How to find a hobby

11 Foolproof Ways To Find A New Hobby

Actually helpful tips to fill the idle hours.

While outdoor activities like running and paddle-boarding kept Mia, 28, a scientist in Austin, Texas, entertained and active pre-2020, she used her time during lockdown to reconnect with a more complicated childhood interest she’d never gotten the chance to explore. “I always wanted to learn how to do stained glass work since I was a little girl, so I signed up first chance and fell in love,” she tells Bustle. While she says the hobby filled a void more regular socializing had left, it also boosted her mental health. “Glasswork gave me something to work towards and learn, and it took my full concentration,” she says, adding that learning new crafts that require a lot of attention help to keep her mind “calmer and happier.”

Being intentional about the way you spend your time off can be difficult, especially if you have a tendency to just blow free time doomscrolling. Finding a hobby as an adult might involve a lot of trial and error, or a lot of Sundays spent in a yarn shop that subtly aggravates your allergies. But the mental health benefits of having something meaningful to do with your spare time are profound.

Hobbies can contribute to “healthy self-esteem and identity formation,” says therapist Caroline Given, L.C.S.W., which can help diversify and increase the paths in which you bring joy into your life. A 2020 study published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics found that engaging with a hobby had a positive effect on adults with self-reported depression, helping them to feel more relaxed, energized, and inspired. What’s more, a September 2021 study of over 13,000 Americans found that too much free time — more than five hours a day — led to lower well-being, but using time off work in meaningful ways — like by socializing or engaging in hobbies — negated that effect.

For Jackie, 29, a higher education fundraiser living in Indianapolis, a lot of free time and a desire for a cute cloth mask was the motivation she needed to dust off the sewing machine, she hadn’t touched in a decade. “The masks were a good starter project and reminded me how much I enjoyed sewing and making keepsakes for myself and others,” she tells Bustle of the hobby, which has since evolved into making more complicated knitwear projects. “It’s been super relaxing and my projects have kept me busy when there wasn’t much else to do,” she says.

While you might need to try a few hobbies before you find your perfect match, it’s worth the effort. “When you’re engaging in hobbies for mental health purposes, you want to pick activities that are stimulating but not overly challenging,” Given tells Bustle. “The brain loves novelty and engaging in true ‘play’, so anything you’re curious about or takes you away from daily life is a good place to put your energy,” she adds, noting that hobbies give you an opportunity to be mindful.

If you’re not particularly passionate about activities that aren’t specifically productive, you might need a couple of attempts with different hobbies. Here are some tips on finding your weekend bliss, or at least figuring out something interesting to do that doesn’t drain your battery.

1. Take It Back To Your Childhood

If you don’t know where to begin, think back to what you loved doing as a kid. “Was it building? Coloring? Cutting and pasting? Whatever we used to do as kids that occupied us for hours at a time is often a sweet spot to return to!” Thea Monyeé, L.M.F.T., a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of MarleyAyo, a creative wellness consulting company, tells Bustle. Those were the times you were wild and free, and you didn’t do something unless you really, really loved it. Chances are, you still have a lot of those same core interests.

“When I’m working with clients to find an activity that will benefit them mentally, I ask them what activity last got them into a flow state, a mental state in which you lose track of time. Most people haven’t been in a flow state since they were kids, so it does take revisiting childhood to find hobbies to partake in as adults,” Monyeé says.

Reminiscing about your favorite pastimes of yesteryear doesn’t mean reliving them exactly. Given says that while you might have enjoyed horseback riding as a child, it might just be that spending time with animals as an adult gets you into the same flow state — volunteering at a dog rescue could fill the place of spending time at the barn.

2. Try A Couple Of Ideas On For Size

If you’re stumped where to begin, throw yourself into some fresh options and see how you respond to them. Often, doing something as easy as walking around a crafts or sports store can get you thinking. Physically seeing a candle-making kit or a bocce set might make your curious about it.

Given says that hobby crafts like knitting, crochet, or painting can be extremely helpful with “unwinding the mind.” Try a few different projects and pay attention to how you feel while doing them. Does time fly? Do you feel more confident? If the craft feels grueling or frustrating, try a new one.

3. Attempt A Hobby That’s The Opposite Of What You’d Expect

Alternatively, Monyeé suggests testing out something completely random. “Try something that you assume you wouldn’t be good at. There’s nothing like surprising yourself, and if you are truly terrible at it, you’ll get to laugh about it,” she says. That trapeze workshop, or virtual piano class, could help you discover a talent you never realized you had.

4. Find An Activity That Will Make You Forget About Your Day

If you’re not into the idea of picking up a hobby just to occupy your downtime, try to think of something that makes you forget about the stresses and worries of your day. It should be an activity that helps you relax. If crocheting or learning a language feels like it would be work, then that’s probably not going to be a good choice for a hobby.

Given says that a physical hobby that requires you to exert yourself, like exercise or gardening, can be a great thought-erasing activity. Endeavoring to organize your junk closet or work on your yard will take a lot of time and energy, giving you the chance to focus on what’s in front of you, and nothing else.

5. Remember Past Hobbies You Forgot About

Maybe you already had a hobby, just you completely forgot about it. Sometimes our hobbies might are like projects and we don’t realize they could become a long term, slow evolving activity in our lives.

Lifestyle writer Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess advised in a blog post, «Literally, look around your home and see if there are any neglected hobbies that you started but haven’t completed. Were you supposed to go to a trip to Italy a few summers back, and stopped picking up your Italian dictionary after the fact? Did you love taking photos during a past road trip, but haven’t thought of picking up your camera just for fun? If you think back to a few projects you started in the past but then swiftly forgot about, you might have your hobby,” she wrote.

6. Notice What You Love To Buy As Guilty Pleasures

Is there a certain thing you just can’t help but buy every time you’re out shopping? The item might be holding the clue towards your next hobby. Are you always thumbing through short story books? Try writing your own. Are you always looking out for a chunky infinity scarf? Why don’t you just knit one? Your receipts might hold the answers you’re looking for.

