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What hobby do you wish you could do but can't?
Just curious what's on your minds. For me, it's e-biking. Im in the fence because I'm not 100% on the models out there yet
Just curious what's on your minds. For me, it's e-biking. Im in the fence because I'm not 100% on the models out there yet
Travelling. Money is hard to come by when I'm putting all of it into university.
Give it time. University is a short stint (relatively speaking) and afterwards you can travel all you like. What field are you in? Is it one where you could possibly look at doing remote work (like a technical field for instance) or even travel as part of your career?
I'm in Computer Science. So that stuff is probably totally possible!
Awesome! Digital Nomad-ism should definitely be a thing in your future then. I do it from time to time (more difficult with a family) for a few months here and there when I can. I have friends who pretty much just live the life, going from country to country on a whim. Just look forward to that and enjoy the local time while you have it.
Look into churning if you're good with your money. You can get a ton of free trips by opening credit cards, hitting the spending goal for the free bonuses and then never using them again.
Of course this is terrible advise if your tempted to go into debt, so definitely don't do it if you have a tendency to spend outside your limits.
Here's travel's little secret: it's actually cheaper than living your normal life back at home, at least if you're from a developed country like the U.S.
When you're traveling, you don't need all the crap and comfort you have at home. You'll be perfectly content to sleep on a bunk bed in a shared dorm. It's also a great lesson in budgeting and learning what REALLY matters to you.
College is a tough spot financially, but don't let people (or yourself!) make you feel like it's impossible. It's possible if you prioritize it, and it WILL change your life for the better.
For the record, I've been living abroad for the better part of the last ten years.
Ever looked into backpacking, hostel to hostel in low cost of living countries? You'd be surprised how far you can stretch your cash.
Most of mine come down to not having the space in which to do them (namely: woodworking, metalworking, aquaponics and more traditional gardening, various permaculture things). I've started subscribing to some youtubers to learn things vicariously, but I'd like something to show for it
Never in all my life have I wanted a garage more after now living in an apartment complex.
Space might be a solvable problem, here's video of a guy that built a fully modular workbench that he can use in his bedroom of his condo. That's a table saw, router, jigsaw, etc with a vac system to prevent dust from getting all over his bed and what not. If you consider metalworking to include silversmithing you can do that if you have the space of a computer desk.
Maker Spaces are a great thing if you have them in your area, they teach you how to use the tools and the community will help you build what you are interested in. It is also a great way to be social with people who share your interest.
My grandfather was a carpenter of the old times (furniture and such) and I'd love to pick up that as a hobby to also remember him (i miss the smells) but as for you, I've no space. Also no money to spend on that right now but renting the house and being the house not big enough are the main factor.
I hope to be buy a house soon and to build a small summer house in the garden to work with wood. I'm a software engineer, working with my hands help me relax :)
I'm in a similar place. I'd really like to do more woodworking and gardening but they need extra space that I just don't have. But it's fun to watch/read about them still.
Depending on where you live, you might look into maker spaces. They don't necessarily have all of the tools you might want, but they give you a place to work. Echoing another comment here for metal working, silver smithing and gold smithing (along with any small work on brass or copper) can generally be done in the space of a small desk, and you can get started for a couple hundred dollars in my experience.
Volunteer! You don't even have to buy any of the stuff, just go use someone else's! You'd be surprised how eager people in each of those domains may be to have you around.
I wish I could write well or draw. I know those are things that you can get much better at with practice, but I'm a busy guy and I get easily discouraged.
I am envious of people who are artistic in the traditional ways. I wish I had better art classes in K-12, I can hardly play the triangle, let alone paint a picture.
I really wish I could draw too. They say practice practice practice, but I can't help but feel like there's a certain amount of natural talent that I just don't possess.
Give "copy copy copy" a try.
It removes the "where do I start" pressure and gives you a tangible, visible goal. If it gets messed up, start again. The stakes are so low that there isn't any cost to trying.
There are savants, but even those folks practice a ton.
Try this, that's how I am planning to learn the basics once I can find enough free time. Unfortunately I currently have little free time left and I am using all of it to read books and learn a new language.
Something I have been wanting to get in to is electronics, making circuits, etc. I would love to eventually make a custom computer from logic gates. I imagine it would be very satisfying to see a pile of chips I made and designed run a program!
Dude/gal. Look at this awesome walkthrough of building an 8 bit pc from scratch. If you ever need to buy electronics some time here's a nice list of where to look. Should you want to learn electronics and about current this book got me into it.
