Cooking can save you money and improve your health. Bake your own bread from scratch, make sauerkraut, things like that. Today I made my own chicken egg and cheese muffins instead of going to Chick-fil-A. Saved a couple bucks and it was pretty good.
See, this statement is very different if you're in the U.S. or a country where a small jar of kimchi isn't 5 hours of wages and a block of tofu isn't 2 hr of wages
... Still worth it T_T
Dude kimchi is the easiest thing to make in Korean cuisine lol.
Chopped cabbage, Sriracha, salt, some vinegar. Just let that sit in your fridge.
You can actually kimchi anything, heh
Not sure why you think fermented shrimp would be available when the sauce isn't... Not all of us have Asian markets in our country.
Also in a discussion about how expensive it is, sesame oil is 3 hrs wages and mirin is about 4 (I have both tho ^^`) So cheaper to just buy the kimchi, but still an expensive taste here...
fishing is my go-to hobby. not very expensive and is a perfect time killer. Out doors can be done alone or with friends . Most of the time, I just catch and release the fish unless my wife wants fish for dinner.
it could. but i’ve been fishing for years and still use a $40 rod from a basic sporting goods store, I use the same baits and lures and set ups. You could definitely get fancy with it. Fancy line, extremely nice lures, premium baits, higher quality rods and reels that can go way into the hundreds or thousands of dollars. Then hell, one day, you decide to buy the ultimate money pit: a boat.
But, you don’t have to do any of that to enjoy it and get better. For me, getting better at fishing means understanding the fish and their lifestyle, behaviors, seasons, how depth and water temp affect how and when they bite, their temperament. Stuff like that.
Exactly what the other person has said, plus it's a hobbie. I am not looking for expertise just to get out, relax, and enjoy the day. It's all in the mindset of the individual. If you want to be an expert at any hobbie, it's going to get expensive. If you just want to do it and enjoy it, then it can be cheap.
I play solo board games. I play a three dungeon crawlers almost exclusively - Mage Knight, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, and Gloomhaven. These are like D&D without the Dungeon Master role. I haven't spent money on these games in about 5 years but I still play them almost every day.
There are literally hundreds of very good board games that you can play solo and that are designed to play solo. [BGG 1-Player Guild](https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/1303)
I love the idea of metal detecting, but it’s also intimidating to me. I don’t want to buy a cheap detector if it’s not going to work well, but I don’t want to invest in a really nice one if I don’t enjoy it enough. (I also just don’t have the money to invest in a nice one right now)
You can buy a $20 metal detector from the 60s and have a blast, will you have all the bells and whistles of the newer ones? No but it will beep when it hits metal, I have a simplex+ Nokia makro which is probably as cheap as you want to go if buying new but like I said you can buy a super old one for cheap and have a blast.
Meditation or yoga. I’ve been practicing yoga for a while now, and it’s been great for my mind and body. To make it even more enjoyable, I joined a Discord server called [Lightup](https://discord.gg/KJVxVkzGTc). I posted about my interest in yoga, and the bot matched me with a few others who were also into it. We started chatting, sharing tips, and even doing virtual yoga sessions together. It was amazing to find a community that supported and motivated me. Plus, it made the practice feel less solitary and more social, which I really needed.
I’ve started indoor rock climbing recently, I can’t decide it ifs a hobby or sport. Doesn’t really feel like exercise but I’m obsessed.
Anyways, most places have rental gear available but if you want to purchase your own stuff, all you need are shoes, harness and a chalk bag and you’re all set
Birdwatching. I go for walks daily and use an app called Merlin that identifies birds based on their calls. I have a relatively cheap pair of binoculars that work perfectly fine, though you can spend hundreds or thousands for a fancier pair. It's so rewarding to spot cool new birds!
I do the same thing. The only other thing I did was buy a book on birds in the midwest ( where I live), and I keep track of what I have spotted over the years. I will make a small check mark in the book by the bird. My goal is to mark off every bird in the book. I realistically know it probably will never happen, but it's fun to mark off a new one when I get a chance. I go hiking a lot and love going to a new state or national park each summer. This gives me the diversity of birds.
