r/IWantToLearn • u/Free-Bandicoot-9433 • 1d ago
Personal Skills IWTL some genuinely interesting hobbies I can do from home
I’m 22M, and I’ve realized that I don’t really have any proper hobbies.
Most of my life, whenever I had free time, I’d usually end up doing some other work, helping others, doing household things, etc. So I never really developed hobbies of my own.
I’m a software engineer working from home, and I’m also preparing for the UPSC exam.
The main constraint is location — I live in a very remote village, so I’m looking for hobbies that I can do at home, without needing access to gyms, classes, coaching or other facilities.
I’m open to literally anything. It doesn’t have to be productive or related to my career. I’m looking for something genuinely interesting — something that can really pull me in, keep me curious, and make me want to spend my free time doing it.
What are some hobbies you’d suggest that almost anyone can get into, especially something I can do from home?
I’d love to hear about hobbies you personally enjoy and what makes them interesting to you.
Thank You.
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u/Boruckii 1d ago
Chess
Darts (if you have the space for it. Online darts is most definitely an up and coming thing)
Drawing
Valorant
Those are the 4 things I went to when I asked myself the same question
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u/useless_vr_trash 1d ago edited 1d ago
Amateur radio!
Get liscenced in your country, with 25 usd equivalent you can talk locally, or listen around the world with an sdr and a piece of wire.
With more money you can talk around the WORLD, do morse code, digital data comms, satellite comms and more!
Being in a remote location will actually be a huge win for you as well because you will probably have less interference than someone in a more dense area.
Theres a lot of diy and tinkering to be done which is really fun! I try to build most of my antennas myself (or at least pick parts and then assemble) its a hobby with almost infinite rabbit holes to go down and also is very self directed - youre going to have to find your fun in it or what you want to do.
Some people try and make a contact with every country, some people do contests, some do challenges too see how far they can reqch with limited gear, limited power or limited (enter factor here)
Ive also learned way more about electronics and soldering etc from doing radio stuff
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u/lowkeydumass 1d ago
What's a good starting point?
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u/useless_vr_trash 19h ago
Get a cheap baofeng radio from amazon, and listen to your local radio chatter.
Play around on kiwisdr
Look up how to get liscenced in your area if youre in the us the HamStudy app is free and great for studying for the test(s)
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u/VFequalsVeryFcked 1d ago
Lockpicking Web dev Gardening Playing an instrument Gaming Reading Drawing/painting Archery Darts
I don't do all of the above myself, but I do half of them.
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u/Same_Square2555 1d ago
dedicating 2-3 years to civ 6 multiplayer seems like the best thing one can do with their life. dedicating even more years to civ 5 multiplayer is even better
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u/Yrnevar 1d ago
How about trying out some different crafts? Paper crafts like origami, painting, crochet, clay, macrame. All cheap to start out with, lots of online info, and you really don't need to do /well/ to feel like you're doing something worthwhile. I did that and I settled on sketching and on crocheting, I like learning new stitches and figuring out how to make things without following a whole pattern. That way, there's also no one way to do it properly. As someone also in tech, I like the soft kind of problem solving of it, while not feeling any pressure
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u/King-Piece 1d ago
TTRPG's like D&D or Pathfinder. Fun hobby. Great way to meet people and share stories together. Can be done in person or online. Some people get into miniature-painting, terrain crafting, character building, world building, dice design or collecting, story writing, etc as side hobbies just because TTRPG's resonated with them. It's a hobby that might help you discover not only other niche hobbies but new friends as well.
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u/nck3452 14h ago
Are there any ways to play these online?
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u/King-Piece 13h ago
Absolutely! There's a website called startplaying.games that hosts both paid and free to play tables. I'd start there. Look for a free table that is accepting new players. Once you join a table, let your Game Master know you're new to TTRPGs and they should be able to help you get started from there.
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u/OldMarzipan9773 1d ago
Graphic Design - Affinity Studio (free)
3D Modeling - Blender (free)
Chess - Chess.com or Lichess.org (Free)
Meditation - Free
Reading
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u/freethemahi33 18h ago
Playing an instrument.
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u/Free-Bandicoot-9433 18h ago
Suggest some best instrument. That has best tutorials online to learn.
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u/Curious_Octopod 1d ago
What do you enjoy? Do you like to make things? Take up woodworking, knitting, resin casting, pyrography, wood turning... Do you like music? take up an instrument. Do you like ideas? write novels, short stories, enter writing competitions. Are you a trivia buff? Get yourself on jetpunk, join a quiz team (I assume village has a pub?). Do you enjoy fitness? You could install "conqueror challenges" app and walk the world in your village. Gardening/allotmenting draws you in, requires you to plan forward, keeps you fit and could save you from the famine the government are warning against. (Hyperbole, but you get the idea). You could paint or sketch, get a potters wheel... so a clue about what you like would help narrow things down lol
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u/nightdeitynyx 1d ago
diy miniature houses and furniture. lego. drawing or just scribbling. writing a short story. single player rpgs, or if you’re into it any multiplayer (not a fan). embroidery.
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u/AmethystBound 1d ago
I always recommend crocheting, or even knitting but i find that harder to. Smaller projects are easy to pack around if needed and bigger projects are a good stationary hobby. There are all sorts of different things to learn and make but once you get the basics the only thing stopping you from gowing further is yourself💜.
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u/Tordek_Battlebeard 1d ago
I have three hobbies that keep me busy. I make music on my computer, I do small electronics projects/repair, and I do what's called rockhounding.
I say just try a bunch of different things and you'll know you found a hobby when you start getting obsessive over one.
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u/Wolfeehx 1d ago
Diamond Art. If you don't know what that is, you get a kit with a small canvas with a grid on it. The grid squares have little codes in them that tells you what colour diamond to place. Then you have a little pen thing to pick up tiny little plastic diamonds (Drills), and you stick them in the right place in the grid (it has an adhesive layer). It's super chill and shockingly satisfying.
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u/Ill-Magazine-8557 1d ago
Reading is the big one. If you are an i travertine, don't enjoy people's company, you can read alone and enjoy it as is.
But there are so many book clubs on the internet, reddit included. Find a book buddy or 2 and you can enjoy the social aspect of it. You are preparing for UPSC, so I will say, don't go into non fiction, go into fiction and you will see reading is super enjoyable.
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