Should you have trouble deciding which page to buy from TaydaElectronics is great, low costs and fair selection.
Have fun out there! :)
Wow, I also want to get into this, and thanks for the information!
You are welcome! Have fun.
I've been playing with some custom electronics in recent weeks. My vehicle's radio does not have an auxiliary input or Bluetooth so I traced the pin-outs and soldered on a Bluetooth module. I am planning to build my own ROV to explore the local rivers/lakes. A kitchen remodel has been consuming all my free time lately though, so it has been on the back burner.
Oof, that feeling of needeing to express creativity for the first time after being depressed for awhile is so real
Woodworking. The machinery you need to do it well is just so damn expensive. I was the guy in school that had 3-4 woodworking/construction classes and didn't realize how good my school was with how much and how nice the equipment was.
One day when my disposable income is a bit higher the first thing I'm doing is putting a little shed out back and filling it with woodworking gear.
I'd love it if there was a wood shop at which you could pay to be a member. Then you can use their equipment and dabble a bit without a big investment in space and machinery. Kind of like a gym/health club. Although I imagine the insurance for such a place may be prohibitively expensive, but I can dream!
This is a real thing.
Search "community woodworking shop" and see if you get hits nearby.
This is the rate sheet for the one in my town: http://www.rvawoodworks.com/membership.html
It's spendy, but if you have a plan you should be able to maximize your time.
I'd also recommend taking a project class at a Woodcraft (https://www.woodcraft.com/) or similar if they have them where you live. It's good instruction and exposure to tools and methods that you might not otherwise have.
You don't need a tonne of machinery to get started, granted they are huge quality of life improvements but you can make due with relatively few and inexpensive tools to start off with. Though it really does depend on what you want to do because there is so much under the woodworking umbrella. I picked up woodworking as a hobby about 3 years ago and I generally just buy a tool that is required for a job I want to do. I started with a project to lay laminate so all I really needed was a hammer, speed square and circular saw (a hand saw would have sufficed as well). Then I got a mitre saw and power drill/driver set to build a simple desk. Then I got a sander to refinish our island in the kitchen. etc etc.
WOOD Magazine has a great series on how to build a wood shop with 26 payments of $150 (though I'd take that with a grain of salt once you get to the table saw portion of the video.) It starts you off with some essentials and gradually works you up to a shop that is almost everything you'll ever need to do anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57QRoR_KLX8&list=PLiwL-pqZNidddemO4GjWf3TYgs0RzeuQv
I used to do it in Army wood shops. They were all pretty good, but a couple were just awesome. Then the Army decided everything needed to pull its weight, money-wise, and a lot of the things that had been run just to give soldiers a positive outlet closed down. My woodworking more or less closed down with them. I miss it. Nothing takes your mind of BS work problems like having to handle something really sharp that runs at thousands of RPMs.
You can do basically everything with hand tools - power tools just speed things up.
There's a ton of 'hand tools only' and 'traditional joinery' resources on the net.
Paul Sellers is a favorite of mine: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3EpWncNq5QL0QhwUNQb7w
A couple lists of starter tools:
Western Approach: http://www.renaissancewoodworker.com/a-real-world-list-of-hand-tools-for-getting-started/
Japanese Approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znr1aU1tDSk
Personally, I work in kind of a hybrid of the two. My saws are all Japanese, but most other tools are western - though I did get an inexpensive Japanese plane recently that I'm loving so far.
Flea Markets and Garage Sales are both great for getting perfectly serviceable old tools at a massive savings.
Helicopter flying. Helicopters are really cool machines. They can land with no power just by harnessing the forces of drag and gravity. There are basically five things trying to kill you all the time but a helicopter balances them out and gives you freedom to maneuver. They can hover, fly backwards, and side to side. And can you imagine picking up chicks - 'hey want to go on a helicopter ride?' - who could say no to that? It's not rediculously expensive, about $12k - $17k to get licensed from the little research I've done. Still out of reach for me, with student loans and all. It would be so fun though, I like to think I'll pick it up in my mid-life crisis.
when I was looking into getting my GA license I found a guy that was happy to bring me up in his Beechcraft Musketeer for long rides on the weekends. I got to fly on many occasions and I had destinations that were very cool (Lake Tahoe, Oakland International, someplace up the coast of CA where the landing strip was out on the water - looked it up - Del Norte Regional). We got to overfly Mather AFB (WAAAAAY back before 9-11) and saw a Hercules in the pattern below us.
