Write code, web series (such as Critical Role. Technically doesn’t qualify as tv/movies, right?), 3d print stuff, design models (mostly utilitarian stuff) to 3d print, vidja games, Dungeons and Dragons (remotely), cook, meditate (but not as much as I should), Lemmy, Hacker News.
Gym, yoga, lifting, running. But i am still bored as hell.
But you look good naked!
Which leads to another hobby…
No i do not, I have skin loss, I’m look like a snail naked.
I like to putter. Find little projects to do like organizing the junk drawer, rearrange the furniture, reorganize the pantry or kitchen. Little stuff like that.
Games.
Only boring people get bored. Find some hobbies. Learn something. Life is full of interesting things to do
just draw the rest of the owl
Does everyone really need hand-holding to find their own interests? I’m not going to like the same things that you like.
It’s up to you to figure out what you like. There are an infinite number of things to do and combinations of interests.
I guess I have one piece of advice. Stop endlessly scrolling social media. It’s ok for brief interludes like browsing on the toilet or waiting in line for something… but it’s empty. Works on similar mechanisms as slot machines.
Not everyone, but some folk. If everything new is scary, it’s comfy and easy to just don’t do any of them. I didn’t like the first step mid air when ziplining off of the Euromast, but then the lovely guide told me I was doing great 😃👍 so I took another step in midair and then I was floating comfortably Infront of the restaurant guests. Sometimes, that’s all it takes. Sometimes you have to spell it out.
Printing and painting minis and other things
Play Factorio. Realize it has become a full time job. ??? Profit!
Complete it.
Then complete the K2 mod.
Then play the space exploration mod
Then the new expansion will be out.
That’s how my YEAR is going. SE takes forever.
Yep, but you missed a step. Get all achievements. Also, Play through K2 + SE. Also, Seablock.
I have gotten the achievements, but II haven’t “beaten” SE or K2 + SE, nor have I beaten Seablock.
I have thousands of hours in the game. I am a married guy with many kids. Pls send help.
Sorry, yeah I went from k2 to k2se. It’s tough. Lots of waiting around for resources really, with no way to expand without them.
I think this is where I draw the line, it’s a bit too grindy for my liking. K2 was a perfect amount of ‘extra’. I love the thought of se but having to make a new base for every resource is getting tiring even when I’ve blueprinted half of it in advance. Also a married man with a 1yr old and a business to run. 3 hours sleep is my life.
Yeah, it is super grindy!
Reading is always good.
Knitting is very time consuming if you’re terrible at it like me :D
I’ve also got a workshop so building random things is probably my favorite - coming up with the idea is the hard part.
I also have a reloading setup in my shop so I can load my own ammunition. There are so many variables, loads, powders, etc that it can keep me busy for weeks… Especially once you catch the subsonic bug.
Two hobbies I don’t see combined very often, for no real reason. Curious which you picked up first, always interesting to see how people got to enjoying two disparate things.
I’m guessing the knitting and reloading being the odd ones?
Reloading first. I built a .300 Blackout back when ammo was rare and expensive so I started loading my own (via 5.56 brass conversion) in order to afford to feed it.
Knitting was maybe two years later. The spouse and friends signed up for a knitting class but only told me later. At that point the class was full so I said “fine I’ll learn it myself” and here we are. I recently 3d printed a circular knitting machine in an attempt to speed up sock making… still working out the kinks but I have high hopes.
Yep, those were the two.
Love that you applied a high-tech solution to a very low-tech problem, and it seems to be working well - and that a little stubornness got you a new hobby.
Hope I did not come across judgemental in any way, I’m definitely not. Actually makes a lot of sense to switch gears a bit with hobbies, to avoid boredom and getting stuck in uninteresting patterns over time…
How do you get bored at home?
I love stories, journaling RPGs and solo RPGs make writing stories fun and easy.
Itch.io has a ton of them for super cheap. Thousand year old vampire, one of the most popular journaling RPGs, has plenty of free community copies to grab.
I like to make things more efficient by crafting stuff. So I had to organize all my tools and fasteners that I just keep in one super cluttered cabinet and every time I want to do a project I have to search for a couple minutes for anything I’m looking for.
So I cut up an old pair of jeans and learned how to make drawstring pouches and just made half a dozen pouches to organize every thing. More organized and now I can make useful pouches whenever I want.
I just look for stuff like that to do when I can’t find media that holds my interest.
Code, play computer games, read, browse Lemmy.
