Hobbies! 🥰 (Patreon)

I don't know about you, but I personally believe hobbies to be absolutely essential. As much as I like my job (genuinely), and as much as taking care of myself also takes up a lot of my time, I find that engaging in hobbies that are just for me and that allow me to ignore everything else for a bit, helps to keep me somewhat sane 😅

For me, I need to have multiple hobbies that I can turn to depending on the vibe, but I also will change those hobbies...often 😅 That's actually, fun fact, how I ended up learning to play guitar! When I first started streaming, I was relearning to play and only knew how to play like 4 songs 🙈 BUT I did have the benefit of having tried guitar before.

Back in my first year of university was when my best friend had left her guitar at my place, and I decided to give it a whirl. So over a few months, I taught myself a couple basic chords and strumming patterns. But once I started to play and sing at the same time, it pretty quickly lost my interest 😅 I learned probably 10 songs and decided "alright, I'm done" and basically never touched guitar again until streams 🤷‍♀️

And I do that with...most things. I get ridiculously invested for a few weeks to a few months, and then I'm done with it forever. Or at least for several years until I find a new spark to pick it up again...for even less time, but with just as much vigor as the first time 😂👍

Throughout this process, I've always had little things like reading, phone games, TV (does that even count? 🙈), doodling, leisurely walks/exploration, dancing, etc. But those are kind of just filler for when I don't have the energy or ability to do whatever it is I've recently become obsessed with 🫣

As you probably know, my recent fixation is painting - paint by numbers 😂 I don't know what it is about it, but it's just so relaxing. And every time I paint, I get so fully invested in whatever I'm painting that the rest of the world seems not to exist for that time. It takes forever, but that's perfect. Because while I don't often have much time to do it, whenever I have an hour, or even just a few minutes sometimes, it just helps me turn my brain off. And I need that 😅

BUT the thing is: I need a new "I can do this from bed" hobby. Because sitting on my phone or binging TV just does not feel like the vibe when it isn't for enjoyment, but rather so I don't lose my mind while bedridden 🤷‍♀️ Also, sometimes...often...painting actually physically hurts 😬 SO. I gotta find something I can do on the days my body is especially angry with me.

At one point, I was making the friendship bracelets from bed! And that was honestly great. For a while. Until I lost interest...again 🙈 So recently I've been thinking about taking up crocheting or macrame! But I am always on the lookout for new ideas, because I jump from hobby to hobby a lot 😅


What are some of your hobbies? Do you have any, or any suggestions for, hobbies that are easily engaged in on a high pain / exhaustion day? 👀 Are you able to stick with the same hobbies over time? How??? 😅