Hobby ideas: What do you do for fun?
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Anonymous
I love that you did this!! I love to write songs and play guitar (not really good but fun). Goal is to improve and do an open mic this year |
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Too many hobbies, not enough specialization - LOL
- knitting - sewing - quilting - playing guitar - writing songs |
Anonymous
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Rowing. It's a great sport for older people as you get a full-body workout and you don't have the pounding or twisting and turning of other sports. Plus since there are no real stars in a boat because everyone is pulling, it's a great team sport. Yes, there are folks who rowed seriously in college and have that high level competitive experience but most of us took learn to row classes when we were older and we feel just as much a part of the club as the former collegiate athletes. I also enjoy getting to know people from a range of ages from their 20s to their 70s.
If you want to know more, Capital Rowing has learn to row classes. See https://www.capitalrowing.org/crcwp/join/learn-to-row/ And if that location is not convenient, there are lots of clubs in the DMV and around the country. Check out US Rowing's club page: https://usrowing.org/sports/2019/10/24/find-a-club.aspx |
Anonymous
Cool, pps! I've been getting back to songwriting now that I'm older and looking to do more once I retire. |
Anonymous
| Op here. We play at senior living homes, farmers markets, takoma park ‘porch fest’, and “progressive” Protestant churches. Not exactly Jiffy Lube Arena but ok! |
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OP can you elaborate on 'playing at Sr Living Homes'?
DH and I have started driving neighborhoods for our third act but that's as far as we have gotten. |
Anonymous
| I decorate cookies. I find it relaxing, like coloring books, except it’s easy to give away cookies. |
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| Dh and I ballroom dance. We’re really good at it and I would have said we had no natural skills. It’s very enjoyable and I like that it’s a couples hobby. |
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| I took up fly fishing! |
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Baking and pottery. (I throw at a studio & handbuild at home—then take it to the studio to fire.)
I love serving a dessert I made on a dish I made, with coffee or tea in a mug I made! |
Anonymous
Lots of over-55 communities in the area -- Leisure World for example in MoCo. One of the members of our band is friends with a resident at another place in PG County. Everyone had a great time. They started dancing to Motown songs, which was a real hoot! |
Anonymous
New poster here -- curious about supreme chord sings. Are there any college students in the group or they older? I have daughter who is in college and loves to sing. |
Anonymous
| umm for fun i like to sleep for svrl hours lol and for fun i love to play my fav game ie warframe because it have characters or we can say enemies like monster having huge huge horns on their heads and 450+ different weapons with many combinations omggs im lovin it <3 <3 <3 |
Anonymous
| Skincare, haircare, baking, reading, journaling, sometimes working out. |
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I knit! It's been wonderful during covid, as it forced me to look online and I found tons of small businesses all over the country that I can buy yarn from. Plus there's a wonderful local DC community and even globally (Ravelry).
Another thing I discovered is NetGalley. If you are a big reader, this is really fun. You get early access to books before they are published, for free, in return for writing reviews of them on places like Goodreads. I also took up running during COVID, just to get some alone time. I listen to podcasts - I'm not a fast runner, but I've gotten stronger over the months, which is satisfying. |