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>Ambidexterity

- Writing (mostly poetry at the moment)
- Singing
- Meditating
- Language learning
- Gaming with friends
- Occasional programming

-Jacking off
-Inserting things into my anus
>Tibetan throat singing

>>2831598

I'm also into Arabic/Islamic calligraphy, and Arabic in general. Where do you get your materials? So far I've only been able to locate one good supplier in the United States. Of course, you may not be American and may have a much easier time finding what you need.

>Ambidexterity
What the fuck? Like practicing? Are you jealous of the left-hand master race.

Do you guys find meditation to be important to you??

In order of time spent:

Reading
Language Study (currently Japanese/working on languages already acquired)
Masturbation
Running
Writing
Video games

>>2831642
>implying ambidextrous people aren't the master race

>>2831645
Oh shit also, reading and vidya. I like Mnt Bikes too. Trails and so forth.

How do I get started with meditation? Just sit? I'm too easily distracted by my thoughts.

Guitar and reading.

Kind of dull, my life.

>>2831645
It's like drugs you don't have to pay for that can only ever improve your health and bring you long-term happiness.

I don't do it as much as I'd like.

>>2831662
Mindfulness in Plain English might be a good place to start.

>>2831598
guitar
piano
studying music (its in school so i guess its not really a hobby)
reading
i also really like masturbation

>>2831642
>>2831606
Learning to write with your non-dominant hand has been proven to increase hemisphere interconnectivity through the strengthening of the corpus collosum. Building fine motor skills in the left hand is related to increase in emotional intelligence and creativity.

It's also destroys writers block by having a conversation between your two "hands" writing a question with your dominant hand regarding your idea and answering with your left.

>>2831678
As a lefty, will writing with my right hand give me any benefits?

-reading
-language
-learning to write
-reading articles online all fucking day
-planting my seed all over the carpet under my desk
-cycling
-hiking, other outdoor activities
-relearning math skills before I start up college

>>2831662
Without hyperbole it has had a more profound effect on my level of contentment and joy with daily life than any other life activity.

It's like tuning up your base level of concentration.

Read Mindfullness in Plain english
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html

Also check out this Google talk by Shinzen Young if you feel bullied by your rational mind regarding the spiritual facets of meditation or it's history in religion,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCWP4pODbs

>>2831679
Without a doubt. Here are some sources, Also check out The Power of Your Other Hand by Lucia Capacchione.

http://www.fi.edu/learn/brain/exercise.html
http://www.goodfinancialcents.com/benefits-of-using-your-opposite-hand-grow-brain-cells-while-brushi
ng-your-teeth/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/498364-exercises-to-improve-your-non-dominant-hand/

>>2831637
I'm in Canada and the local library just moved all of their Arabic language learning material out of town. I'm miffed.

- History (mostly interested in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century american and european history)
- Firearms and shooting (mostly IPSC related stuff, but I am also interested in old guns and the history of guns)
- Drawing. I can't draw for shit, but I'm trying and maybe if I don't lose interest in this, I will be able to draw something that doesn't make you wanna poke your eyes out. (I'm not thinking about ever becoming a professional, I just want to not suck at it)
- Sudokus, Rubik's cubes and other little exercises for the brain. Once or twice a week I dedicate a couple of hours to these things because I just want to improve my visual memory and to have a really good imagination.

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The 50's and the 60's
Collecting records

Not a big collection but I have good stuff, like Michael Jackson's Thriller red vinyl 7"

>>2831598
Hobbies:
- Being right handed
- Sitting still for hours with my eyes closed

- unstable unix distributions
- flat-bar road biking
- driving/maintaining '73 bmw

Reading, writing, fencing, cooking and baking, video games, climbing, hiking, gardening.

>>2831704
Meditation is actually good for you. It lowers blood pressure and increases lifespan.

Not to mention that it feels good.

>>2831722
>>2831683
>>2831670
>>2831669
Wow, get a load of this utilitarianism take on meditation...

Nice method there, buddy.
Keep "trying" things.

>>2831748
I hope you find happiness.

-violin
-guitar
-art (drawing, painting etc)
-learning languages
-linguistics
-producing music
-dance
-reading

I like to absorb media. I also like to try different kinds of food.

That's about it.

-art
drawing, graffiti, producing music
-media
music, books, movies, tv shows, video games
-sports
freeclimbing, yoga (not really a sport)
-playing poker online or with pals
-walking around in nature
-cooking

>>2831780
So much taking. Why no giving?

