Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time?

mononomi@feddit.nl to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 180 points –

I'm pretty sick of my content addiction, like watching youtube or netflix all the time. I would rather be spending my time otherwise so figured fun things are the best to start. Do you have tips for fun things to do? Or how I could search for them?

Some I came up with myself:

  • Learning some magic tricks
  • Learning some origami
  • Thrift shopping

Everything is welcome!

Edit: thank you for the huge response!

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Forgot to mention that slow-living or whatever you want to call it is valuable. Just spend a while doing nothing. Thinking. Chatting with a friend. Be bored. You'll probably knock out some chores, and get really motivated to do something big (humans do not like being bored)

Edit: gonna put more hobbies I think of here

  • Skateboarding/longboarding, roller blading - pretty meditative once you get into the flow
  • kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing - as a kid I went on a week long 100 mile canoe trip that I think heavily impacted my life. I've always wanted to do something similar again, but not been able to make it work yet
  • I tried paragliding, but it wasn't as fun as mountain biking for me so I dropped it
  • I've had a lot of fun making dumb games and publishing them for the web, hosting that on GitHub, and using netlify to make it into a website. I bought some domain names for family members so that's where I put them. I want to spend more time with Godot to get better at making games
  • Engage in the communities of the hobbies you enjoy - you'll learn and make connections and share your own insights

Thanks for the amazing lists of other things to do. I've got to agree that any form of exercise is the best alternative! Are you up for sharing your dumb games with us? I'd love to have a go!

Kinda hesitant to share because the URL's are the names of my family members (kinda a gift to them, kinda me just holding on to the domain names in case they want them someday). But they're definitely not impressive. One of them I'd like to spend some time to make more fun, but as it is now, it's mostly a gimmick (zombies walk towards you and you walk away - 2d, score is just how many seconds you can avoid getting touched). Pretty rewarding weekend project though, and you can easily show it off