7. Find An Activity That Makes You Feel Productive

Some people might have a hard time doing idle tasks that serve no purpose other than being fun. You know that feeling: When you’re out at the movies or enjoying a long shopping trip, and you think, «I really should be doing something productive instead.» If you’re always on the move and trying to hit a goal or better yourself, harness that big Capricorn energy and make your hobby fit that criteria. Have you dabbled with the idea of a bullet journal? What about organizing your house? If this is you, taking a foreign language class might feel both like work and fun.

8. Tap Into Your Flow State & Adjacent Interests

What was the last thing you did in your life that made you lose track of time, AKA, get into a flow state? Was it that 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, or a massive paint-by-numbers project? Once you have it in mind, pick apart the core principals of what made it so special for you and see if you can find them in a different activity.

«I realized my passion wasn’t for games themselves (although I do love them), but that my passion is for improvement, being good at something and then trying to get better,” self-help author Mark Manson tells Bustle. “Maybe for you, it’s organizing things efficiently, or getting lost in a fantasy world, or teaching somebody something, or solving technical problems. Whatever it is, don’t just look at the activities that keep you up all night, but look at the cognitive principles behind those activities that enthrall you, because they can easily be applied elsewhere,” he says. Maybe what you loved about running cross country in high school wasn’t the running part, but spending time in the woods, or maybe what was fun about doing musical theater was being a part of a team. Channel that energy into your next pastime.

9. Look For A Hobby That’s Radically Different

Take a look at the different types of interests and activities you have in your life, and pick a hobby that expands your palate. Do you put a lot of energy into the arts? Try something that’s a little more scientific, like brewing your own beer, or physical, like indoor rock climbing. Do you spend a lot of time doing activities that are neat and orderly? Try something super messy, like splatter painting.

“The more activities you take pride and pleasure in, the more you protect yourself from relying too much on one aspect of your life for self-worth and satisfaction,” Given says. “I think of it kind of like diversifying your self-esteem portfolio and a healthy reminder that there is more to you than your performance in whatever roles you juggle in life — be it work, school, parenting, etc,” she says.

10. Try A Hobby That Makes You Feel Confident

Finding self-worth in a hobby is a tall order, but if your only goal is to find an activity that you feel good doing, you can narrow your focus a bit. When trying out different hobbies, check in with yourself about how they make you feel. Are you kind of a natural at baking, and get a kick out of making people say “yum”? Are you randomly exceptional at calligraphy? Send your friends and family homemade card to show it off.

“When we’re engaged in a hobby we’re good at, we’re focused on something positive and external that can be a healthy distraction from ruminating/fixating on our own internal monologue too much,” Given says. “To be fully engaged in a hobby that increases your self-worth would mean that the play/pleasure/curiosity part of your brain was activated rather than the judgement/over-analysis part of your brain,” she says.

11. Go Hobby-Hunting With A Friend

You know how it’s a lot harder to cancel on a 7 a.m. workout class when you’re supposed to meet a friend there? Monyeé says that including a buddy in your hobby-seeking journey will help “make sure you keep it up.” Apart from working out, there are lots of hobbies that are better with more people. Maybe you start a cooking club with your group chat, where everyone’s responsible for bringing a dish to the dinner party. Another idea might be to go in on a community garden plot with your work wife; that way, you’re both responsible for its success.

Finding something that makes you light up outside of work can seem like a giant task of itself, but it’s worth it to find something that makes you feel creatively and independently fulfilled.

How to Find a Hobby

Illustrations by Simon Landrein

In your quest for a balanced life, have you neglected your hobbies? As children, we are experts at finding hobbies. We play sports, take dance and music lessons, collect action figures and spend our days learning everything from languages to wood shop. But somewhere on the path to adulthood, we stop trying new things and spend less time on our non-career interests. It’s not too late. Use this guide to get inspired, spark your interests and follow your passion toward a new hobby.

Hobbies Are Good For You

Need some convincing that you need a hobby?

Let’s start with some science. A large body of research suggests that how you spend leisure time matters to your health, and that your hobbies are good for you in many ways.

In 2010, a team of researchers from universities in Kansas, Pittsburgh and Texas published the results of four large studies with a total of 1,399 participants, including men and women with various health problems, such as upper respiratory illness, arthritis and breast cancer. The researchers developed a scale called the Pittsburgh Enjoyable Activities Test to measure the effect of hobbies and leisure pursuits on overall health. Here’s what they found:

Better physical health. People who scored higher on the enjoyable activities test had lower body mass index, smaller waists, lower blood pressure, lower stress hormones and better overall physical function. While it’s possible that people who start out healthy are more likely to engage in hobbies, the findings are consistent with other research showing that having hobbies and other leisure pursuits is associated with a variety of benefits, including less severe disease and greater longevity.

More sleep. While you may think that a hobby will take up too much of your leisure time or cut into your sleep, the Pittsburgh study showed that people who spent more time on their hobbies actually got better sleep.

Lower stress. A large body of research shows that leisure activities can help reduce stress. The Pittsburgh study showed that people who took part in a lot of enjoyable activities dealt better with stressful life events. People who scored high on the enjoyable activities test showed lower levels of negative moods and depression, and higher positive attitudes than their low-scoring counterparts.

Happiness. People who said they participated often in enjoyable activities also had greater life satisfaction and felt their lives had a greater sense of purpose and meaning.

More friends. Notably, spending more time on hobbies and leisure pursuits was associated with having a larger and more diverse social network. And we know that a strong social network is a key factor in healthy aging.

And there’s one additional benefit to having a hobby that may surprise you.

Improved work performance. A study at San Francisco State University found that employees who had creative outlets outside of the office were better at creative problem-solving on the job. The findings were based on studies of 430 workers and military personnel that found that having a hobby gave workers a chance to recover from the demands of their jobs, increased their sense of control and in some cases challenged them to learn new skills that were transferable to work.

