What Is Your Hobby?

I like thinking and blogging [1] about electronic circuits despite lack of formal education. It being a hobby, I must concede that my involvement and proficiency remain well below industry standard.

[1] https://blog.georgovassilis.com/category/electronics/

I don't think hobbies are in decline. Anywhere I go, anything I do, it's packed with people, with a backlog of reservations that spans months. So I guess it's the "doom and gloom" of MSM.

As for me: programming, hiking, board games, reading, blogging, sports (martial arts / gym). And I'm trying to pick up some more.

fishing, cycling, 3d printing/cnc, and firearms.

cooking food

Unless you count netflix or social media doom scrolling as a hobby, our old idea of hobbies are in decline because people are busy making a living.

Cooking is sort of my everyday hobby, climbing & skiing are my weekend/seasonal hobbies.

I haven't seen any signs that hobbies are in decline. Everybody I know well enough to know this about them have at least two hobbies. I have six active ones.

Reading books. Browsing Reddit and Hacker news.

Coding.

Twitter. Facebook used to be here but I got suspended unfairly so I no longer use it.

Working out.

Watching movies, TV shows, Ufc. Used to watch Rap Battles, but my interest died.

Reading about drugs.

Listening to podcasts.

Edit: Writing too.

Martial arts, reading, long walks, lifting weights.

I recently got really into watches.

Walking, hiking, audiobooks, reading, amateur radio.

I am not sure how to separate a hobby from plain interest, the real hobby I do is building scale models, from plastic cars to wooden ships, although I don't have enough time for it. I like to read, and have an interest in watches but don't count those as hobbies though.

Golf. I understand the image it has, and it's somewhat well-deserved, but the munis are teeming with fascinating people from all walks of life. I've made more friends in the past 5 years since I picked the game up than I did in the previous 10+ years of my post-college life combined. I love the ego check it gives me while rewarding real practice and patience. I also carry my clubs every round which makes it effectively a 5-7 mile hike each round.