I need a hobby

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Speaking of which, I wonder what's on Coast to Coast AM tonight?

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it's easier to enjoy doing something if you are good at it.

but sometimes it serves a functional purpose to practice something you are bad at.

You're overthinking this.... you should just try stuff as long if it's not too expensive...

About instruments: You could buy a used guitar, it's usually not that expensive and you can teach yourself a lot.
Drawing: It's just a hobby, so I you have fun doing it, that's fine. You don't have to be Picasso I your painting was selected for an exhibition, you must be quite talented.
Sports: Having bad motor skills is more difficult in team sports. You don't have to do team sports, there are other options like e.g. like swimming, riding a bicycle, running, climbing...

You're overthinking this.... you should just try stuff as long if it's not too expensive...

About instruments: You could buy a used guitar, it's usually not that expensive and you can teach yourself a lot.
Drawing: It's just a hobby, so I you have fun doing it, that's fine. You don't have to be Picasso I your painting was selected for an exhibition, you must be quite talented.
Sports: Having bad motor skills is more difficult in team sports. You don't have to do team sports, there are other options like e.g. like swimming, riding a bicycle, running, climbing...
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yeah i got the same problem. instead of thinking and doing, i waste way too much time thinking. and by the time i am finished thinking, the time has passed, where i could've made a decision.

you could take community college or Adult Education classes. or just join a Meetup at Meetup.com. that way, you waste a minimal amount of energy, time & $$.

you can't measure talent. but, talented or not, if you enjoy painting, then why not?

if you join team sports, with bad motor skills, sometimes teammates will get frustrated or annoyed at you. however, if you just play recreationally, that will be kept to a minimum. besides, not everyone is awesome at sports. physical strength, mental speed, coordination.

nature versus nurture

besides, what if you were great at team sports, then what?

the world contains plenty of great football, basketball, baseball, soccer, players. and not very many of them make it to the pros. of the ones that make it to the pros, a lot of things could suddenly and permanently end their career. such as injury. besides, even among the pros that do not have to end their career prematurely, they still have to retire young anyways.

Other, fishkeeping.

only do fishkeeping if you are good at it or if you like it.

your hobby does not have to serve a functional purpose.


but yeah i am that way too.

no job, no job skills, no precious lil "friends". nothing to do all day long. and what do i do? play on the Internet and use the bathroom.

nothing and nobody. minor exaggeration. seems to be worth the Cost Benefit Analysis.

and i am tired all day long. even when enough sleep, drink water, minimal emotioanl stress, etc.

in the best case scenario.

do not wanna know the worst case scenario.

I have often struggled with depression, and have found exercise to be essential to getting my biology balanced. When it is working, things seem worth doing.

I have been in the psych ward twice this year for depression. I have kept fish for six years now. I keep Livebearers. I love watching the fry and watching everyone grow up. I love to heavily plant the tanks.
Other hobbies of mine are walking and growing plants indoors.

I have often struggled with depression, and have found exercise to be essential to getting my biology balanced. When it is working, things seem worth doing.
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yes exercise is necessary. but rest is necessary too.

enough exercise

not too little

not too much

and other forms of relaxation too

Here's an exercise: Think of the things you enjoy, the experiences in your past. What is the first things that come to mind, and why did you enjoy them?

This might help lead you to an answer. Best of luck!

Drawing IS practicing. If it's important to you, you'll do it all the time, anytime you're sitting still and can prop a scrap of paper on something and hold a pencil. The only way anybody becomes good is by doing it, over and over, all the time.

Same with reading. If you loved feeding your brain, you wouldn't be able to stop.

I will share some of the things I really like to do.

I like to pick up abandoned furniture off the side of the road (usually shelving, bedside tables) and paint them. Sometimes I get 3-d stickers and glitter from the art store and add that too. It's an easy spin on being a fine art painter, and you get the therapy of painting (I love the consistency and choosing pleasing colors). I also painted all my apartment walls colors, and this weekend I am painting rocks. I got a few tubes of oil paint and mix sloppily and slap on rinsed and dried rocks, then line my garden. The purples and blues (along with holographic rainbowy glitter) I put on the rocks really look pretty surrounded by the greenery.

I am a huge fan of media and every Saturday I go the library and get a stack of 5-6 dvds as well as 3 books or so. Free is the best. I like new books (they have a new section) and autobiographies, but also nonfiction is fun. I get series dvds as well as movies so can watch a whole season of Everybody Loves Raymond in a weekend or whatever.

I have taught myself to play acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele, handdrums. I especially like to strum the acoustic and sing (I print lyrics, look up the chords, write chord name where it is strummed above the lyric and search any chords I am unfamiliar with). The hand drum and uke are excellent for being bored in traffic.

There is a small educational farm a few towns over that I like to visit too. It is for little kids but can be fun. It has a green house, llamas, a cow, two horses, goats, sheep, pigs, bunnies, cats, etc. and hiking trails. I go by myself usually but have taken friends and family there and they seemed to like it too. Free.

I also like sewing. I have hand-sewn many headbands, skirts and dresses that don't get much wear but again, really fun to go pick out material and by handsewing it takes a long time so I have a craft to do while sitting in front of the tv for a full day or two. It's incredibly fun and rejuvenating

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yeah i love reading. but when i get eye strain, i stop.

Refinishing Furniture! One time, a friend of mine got a chest of drawers, and put a lot of work into sanding off all the old finish, and then applying a stain/sealer. She was so disappointed with the results that she just gave it to me. The drawer pulls were half missing, and the cheapest kind of fake French Provincial on a plain chest. They looked as awkward as a dog with one horn. So, I tossed them, and drilled the holes out to about 1/2" ~ 12 mm. Then I poked through short loops of sisal rope, knotted on the inside, which complimented the stain well. A few weeks later, my friend asked where I'd gotten the nice chest. She had to bite her tongue to not demand it back.

Draw sonic characters, ive been doing it for almost 8 years and it has kept me occupied.

What's this mystical thing called a life.. It's sounds hard to obtain. Like I can get close but not Quite there.