A word to the wise: Don’t pick a hobby because it will help you at work. Pick a hobby that makes you happy, and any improvement in your work will just be a bonus!

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How to Make Time for a Hobby

Yes, we know you are busy, but hear us out. There is time for a hobby.

Most of us have been taught that when it comes to time, productivity is what matters most. As a result, we’ve structured our lives around work rather than play. But with a little thought, you should be able to find more time in your schedule to do the things you love.

Most of us have free time, we just don’t spend it wisely.

The American Time Use Survey measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, child care, volunteering and socializing. This chart shows how much time full-time employed people spend on various activities during the work week.

*It’s worth noting that the 0.96 hours (58 minutes) spent on household chores is an average. Men spend 49 minutes a day on chores, compared to 80 minutes for women.

**Leisure and sports is another category with a gender difference. Men spend 3.5 hours on leisure and sports, while women spend 2.3 hours.

But those are averages! That’s not me. I’m really busy!

Yes, we believe you! But looking at your time a little differently may help you find that free time you crave.

Think in Weeks, Not Days

Laura Vanderkam, a writer and speaker on work-life balance, recommends thinking of time in weeks rather than days to learn where some extra time might be hiding in your schedule. A week “is really the cycle of life as people actually live it,” she said. Each week is made up of 168 hours. If you work 40 hours and sleep eight hours each night, that still leaves 72 hours. “Maybe you can carve out a few hours of really fun, cool stuff per week. That will make the other 165 hours that are in a week feel a lot more doable,” she explained.

To do that, Ms. Vanderkam recommends tracking a week of your life. You can write down everything you do in half-hour blocks or use these apps recommended by Wirecutter, the New York Times company that reviews products.

Or you can try this simple calculator to take a look at how you are spending your time. It was created by Erik Rood, a Bay Area analyst and founder of a data science service called Data Interview Qs.

Being a data guy, Mr. Rood was using spreadsheets every few months to evaluate how he was spending his time. After talking with friends and co-workers who were also thinking about how they spent their time, he created a simple tool to track hours spent on various activities, including sleeping, working, commuting, gym, chores, grooming and parenting. He has shared the tool on various forums and with friends. Most people, he says, are fascinated. But after playing with the tool, he says, they sometimes get a bit frustrated about the results, because they don’t think they have as much free time as it suggests.

Whatever your results, the calculator typically will show that there is some free time in your day, and that if you adjust a few factors, more free time can be found. “There’s a ton of ‘busy’ time, no matter how most people cut it,” says Mr. Rood. “But small changes can have huge impacts on overall free time when extrapolated out through one’s life.”

Are You Mindful of Your Downtime?

One of the reasons our calculations of free time don’t match our reality is that we can lose time doing mindless things like checking email and social media, and clicking around the internet. And sometimes, we just do nothing.

In the book “What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast,” Ms. Vanderkam says one problem is that people often are not mindful about how they are spending free time. Sometimes we come home and “crash” and do nothing after a busy day or week, but Ms. Vanderkam says that’s a mistake. But we shouldn’t spend all of our “free time” catching up on work either.

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands-on parenting or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday’s challenges than complete vegetation or working through the weekend,» she writes.

And Don’t Let Screens Become Your Hobby

We all know the internet, social media and emails can be a big time-suck. And at the end of a busy week, crashing in front of the television or the laptop might feel like relaxation, but often it’s not. The Journal of Sleep Medicine recently reported that binge watchers get poorer sleep. And screens can be physiologically and psychologically stimulating, whether it’s action sequences on the television or the artificial blue light emitted by our devices. Another negative of screen time: It tends to be a solo pursuit that keeps us from engaging with our loved ones.

Finding time for hobbies in your day means being more thoughtful about how you spend the time you have. When you do have downtime, do you crash and do nothing? Or do you use that time for things you love?

Free Time vs. Too Much Free Time

Here’s some good news. The fact that you don’t have much free time to devote to a hobby is O.K. A recent study found that having too much idle time makes us just as unhappy as not having enough free time. The research, based on two large datasets of 35,375 Americans, examined the relationship between our overall life happiness and the amount of discretionary time we have (defined as awake hours spent doing whatever we want to do). For people who have jobs, the sweet spot of discretionary time is 2.5 hours a day. For people who are retired or not working, the right amount of free time for peak happiness is 4.75 hours a day.

Schedule Your Free Time (But Don’t Overschedule It)

In her book on successful people, Ms. Vanderkam found that the people she profiled all planned their weekends in advance. They didn’t schedule every minute, but they did schedule “anchor events.” One key to making time for a hobby is to schedule time during your week and weekends for it, the same way you would schedule work appointments or social engagements.

Now a caveat: While it’s important to make time for your hobbies, you don’t want to be too rigid in how you schedule them. Research suggests that too much scheduling of leisure time makes it feel more like work and less like fun. In a series of studies reported by Ohio State University, researchers found that when people scheduled specific times and dates for fun activities (like a movie or a coffee break), they enjoyed them less. That doesn’t mean you can’t plan. The same research showed that “rough” scheduling of a leisure activity didn’t steal the pleasure from it. For instance, students who were given a specific time for a coffee and cookie break during finals enjoyed it less than students who were given a two-hour window to stop by and enjoy free coffee and cookies.

“People associate schedules with work,” Selin Malkoc, a co-author of the study, said in a statement about it. Dr. Malkoc is an associate professor of marketing at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. “We want our leisure time to be free-flowing.”

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Choosing the Right Hobby

What exactly is a hobby? That may seem obvious, but the lines between hobbies, outside interests and career pursuits can get blurred.

Hobbies vs. Interests

When you are thinking about choosing a hobby, it’s important that you don’t confuse having an “interest” with having a “hobby.”

Interests: Interests typically are the desire to learn about something. An interest can spawn from natural curiosity, professional goals or family experiences. For instance, you may have an interest in learning more about hockey or volleyball because your children are involved in those sports. Or you may love reading books on behavior to help you achieve career goals. But unlike hobbies, an interest requires only intellectual action (to learn about something) and doesn’t require physical action.

