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Hello SRL ! :)

As school comes back into my constantly fluctuating life, I feel the need for a new hobby.

The thing is : I don't want it to be something along the lines of "scripting", I don't want it to be just sitting next to a computer, alone.

I want to have a hobby, which could proper change my life.

Anyone have ideas ?

PS : I already work out quite alot and its starting to show effects, although I should cut down the McDonalds and KFC totally :p.

PSS : I don't do any sport part from weight lifting and occasional cardio, anyone have any interesting stories or recommendations about swimming?

Thanks in advance !

–Dervish.

Hobby 1: Talk about getting a hobby. Take art classes, if you fancy art.
Hobby 2: Pretend you're another person for a week of every month. Only respond to that person's name.
Hobby 3: Get a job that requires you to lift things.

I suck at suggestions.

What you really need to focus on is keeping your mind constantly active, if possible. If you can keep your mind active for the rest of your life, you will not get the mental illnesses that are common amongst senior citizens. Such as Alzheimer's and other illnesses.

I went ice skating the other day and found it easier than I remembered (from 12 years ago). (also killed my legs since I don't use them much anymore)
Of course I will push RC cars/planes/helicopters, but I don't know how much of a budget you're able to allocate to the new hobby.
Learn to juggle, that's always fun!

Learn to play music. That is a very good time investment, a skill you will keep for the rest of your life. Good for the brain, good for the soul, excellent for the dames.

I am a pretty decent Bach guitar player myself. Absolutely adore it.

Mini-moto racing (Surprisingly tiring)
Shooting (BANG!)
Join a gym (Beasty)
BMXing (Wouldn't know what to say since I don't do it)
Turn gay (Don't know why, but it had to be said. Sorry :p)

EDIT: Agreeing with Wizzup? above. They say learning an instrument helps with maths…somehow…and other random stuff.

From: RISK
Hobby 1: Talk about getting a hobby. Take art classes, if you fancy art.
Hobby 2: Pretend you're another person for a week of every month. Only respond to that person's name.
Hobby 3: Get a job that requires you to lift things.

I suck at suggestions.

What you really need to focus on is keeping your mind constantly active, if possible. If you can keep your mind active for the rest of your life, you will not get the mental illnesses that are common amongst senior citizens. Such as Alzheimer's and other illnesses.

Art… Perfecting my photoshop skills ? Well that'd be me staying next to a computer though :( but it is entertaining and requires concentration… +rep !

Hobby 2 sounds like a psychopath's :p

A job… interesting… Must look into it :)

From: Brain
I went ice skating the other day and found it easier than I remembered (from 12 years ago). (also killed my legs since I don't use them much anymore)
Of course I will push RC cars/planes/helicopters, but I don't know how much of a budget you're able to allocate to the new hobby.
Learn to juggle, that's always fun!

I went ice skating the other day aswell, well fun ! However that ice is bloody slippery :mad: +rep :)

Budget… well not much, depends of my interest :p

RC stuff has never really been my thing :p

From: WT-Fakawi
Learn to play music. That is a very good time investment, a skill you will keep for the rest of your life. Good ft for the brain, good for the soul, excellent for the dames.

I am a pretty decent Bach guitar player myself. Absolutely adore it.

I was wondering about trying drums, I enjoy looking and listening at people playing them more than anything else really :p.

"Excellent for the dames" :) + rep

From: Rich
Mini-moto racing (Surprisingly tiring)
Shooting (BANG!)
Join a gym (Beasty)
BMXing (Wouldn't know what to say since I don't do it)
Turn gay (Don't know why, but it had to be said. Sorry :p)

EDIT: Agreeing with Wizzup? above. They say learning an instrument helps with maths…somehow…and other random stuff.

WT Fakawi above ;).

Mini moto racing : impossible knowing my current location and budget :(

Shooting : I don't like guns and other things… Knives on the other hand… :)

Gym : already have :)

BMXing : difficult in Paris and no friends do … but that sounds like alot of fun :) +rep

Turn gay : well it is social and doesn't involve being next to a computer… but naah :p

I personally love playing squash, a large portion of my life is taken up playing that, absolutely adore the game. And you don't have to be ridiculously fit to play it, you can play reasonably well at low levels merely from knowing where to hit the ball. But over time, you get fitter, and you have the ability to run to all shots, and retaliate with an equally devastating one.