>>2831822
I'm the average depressed, wandering person. I have no passions, no dedication, no destiny, no missions in life. I have a clinical condition that prevents me from performing any productive or worthwhile activity. I don't think I have anything to offer in this world. And I don't mean to sound like an edgy faggot, but I've never been so happy since I came to this realization.

whatever, I'm bored here......

- judo
- brazilian jiu jitsu
- guitar
- sing
- football
- cartoons (inner child and stuff)
- ponies (well, is fun)
- 4chan (duh)

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>literature and reading
Main hobby, with lots of sub-interests. I'm especially into East Asian and Eastern European literature + surrealism of all kinds.
>drawing
Mostly charcoal and digital.
>gardening
So far I'm only doing window herbs, but I have a small backyard that I'm preparing for other things.
>firearms and shooting
Visit the range most weekends. Newest acquisition is a Ruger Mk III in .22lr.
>video games
STGs and RPGs and random other games I find interesting.
>rock climbing
Only at an indoor gym so far - not sure I'm ever going to be able to do any sort of real free climbing. I am ridiculously afraid of heights. Might be trying bouldering soon though.

That's probably it for stuff I do more than lightly dabble in. I try to cook often, but it only turns out okay 50% of the time. I collect/hoard lots of shit (hats, dinosaurs, carnival glass) and like trying unusual and new foods. I like drinking alcohol. And I probably need to pick up another physical hobby, which may end up being Tai Chi .

>>2831859
Are you me?
I do all of those except for judo and football

>>2831858
please explain this more detailed! how does this realisation help you exactly?
i realize my situation in life, its very similar to yours, but i can't draw the right conclusion...

reading/writing
chess
pool
skate boarding
magic the gathering
gaming

>>2831881
nope, I'm not you (well, last time I checked I wasn't)

but is good to see more one here on /lit/ with similar interests

take a beer

>>2831858
lol been there done that.

Get a hobby faggot.

Mine are as follows:
Hobbies: Runic calligraphy;
Interests: Paganism, 17th – 18th century literature;
Pass–times: Composing music, socializing and the odd bit of gaming.

>>2831914
17th-18th century literature from all over the world, or just certain areas?

>>2831883
It's called 'anhedonia': where indifference is always both the means and the ends.

Reading
Wanking
Ass play (you should try it, if you haven't - it's awesome)
Foreign languages
Drinking
Writing, mostly poetry
Watching films
Electronic music
Drawing/painting

Meditation
Pilosophy
Listening to music
Playing harmonica
Going to the gym
Reading (duh)
Writing

>>2831927
>Ass play (you should try it, if you haven't - it's awesome)
Eh. Not into it solo. Pretty big fan with a partner + lube, though.

>>2831963
Solo's all I got, brah

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OP forgot her pic. Can you skateboard also?

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I don't have any hobbies. I've tried to get interested in various things, including different types of sports, traditional games and video games, languages, history, music, playing instruments, cooking, arts and crafts, cars, nature, programming, asg, journalism, magic and paranormal, acting, fashion, collecting stuff, watching movies and TV series, animu and mangu, knitting and sewing, the list goes on. Nothing keeps me interested.

At some point in my life I tried to worship a god just to have something to do on Sundays. I've also tried to be a fan of something or someone, but it seems to be even harder than having a hobby.

The only activities I keep coming back to are reading and drawing. It makes me a bit sad, just how knowing that I won't ever have a pack of bffs makes me a bit sad. Everywhere I see people enjoying their hobbies and spending time doing crazy stuff with their friends. Everything bores me and social gatherings make me extremely tired.

I just don't enjoy things everyone does. I wish I could at least brag about it, but I believe it must be quite common nowadays.

>>2832030

>dat pic
>I'm a special snowflake
>kill yourself.

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reading
cycling
running
maths
playing association football/golf/squash
listening to music
4chan

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>>2832104

>>2832162
>playing association football/golf/squash
Association football/golf/squash would be the weirdest sport ever.

>fiction
>history
>writing (fiction, essays, songs)
>guitar
>singing
>listening to music (all types)
>vidya sometimes (I get sick of it easily)
>drinking
>tabletop RPGs

Can anyone recommend me a martial art or other /fit/-related hobby that won't dump me in an environment full of neckbeards or hippies?

- Playing drums
- Politics (I'm actually social involved)
- Studying shit as sociology, psychology and history
- Watching movies and tv shows
- Sports (mostly football, basket and tennis)

This has certainly been both a nice surprise and an inspirational thread. Definitely gonna get more into meditation and yoga after reading your posts.