You're not going to get your license that way (I didn't at least) but you can still have the right seat on many trips abroad. All he asked was that I spot other craft and enjoy myself.
Oh yea, we saw a Cessna 172 doing rolls in a canyon one time.
Anyway look around for enthusiasts groups and see if you can strike up a conversation about going for a $100 hamburger sometime. Piloting can get boring and most people really want a second set of eyes to scan the skies. It'll get you out in front of that mid life before you know it.
^^ guy said it. Wish I could travel everywhere, but broke college student...
You replied as a top comment it's impossible to know what guy you're referring to
I've been wanting to get into stained glass for the last year or so but classes and materials are pricey.
I'd like to get a license to fly helicopters but it costs as much as going to college, so it feels like it would have to be more of a career move considering I don't make a ton of money.
Ever since discovering gyrocopters/autogyros, they've stuck in my craw as a cool thing that's less demanding than flying a helicopter, and actually cooler in a few ways.
I mean, I won't be flying them, either, but it becomes a little more plausible. And maybe they appeal to you if you haven't heard about them.
If you're interested, there's also this guy who's filmed a large portion of him learning to fly a gyrocopter, often giving his thought process in real-time as he flies.
Metal fabrication. Once upon a time I had a plasma cutter, a MIG welder, and a decent space to work with. Then life got in the way. I searched for a local maker space but apparently it closed down a year or two before I moved here. It sucks knowing how to use the tools, and how to build things, but not being able to do it. I'd like to build a couple bumpers and a new roof rack for my vehicle. If I could do it for a living I think I would enjoy it.
I think programming would be a fun one to find fun. I used to study CS for a few semesters and I was okay at it but I didn't really have the mind that some students had when it came to clicking with it. I always felt like I wanted to study under somebody just to have that sort of guidance. Maybe one day I'll go back but I don't think it's in the cards for me.
Where did you get stuck/stop? I can really vouch for the language Python - it is a rich language so you spend less time typing, and it is very verbose so it reads almost like english.
Why do you want to program? What do you want to make?
Check out Automate the boring stuff (it's free) and see if that style appeals more to you. The author also has a youtube series going over everything in the book if you prefer videos. If automating isn't your thing then the author has also made a book on making games in Python (also free) and a book on cryptography / making and braking coded messages (free too).
This author writes quality books. They're well structured, have really good exercises and bring you up to speed. From the bottom of my heart I really hope you get into programming. It is fun and you feel a sense of pride and accomplishment when you improve, understand that new cool thing and or make that badass automating program. If you have any questions please write to me.
PS: Programming is just about how to give a computer instructions on how to do stuff. Python lets you focus on the big picture (as opposed to C or C++ where you have to fiddle with memory location and pointers. None of that terse stuff in Python).
Thanks for these links. It's been an interest of mine for a while to try some python.
Good luck and have fun. :)
I had a bit of a personal crisis and it lead to me dropping out of college at the time. I did a decent amount in Java and a very modest amount in C++ and C before I left. There was some problem I was working on and I was having issues with it. I went in for office hours and got rebuffed for asking for help. Maybe that's why I'm so afraid to go back haha. I remember that feeling of epiphany when I would be doing something completely unrelated and out of the blue a solution to some program I was working on just struck. I liked that feeling and what you are saying reminds me of it. I never gave python an honest try so I'll check out your links. Thanks
Oh. For what it's worth you deserve to get help when you need it. Should you face problems there's always Stackoverflow and of course ~comp. :)
This was almost my problem as well but it always helps to remember to not compare yourself to other people. I always felt very behind in my CS classes even up until graduation but I landed a job right after graduation at a great job that has set me up really well to go pretty much anywhere I want. If you like to code, you should totally keep trying!
OP, if you want to know about ebiking, and are not opposed to reading forums, check out the endless-sphere forums. Great resource.
As for the question, what I wish I could afford is more tools for the hobbies I'm currently playing with. Mostly electronics stuff. I'd love to get a good oscilloscope, some better soldering equipment, power supplies, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, what have you. A 3D printer, hot air station, reflow oven, etc.
Try to find a hackerspace in your area. I visited one on one of their open nights and found it to be full of all the things you mentioned. There is a fee involved of course, but if you don't have the space or equipment to play with at the moment it can give you the resources you need to get going and find out what to buy first or what path to look down for maximum enjoyment.
