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<h1>Hobbies</h1>
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(<span class="bold">notes</span>
(date 2025-06-04)
(category <a href="../../notes.html">culture</a>)
(status <span class="status-growing">growing</span>)
(confidence certain)
(importance 8)
(tags personal reflection hobbies))
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<p class="preview">an evolving list of hobbies around the world, from traditional crafts to modern pastimes</p>
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<p>As should be clear of "Hobbies" the goal or intention of this post is not to give you cheeky ways to money with various affiliate marketing
methods. The goal of this is simply to provide a list of "activities that can be done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure."</p>
<p>I have long been interested what hobbies people all over the world do. A post adjacent to this one is <a href="">Children's Games</a>, you could say my interest for both of these topics
was greatly enhanced by Squid Game from "Squid Game", and from youtuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@justlanchen">Lanchen's</a> interesting hobby/activities videos.
At the moment I am fairly unsure how I will organize this list, but I do know that I want to include a wide variety of hobbies so we will see how this goes.</p>
<p>Note* some of these hobbies are not "hobbies" in the traditional sense, but rather activities that can be done in one's leisure time for pleasure.
also note that not all of these hobbies are "inexpensive", "free", or "accessible" to all audiences. Some of these hobbies are quite expensive get over it.</p>
<h2>Current Uncategorized Hobbies</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Reading</strong></li>
<li>Fiction (novels, short stories, poetry)</li>
<li>Non-fiction (biographies, history, philosophy, mathematics, science)</li>
<li><strong>Writing</strong></li>
<li><strong>Modern Board Games</strong></li>
<li><strong>Classic Board Games</strong></li>
<li>Chess</li>
<li>Go</li>
<li>Backgammon</li>
<li>Shogi</li>
<li>Mahjong</li>
<li>Xiangqi</li>
<li><strong>Card Games</strong></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Sailing</li>
<li>Going on a yaht</li>
<li>Attending a polo game</li>
<li>Go to a horse race</li>
<li>Play chess</li>
<li>Play croquette</li>
<li>Attend a speech class</li>
<li>Go skeet shooting</li>
<li>Ballroom dance</li>
<li>Attend a lecture</li>
<li>Read</li>
<li>Have afternoon tea at home</li>
<li>Have afternoon tea at a restaurant</li>
<li>Golfing</li>
<li>Collect art</li>
<li>Play poker</li>
<li>Go on a vacation</li>
<li>Wine tasting</li>
<li>Fly a private jet</li>
<li>Take an etiquette class</li>
<li>Play tennis</li>
<li>Go to a speakeasy</li>
<li>Attend a gallery opening</li>
<li>Attend charity events</li>
<li>Make a cocktail</li>
<li>Drive a vintage car</li>
<li>Attend a jazz concert</li>
<li>Attend an auction</li>
<li>Collect vintage cars</li>
</ol>
<p>29 Host a nice party</p>
<ol>
<li>Lear multiple languages</li>
<li>Play piano</li>
<li>Ride horses</li>
<li>Collect special edition books</li>
<li>Builing an inhome library</li>
<li>Go to a fancy dinner</li>
<li>Host a brunch</li>
<li>Attend a brunch</li>
<li>Attend a private school</li>
<li>Attend a cocktail party</li>
<li>Playing badminton</li>
<li>Attend a ball</li>
<li>Smoke a cigar with a drink</li>
<li>Have a chef cook you dinner</li>
</ol>
<p>Write with a quill and ink</p>
<p>Drink tea out of a porcelain or vintage teacup</p>
<p>Drink coffee</p>
<p>Read your local newspaper</p>
<p>Read more books (especially classics or dark academia)</p>
<p>Start learning a new language</p>
<p>Make coffee- or tea-stained paper for writing or art</p>
<p>Write a letter to a friend, your past self, or your future self</p>
<p>Visit your local library and get a library card</p>
<p>Join a book club (or start one)</p>
<p>Visit a poetry reading or open mic</p>
<p>Participate in a poetry open mic and read something aloud</p>
<p>Go to a jazz club or jazz in the park</p>
<p>Go to a drive-in movie</p>
<p>Go to a movie in a cemetery or public park</p>
<p>Have a picnic in a park and read a book</p>
<p>Pick and press or dry flowers</p>
<p>Visit bookstores, especially when traveling</p>
<p>See a classic play at a theater</p>
<p>Start sketching (e.g., anatomy, people, history, Greece)</p>
<p>Participate in a nude model painting class</p>
<p>Visit your local art museum</p>
<p>Bring a sketchpad to the museum and sketch your favorite works</p>
<p>Go to a gallery opening</p>
<p>Visit your local history museum</p>
<p>Go to the opera</p>
<p>Learn piano and a classical song</p>
<p>Read every book by your favorite philosopher</p>
<p>Learn to play chess</p>
<p>Visit a park and play chess with strangers</p>
<p>Write a book for fun</p>
<p>Study something new in history</p>
<p>Study or read in a café while people-watching</p>
<p>Visit antique shops and learn the history behind items</p>
<p>Take a contemplative walk in a park or forest</p>
<p>Drink wine or sparkling cider from a wine glass</p>
<p>Start writing poetry daily</p>
<p>Host a dinner party with friends</p>
<p>Study poetry deeply to appreciate and understand it</p>
<p>Learn about philosophy</p>
<p>Practice writing in cursive</p>
<p>Light candles and live by candlelight at night</p>
<p>Play classical music (e.g., Chopin, Bach, Mozart)</p>
<p>Read a book or walk in the rain while contemplating life</p>
<p>Tour historical buildings and learn about them</p>
<p>Sketch historical buildings</p>
<p>Memorize quotes by your favorite philosophers</p>
<p>Learn about Greek mythology</p>
<p>Annotate your favorite books</p>
<p>Start taking Polaroids</p>
<p>Invest in a film camera (vintage or secondhand)</p>
<p>Learn to develop film in a dark room</p>
<p>See a black-and-white movie around Halloween</p>
<p>Watch meteor showers with friends and contemplate existence</p>
<p>Watch Shakespeare in the Park</p>
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