support my local stores and merchants, and talking to my
regular guy at the hardware store the other day he says they are feeling the stress too.
Hobbies were supposed to be fun... and now they are just getting expensive! :-(
Hobbies were supposed to be fun... and now they are just getting> expensive! :-(
I guess it depends on the hobbies?>These days it looks like you need to go all-in in order to enjoy it.
What bothers me is that there is nothing like a casual hobby anymore.
...more important, your definition of what constitutes a 'Hobby'.
Hobbies were supposed to be fun... and now they are just getting> expensive! :-(
I play guitar which after a moderate outlay to buy one can fill
a lot of time and be somewhat rewarding if you get good at it.
Lessons can be costly but there should be books to get you
started on the basics and, in my case, after a few lessons, I
learned a lot more on my own faster than I would have from a
teacher I'm sure. I went very quickly from doing scales and
plucking out very basic juvenile songs in the books to playing
in a group and writing my own music within a year or so after.
>avors, where interests are more passive. For example, if you have an interes...more important, your definition of what constitutes a 'Hobby'.
I see "hobbies" distinct from "interests" in that hobbies are more hands-on e
I think, as you stated above, it depends on the Hobby and, maybe
more important, your definition of what constitutes a 'Hobby'.
Many things you can do to fill time cost little or nothing. I do a
lot of reading and get most of my books from the Library and my
brother and his wife are into Jigsaw Puzzles they get used from
the Thrift Stores quite cheaply.
> > more important, your definition of what constitutes a 'Hobby'.I think, as you stated above, it depends on the Hobby and, maybe
I am not talking necessarily about money. It is more about the time you need>blast into it.
Take modern videogames, for example. A videogame in the 90s used to be someth> you could get reasonably good at and beat in a small ammount of time. Fast f
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