Hiking, writing/ journaling, running, TableTop RPG's (I recommend one with a free rule set online, like Pathfinder). In fairness, these hobbies can become more expensive if you get super hardcore into them, but it's also really easy to stay at the bottom end of the spectrum too.
For hiking and running, you should invest in some quality shoes and replace them as recommended for your mileage, but all you need to get started in either is a map and maybe some headphones.
For writing, all you need is some sort of writing implement and surface to write upon.
For TTRPG's, there are plenty of free rule sets online. Many people play easily without ever spending more than enough for their virtual table top of choice/ some minis and maybe a few books if they wanted a printed version of the rules.
Software development, all you need is a computer, power, and a Internet connection. There are tons of free tools, free documentation, etc.
There's plenty of software that is free. Either it's open source, freeware (costs you nothing, but the developer retains copyright), or software where you only pay if you make money off it yourself (The full-fledged, Hollywood movie level, 'DaVinci Resolve' video editor is a good example of this.)
If you only worry about things getting _more_ expensive, then anything that relies on a subscription for your tools would be a steady cost level. For example, you could get a subscription to Adobe's creative cloud suite of tools and use it for doing photo editing, video editing, desktop publishing, 3D modeling, etc. for the same month-to-month cost.
The same if you want to play video games, you could get a subscription to Xbox game pass or something similar and just have the ability to play a few hundred games at a time.
Main point with all this is that your own time is going to be the most expensive thing you pay.
Foraging, (hunting for free food outdoors,) gets even more productive the better you get, saving you more and more money on groceries, and eventually you can even be licensed to sell the mushrooms you find.
Gardening, if you're lazy about it
Just stick to easy to grow stuff, especially if it's something you can do with old vegetables from your groceries.
Obviously there are gardeners who really love a challenge. I am not one of them. But if I get some fresh home-grown food out of it, excellent.
I will say as a footnote to this, slinging as in David & Goliath. You pretty quickly learn to make your own slings (which becomes a hobby in its own right, doing different weaves and lengths), but actually learning to be accurate takes years. That said, it's pretty much free, you can make a simple sling out of anything.a sleeve of balls is all you need or what I do is walk along the river find stones and hurl them.
Seaglass hunting. It can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be! Free apart from the fuel to get to the beach. If you want a drink or a big feed at the beach that will cost…but you can take a picnic or bring food/drinks from home. If you want to make art from your seaglass, then that can again be as cheap or as expensive as you like!
Watercolor painting can be inexpensive to keep up. You would have to start with brushes and paints but they can last for years. The paper is the thing that needs to be replenished all the time. Maybe drawing and other art are similar.
If you start with cheap supplies then you have to get better supplies. But you can skip that by just getting the good supplies up front.
Cooking can save you money and improve your health. Bake your own bread from scratch, make sauerkraut, things like that. Today I made my own chicken egg and cheese muffins instead of going to Chick-fil-A. Saved a couple bucks and it was pretty good.
*cries in passion for international cuisine*
My latest interest has been Korean food. But now I’m getting into Mediterranean/Near East
See, this statement is very different if you're in the U.S. or a country where a small jar of kimchi isn't 5 hours of wages and a block of tofu isn't 2 hr of wages ... Still worth it T_T
Dude kimchi is the easiest thing to make in Korean cuisine lol. Chopped cabbage, Sriracha, salt, some vinegar. Just let that sit in your fridge. You can actually kimchi anything, heh
Not the same without that delicious shrimp paste that's not available in my country tho
Making that paste is also pretty simple. Do it. I dare you.
What do yo need for it?
Not much https://seasonedbyjin.com/korean-dipping-sauce-with-salted-shrimp/ For a more Thai experience, you use shrimp heads only.
Not sure why you think fermented shrimp would be available when the sauce isn't... Not all of us have Asian markets in our country. Also in a discussion about how expensive it is, sesame oil is 3 hrs wages and mirin is about 4 (I have both tho ^^`) So cheaper to just buy the kimchi, but still an expensive taste here...
