How do yall find new hobbies?

[SeaSlugUFO]

Sometimes I get recommended youtube videos where it's about new hobbies to try. I find myself wanting to add another hobby onto my charcuterie board of activities but it just seems like I'm constantly recommended the same stuff over and over again. It's the like the same lists keep getting shared. 

When yall are wanting a new activity or a new hobby, how do you search? Where do you get your ideas from? I'd love to learn about more niche hobbies 

[dotmidi]

As my new year's resolution, I've decided to attempt some new hobbies! This year, I want to dip my toes in "Cyanotyping" and "Circuit Bending".
Both of these I've discovered over the course of consuming several medias in the last few years, mainly just watching other artists.
I would say... think about some standard hobbies or things you do enjoy and start fragmenting off of that... Websurfing and Wikipedia-diving really helps a lot. YouTube reccommended is a great place to get some interesting ideas too. I discovered circuit bending a few years ago because I was really into synthesizers for a year and a band I really liked happened to use it in their music!

[Bede]

I tend to branch off of stuff I'm already interested in. I was already into archival, and fandom, so getting into book-binding to preserve my favorite fanfics offline felt like a natural step. People also tend to get interested in things their friends are passionate about (I've influenced a few friends of mine to get into Neocities this way).

[moonminki]

i try to consume a lot of art from other people to inspire new ideas. i find people who's art i enjoy and then i kind of just get ideas from watching them create stuff. for example, i saw someone decorate the inside of some seashells, which inspired me to get two shells and glue a small rectangle of paper between them, accordion folding it to make a little mini book type thing. for me personally inspired people inspire me lol. and the more you work your creative brain the less you have to work to be creative. it's also good to just branch off from your current interests, i like to collage so i've really wante to get into making my own paper, but i haven't gotten the materials to try it out quite yet :P.

[Misanthropic Monster™]

I've never really searched for hobbies, they just organically happen, so this isn't even a concept I've ever had to consider.

But if you want new hobbies just think of stuff that interests you and go from there.

[Parkaboy]

yeah, with adhd i'm generally more concerned about *avoiding* developing new hobbies - i'm winning if i lose interest before spending money on them

the "organic" ones are what seem to stick with me most, where i wiki/youtube binge something or it's an offshoot of an existing hobby, or it's something a friend is into and i can do it with them.

book club? love reading already, go for it, bring a friend. photography? watched youtube videos for six months before i even started making bad decisions on ebay. spend $80 on knives and wood to get into whittling, out of nowhere? they sit in my closet.

[mothpanic]

Ive gotta ask where you’re going online to be seeing the same few hobbies over and over. Ive come across doll customising, book binding, soap making, wikipedia editing, site coding, all sorts of collections, and probably a few dozen other things just through being nosey online. maybe see what your friends and/or family are into? even if you don’t get into what they show you, you could use it as a starting point or inspiration.

as for finding things that ‘click’ for you, I suppose all you can do is try things regardless of whether you think you’ll like them. it’s kinda boring for a while, but it always gives the most rewarding outcomes, at least for me. :P

[SeaSlugUFO]

Ive gotta ask where you’re going online to be seeing the same few hobbies over and over. Ive come across doll customising, book binding, soap making, wikipedia editing, site coding, all sorts of collections, and probably a few dozen other things just through being nosey online. maybe see what your friends and/or family are into? even if you don’t get into what they show you, you could use it as a starting point or inspiration.

as for finding things that ‘click’ for you, I suppose all you can do is try things regardless of whether you think you’ll like them. it’s kinda boring for a while, but it always gives the most rewarding outcomes, at least for me. :P

Friends and family: Knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, photography, cross stitch, bookbinding (I do most of these)
Reddit, Tiktok, Tumblr: Soap making, slime making, blogging, plants

I have never heard anyone recommend wikipedia editing as a hobby, that's definitely a new one 

I've been learning html lately and slowly building my site so that's taken a lot of time lately. It's just good to have other resources for when I'm up for trying something new and I don't know where to start.

[nebvla-north]

I think my problem is moreso how do I balance hobbies. Like, which ones do I schedule on what days to do it? I like webcrafting, drawing, gaming, reading etc but I have a limited time only reserving most things to weekends instead of week nights. I wish I could get into more hobbies but I have to balance the ones I have.

[candycanearter07]

Friends and family: Knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, photography, cross stitch, bookbinding (I do most of these)
Reddit, Tiktok, Tumblr: Soap making, slime making, blogging, plants

I have never heard anyone recommend wikipedia editing as a hobby, that's definitely a new one 

I do have a wikipedia account (that i made recently), and will definitely edit stuff if I notice it's off, but I don't see how people do it as a "hobby".. I find it pretty boring and too much like school work.

I think my problem is moreso how do I balance hobbies. Like, which ones do I schedule on what days to do it? I like webcrafting, drawing, gaming, reading etc but I have a limited time only reserving most things to weekends instead of week nights. I wish I could get into more hobbies but I have to balance the ones I have.

This is my main problem with a lot of stuff I'm interested in, like even with stuff like video games I get too attached to one and then feel bad when I realize I haven't played x other game in forever then I try to make a schedule then that falls through because I'm bad at keeping up with it and etc etc