I used to play violin and piano.
Used to write letters, like the old fashioned way snail mail.
Hiking was a lot of fun. Hiking is really hard to be "bad" at.
I used to like to game as well. Video games, board games, card games etc..
Botany? Even if it's just a potted a plant it can be fulfilling.
Wow, just reading my own list made me realize how boring I am lol
No you're not boring! Those things sound fun. I'm 31 now and I'm asexual and totally an introvert hermit, things like that make me happy.
When I was 12 our 7th grade class went hiking, I was the last one behind... I was dying. I never made it to the top, everyone else did even the weak sickly kids. I will never forget that failure, I never saw the top of the mountain but everyone else did. It's funny because all those kids (a few have died since) made it to the proverbial mountain top in life and I didn't.
I have lots of hobbies. I've always been into art but could never afford it before Michael's art stores came about. After my worst bout of depression, I became "hypomanic", and I sat one day at the window having a smoke, and I said to myself "fuck the whole world I'm just going to live in my own little bubble and make art". I got into polymer clay, first I cleaned my disgusting pig stye room, I set up an art table and collected many tools and supplies. Also got into traditional painting. For the last 15 years I only did digital art because I couldn't afford anything else. I still like digital art. I use photoshop and SAI, I can't figure out illustrator. Now 3 years later my collection is finished but I got busy with something else.
Not long after my clay obsession I was longing for animal companionship since my cat passed away. I started keeping garden snails, watching insects and keeping and breeding them. Then I rescued a hedgehog and joined online care groups, then a dwarf hamster. Sadly my pets kept having devestating health issues and vet bills kept piling up, and I went back into a deep depression again. It just didn't matter what I did no matter how hard I tried - I was considered one of the best hamster keepers my set up was enviable (it's still there he just died last month he was old age but I think he had an infection), but somehow life still found a way to bite me.
Oh and my art studio? It's blocked. My sister's boyfriend started hoarding power tools and stacked them up right infront of my art table, he said he'll move it if I clean the garage, again. I know it's abusive but I am too exhausted to fight. Plus I'm too tired to even do art, I mean it would be nice if I could at least paint something. My whole life I've done art (never really finished much) but lately I haven't. I'm still taking care of my hedgehog. I also like gardening... and creating enchanted little spaces for the snails and insects. I grew tall beautiful sunflowers last year first time. I also like baking but only to eat whatever I'm making lol.
I've always been creative and a creator. I always had this urge to create my own art things. Been that way since I was a kid. I'm not a prodigy or very talented though, I had a budding talent when I was 8 but my parents didn't want to nurture it they thought it was a waste of time, so I just did digital art for the longest time. It also takes me a long time to finish something so I'm definitely not that good at it. It's why I've never tried to do commissions or anything for other people, I always turned them down or made up some excuse.
I'll look for photos of my sunflowers later my head hurts and the scrolling of photos is making me nauseous.