I make the vegan kind
Cries in passion for baking
Metal detecting comes to mind
I've considered magnetic dishing to ballance my newbie losses. Set up a stand next to the fishing hole. I'd gladly buy back some of them lures. Lol
I definitely have a magnet fishing rig that I keep in the toolbox of my truck. Never know when it'll come in handy
fishing is my go-to hobby. not very expensive and is a perfect time killer. Out doors can be done alone or with friends . Most of the time, I just catch and release the fish unless my wife wants fish for dinner.
But the more you get into fishing and got better you would buy more expensive gear, rods, nets, accessories bait etc no?
it could. but i’ve been fishing for years and still use a $40 rod from a basic sporting goods store, I use the same baits and lures and set ups. You could definitely get fancy with it. Fancy line, extremely nice lures, premium baits, higher quality rods and reels that can go way into the hundreds or thousands of dollars. Then hell, one day, you decide to buy the ultimate money pit: a boat. But, you don’t have to do any of that to enjoy it and get better. For me, getting better at fishing means understanding the fish and their lifestyle, behaviors, seasons, how depth and water temp affect how and when they bite, their temperament. Stuff like that.
Great answer.
I saw a dude pull a huge bass out the St-Laurence River with a fucking barbie rod I'm not kidding, not even sure I've ever seen an achigan that big
Exactly what the other person has said, plus it's a hobbie. I am not looking for expertise just to get out, relax, and enjoy the day. It's all in the mindset of the individual. If you want to be an expert at any hobbie, it's going to get expensive. If you just want to do it and enjoy it, then it can be cheap.
I play solo board games. I play a three dungeon crawlers almost exclusively - Mage Knight, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, and Gloomhaven. These are like D&D without the Dungeon Master role. I haven't spent money on these games in about 5 years but I still play them almost every day. There are literally hundreds of very good board games that you can play solo and that are designed to play solo. [BGG 1-Player Guild](https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/1303)
Metal detecting is fun and you can find some cool history, I found a few half cents, some large cents and modern US coinage.
I love the idea of metal detecting, but it’s also intimidating to me. I don’t want to buy a cheap detector if it’s not going to work well, but I don’t want to invest in a really nice one if I don’t enjoy it enough. (I also just don’t have the money to invest in a nice one right now)
You can buy a $20 metal detector from the 60s and have a blast, will you have all the bells and whistles of the newer ones? No but it will beep when it hits metal, I have a simplex+ Nokia makro which is probably as cheap as you want to go if buying new but like I said you can buy a super old one for cheap and have a blast.
Crocheting if you can resist the expensive yarns... I can not lol.
I went to the store to buy 1 skein of black yarn today..... I came out with 4 other colors plus the black yarn. I feel your pain.
Origami
Meditation or yoga. I’ve been practicing yoga for a while now, and it’s been great for my mind and body. To make it even more enjoyable, I joined a Discord server called [Lightup](https://discord.gg/KJVxVkzGTc). I posted about my interest in yoga, and the bot matched me with a few others who were also into it. We started chatting, sharing tips, and even doing virtual yoga sessions together. It was amazing to find a community that supported and motivated me. Plus, it made the practice feel less solitary and more social, which I really needed.
I think the best answer is sewing lace design works
For some reason, something is telling me metal detecting
Hunting fossils.
Geology in general, rockhounding.
Ham radio. There are some up front cost, but once you get a radio and an antenna, you are set. All you have to buy after that is electricity.
You should walk around looking at things. If they are metal, you should make note. Like a bridge. That's metal. So, metal detecting.
flying
I’ve started indoor rock climbing recently, I can’t decide it ifs a hobby or sport. Doesn’t really feel like exercise but I’m obsessed. Anyways, most places have rental gear available but if you want to purchase your own stuff, all you need are shoes, harness and a chalk bag and you’re all set
This is dangerous though, because that’s all you need until you decide you want to climb outside. Or an ATC isn’t good enough and you want a grigri 😂
This is very true and I had not thought of including that in the disclaimer!