Or music, big guitar player myself (I'm awful though :p), you don't have to be good to enjoy it, a lot of classic rock music is surprisingly easy to play, and some more modern things.

From: Richard
I personally love playing squash, a large portion of my life is taken up playing that, absolutely adore the game. And you don't have to be ridiculously fit to play it, you can play reasonably well at low levels merely from knowing where to hit the ball. But over time, you get fitter, and you have the ability to run to all shots, and retaliate with an equally devastating one.

Or music, big guitar player myself (I'm awful though :p), you don't have to be good to enjoy it, a lot of classic rock music is surprisingly easy to play, and some more modern things.

Squash ! My friend suggested that aswell ! And it looks like fun :p
Very interested :) Thanks

A few more:
- Cooking
- Photography
- Buy a cheap car/motorbike and restore
- Archery

From: Dervish
Turn gay : well it is social and doesn't involve being next to a computer… but naah :p

It has it's ups sometimes :p But it's your choice. Actually it's not a choice, but you get me.

along the lines of squash, I adore racquetball.
$100 is enough to start out with minimal investments after that. tons of fun and great workout too.

Learn the guitar :p Great fun, or learn a lot about something you like and get into repairing them/ or what ever for what they are. Like i love cars and will always be involed with them

Watch anime

From: Capricorn
Watch anime

You should have your useful poster cup taken away for that. jk. :)

On topic, learn to play guitar.

learn to play piano, or violin. you might be suprised what you can do on an electric violin ;)

im also for getting a cheap old car and restoring it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUOq8osh9c&has_verified=1

Now.

Mountain biking is a lot of fun :D

or as some people already suggested guitar is a nice hobby.

Guitar gets the bitches, but if you want a truely sexy occupation, be into hockey. Especially goalie, that shit i s sexy. Not that i'm a goalie or anything ;)

Sex.

From: 3Garrett3
Guitar gets the bitches, but if you want a truely sexy occupation, be into hockey. Especially goalie, that shit i s sexy. Not that i'm a goalie or anything ;)

On that note, basketball is tons of fun, get from friends together and play 3 on 3 or something. I usually code or hang out with friends in my spare time. The ability to play the piano or guitar will get you tons of chicks, though, don't be that douche who brings his guitar everywhere…

Parkour

I recommend Football, just sayin'. It's awesome. How big are you? Size/weight? Btw, I'm referring to gridiron.

Learn to play any instrument. I play several including most if not all the above mention + some. I also Hike a lot due to my near proximity to the mountains(only a 30k drive). Explore and find hidden places of beauty(after seeing enough you tend to take up photography.)

~BraK

drinking. ;)

Smartzkid said parkour, I'd gladly +1 to that.

Ooor, you could start to play CoD, like all cool kids do.

1. Become a pro
2. enter tournaments, get sponsored
3. ???
4. EPIC PROFIT!!

i will have to recommend photography its quite fun, but can be expensive to get some nice kit, mine was £500 give or take a bit.

its kinda a fun thing to do and you dont have to be good at it :) also you can then practise photo shop skills after you done stuff (i know you said you dont want to be alone inside)

Well you could take up bicycling, this has been my favorite hobby since I was around 6 years old and I still actively do it to this day and I'm 21 years old. I do this for, at the least, 2 hours every day. As a result, my cardio is off the charts, so to speak.

I would 100% recommend mountain biking (dirt jumps, downhill) you crash sometimes but far out the adrenaline rush you get is amazing!!!
ps post up a picture of your muscles I would like to see how I compare :)

- Take a martial arts class of some kind. (so many different styles)
- Take a fencing class. (Quite fun)
- Learn a new language. (Ohhh, Herroow)
- Start your own business. ($_$)
- Try to time travel. (brute force concentration)
- Learn how to make things. (all sorts of things)

From: flight
Well you could take up bicycling, this has been my favorite hobby since I was around 6 years old and I still actively do it to this day and I'm 21 years old. I do this for, at the least, 2 hours every day. As a result, my cardio is off the charts, so to speak.

This ^.
Although I don't cycle as much, I go out at weekends and evenings sometimes and I have an absolute amazing time and I can really feel myself getting stronger.