I am in many forums, including the ebike subreddit. The issue is that of trust/price with pre-built and I don't have the tools/skill to build my own
I'd love to get into archery. I did a small training course about a year and a half back, and found it very relaxing; there's this moment just before you let an arrow fly where there's nothing but you, the target, and a sense of tranquility as you wait for that perfect moment to shoot.
Sadly the initial investment in terms of equipment is pretty expensive, and the closest archery range isn't nearly close enough for my lazy arse. I keep telling myself that one day i'll start getting organized to do it, but realistically i know i won't.
Do you have a yard at all? You could get a target and set it up in your yard and just do it at home. You don't need a massive yard, just enough to put 20 meters or so between you and the target and something to stop a wild arrow if you have neighbors close by. It doesn't have to cost a ton, either. You can get a Sammick Sage recurve bow, for example, for around $120 (U.S.), or a Bear Bullseye for even less. I bought my girlfriend a Bear Bullseye for her birthday last year that cost $90 on Amazon. She left me later that week, but it was unrelated to the bow. Haha. It's a 62", 29lb. draw recurve bow, but they make them shorter. You need to start off with something in the 20 to 30 pound draw weight range, so that is perfect for beginners. You can find a target for $30 or so, maybe even cheaper if you find a styrofoam target (they're for lighter draw weights and work well with a 30lb. recurve, but won't last quite as long as other targets). You can find good arrows for $5 or so a piece, and you'd probably want around 6 of them, and a shooting glove for $10 or less. Realistically you could get a pretty decent setup for $150-160 or so, at least here in the U.S.. I wouldn't expect the prices to be too different anywhere else, though. I could be wrong, but I assume you're somewhere in the U.K./Ireland judging from your use of "arse," and the prices are close to the same over there. I know $150 isn't exactly pocket change, but it's nowhere near as expensive as most people assume starting archery will be. Now, if you want a compound bow things will be expensive. I would definitely start with a recurve either way, though, and move to compound after you learn the sport if that what you want to do.
Recurves are cheap and extremely fun. I'm a bowhunter and shoot a compound for that, but for just target shooting I prefer a recurve. I shoot the Bear I bought for my ex-girlfriend. A 30lb. draw weight may sound puny to some people, but it isn't. You should never start off with more than that because you'll struggle to draw it and learn bad habits, and if you start with bad habits you will never learn proper form and never shoot as accurately as you could be shooting.
Sadly I don't have a yard, I live in an apartment complex which rules out any home setup. Best option i have is an archery range that's a half-hour hike up a mountain. It's very peaceful up there, but it's still a fair bit of bushwalking involved.
Part of my problem however is that i'm both very tall, and have a very long armspan. When i was doing the training course, none of the arrows were sized correctly for me, and when trying to find good starting gear i couldn't find too much for a 34" draw. If you have any pointers in terms of where to look though, i'd love to get some advice - i truly enjoyed the course, especially using the longbow, and i want to make a serious attempt at getting into it if i can.
Are you sure you have a 34” draw length? I would go to a pro shop and have someone who does this for a living actually measure you. It’s very rare to have a draw length that long. Even finding a compound bow with a 32” draw length is almost impossible, and I’ve never even seen any with one longer than that besides specialty bows or ones that are custom made. How tall are you? Also, if you’re doing the ‘height/arm span divided by 2.5’ thing, that’s only an approximation and not to be taken as fact. I’ve seen people do that and come up with 31”, but actually need a 29” draw length.
There is good news, though. If you’re shooting a compound bow, it has to be set to your exact draw length and if it is too long or too short, it’s going to majorly impact your ability to shoot properly or accurately. You just won’t be able to. However, recurve bows do not adjust, nor do they need it. The draw weight of a recurve bow is almost always measured at 28 inches, such as “29lbs. at 28”), but that does not mean you can only pull it back 28 inches. That’s just the length they are measured at. Unlike a compound bow, which has to fully drawn or it will not shoot properly, a recurve bow can be drawn and shot at any length. You can pull it back 24” and shoot it, you can pull it back 31” and shoot it, whatever. The draw weight increases the longer the draw is, so if it’s 30 pounds at 28” it may only be 28 pounds at 27 inches or 32 pounds at 30” (I don’t know the exact math, but you get the point).
The point I’m trying to make is you don’t need to set a recurve to any one draw length, so you you’ll be able to find one even if your draw length really is 34”, and the weight measurement being at 28” doesn’t limit the draw length to 28”. You’ll be perfectly fine with a recurve. With that said, your long draw length isn’t going to work well on a short bow. You’re going to want something at least 62”. If you’re shooting a 56” bow, for example, being drawn past 30” is going to be rough on the limbs. Shorter bows are for shorter people, which means shorter draw lengths. Longer bows are for taller people with longer draw lengths. It’s easy to find a 62” recurve. The $120 Sammick Sage is 62”. I think that would be great for you. Longbows would be great for your height, too, but I’d recommend a recurve for starting out.