- Writing
- Reading
- Photography
- Travelling
- Biking
- Poker
- Football with friends (soccer to you guys)
- Film (used to be a huge buff, but rarely watch anything these days)
- Videogames (trying to quit completely)

>>2832209

Me again. Been thinking about Mongolian throat singing. Where do you find people to teach it to you? And is it hard to learn? It's so beautiful, I've dreamed about learning it myself.

>>2832184
judo or jiu jitsu

well......oriental philosophy and stuff, if you like it

I prefer the exercise, very good to mantain the shape and is fun

and you gain self esteem, I never used it (I'm very calm), but is good to know some self defense

>>2832184
capoeira
yoga

Drawring

>>2832230

Do not listen to this guy.

>>2832225

This guy is right. Judo or brazilian jiu jitsu is the answer.

>>2832236
brazillian jiu jitsu is just gay

>>2832286

And capoeira is not?

Enjoy your dancing and completely useless martial art.

>>2832328
who the fuck is even talking about that?

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I don't really have hobbies. Reading bores me most of the time these days. I spend some time online browsing and researching certain interests but that doesn't really captivate me either. I'm actually pretty much done with most media, but when I leave them alone I feel a little abandoned.

So I'm trying to get used to the quietness and mental rest of not engaging in such entertainment. I'm trying to become a bit of a dog. I take pleasure in eating and drinking and sleeping and walking around and laying in the sun and fucking and masturbating though. Those things are always nice. I'd like to get a bit more healthy and wiry and tan and hard and all that. Take my asceticism to the next level. Diminish my possessions even more as well.

I've always despised "hobbies" as a concept. It devaluates certain experiences as something less than work and less than play.It really evokes an imagine of utterly mundane and sad little men toying around with miniature railways or something like that. Paradoxically, admitting to having hobbies seems to me in some way admitting to have an empty life. They always seem like activities to fill the time, instead of working on one's life as a whole.

I might take up writing again though. I feel I have something to say, but I'm not quite sure what it is yet.

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-playing and studying chess and backgammon
-reading
-watching movies and tv shows
-playing violin

playing/ writing music
reading
writing
filmmaking/watching

Boxing
Motorcycling
Bicycling
And since I've always wanted a completely useless hobby I'm looking into Spanish Fencing.

Accidentally posted this in another thread. How embarrassing.

Reading
Writing
Masturbation

I want to pick up Latin. I know Spanish and French (marginally), already so I don't think I'll have too much of a problem with Latin.

>>2832402
>asceticism
>enjoys things

Nope.

writing fiction (i write a journal entry to warm up to writing fiction)
guitar
frisbee (not ultimate frisbee), boomerangs
fashion
thrifting
fairs/festivals
cats
hallucinogens
museums
porn (i started 4chan on /s/)
very rarely i'll play video games

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Lot of fellow anons interested in Language/Linguistics here eh? What languages are you guys into?

I'll post my 'hobbies' now I suppose.

>Languages
Grew up Speaking English and Punjabi. Taught myself Urdu a few years back, and now I'm working on Kashmiri, Sindhi and Tamil.
>History
Orientalism for the most part. But I do like to generally just read about old things.
>Collecting Hats
I just fucking love hats. I dunno
>Fishing
I live in the south and have a lot of redneck friends. We like to go fishing (often with our barehands) pretty fun
>Cooking
catch fish, cook fish
>Story Telling
Big oral tradition in Punjabi literature. Kind of made me interested in story telling. My shelf is full of copies of Arabian Nights and other fairy tales/folk tales/etc.
>Indian/Pakistani Classical Music
Fucking love the stuff. Spend hour after hour just listening to music while doing nothing.
>Vidya
Co op stuff mostly. That too the oldschool shit. snes and n64 especially. special mention to ps2 for having SO MANY GAEMS
>Writing
Mostly language learning material. I'm working on a lot of projects with a bunch of bros for helping others learn Punjabi. Writing up in no particular order: Cuss word primer, shahmukhi script primer, colloquial punjabi textbook, etc etc.

Really I just read/play/watch all forms of media, and do martial arts.

That's about it.

Latin, hiking, tobacco are my three main hobbies

i bump old threads so i don't have to look at the piece of shit that is page 0

-vidya
-reading
-learning how to draw (the only thing I can be proud of from creating my own work; I can't even write.)
-listenin to music

The main things as of now, but I'm planning on getting into:
-learning languages (Japanese, German, Latin before I die)
-studying history, psychology, philosophy, other stuff
-learn how to play piano

Most of the time I have these multiple goals that relate to my hobbies and I often get distress if they impede each other (playing this kind of video game, reading this certain book at the same time), and then I end up not doing anything at all instead of actually making progress.