-Boom

From: BraK
Learn to play any instrument. I play several including most if not all the above mention + some. I also Hike a lot due to my near proximity to the mountains(only a 30k drive). Explore and find hidden places of beauty(after seeing enough you tend to take up photography.)

~BraK

Love this one :)

Football (soccer) - makes you fit, strong and it's fun. :)

From: Troll Man
Learn the guitar :p Great fun, or learn a lot about something you like and get into repairing them/ or what ever for what they are. Like i love cars and will always be involed with them

I feel like guitar just isn't my thing actually :(.

Cars isn't either, sorry I know I'm annoying ;).

From: Awkwardsaw
learn to play piano, or violin. you might be suprised what you can do on an electric violin ;)

im also for getting a cheap old car and restoring it

Instruments aren't really my thing :p.

From: RISK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUOq8osh9c&has_verified=1

Now.

Air Sex eh ? Well I doubt it'll be recognized well here in France tbh :p

From: Heysus
Mountain biking is a lot of fun :D

or as some people already suggested guitar is a nice hobby.

Man Biking sounds like fun but I don't know the possibilities here in Paris .. :(

From: 3Garrett3
Guitar gets the bitches, but if you want a truely sexy occupation, be into hockey. Especially goalie, that shit i s sexy. Not that i'm a goalie or anything ;)

I'm too much of a wimp to play hockey :(.

From: P1nky
Sex.

Been there, done that.

From: sirlaughsalot
On that note, basketball is tons of fun, get from friends together and play 3 on 3 or something. I usually code or hang out with friends in my spare time. The ability to play the piano or guitar will get you tons of chicks, though, don't be that douche who brings his guitar everywhere…

Too short for basketball :(

Not really into instruments I'm afraid :(.

From: Smartzkid
Parkour

Brilliant idea mate ! Any ways to start out ? Or how you started out ? (if you did)

From: Sex
I recommend Football, just sayin'. It's awesome. How big are you? Size/weight? Btw, I'm referring to gridiron.

I suppose you are talking about american football, not soccer, well I'm short : 158 cm @ the age of 15 and I weight about 54kgs, body fat % of approx 11%.

From: BraK
Learn to play any instrument. I play several including most if not all the above mention + some. I also Hike a lot due to my near proximity to the mountains(only a 30k drive). Explore and find hidden places of beauty(after seeing enough you tend to take up photography.)

~BraK

Sucks to live in Paris :(

From: Becks
drinking. ;)

Already ! :p

From: EvilChicken!
Smartzkid said parkour, I'd gladly +1 to that.

Ooor, you could start to play CoD, like all cool kids do.

1. Become a pro
2. enter tournaments, get sponsored
3. ???
4. EPIC PROFIT!!

I play CoD and am pretty good, now I'm a cheap bastard still playing MW1 =x

From: bobzilla69
i will have to recommend photography its quite fun, but can be expensive to get some nice kit, mine was £500 give or take a bit.

its kinda a fun thing to do and you dont have to be good at it :) also you can then practise photo shop skills after you done stuff (i know you said you dont want to be alone inside)

Photography sounds fun but expensive :/.

From: flight
Well you could take up bicycling, this has been my favorite hobby since I was around 6 years old and I still actively do it to this day and I'm 21 years old. I do this for, at the least, 2 hours every day. As a result, my cardio is off the charts, so to speak.

I really like this idea ! Biking and stuff sounds like alot of friends, I also have quite a few friends doing rollerblades and stuff like that :).

From: sgt soul
I would 100% recommend mountain biking (dirt jumps, downhill) you crash sometimes but far out the adrenaline rush you get is amazing!!!
ps post up a picture of your muscles I would like to see how I compare :)

I'm shyyy ._.

From: anonymity
- Take a martial arts class of some kind. (so many different styles)
- Take a fencing class. (Quite fun)
- Learn a new language. (Ohhh, Herroow)
- Start your own business. ($_$)
- Try to time travel. (brute force concentration)
- Learn how to make things. (all sorts of things)

Done martial arts :p
Fencing class… hmm
Business : computer repair service for closer people :p
New language : korean already in progress :p
Travel : as a poor student it's close to impossible :(
Make things ?