As for arrows, they usually come in one length and you get them cut to the size you need. Everyone needs a different length arrow. I have a 29.5 draw length on my compound bow, but the way it’s set up and with my arrow rest, I need a 27.5” arrow. In my recurve, I need them longer. I don’t know how long you would need your arrows. Depends on your draw length, but also your bow’s set up, taking your arrow rest into account. Recurves take a pretty cheap, screw-in rest or even stick-on rests, but yours might be positioned somewhere different from another bow so I can’t really tell you how long you need it. Take a full sized, uncut arrow, nock it and come to full draw. Have someone else mark it about 3/4” to 1” in front of your rest. That’s how long it should be. Almost anywhere that sells arrows, in person or even website like www.lancasterarchery.com, will custom cut your arrows when you buy them. Tell them how long and they’ll make them that size. Another good thing about a recurve is you can shoot wooden arrows, which means you can even get some good wooden dowels, some glue-on tips, and a fletching jig with some feather fletchings and make your own arrows at home. It’s very easy to do, and you can even just sharpen the tip instead of getting a glue-on point and use some duct tape cut to shape as fletching if you’re really on a budget. I’ve done it just to try it, and they shoot just as well as any other arrow. Sounds goofy, but they work.
I know I’m going on and on and not shutting up, I just want to explain everything as thoroughly as I possibly can. If you need to know anything else or need clarification, don’t hesitate to ask me. I’m happy to help.
I'm 6'5" with lanky arms, and I'm pretty sure about the draw length - The guy running the introductory course has been doing so for 10 years, and he used an arrow marked with inch increments to check. The arrow was marked up to 32 inches, and i was able to draw it well beyond that.
Thanks for the tips about arrows, i didn't realize you could get them cut to a custom length. When i first looked into buying gear, the websites i skimmed didn't mention that as a possibility.
Guitar. I'm a lefty, no rhythm, and I just can't "think" in music. I have tried.
Have you tried any other instruments like piano to get you thinking musically? One of the best decisions I’ve ever made was to pick up a guitar and play music. I can’t recommend it enough. It’s one of those things you really gotta sit down and do everyday for months before you see any worthwhile progress.
I'll second piano. You don't need to be a master at piano before you pick up guitar, but the piano is an excellent way to visualize the notes and understand how they fit together to form a chord.
Regarding the guitar, start really basic with major and minor scales. Check out some youtube videos to see how they work. Once you have that down learn a blues scale, which opens up a lot of fun music.
Yep. I've tried quite a few different instruments. No joy.
I've tried so many times, but I can't get my dumb hands to stretch far enough to make the chords.
As weird as it sounds, makeup? I would love to be apart of the community and watch and learn.
Scuba Diving! Technically I could with some time and money, but life has other priorities right now.
Rock Climbing but it'd be too risky for my job if I injured my hands, or even just got them all blistered up.
Breakdancing/Bboying. Even when I was most fit in high school, I was mostly terrified of possible injuries I'd put on myself. I did one flip on a trampoline in middle school and landed on my neck. I was OK after a few days, but since then I've always been a lot more careful about putting my body in risky positions. So, I never got into it, as cool as it is.
Programming. Specifically cryptography. I love cryptography, mathematics and privacy but I've already invested so much time into learning medicine that, although I'm trying, I'll always be an amateur in cryptography.
It's an economic calculation problem
Same here...it's a fascinating field.
I wish I could get back into Kerbal Space Program to the tune of 4-5 hours a day... but a young family and career have taken away my gaming time.
Rock climbing. I could theoretically learn the ropes (har har) but family/life obligations are the priority at the moment.
Singing or starting some (karaoke) band or something. I love singing (helps release emotion), but i'm fairly introverted and rarely ever sing in front of someone unless it's someone I know, and even then i feel self conscious.
Why e-biking? I never thought of that as a hobby over just normal biking.
Oh man lol there's a lot that goes into it. But once you have one it's like hiking
drawing. I got a sketch pad specifically to practise because I think I can be okay at if it I did the thing. I've had this tab to Draw Academy open for like a month and I kind of dropped off after I hit some difficulties with one of the lessons.