Hobby: A hobby is usually defined as any enjoyable leisure activity that we engage in voluntarily and consistently when we are free from the demands of work or other responsibilities. A hobby may be inspired by an interest, but it typically requires more commitment and involves taking action, like learning a new skill, or collecting, building or creating something. Hobbies are essentially the active pursuit of a personal interest.

Finding Inspiration to Pick Your Hobby

How do you decide on a hobby? Here are some ways to figure out what hobby is best suited to you.

What is that thing you’ve always wanted to do? Finding a hobby can mean taking the first step to actively pursue that thing you’ve always thought about doing. Have you ever started a sentence with the words “I’ve always wanted to. ”? A friend of mine had always been intrigued by power tools, so at the age of 52 she finally walked into the local senior center’s wood shop. (She was carded to make sure she was over 50.) There she found a retired carpenter who was willing to teach her about wood shop safety and mentor her on some projects. She has built a chair, a bench, a stool and beautiful boxes and given them away to friends.

Look at your childhood. One of the first places to look for inspiration in the search for a hobby is to explore the hobbies of your childhood. Think about what pursuits made you happy as a child. Did you take lessons in dance, music, ice skating or art? Did you play a sport? Did you love to draw, paint, take part in theater or write poems? All of these childhood pursuits can be turned into adult hobbies.

How do you like to spend your time? Conduct your own personal time-use survey to take a closer look at your interests. Do you spend a lot of time reading books? Cooking? Spending time outdoors? Shopping for clothes? Watching old movies? Playing with your dog? All of these activities hold clues for potential hobbies.

Go on a quest for inspiration. Sometimes it takes a few extra steps (literally) to discover a potential hobby. Just walking around a craft store amid the chalk, paints, scrapbooks and bric-a-brac might remind you of an old passion or a fun craft you always wanted to try. Sometimes just enjoying new experiences can spark interest in a hobby. Visiting an art gallery or museum might remind you that you always wanted to paint or learn how to throw ceramics. Going to a concert might spark your interest in learning the cello.

Take a class or a lesson. If something piqued your interest in the past, look for a class to learn more about it. A cooking class, a computer-design class, a painting outing with friends, a make-your-own ceramics store, a belly-dancing class — they can help you learn where your passions reside.

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Consider Everyday Activities as Potential Hobbies

Sometimes we take part in activities every day that could become hobbies with a small change in awareness and attitude. The key is to take a favorite passive interest, or an activity that is required of us (but that we like to do anyway), and find a way to turn it into an active hobby. Consider these options.

Cooking. If you spend a lot of time cooking for your family, perhaps you should reframe your interest in cooking and food as a hobby. Consider devoting some free time to the fun parts of cooking. Perhaps you love collecting dishes or unusual cooking gadgets. Take some cooking classes. Have you always loved to bake? Consider a cake-decorating course. Looking for volunteer work? How about taking your cooking talent to a soup kitchen or other organization that feeds people in need? Some parents have even turned the drudgery of making school lunch into a fun Instagram competition.

The Family Pet. We spend a lot of time with our pets, so why not turn to them for hobby inspiration? Train your dog as a therapy dog and spend your free time taking the dog to visit people in hospitals. Or take obedience classes and discover the world of dog agility training and competition.

Home Decoration. Do you spend a lot of time thinking about your home? Turn your passion for home furnishing into a hobby. Offer to help friends decorate their homes, or go room by room in your own home and think about the projects you’d love to complete.

Reading. If you love reading, words and story telling, there are a number of hobbies that could build on that passion. You might decide to collect rare books or make it a point to explore independent bookstores. You can take a writing course, attend story slam events or start a blog.

Shuttling Your Kids to Activities. Sometimes our children’s interests can lead us to our own adult hobbies. I was spending so much time taking my daughter to and from volleyball practice that I offered to volunteer for her club. I helped create a new website, came up with fun ideas for programs and even designed T-shirts for events. If you’re spending a lot of time supporting your child’s extracurricular interests, think about ways you might use that time to create a hobby for yourself.

Organization. If a big part of your life is keeping your family organized, consider turning that skill into a hobby. People find a lot of pleasure in creating scrapbooks, tracking family history, taking photos and creating video memories of family events.

Can Exercise Be a Hobby?

Yes! One of the best (and healthiest) ways to start a hobby is to focus on exercise. One way to make exercise feel more like a hobby is to actively set goals and attend events related to it.

Running. Running is a great hobby, and many runners join running groups and attend road races, where they interact with a community of runners, collect medals and race T-shirts, and discover fun alternate races like mud runs, color runs and destination races in far-flung places.

Yoga. Yoga is a great hobby for many people. Not only do they regularly attend yoga classes, but they also have a passion for yoga clothes and gear, and enjoy attending yoga retreats and learning about group yoga events. Many yoga studios take part in social activism, which is another avenue to pursue as a hobby.

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Strength training. Working out and toning your body is a big commitment and certainly counts as a hobby. Some people turn their interest in weight lifting into other pursuits, like obstacle course contests and weight and fitness competitions, One middle-aged mother of two I know spent so much time in the gym she decided to take part in a body-building contest for women.

Meditation. Meditation is exercise for the mind, and an active pursuit of it can turn into a relaxing and fulfilling hobby. Learn to meditate using an app to start, or read our meditation guides. Sign up for some classes and learn about meditation groups and retreats. A whole world of books, experts and meditation experiences will open up to you.

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Organizing Your Hobby

Now that you’ve found your hobby, find a dedicated space for it and keep it organized so you can truly enjoy it.

Hobbies by definition tend to involve “stuff” — like supplies, special clothes or gear and equipment. And then there is also the stuff you accumulate as a result of doing the hobby — quilts, paintings, ceramic pots, race medals, T-shirts, scrapbooks. Having a plan to organize your hobby is an essential part of sticking to it. You won’t enjoy it or take part in it if you can’t find the stuff you need to do it. Here are some tips.

