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I miss my made up people and my ghosts
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kleefkruid

Every fun post on here that encourages people to have hobbies/be creative always gets an avalanche of "Some people are poor Karen" type reactions and respectfully, you're all super annoying. I've never lived above the poverty line and this is a list of hobbies I have that were cheap or entirely free:

  • Read books: Go to the library, lend a book from a friend
  • knitting, crochet, embroidery: Get some needles from the bargan store and ask around, people have leftovers from projects they'll happily give you. Thrift stores also often carry leftover fabric and other supplies. And talk about your hobby loud enough and an old lady will show up and gift you their whole collection, because there are way more old ladies with a closet full of wool than there are grandchildren who want to take up the hobby.
  • Origami/paper crafts: get some scrap paper and scissors, watch a youtube tutorial
  • walking: put on shoes open door
  • pilates/yoga/etc: get a mat or just use your carpet, watch a youtube tutorial
  • Houseplants: look online for people that swap plant cuttings. There are always people giving out stuff for free to get you started. If you're nice enough you'll probably get extra
  • gardening: You're gonna need some space for this one of course but you can just play around with seeds and cuttings from your grocery vegetables.
  • aquarium keeping is a bit of an obscure one but I got most of my stuff second hand for cheap or free and now I have a few thousand euro worth of material and plants.
  • drawing/art: You get very far just playing with bargan store materials. I did my entire art degree with mostly those.
  • writing: Rotate a cow in your head for free
  • cooking: again one you can make very expensive, but there are many budget recipes online for free. Look for African or Asian shops to get good rice and cheap spices.
  • Join a non-profit: Cities will have creative organisations who let you use woodworking machines or screen presses or laser cutters or 3D printers etc etc etc for a small fee. Some libraries also lend out materials.
  • candle making: You need some molds (cheap), wick, two old cooking pots for au bain marie melting and a ton of scrap candles, ask people to keep them aside for you.
  • a herbarium, flower pressing: Leaves are free, wildflowers too, ask if you can take from peoples gardens.
  • puzzles: thrift stores, your grandma probably
  • Citizen science: look for projects in your area or get the iNaturalist app

And lastly and most importantly: Share! Share your supllies, share your knowledge. Surround yourself with other creative people and before you know it someone will give you a pot of homemade jam and when you want to paint your kabinet someone will have leftover paint in just the right color and you can give them a homemade candle in return and everyone is having fun and building skills and friendships and not a cent is exchanged. We have always lived like this, it's what humans are build to do.

And all of it sure beats sitting behind a computer going "No stranger, I refuse to let myself have a good time."

Anyway I'm logging off bc I'm making some badges for a friend who cooked for me and then I'm going to fix some holes in everyones clothes.

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stuck in the time loop but i just use it as a free day off. im not even trying to get out. i am teaching myself to knit. i am crocheting. i am cooking. not even doing anything crazy. just escaping capitalism for a week. day 375 and im not sure what lesson it's trying to teach but i've taught myself to handmake lace so all is well

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according to forbes, a micro influencer is any person between 1,000-100,000 followers who has more followers than an average person but less than a celebrity!

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makkon

recent art post#4. a jester character I've been designing off and on. been thinking about a 3d platformer where you play as them, their scepter transforms into a giant hammer and other tools to help with traversal.

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