>>2833661

I like you.

OP sounds like one really annoying bitch I knew back in highschool.

For fuck's sake, faggot, go have sex, because it's all you apparently need. Actually intelligent peope don't have "hobbies" like "violin / ney flute" or "ambidexterity".

Hobbies as a concept, in general, are for dimwits who can't take seriously things they enjoy doing. What sort of fucked up home culture produces people who call things they love "hobbies"? It's either a passion, a necessary evil, or a thing to be avoided or ignored. A "hobby" is a faux concept.

Hiking, learning Italian and Greek, translating German, playing violin, writing (short stories, pretty much exclusively). I also ski and try to take long train journeys, but not as often as the other stuff.

>>2833734

Semantics, how do they work?

Obviously he meant "hobby" as in something he does when he is not working or filling the physiological needs. Jeez, get over yourself.

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I read, write, have sex, play the violin and the piano, compose, play video games (mostly RPGs and other atmospheric or architecturally interesting games). I also study mathematics and physics when I have some free time (rarely) and I work towards being a decent patissiere. I'm majoring in architecture.

I'm not very social, so I have lots of time to do these things.

Picture is my beloved violin. I'm currently playing movements from the D minor partita by Bach.

I read, I write, I study for uni, I go to weekend parties, I run on the beach with my dog, and I call my fuckbuddy when I'm lonely. That's the end of me.

I'm very good at staring at my wall.

any tips on learning violin the 4chan way.
i.e self taught augmented by whatever free lesson videos we can find online.

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>>2833890
The self-thought violin is a dangerous way. I seriously recommend getting a teacher, and pic.

Currently:

-"Re-learning" Latin
Had formal study of it for 3 consecutive years during high school and made the mistake of not regularly keeping up with it once uni started, so I'm terribly rusty. Starting from the beginning.
-Reading
-Weaving

That's it. The rest of you sound interesting, assuming any of this is true.
Interesting captcha: heretics sit

i just ejaculated into my coffee

>>2833911
No choice really, it's enough just to get the instrument and supplies sent in.

It is "the sad" when you live in a remote place. Must start working on plan to kidnap a music teacher.

>>2834046
In that case: violinmasterclass.com
This site shows you in good detail the technical subtleties of the violin and has also got timetables to help you practice effectively (very important, you don't want to waste hours not learning anything).

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how do you motherfuckers have so many hobbies? how could you possibly have the time to get good at that many things at once?

>>2834079
Who said we were good? We just do the things we love to do, regarless of skill.

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>decide to learn french
>too lazy to actually study
>just listen to french news radio whenever i'm on computer doing other things
>mfw 6 months in i can now understand about 2/3 of what i hear

Studying politics
Studying history
I'm currently trying to learn Spanish
Working out
Video games
Anime/Manga
Comic books
Movies/TV shows
Music
Driving
I'd also like to get better at cooking, but never have the time or energy for it, honestly.

>>2834091
Looks legit.

>>2833299
Don't confuse Cynical asceticism with the later Christian variety. The first is training in enduring hardship, the second is giving up wordly pleasures in favor of something trasncedental. Cynics ready themselves to be able to endure life itself, not to gain a favourable position in an afterlife.

There's no reason to believe that it is somehow wrong to enjoy the simple, frugal life. From a Cynical perspective, that is.

>>2834116
idk man, it's surprising what listening to something for 4-6 hrs a day will do

Speedcubing
Skateboarding
Stepmania
Is watching anime and Doctor Who actually a hobby?
Going to learn Japanese soon

>>2834091
Link to what station you are listening to?

>>2834126
http://tunein.com/tuner/?StationId=25629
some good shit

>>2831642
I'm left handed, feels good man.
>dat feel when we live seven years less on average...

Painting
Hiking
Guitar

That's pretty much it, not counting a variety of sports I partake in every now and then. I'm more someone who gets obsessed with a small number of things rather than diversifies.

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>>2834178
here.

>mfw people counting listening to music and watching TV shows as hobbies
why don't you also include eating sweets, going on 4chan and watching youtube videos?

big 4:
film
music
sports (running, lifting, swimming)
wasting time on the internet (forums, porn, youtube)

less often:
reading
tv shows
anime
vidya

>>2834184

>counting listening to music and watching TV shows as hobbies
>going on 4chan and watching youtube videos

how aren't these hobbies?