Create a dedicated hobby space. If you’re lucky enough to have an extra room, spend some time creating a hobby room. (Just Google hobby room and you’ll be amazed by all the options.) If space is at a premium in your home, then try to find a closet, cabinet, trunk, shelf, desk or drawer that you can devote exclusively to your hobby.

Contain your hobby. Once you’ve declared a room, shelf or cabinet for your hobby, keep it organized. Spend some time in hobby shops or organization stores and invest in baskets, jars, easels, plastic bins or whatever you need to stay organized. Containers keep your hobby from spreading around the house. Many hobbyists love a good label maker to keep track of their supplies. If you need inspiration, there are numerous websites, YouTube videos and Pinterest pages devoted to hobby organization, particularly hobbies that involve crafts and creating things.

Make it easy to reach. If exercise is your thing, keep a basket or athletic bag near the door with shoes, a yoga mat, workout clothes, a lock, hair ties or whatever you need to do the workout. Dr. Pam Peake, a fitness and health advocate, once told me about the importance of keeping an organized home to support fitness goals. “You won’t leave the house to exercise if you can’t find your shoes,” she said.

Don’t get sentimental about your creations. After I signed up for a ceramics class, I was pretty excited when I made my first pot. But looking at it, I realized that it was going to be the first of many pots. And while it was a good start to my hobby, it wasn’t a particularly good pot. I decided to take a picture to share on social media, and then I tossed the unfired pot back in the clay barrel to be recycled. I never missed it. If you decide to pursue a creative hobby, have a plan for what to do with your many creations. Keep all of them in your memories by documenting each creation with a photo. Then pick the best projects to keep or give away to friends, and recycle the rest.

Be selective. If your hobby involves collecting things, make sure each item has meaning and value to you. When my mother passed away, I inherited her expansive vase collection. It became more of a burden than a pleasure. I decided to set aside the vases that really meant something to me or my mom, and I gave away the smaller, less meaningful items. I enjoy the collection much more than before because every item in it is special. When it doubt, channel your inner Marie Kondo. Ask yourself, “Does this item spark joy?” If the answer is “no,” donate or recycle it as best you can.

Cull your supplies: Arts and crafts supplies can really pile up as we discover fun new items to support our hobbies. Every few months, check your supplies and notice the items that you rarely use, and get rid of them. Here’s a tip: Find a local art teacher and donate unneeded craft supplies to him or her. Art teachers rarely have a budget for supplies, and they are incredibly grateful for extras, even a half-used jar of glitter or a mishmash of scrapbook paper.

Pick a minimalist hobby: If space is an issue, pick a hobby that doesn’t require extra space. Running, language lessons, book readings and theater are some examples of minimalist hobbies. Or just keep your hobby out of the house. Often, art classes allow you to store your supplies and creations in the classroom, and athletic facilities will let you store your gear.

Limit your hobbies: It’s better to just have one hobby, or two at the most, rather than take on multiple hobbies. Hobbies, by definition, are that special thing you do for yourself just for fun. While you may want to try several new things early on, winnow them down to just one or two you can pursue with passion.

Why hobbies are good for your health

Hobbies are good for your mental and physical health. In a study measuring the well-being of police officers, results found hobbies decreased emotional tension, relieved stress, and reduced burnout. Engaging in leisure activities that you enjoy will spice up the never-ending groundhog day that we have gotten so used to in the past year.

Better physical health

Individuals who engage in regular leisure activities have better physiological and physical health. Those who engaged in hobbies reported greater life satisfaction, engagement at work, social support, and lower depressive symptoms. Simply finding the right hobby can improve your mood and physical functioning while lowering blood pressure and stabilizing hormone levels — so why the heck not?

Improved sleep

We know you’re busy, but there’s always time for a new hobby. While you may think a healthy habit will cut into your schedule or distract from your sleep, picking up an activity actually improves your sleep. In a Pittsburgh study, participants reported much better sleep and less trouble falling asleep after engaging in a new hobby.

Lower stress

In the same study, individuals had lower stress levels after engaging in a leisure activity. Hobbies can take you out of life’s chaos and replenish your energy levels when you’re feeling depleted. Those who engage in activities are better equipped to deal with stressful situations and have more positive attitudes.

Happier with hobbies

Whether it’s recreational tennis, knitting, or cooking — those who pick up a new hobby have greater life satisfaction and overall happiness. Additionally, hobbies provide structure in your life and give you a greater sense of purpose or meaning.

Improved work performance

A study by the San Francisco State University linked creative activities outside of work to boost job performance, engagement, and satisfaction. Hobbies can be a great way to recover from the demands of work and an outlet for relaxation.

How hobbies can boost your mood

Studies have shown a clear link between creative activities and positive effects on your mental health — reducing stress, anxiety, and mood disturbances. When you engage in a hobby you enjoy, you enter a ‘flow state’ — an increased concentration that replenishes your mind and body. This heightened state of flow will raise the level of neurotransmitters in your brain — namely, dopamine and norepinephrine — which give you energy, otherwise known as happy hormones.

Hobbies are the best, and here’s why. Serotonin, Oxytocin, Endorphins, and Dopamine (your happy hormones) are released when engaging in hobbies.

How do I find a hobby (that I won’t quit)?

How do you find new interests and a hobby that won’t fade out within a few weeks? Here are a few ways to identify the hobby best suited for you.

Best ways to Find a Hobby that you’ll love 2022

Find a Hobby depends on you. First, ask yourself what motivates you more? Try to understand what you make more comfortable. Your Feeling is more important to find or select a Hobby.

Hobbies allow you to explore interests outside of your work. They allow you to be inventive and check out every kind of Latest thing.

It’s keeping your brain active and running which leaves you no time to be sad and think about unimportant things. Hobbies are one amongst some ways to be a lot of productive in life particularly after you Have to bother finding yourself.

you find what is your childhood attraction, perhaps had hobbies you loved. Sometimes you’re unable to catch what is your Childhood interest. So you can get feedback from your parents, brother, sister or your best friends. Their feedback may surprise you. Once you have a steady idea of what you prefer doing, you can take the next step and it helps you to select a hobby.