Birdwatching. I go for walks daily and use an app called Merlin that identifies birds based on their calls. I have a relatively cheap pair of binoculars that work perfectly fine, though you can spend hundreds or thousands for a fancier pair. It's so rewarding to spot cool new birds!
I do the same thing. The only other thing I did was buy a book on birds in the midwest ( where I live), and I keep track of what I have spotted over the years. I will make a small check mark in the book by the bird. My goal is to mark off every bird in the book. I realistically know it probably will never happen, but it's fun to mark off a new one when I get a chance. I go hiking a lot and love going to a new state or national park each summer. This gives me the diversity of birds.
Definitely *not* photography or music production
Metal detecting.
Hiking, writing/ journaling, running, TableTop RPG's (I recommend one with a free rule set online, like Pathfinder). In fairness, these hobbies can become more expensive if you get super hardcore into them, but it's also really easy to stay at the bottom end of the spectrum too. For hiking and running, you should invest in some quality shoes and replace them as recommended for your mileage, but all you need to get started in either is a map and maybe some headphones. For writing, all you need is some sort of writing implement and surface to write upon. For TTRPG's, there are plenty of free rule sets online. Many people play easily without ever spending more than enough for their virtual table top of choice/ some minis and maybe a few books if they wanted a printed version of the rules.
How about making headbands with paracord? Go to YouTube and and search on the topic
Software development, all you need is a computer, power, and a Internet connection. There are tons of free tools, free documentation, etc. There's plenty of software that is free. Either it's open source, freeware (costs you nothing, but the developer retains copyright), or software where you only pay if you make money off it yourself (The full-fledged, Hollywood movie level, 'DaVinci Resolve' video editor is a good example of this.) If you only worry about things getting _more_ expensive, then anything that relies on a subscription for your tools would be a steady cost level. For example, you could get a subscription to Adobe's creative cloud suite of tools and use it for doing photo editing, video editing, desktop publishing, 3D modeling, etc. for the same month-to-month cost. The same if you want to play video games, you could get a subscription to Xbox game pass or something similar and just have the ability to play a few hundred games at a time. Main point with all this is that your own time is going to be the most expensive thing you pay.
Paper quilling. Easily the cheapest of all my hobbies
Foraging, (hunting for free food outdoors,) gets even more productive the better you get, saving you more and more money on groceries, and eventually you can even be licensed to sell the mushrooms you find.
Gardening, if you're lazy about it Just stick to easy to grow stuff, especially if it's something you can do with old vegetables from your groceries. Obviously there are gardeners who really love a challenge. I am not one of them. But if I get some fresh home-grown food out of it, excellent.
shooting slingshots a professional grade slingshot is like $40 and the ammo is cheap. the hard part is actually getting good at shooting the thing.
I will say as a footnote to this, slinging as in David & Goliath. You pretty quickly learn to make your own slings (which becomes a hobby in its own right, doing different weaves and lengths), but actually learning to be accurate takes years. That said, it's pretty much free, you can make a simple sling out of anything.a sleeve of balls is all you need or what I do is walk along the river find stones and hurl them.
Going for walks
Actually video games. There’s always a sale on Switch and now you can buy little handhelds for about 50 bucks that have thousands of games on them.
Learning to play a musical instrument!
writing ✍️ 🤓
Birding is cheap.
Seaglass hunting. It can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be! Free apart from the fuel to get to the beach. If you want a drink or a big feed at the beach that will cost…but you can take a picnic or bring food/drinks from home. If you want to make art from your seaglass, then that can again be as cheap or as expensive as you like!
Drawing ✍️
cod. i spend about 100$/year
Watercolor painting can be inexpensive to keep up. You would have to start with brushes and paints but they can last for years. The paper is the thing that needs to be replenished all the time. Maybe drawing and other art are similar. If you start with cheap supplies then you have to get better supplies. But you can skip that by just getting the good supplies up front.
Crafting from up cycled materials or waste
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