

I think my biggest problem is I work in a very peopley job and I'm really not a peopley person so when iv spent all day basically acting that im this happy chatty bubbly person I just really have nothing left to give. So it's tv, eating and sleeping 😴

I work in a very peopley job too. That's probably why my main hobbies are craft stuff I do on my own! I do belong to a craft guild, but they only meet one Saturday a month, so it's not too much and it's not on a work day!

HobbyHorse30 · 05/06/2025 18:51

Running
Reading
Hiking
Open water swimming
Camping
Writing
Sitting on my arse

an inordinate amount of my free time is spent trying to get/stay fit

Howmanycatsistoomany · 05/06/2025 18:56

Riding
Chicken keeping
Gardening/growing veggies
Sailing
Reading
Used to knit and would like to get back into it but no time😫

zenae · 05/06/2025 19:01

I spend a lot of time researching travel destinations and how to get from the airport, how to use the local transport, choosing a good spot to stay in, that kind of thing. Mind you I rarely get to go to all these places in the end! But armchair travel is great.

I can potter around the garden for hours too. Not much achieved as I can't move the big bags of compost or the heavy pots without help lol. Then I plant things, don't like the look or the siting, and pull them up to start again. Then I leave it for the day. Or two days or more till I get in the mood again.

I walk lots, just around my local area which has a river, lots of nice parks and a few independent shops together with a big shopping centre, and my favourite, great little coffee shops. I head out, and either call in to the shops, or stop for coffee, and then say feck it, and get the bus back ha ha.

Other than that I read and like many others have the guilty pleasure of watching crime stories and watching YouTube and down that rabbit hole I go. Audiobooks are brilliant for the lazy reader like me too. I'm retired and can do whatever I want now, which is often very little, but after a lifetime of working, who cares!

IncompleteSenten · 05/06/2025 19:03

Making 1:144th scale miniatures, mini embroideries, miniature painting, plus cross stitch, embroidery, hand spinning wool, knitting, quilting and everything else that takes my fancy. I made a bowl out of twisted rags a few years ago.

Hertsmum78 · 05/06/2025 19:04

Reading
Cinema/film/TV
Gym/exercise

These are the top three I care most about and find time for whatever the circs.

I also like cooking and would do more if I had more time. And I follow football in a very casual way - big fan of my team despite not knowing that much about the game from a technical POV.

Hertsmum78 · 05/06/2025 19:05

Oh and eating! If that counts. Hence why I have to spend so much time in the gym.

TheLadyIsAVamp · 05/06/2025 19:06

Colouring, I got lured in by Tiktok and it's the first hobby I've had that's stuck.

Labiabella · 05/06/2025 19:08

Flying. I had a midlife crisis and decided to pursue a crazy hobby.
So yes, I got my licence and now I rent a small plane and fly wherever I like, landing for an overpriced coffee and bacon sandwich 👍🏼🤣, then flying back.

ChandrilanDiscoDroid · 05/06/2025 19:10

Weightlifting, yoga and running. Cycling. Knitting. Writing (pop culture essays, fiction, once in a blue moon, poetry). Reading. Hiking. Cinema. Going out to theatre or comedy or dance when life allows.

Housemouse245 · 05/06/2025 19:12

Walking the dog, badminton and recently started a fitness class. Most of my spare time is spent crafting, playing games and building Lego with DC.

user1476613140 · 05/06/2025 19:13

I crochet whilst my DC are at their extra curricular activities.

Nannyfannybanny · 05/06/2025 19:16

Gardening. Sewing, knitting, reading, writing.. walking dogs.crossword puzzles.. baking.. making jam, chutney.. I've also had a go at making candles, making soap.

NaeRolls · 05/06/2025 19:19

Bookclub, walking, being with my cats, watching comedy and listening to podcasts.

PlutarchHeavensbee · 05/06/2025 19:21

I’m a Lampwork artist, making glass beads, I paint - acrylics, oils and watercolour and I’m an author, having published 9 books.

EscargotChic · 05/06/2025 19:25

merryhouse · 05/06/2025 17:48

bellringing
karate
choir

I’d like to imagine you doing all three simultaneously…

Tarkan · 05/06/2025 19:25

As well as the usual reading/TV/cinema stuff my main ones are that I’m the wardrobe mistress in a local am dram theatre, I do Pilates and I’ve just joined a darts team.