Make a list all of your interest

When you successfully gather your interest list or feedback, you’ll be able to create a listing of all of your passion. Then take a study Or an Assessment That might Assist you with Deeper insight and Discern that hobby you would possibly fancy.

Get Engaged and Fixed Time for your new hobby

When we added a brand new passion into our lives, We have got to require time and focus on it. If you get Engaged and fix a time for your interest, You’ll succeed. The majority of people don’t commit till the end of Time.

you need to be willing to place yourself in your interest. You’ll gather knowledge quickly if You connect and share your opinion with people.

Most hobbies build up the community so you can Join with same-minded people and gather experience from your Community. Nowadays easy to collect information from a website, group, or forums. You can also find various video platforms where you get motivation like youtube, Showbox alternative, etc.

So don’t be late, get engaged, and fix the time for your new hobby.

Develop your Confidence level

When you’re able to choose a hobby, do not be afraid of anything. Sometimes you think that you do not have enough knowledge or you are less confident or you have limited social activities. It is not a big problem. Think positive always, it helps you to overcome difficulties, study when you face a problem. Julie McGuffee says, “If you don’t attempt, you’re failed before you started”. Step by step you can try to develop your confidence level.

Don’t have any hobbies. Where do you start?

It’s quite natural each people have a hobby, but they don’t understand what their likes and dislikes.

Hobby means an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure.

So look at the leisure period what do you like to do most in your spare time?

Pick Something That Will Make You Forget About Your Day

If you’re helpless to the concept of discovering a hobby, try and examine one thing that produces you ignore the stresses and worries of your day. select and Pick a hobby that creates you cheerful and any improvement in your work can simply be a bonus!

Select a hobby and make a Budget for it.

Make a budget on a spreadsheet or any app. If you’re beginning a brand new hobby, some cash should come back from several areas. as an example, you would probably wish to cut down on different recreation or stop consumption out the maximum amount. perhaps you’ll spend less in the cloth market. what quantity you portion depends on what hobby you select, as some are costlier than others.

Think Categorize, which you love to do

Try to understand your interests in different ways or angles and try to understand the actual status for yourself.

Categorized thinking can help you to find a real hobby or interest. Think deeply about where you want to love spending time?

Is it outside or inside? Decide on your interest base. If you choose inside, choose indoor hobbies. Otherwise, pick outdoorsy hobbies.

Then think about the purpose of your hobby?

Many people enjoy showing themselves artistically. If you love to do creative things, you can choose creative hobbies.

If you want to make money from a hobby or increase your social activities, you can pick such a categorizing hobby. I think these will help you to find a real hobby or interest.

Some interesting hobby suggestion

Find a Hobby depends on your age, interests, offered time, offered finance, typically on the level of risk you’re ready to tolerate, what your goals would be, whether or not. You choose one thing social or solitary, competitive or otherwise, and additionally what skills and training you’ve got,

Here are some hobby lists. You can choose a hobby from the list.

Healthy hobbies

Profitable hobbies

Challenging hobbies

Productive hobbies

Observation hobbies

Collection hobbies

Expensive hobbies

Fun and Cheap Hobbies

Spiritual Hobby

Experiment and Struggle Find a hobby until It Feels Right

After a struggle when you select a hobby, Jump right in and see however it feels. If it doesn’t feel right, dump it and forge ahead. Just ensure to not lose enthusiasm timely. Keep going till you discover an activity you need to stay with. Put along with an inventory of hobbies that you’ve continuously found.

This approach to getting a hobby will prove an epic experience. It permits you to engage your skills in various fields and become a well-versed and comprehensive person.

Prioritize and what you value most

You have a lot of interest, but you can’t stay engaged with everything. It is difficult for you. You got success when you can understand what you have the most value. So, find out which attention you more or you dedicated to the hobby. I recommend you which you expert and feeling more comfortable choose that kind of hobby. Sometimes multi-tasking hobbies can drop your interest, and after all, you fade up with your hobbies.

Hobby Store Can help you to discover a hobby

You can get your idea from a different place or source. So, you can visit your local hobby store, hardware store, craft store, etc. It will help you to explore ideas on different things. Probably you will get there some interesting hobbies which hobbies you never thought of yet.

Hobby quiz can help you to find a hobby

You have a hobby, but now you don’t feel comfortable or boring for yourself. What can you do in this situation?
A hobby quiz can explore you. What do you love, enjoy, interest, and your choice?
So, you can participate in different hobby quizzes for discovering or finding a unique and perfect hobby for you.
Success always comes when you enjoy it, so a hobby quiz is essential for you to find the best matching hobby with you.

Take a class for better learn and enjoy

When you can choose a hobby for you and sure that it is perfect for you, then don’t be late.

Sometimes maybe you have a little knowledge of your hobby, or you know it very well in the past, but now you almost forget, then you should need to take a class or lesson to learn more about the hobby. When we get knowledge, our interest increases day by day, and it helps you to show your vision.

Without the proper knowledge, you feel dull, and maybe you lose hope or interest will decrease at a time. So, you need to take a lesson or class before starting your journey.

Don’t be excited or changed

Sometimes we are excited and choose something as our hobby, but we don’t think or study about how much potential it is!

We do wrong when we are excited about anything and make a decision. We need to think clearly and set the goal before starting our journey. Only you can set your goal because nobody knows you better than yourself. Choose wisely, what makes you happy, energetic, and attractive.

When you recognize you feel comfortable with your hobby and set your goal, then start your journey until you get a result.

Don’t jump again and again when you set your final goal and start working. It doesn’t help you, but you will be upset about what you want, and it slows down you.

A hobby requires an excellent quantity of patience. For the easy proven fact that any hobby, be it indoor or out of doors, mental or physical, requires a definite level of attention, focus, and discipline.

Without a ‘minimum’ level of commitment, no hobby will shine.

