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*Aggressively stares at Spock until he feels better*
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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.
- Birdwatching - download a free app for identifying and/or logging and go for walks or hikes or just sit in your yard/at your window depending on where you live. (My biologist friend uses the Merlin Bird ID app for identifying and eBird for logging, so that’s what I got now that I’m getting into it. These apps are associated btw, both by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). A cheap/basic pair of binoculars helps too.
- Crosswords and other word puzzles - lots of free sites
- Learn a language - Duolingo is free, among other apps
- Photography - Most people have smartphones these days that actually have decent enough cameras that could suffice for beginners and intermediates - the important part is your eye and the composition, etc. Plus there are free Photoshop-like sites for editing, like pixlr.com. Also you can find old, great quality DSLRs that still work for cheap! They’re not like cell phones lol; my Canon is almost 20 years old and works like a charm. And good ol' YouTube University can give you beginner lessons if you don't know what to look for or how to get started.
- Journaling (and/or bullet journaling)
- Read lyrics along with songs while listening to them. If you don’t have Spotify, there are tons of free lyric websites out there.
- Research an unfamiliar topic either online at home or at the library.
Also for any hobby or just life, there's always the Buy Nothing Project and freecycle and Trash Nothing where people exchange things rather than throwing away stuff they don't need!
The WAY some people do hobbies can be quite expensive. But you don't need to do things the same way!
Quilting: Fabric is ridiculous to buy, so don't. Use your old clothes and other fabrics. All you absolutely need is a needle, thread, and scissors. (And maybe wadding? I haven't gotten far enough to figure out if there's an alternate yet.)
Paper crafts: card stock and patterned/coloured paper cost a lot. But thrift stores often have it, and it will cost almost nothing. (And don't imitate me and attach everything with double sided tape. Super effective, but very unaffordable.)
Research: university/college libraries can be expensive to borrow from if you don't have a degree. However, you are allowed to spend the whole day there researching for free! You can use their computers (though possibly not all of their databases). You can read the $600 books. You can copy anything important, including TAKING PICTURES OF EACH PAGE IF YOU WANT TO. It's great!
- Plush-making: you can get a mini sewing kit for like $1, or second-hand. They usually include everything you need--needle, some thread, scissors, and seam ripper. Sewing machines are certainly faster but never required. Use old clothes, thrifted blankets--you can make incredible plush from simple fabrics. Stuffing can come from old pillows, fabric scraps too small to use, dry beans or wadded newspaper even. There are a ton of free plush patterns available online, and plenty of free sewing tutorials on YouTube. Again you can hand-sew everything, but if you really want a sewing machine, check out yardsales, thrift stores, or connect with your local quilting shop--my local one sometimes sells high-end used sewing machines for around $50. Old models are also especially great because they tend to sell low but work for ages.
IME if you find people passionate about a hobby you're interested in, chances are they'll be excited to help you get started, either by sharing what they have or connecting you with resources. Reach out! Besides, hobbies are a great place to find friends.
Pinterest is irritating in some ways, but there are still easy to find tutorials on how to make rugs from scrap fabric/ old clothes
Dollar stores sell sketch pads and small cross-stitch kits for $1.25/ea. And they now have small pieces of fabric for the same price. You can take those small kits and find online tutorials to learn embroidery.
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"When Gabriel smites you, you've been...smited? Smote?" "Smitten, I believe. You're being silly."
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Tiger's Eye Slab | Mt Brockman Station, Western Australia
Source: sothebys.com
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“Crowley didn’t fall, he vaguely sauntered down”
David Tennant: “Got it” and proceeds to unhinge his hip tendons and create the sluttiest walk any man has done, ever.
To anyone who hasn’t seen it, I refer you to David’s role in Fright Night. Peter Vincent swaggered so Crowley could slither.
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As a European, I knew Americans have been asking for walkable cities but i had no idea it was literally this hostile
WHERE DO YOU WALK YOUR DOGS!?!
lol yeah
Its to the point where most Americans can’t conceive of a walkable community because everywhere is like this and several generations have now grown up in a world like this. There’s hardly anyone that can conceive of a world that isn’t like this. Most people either cave in and get a car or end up isolated. I live in a city that’s mostly walkable by North American standards and I still end up walking in the dirt on the edge of a stroad a lot of the time.
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I am Spock. You are James Kirk. Our minds are moving closer. Closer, closer, closer, James Kirk. Closer.
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i will never be the same again
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STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS — 2.09 "Subspace Rhapsody"
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1.01 | 2.06
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strange guys from my pinterest folder
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many abuses upon beaudog
bonus hat:
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