"A hobby is a regular activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure, typically done during one's leisure time."
inb4 durrhurr wikipedia

>>2834193
yes, I picked those examples specifically because they conformed to the literal definition of a hobby. But I hoped they would also appear self-evidently not to be hobbies. Apparently not.

>>2834091
>>2834091
>>2834091
does this work?

Japanese language
Manga
Anime
Japanese video games
Reading Japanese novels
Kendo
Mahjong (Japanese rules)
Making japanese food
Studying Japanese history

>>2834116
It is. Give me a better way to learn a language with very scarce learning material available. Watching drams, listening to music, reading poetry, talking to natives. Are about the best ways to do so, in the absence of concrete learning material. Then still, even when you have access to grammar books and all that, watching tv and listening to music is STILL an awesome way to learn. A lot of my foreign friends learned English through watching American Cartoons as children.

>>2834219
China > Japan

>instruments, which I try to net about 4-5 hours total on per day
-classical guitar
-erhu
-shakuhachi
-drums (jazz & african, latin, & general world styles adapted for drumset)

>musical composition & recording

>books, usually at least 100pages/day
-general classic literature
-history books, religious texts, and general cultural analysis; usually of eastern cultures.

>learning languages
-maintaining my Spanish (I stopped learning intensely at around the B2 level) through reading spanish authors & anki
-improving my Mandarin (I'm currently between a B1 and a B2. Aiming for near-native fluency)
-recently began Classical Chinese
-recently began Japanese

>exercise
-I run or swim a few miles a day.
-Bodyweight exercises

Aikido looks interesting, OP.

>>2834217
Immersion IS a legit language learning method, but it's a supplement to conventional methods, not a replacement.

>>2834184
Because me listening to music goes much deeper than just having some sound on the ears when browsing 4chan. It's something I do without disturbances while I look up the story of the piece beforehand and reflect upon it later, maybe looking at the sheet music to understand how the piece is constructed. Probably just like how you read your books, am I right? This thorough examination of music makes it much more enjoyable to listen to. In addition to understanding it on an emotional level, I can also appreciate it's intellectual qualities.

>>2834234
>>2834225 here

That's the spirit, my friend.

>>2834232
For languages like French, Spanish, German, etc, that are so widely sought out as languages to learn and thus have tons of language learning materials, yeah. It'd be silly to try to teach yourself grammar without a book.

I mean otherwise you have to talk to tons of different people and add up the things they all do the same until a little lightbulb goes off in your head saying THIS MUST BE A GRAMMAR RULE lol. I.E, do things the way we did them before we had books to teach us this stuff and make our lives easier.

>>2834241
But you're not trying your damnedest to have an intelligible conversation with a podcast.

>>2834242
Eh? I figured it was implied you'd take the stuff you hear in podcasts and tv shows and then try it out with native speakers. That's what I always do for hard to learn languages at least.

>>2834244
Oh, sorry. Yeah, that kind of immersion works. But the other person said they were just putting french news radio on as background noise.

>>2834247
Oh no, that's retarded lol. You have to actually try out the stuff you learn with people who speak the language. I hope no one here thinks they can learn a language by watching the news everyday while they eat their cereal, and then leave it at that.

There needs to be a huge emphasis placed on ACTUALLY talking to other people hahahaha

>>2834248
The anon from >>2834091 was talking about acquiring passive understanding, though. While it's not actually learning the language in full, immersion of that style can teach you to understand the language. You just won't be able to use it.

>>2834259
That's true I suppose. Hard for me to look at it like that since my whole thing with learning languages is to be able to speak to other people, explore other worlds, so to speak.

I can't really talk about this then, I'm not familiar with this kind of learning or goal.

Ranked according to priority (descending):

>Top
-Going to the gym (no excuses, ever).

>High
-Preparing and eating meat.
-Reading (at least 50 pages a day, 100 if it's not a gym day).

>Mid
-Getting laid.
-4chan.

>Low
-Attending university.
-Watching TV series and films.
-Playing video games.

>>2834248
I don't think you quite understand what's going on.

>>2834265
Yeah, see
>>2834262

>>2831683
>tfw you try to listen to shinzen young talk about something and he keeps saying "feel" over and over and you can't take it seriously

>>2834079
Time management, mostly. I allot X hours for each activity (with some wiggle room), 5 days a week at the minimum.