Every hobby needs a definite level of determination and patience. Finally, find a hobby because having a hobby in life could be a real joy.

FAQ

Why do you need to find a hobby?

Always try to follow your interest or curiosity for reaching your goal. If you are serious about something, you will end up doing things. You may not find the hobby that you want to forever, but if you learn to follow your curiosity, You will gain confidence and your ability to prove your thoughts. You will be able to settle on something just right for you.

Which step helps you to find a hobby?

Find & Transform what you truly enjoy Into a Hobby
Recollect Your Childhood Concerns what you love
Make a list of all of your interest
Get Engaged and Fixed Time for your new hobby
Develop your Confidence level
Pick Something That Will Make You Forget About Your Day
Select a hobby and make a Budget for it.
Experiment and Struggle Find a hobby until It Feels Right.

Is sleeping a hobby?

A Hobby is a regular interest which you love to do in your spare time. It doesn’t require anything or doesn’t need to give you any money.
So now my question is, Do you like or enjoy sleeping or love sleeping more than anything in your spare time?
If yes! Definitely sleeping is your hobby.
We think sleeping means laziness but not at all. It helps you to give energy, clear your head, protect your body from any bad things.
When you feel bored or stressed about anything, try to take a rest. You will get a better result after sleeping. Maybe you feel pain in your body or headache because of oversleeping. So, Avoid oversleeping.

What to do when you have too many hobbies and not enough time?

We choose a hobby for better feelings, energy, keeping happy, and so on.
You have many hobbies but little time. Don’t even know how you can manage these?
You do not have enough time, So decide and choose which is important and which you love to do. If you want to continue all things, it will be difficult for you to manage time. In the end, you will be discouraged and worried about your life.
You have many hobbies, nothing crazy about that, but think before starting, can you reach your goal?

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9 Must-See Solutions on How to Find a Hobby When Nothing Interests You

Introduction

Lack of interest is something that hits many of us throughout our life and in reality, is actually quite a normal thing.

Moments of boredom can actually inspire creativity and fresh thinking which is why we think it’s important not to stifle an opportunity for self-reflection especially if you’re showing a lack of interest, motivation, and even ambition.

As a side note, it’s even thought that younger generations are not given enough time to just sit and be themselves because they always have something pinching their attention meaning when they do have space they feel totally out of sync.

As well as that, if you follow some of the wisdom of stoicism then you might want to actively seek out those moments where you feel totally bored and disinterested in as it can often reveal important life-lessons.

Hopefully, by looking at disinterestedness for what it is, you’ll now understand that it’s not always a bad thing but can actually lead to creativeness and potentially down a path that finds you a new hobby.

Being able to rationalize and deal with boredom in a healthy manner means you won’t feel as daunted by the feeling when it arises.

We’re going to expand on some of these techniques and ways of thinking in our article meaning you’ll be able not only find some hobbies, but also find out why you aren’t so interested.

With that said, we’re going to look at six practical solutions and steps that you can take to help you find a hobby when you’re not interested in anything.

9 Point Guide: How To Find a Hobby When Nothing Interests You

1. Reflect on when the feeling started and get mindful

Sometimes the best way to deal with a lack of interest in hobbies is by documenting or reflecting on when the feeling first started.

This is because it allows us to visualize the state of mind that we were in at the time and some of the emotions we felt.

By getting to grips with those emotions you’ll be able to dissect why you suddenly concluded that you were bored with hobbies or felt like you couldn’t find something that would give you some inspiration.

If you regularly go through high and low periods of interest then it might be worth getting clued up on the process of mindfulness.

This is because, instead of letting emotions overwhelm you, you’ll be able to stop yourself right at the moment by using your mindfulness skills to rationalize and question the thoughts that are going through your head.

For example, a good question to ask could be: “is it rational to think I’ll always be bored of everything?” — And the answer would be no, it’s not really rational to think that for multiple years you’ll simply be bored.

By using this technique, you’ll be well on your way to dealing with boredom in a healthy manner which means even if there are periods of downtime then you’ll be able to offer up critical questions to counter your overwhelming emotions.

2. Go back to basics

Now that you know how to deal with a lack of interest in hobbies in an efficient manner, we can start looking at some solutions to help you find a hobby.

The first practical step you can take is to simply go back to basics and this is because it highlights the strengths of who you are as a person.

To elaborate, working with your strengths rather than against them means you’ll be able to get to grips with a hobby quicker and can sate your need for progression.

There’s no point in trying to rewrite every aspect of who you are when you can use your own natural talent, otherwise, you’ll be going up against a brick wall when you’re already struggling to motivate yourself.

For example, if you’re really athletic or physically well-developed then you might want to take up a hobby in fitness rather than trying to become a physicist.

As a caveat, this isn’t to dissuade you from trying new things but it can really help to work with your strengths as you’ll find it’s easier to keep going with it.

3. Make some friends

Sometimes, having a lack of hobbies could mean you also lack a good group of friends to help pick you up or inspire you to try new things.

Making friends is only as hard as your mind makes it and in truth, it’s very easy these days to connect with millions of people all around the world through various forums or social media platforms.

Literally, there is a Reddit dedicated to making friends that is cleverly titled “MakeNewFriendsHere”.

When you hang or talk with friends you’ll often have those moments where they force you out of your comfort zone a little to try something new.

You go along with it anyway because you don’t want to end up disappointing them but this can actually lead to having a really good time with a variety of activities.

Humans are creatures of comfort and if we had it our way, we probably wouldn’t do too much. The best things in life are shared and are an effort of collaboration rather than you shutting yourself away.

4. Try being a kid again

This might seem like an unusual point but it’s actually a genius way of finding a hobby when you think you’ve seen and done it all.

As a kid, you’re more likely to be daring or try new things and this is because your brain hasn’t fully developed yet.

It’s also one of the best times of your entire life and that’s because you’re discovering so many new hobbies that you actively enjoy or want to go out of your way to try.

We work with intuition rather than logic when we’re kids meaning we’re more likely to gravitate towards things that we identify with or that match up with our strengths as a person.