From: Dynamite
This ^.
Although I don't cycle as much, I go out at weekends and evenings sometimes and I have an absolute amazing time and I can really feel myself getting stronger.

-Boom

Biking… you guys seem to love it ! :p

From: Cazax
Football - makes you fit, strong and it's fun. :)

Football or soccer ? :p

There are lots of different forms, so you could always practice a new one.

Yea, you could save up and travel if you wanted to… but I said time travel.

Yea, make things. Learn to be good with your hands ;) . If the economy crashed worldwide, and all basic utilities were rendered no more (electricity & the like), what could you do?? I enjoy learning different skills or trades (I have been practicing my whittling lately).

IMHO Soccer, definitely.

Soccer is Futbol, not Football. And damn, you are small. Um halfback? Or cornerback. :D

Edit: Maybe even WR.

Parkour - I just started jumping over stuff, and decided I wanted to be able to jump over more stuff ;)

Just remember to stretch. A lot!

From: Smartzkid
Parkour - I just started jumping over stuff, and decided I wanted to be able to jump over more stuff ;)

Just remember to stretch. A lot!

Did you not already recommend that?

When it comes to hobbies I can tell most of you are misinterpreting them as competitive activities and you're missing the general point. They're supposed to be a major side-activity in your life, something that you can just have fun doing and whether or not you're competing to be better than someone else doesn't matter, you're doing it for you.

Yeah I can relate to your predicament having limited places to go bicycling in a city like Paris, but I'm sure by now you know your surrounding area pretty good so while it's not exactly raging down-hill mountain cross, you're still getting out with friends, enjoying just getting away from the house/family for a while, working on multiple parts of body fitness, ect…

Football is a hobby to me as well dude. I play it not only for my school but on the side and whenever I can…

From: Wiki
A hobby is an activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, often in one's spare time.

I do it in my spare time and it pleasures me :P. Don't make a joke about that aha.

also on top of what flight said, no one said you cant pick up a shovel and build yourself some beginner jumps ;)

start wood working. its fun, relaxing, and people pay big cash for homemade stuff ;)

Animé.

But parkour will probably get more your sex.

Guitar will get you sex, but piano will get you the classy girls. (At least, theoretically.)

From: sgt soul
also on top of what flight said, no one said you cant pick up a shovel and build yourself some beginner jumps ;)

Be careful with that it's very addicting :p. They say biking is as addicting as cocaine but twice as expensive. The jumps will get bigger and bigger fast. Just look at my backyard. My parents hate me for it :duh: So much fun though…

From: Sex
Did you not already recommend that?

From: OP
Brilliant idea mate ! Any ways to start out ? Or how you started out ? (if you did)

…

From: Smartzkid
…

My bad :).

From: Heysus
Be careful with that it's very addicting :p. They say biking is as addicting as cocaine but twice as expensive. The jumps will get bigger and bigger fast. Just look at my backyard. My parents hate me for it :duh: So much fun though…

oh sweet BLK market riot 08 :) very nice haha, I am not much of a wood guy but very nice :) this is more what I work with ;) http://pedalbite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15817 (its not my post, I am not in those pictures but I do ride those jumps :))

If you're looking for an indoor hobby, a recent favorite of mine has been controller and console modding. Opening them up, soldering in LEDs and the occasional mod chip… I'm currently wiring an accelerometer into a 360 controller to give a sort of artificial sixaxis support. Of course since I'm an engineering major, that's the kind of thing I find entertaining and relaxing.

If you're looking for more outdoorsy activities, camping has always been a favorite of mine. Again, I'm biased for having been a Boy Scout. Swimming during the summer is always great, and biking (mountain or road) is a great way to get out in the winter.

You could learn how to sew, crochet, knit, patch, or weave. Start making your own clothes.

Visit instructables.com and pick the first thing that catches your eye.

Music, Martial Arts, Weightlifting.

From: Smartzkid
Parkour

haha as long as you don't end up video-recorded and on youtube like this fellow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGR8kSf22w
Parkour is not a long-term hobby (I doubt you'd be doing it past 40 y.o. Music as everyone says is a good investment of time and energy.

Like you, I'm trying to get into a new hobby that I can stick to.
My plan this year: learn a partner-dance (i.e. Salsa, swing dancing), socialising whilst getting fit… seems like a good hobby to get into.

1 word: run!