Discussion What are some of your hobbies you do to distract yourself from CTBing for another day?

[irememberinnocence]

Do you also write? How do you intend to be posthumously famous?

Yes, by writing. I'm writing my life story right now. What are you writing?

 

[paradiselock]

I've dabbled in five different instruments (piano, violin, saxophone, guitar, bass), I sew, draw, write, do photography, wool felting, kumihimo braiding, nail art, make cards, collect and play cards (yugioh), watch and collect stuff for anime, tokusatsu, and Japanese pro-wrestling, play video games, translate (it's both a hobby and my day job), skateboarding, music, fashion, and itabagging (it's a hobby where you gather heaps of merchandise like badges and keyrings of a character you like and put them all on a bag with a clear window for display.) They keep my mind off things for a while but not for long. There's still more that I want to pick up but nothing truly satisfies me which is part of why I'm so disillusioned with life and I know that once the initial fun of anything new wears off I'll just be back to being depressed. And it's hard having so many hobbies because I love them all equally but it's hard to divide what little free time and energy I have between them.

 

[Maravillosa]

Oh, thank you for your question, @irememberinnocence! Since June 2018 I have been writing an alternate history novel set in the world of British politics from 1912 to 1948: the point of divergence from our historical timeline is in May 1915. I completed my first draft of some 60,000 words in December 2019, and am currently doing revisions, adding scenes, and doing more research. Here is an excerpt (from my first draft, I hasten to add!) and you can also read this for more info.

 

[ketchup sandwich]

Listening to music, playing guitar, writing, drawing, playing Bloodborne, walking outside, spending time with dogs

 

[orangepotato]

I enjoy drugs. And video games. And books, philosophy.

 

[fox_wannabe]

Video games

 

[sadworld]

drugs and texting with people.

 

[xLosthopex]

Binging and purging, shopping, listening to music, watching YouTube/Netflix, browsing social media(mostly SS), going for walks, spending time with my dogs, sitting in cafes and staring into space…

 

[MiseryWithoutCompany]

Marathonning dog videos, playing with own dog... really interacting with dogs at all seems to add another day onto however many is left.

 

[Darkmoon Queen]

Gaming, music, movies, distro-hopping. I wish I could concentrate on ethical hacking but I can't. :/

 

[sick.faery]

youtube, netflix, playing with my style, internet forums, reddit, pinterest, sh.., alcohol, wallowing, music

 

[Dear Agony]

Smoking, binging and purging, self harm, watching Netflix, listening to sad music, talking to online friends, reading and writing.

 

[Shadowplay]

Work takes up a lot of time, but apart from that it is music, TV/movies and alcohol. Yep.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Playing video games (not very well), pencil drawing, plastic model building and reading.

 

[Grav]

Building models, painting figures, tabletop gaming, reading, some PS4 games and PC wargames. Usually all of this is with music or podcasts on. Once I quit sitting so much and get working out again I was (am going to get back into) paintball and airsoft. I've started fishing more this year as well. Kind of that "idle hands . . ." process to keep going.