Bored. What Do You Do For A Hobby?

[Marine/w/PTSD]

Drawing helps me a lot, it gives me confidence when i draw what i intended. When it's not what I intended I work hard to make it what I intended.

 

[saffy]

I seem to have lots of pasttimes rather than hobbies as such.

My hobby for years is looking after my horses and animals so I suppose that is a long term hobby.

I also love to go foraging whilst taking the dogs for a walk in the countryside. Mushrooms are out at the moment lovely :) If I get lucky I find different unusual recipies to make using what ever I have found :)

I am also learning the saxaphone, at last, it spent years in the cupboard.

Sometimes I like to write poetry or short stories. Sometimes I read, my latest book is still only half way through and I started it 4 months ago. :)

I find I am in a happy place when doing these things but it took me a while to realise this. I used to think there should be more I realised this was based on being told I should do or have this or that or the other. Now I try to enjoy what I have in the present. ;)

best wishes
Saffy :)

 

[saffy]

Yeh I'm thinking more like.........airsoft guns and sexy lingerie for her that she wouldn't in a million years wear! :roflmao:

She might surprise you ! or get her a copy of fifty shades of grey first hahaha ;)

saffy :)

 

[confusedcaregiver]

I used to do a lot more reading/writing/art, but that part of me got blocked off hard when I shut myself down after my traumas. During the trauma years, it was all that kept me sane and I really wish I could get back into those old passions. I am sure it would be repairative to renew those experiences but in a positive setting.

 

[Loner]

Skiing, mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, playing guitar, writing music and poetry, listening to music, going to see live music, cooking, growing facial hair, volunteering, target shooting is very calming and mind emptying, I'm sure there is something I'm forgetting.

 

[kodiak]

For me I write poems I used to paint hopefully one day I will start again

 

[faraway]

During the trauma years, it was all that kept me sane

Me too. I was just having a bath and thinking about how I shut down all of the creative things I used to do when I was 13/14. One day I would like to play the piano again and also draw again.

 

[The Albatross]

I'm gearing up to take some free online classes. Admitedly though having some difficulty with the area I want to study. One is a mentored art class... but part of the submission request asks why you want to take the course... and I'm mute right now. So I bookmarked it.

The "hobby" I'm actively doing right now is something I bookmarked a year or so ago from another member here. I'm doing the Day Zero Project... 101 goals in 1001 days.

I have a blog and I am completing my 4th year this year. My "hobby"/challenge this year was to post 365 posts, one a day for the entire year.

 

[Sandstone]

I'm just staring to art journal. Several of my family are talented artists, but that gene passed me by. I love the fact that my journal is only for me so I can't get it wrong. It's interesting to explore my feelings without words, and reveals things to me.

I used to read a lot, both novels and non-fiction. I liked to go the library and pick a random factual book. Some bored me silly, but there were serendipitous discoveries that set me off down a trail of further research. Now I find it impossible to focus on a book. A friend of my daughter just had a novel published and I so wanted to be able to discus it with them, but no matter how hard I tried the words just never reached my brain.

I also walk for miles, which helps burn off tension and calories. Genealogy is a good brain deadener when I can't cope with my thoughts.

 

[Loveneverfails]

I think the lingerie is a good idea anyway. Secretly women love to be embarrassed by their spouses I think. Dirtbiking sounds like it would have been a lot of fun. I know a lot of guys have fun just working on their bikes or building cars and bikes from kits, have you ever thought about that sort of thing?

 

[Britt.f7]

I have a blog and I am completing my 4th year this year. My "hobby"/challenge this year was to post 365 posts, one a day for the entire year

I have a blog too. I only just started it this past year. Unfortunately my posts are few and far between. I really need to get into it more. It's supposed to be cathartic for me and helpful for others. I think that is an awesome goal a post a day.

 

[Let It Be]

I'm enjoying this thread because all I could think of was that four letter word, "work".

That is what consumed me for a very long time and which took up most of my waking hours. I would go in and work on weekends, just to be a step ahead of what might come on a Monday. It was very difficult for me to tell others, that I have "retired".

But now, I so enjoy my walks around the lake, back to nature, to see the geese and swans there, as well as to venture over to the dog park that is there. It is now my time to learn to go with the flow!

Now, in a few days, the lake will be lit up with so many various Christmas displays and lights so more walks will be in store for me!