The biggest hurdle for me to overcome with drawing is getting over that I will never be as good as other artists out there. I don't know if I'd call it perfectionism, it feels more like impatience: I'm really good at drawing faces... necks... and then I just give up when I get down to the shoulders and everything else. It all just turns to shit, so I'd think "why bother?"
I have taken TONS of drawing classes out there, and that crippling insecurity in hindsight really hamstrung any progress I'd ever make. If ever you feel like that when you start your drawing journey, I can only tell you to hone your style and keep going. Think of all the art out there that you enjoyed that DIDN'T look realistic and was just distorted figures and lines. Look at comics like Foxtrot, Mutts, or Zits-- none of them realistic but all with consistent styles. Just aim for that and go from there.
As for practicing, maybe just pull up photos of people online, or get one of those wooden mini-mannequins and pose it around, and draw a rough stick figure matching the pose and perspective.
Or if you already draw the same person/animal/thing over and over and over (like I do), try pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, one baby step at a time.
I'll shut up now/not sure if you're looking for advice, but if I could go back in time and slap something into myself back when I wanted to get into drawing, that'd have been it.
sometimes unsolicited advice can be the best advice
I think I'll try to keep going at it! knowing that I won't ever be perfect at something sounds like me, though. not with drawing yet but I can easily see myself getting there. I'll keep this all in mind (:
Blacksmithing and power kiting. Not both at once.
I have back problems which means heavy stress on my back and shoulder isn't an option. So swinging a big hammer for extended periods or wrestling with a traction kite is just a no-go, much as I'd like to do them.
I can still smith silver and ride a bike so it's not too bad.
Try out windsurfing to get close to the kiting, you can buy an inexpensive 5.5 sailboard (5.5 is the size of the sail, bigger for less windy areas, smaller for gusty places - 5.5 has always been the sweet spot for me since I could only own one sail).
You can get a harness (once you learn to stay on the board for more than 30 seconds) that takes the strain off of your arms and back for a bit on longer runs. It may help got you out there.
There's no hobby I can't do, but I wish I could find the time, motivation and determination do all the hobbies I imagine I want to do. I get that sucking at something is the first step to being sorta okay at something, but when I am unable to even play a simple song on the guitar or draw a simple picture I quickly get discouraged.
With woodworking I've been slowly getting better and faster at doing things but I don't ever feel like doing it on after work so I limit myself to the weekends, and if I hit a major roadblock or have to redo something I often just say fuck it and leave it for next weekend.
I'm not sure if this would be helpful or not, but I started to block out at least 30 minutes a day (ideally an hour) to doing something creative. I'm super task-oriented and so I added it to my daily list of things to do. It's worked out well and not only has my guitar work improved but I've recently invested in a DAW and some recording software. Learning the software isn't technically creative but I am counting it as creative time for the moment until I have some sense of what I am doing.
Yea I'm not as disciplined, easily distracted and will avoid doing a task with the simplest of excuses. But it's something I'm working on. With woodworking, I've forced myself to push through roadblocks and often feel rewarded for doing so. It helps that at the end of a woodworking project, and even part way though, I see the fruits of my labour. Things like drawing or guitar the rewards are not nearly as immediate.
Hiking. I live in Florida.
I take every opportunity I can get when I travel but those opportunities are unfortunately few and far between.
Hiking or biking for months on end. Can't do that with the kind of physical issues I deal with. It would be amazing though.
I would love to play the guitar but ganglion cysts on my wrists after a work injury back in 2000 has ruined my range of motion and they start hurting after 10-15 minutes.
I've always wanted to get into making knives. There is something so calming in making knives and the designing of the handle itself. I've always promised myself that when I buy a house, i will make room for it.
Same here. I follow some knife makers on Instagram and I always think to myself "I wanna do that some day".
I'd love to get into underwater photography. I love snorkelling and photography. Alas, as a kid I punctured my ear and cannot dive. Bummer.
Car racing.
I love watching stuff like Indycar and Formula 1, but there's no way I'd ever be able to afford it. :(
You could probably make it work starting with smaller scale stuff like go cart racing leagues. You could at lease get your racing fix there and potentially make networking connections with people who could connect you with larger scale organizations.
Hah, I've thought of it but I'm 225 lbs and 6'2." I'm not gonna be racing anything anytime soon unfortunately :)
Knit, sew, crochet, quilt, and play the piano. All of that seems to require motor skills that I just don't have.
I really want to get into knife making and metal working at some point. I don't have the space or funds right know.