This is a good foundation to start from when seeking hobbies; try things you enjoyed as a kid, work with your strengths, and go with your gut feeling if something strikes a chord in you.

5. Use the resources at your disposal

Sometimes it’s not the case that you’re not interested in anything so much as you not knowing enough about the world of opportunities that await you if you look deep enough.

We’ve constructed a huge list of hobbies (300+) with full descriptions meaning you can easily get an idea of some new things to try to help ignite that flame within.

Not only that, but you’ll also find our website features a huge range of helpful topics such as hobby advice, hobby lists, and even dedicated hobby sections such as for arts & crafts.

And all of that information is from our website alone meaning that’s only the tip of the iceberg; you can do even deeper research such as through YouTube and through other blogs.

Heck, even speaking to your family can be a good place to start — you never know what interests they might have had when they were younger and even some now that they do in their spare time.

Networking is an important part of finding a hobby and it can also help open other doors that you didn’t know were available.

6. Turn bad habits into good ones

To live and get by we all need a few basic things, however, it’s quite common to over-indulge from time to time whether that be binging on Netflix shows all day, going out drinking, and even ordering too many takeout’s.

In fact, if you’re finding yourself not interested in many things then these bad habits could be compounding the problem.

Sometimes you need to strip these bad habits back to their core and see if they can be turned into something good.

For example, if you binge on Netflix all day then why not try your hand at videography or movie making? Clearly, you enjoy the prospects and entertainment that media can bring so why not give it to others.

Or maybe you enjoy the culture of going out for a drink: again, instead of being the patron why not put yourself on the other side of the bar and give cocktail making a go?

Habits don’t have to be bad but it’s easy to channel our focus at the wrong angle which can lead us astray sometimes; sometimes all you need is a course correct.

7. Force your hand

Sometimes the only thing stopping you from achieving great things or finding a hobby is yourself and if you don’t get to grips with that issue sooner in life then you’ll never know what could have been.

How many books are out there promoting motivational tips or ways to make your dreams come true?

Well, there’s millions, and it’s not just books either.

There are YouTube videos, e-books, paid courses, and heck, even blogs telling you how to motivate yourself.

It’s very easy to throw doubt in your way as an excuse to avoid trying something new or to prevent getting to grips with a passion you think you might fail at.

To summarize, fear and doubt can easily be mistaken for lack of interest but once you come to terms with these obstacles then at least you’ll understand the challenge you’re up against and how to overcome them.

It might require some hard work and it may require dealing with your fears but once you’re over those obstacles then you can leave them in the dust.

8. See a doctor

Sometimes your ability to find things interesting is not always down to your commitment or motivation levels and in reality could actually be something far more sinister such as depression.

If you’re struggling with motivation, feeling joy, and even getting yourself into a decent routine then it could be worth a visit to the doctor’s office.

These issues often have straight forward resolutions that can get you back on the hobby-beaten path in no time.

It can be easy for us to chastise ourselves especially when other people’s seemingly amazing lives surround us, however, the dice don’t always roll in our favor whether genetically and even in the way we’re brought up.

9. Learn about stoicism

If you’ve tried everything we’ve mentioned and still aren’t sure what to do then here’s a hobby for you already; learn about stoicism to beat your lack of interest woes.

In case you don’t know what stoicism is then here’s the textbook definition:

– the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint

You might then ask, “why would I not complain about pain or hardships in my life when they really bother me?”

And we’re not saying that they shouldn’t bother you, however, if things bother you often then it’s important to find a philosophy that helps you understand ways to overcome them or at least so you can work alongside them.

Not everyone was destined to have a major passion or interest, and maybe you aren’t either.

There’s no shame in that and you can actually draw strength from it or even embrace yourself within the hobby of becoming a stoic.

Some of the most famous people who ever lived would identify themselves as stoics such as the greater Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurellius, and even the famous philosopher Socrates.

By treading in their footsteps, you’re putting yourself on a path to greatness and higher wisdom that can reframe what you consider interesting.

What are some easy hobbies you can try?

We don’t want you to do all the legwork so we’re going to give you some easy hobbies below with some short explanations of why we think they’ll be a good match to get you started if you aren’t interested in much.

Remember that these aren’t the only things you can try and we highly recommend having a look at some of our other hobby lists on our website too.

11 Easy Hobbies You Can Try That You Can Start Straight Away

What does the word hobby actually mean?

If you’re not interested in many things then it’s easy to think you don’t have a hobby, however, the meaning of hobby quite simply means engaging in something for fun or pleasure.

Even the most simple things in life like talking to a friend or watching tv can be classed as a hobby.

You don’t need the most dedicated passion ever to qualify as an interesting person or someone with who others would like to make friends.

Even just being a people person and keeping others company is a useful hobby and one that can benefit both of you.

So now that you have a good understanding of the word, take that forward with you and apply it to everything you do in the day and maybe it will reveal things you didn’t know were passions or hobbies.

Conclusion

Finding a hobby when you’re not interested in many things can often involve a multi-pronged approach but hopefully what we’ve talked about will either give you the answer you were looking for or at least some guidance on what you need to do next.

Don’t underestimate the power of networking with other people such as your colleagues, friends, family, and even your idols.

Sometimes you need a bit of outside inspiration to find the things you love and true friends should be more than happy to help you.

With that said, we think the most important point to take away from the article is that it’s often a case of perspective that can change how happy you are.

Some of the happiest people in the world are people that own very little because they’ve learned to cultivate an inner-satisfaction which is one that does not require external validation.

If you’re trying to find a hobby to prove something to others then that’s the wrong approach to have.

You need to do what’s right for you and that means ignoring any stereotypes, stigma’s and/or other social typecasting that stops you from becoming who you were meant to be.

Lastly, and to reiterate, we have a ton of great resources throughout our website which we’re constantly updating every week.

Make sure to save it to your favorites so you can keep coming back for more motivating or inspirational posts to keep your hobby interests going.