For example, I play instruments for at least 3 hours a day. That usually ends up being an hour and a half to 2 hours of my main instrument, the classical guitar, and an hour and a half to an hour for exercises on another. I may spend 30 minutes doing dynamics exercises, speed exercises, and syncopation and stick control exercises for drums. And then I may spend 30 minutes on another instrument running scales, practicing a new technique, refining an old one, or what have you. Or I may spend the whole of the "other instrument" time learning a new piece on just one instrument, leaving the other for later. The main thing with instruments is learning the art of practicing, and what allows you to improve the most in the smallest amount of time.

After time, you'll have cultivated skills in a number of instruments and be able to play competent and advanced pieces at your leisure, or be able to improvise fluently over chord changes, or be able to compose beautiful music with your understanding of the instrument, and that's where the joy is - at least for me (beyond practicing, which I also love.)

>>2834275 cont'd
Books and language learning, I can almost guarantee that you any person could fit in an hour of, at least, a day. With software, also available on mobile devices, like Anki (a flashcard program on crack), podcasts, etc, you can fit in at least an hour of language practice during commutes. An hour a day of study in this manner, in tandem with a venture through some workbooks, before you know it you'll be starting to read, write, think, and speak in a new language (obviously depending on the language - Mandarin will take far longer than Spanish, obviously.) Books, similarly, you can read during commutes (assuming you're taking a bus or the like), during down time wherever you may be, etc.

Exercise, as I see it, is simply a matter of waking up an hour early. Do you get 8 hours of sleep a night? Well, get seven; wake up and run for 45 minutes and then hop in the shower. You'll feel better.


Of course, other people are different than me and may prefer spending more time socializing. I personally prefer to cultivate these interests that I have, and share them with like minded people on off days.

>>2834277
Also, obviously one can interchange any one hobby for another to apply to any of the motherfuckers in this thread.

Whilst I don't believe that everyone who has posted does these things daily, and may not necessarily be the best at them, I also don't find it hard to believe that many people do excel in many of their hobbies

i really love birdwatching - not really checking them off a list but just walking around a park or even a city street and noting the little struggles going on in the treetops and the sky; i live in singapore at the moment which is a great city in terms of birdlife but i'm going to montreal for college and i'm worried it's going to be a barren arctic wasteland. any canadians who share my passion care to tell me it's different?

>>2834306
i was kinda like that with bugs back in high school. i went as far as taking a little note book and drawing all kinds of different bugs i saw and i'd give em cool names. then i would sit in the library and read books about different kinds of bugs. was pretty cool watching their daily struggles and battles and shit. i imagine parts of canada aren't barren and arctic. they must surely have tons of birds there.

>>2834306
I've never been to Canada, but I live in northern Norway (far more north than Montreal). Whilst there inevitably is some tundra this at this latitude, there is plenty of biome diversity, and thriving communities of all sorts of birds. There's less of them in the winter, of course, and Canada might be somewhat different. My point is, north does not equal wasteland.

>>2834306

I can't speak for Montreal, but Toronto has an amazing diversity of bird life. We get a lot of species on their migration routes south. I've been seeing some species as well that typically don't get this far north. Must be climate change.

>>2834277
is rosetta stone good helping you learn a language?(ie english/spanish speaker learning russian)

>>2834375
The only thing Rosetta Stone is good for is costing lots of money with little payoff.

Yeah, yeah, one can steal it on-line. Not everyone is keen on theft.

so whats my best option?

>>2834375
It's worth it if it's free. It's a good way to build up a feel for the language before really getting into grammar study.

>>2834405
I don't know if they're oft-criticized, though I've learned a lot from http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/default.asp

They have a lot of very knowledgeable polyglots.

I meditate an hour every single day.

>>2834642
>an hour

So, do you like set an egg timer? Doesn't that go against the entire premise of meditation? Like "Oh, shit, the time. Sorry, meditation. smell ya later."

-watching movies
-cocaine
-fighting
-internet
-getting very drunk with people
-going to a sex club
-[general drug use]

>>2831679
It might give you a stutter

>>2834653
>Doesn't that go against the entire premise of meditation?

No.

>>2834653
Roughly an hour, sometimes more.

>>2834234
Well that's great. But I'm sure some of the anons posting 'music' in this thread mean something more like listening to the strokes whilst using the computer.

>>2831670
>>2831683
Thank you for the "Mindfulness in Plain English" suggestion. I have never meditated before, this is a very interesting read.

-guitar
-study of occult theology
-poker
-video games here and there
-music
-writing
-longboarding around
- and... oh yea, reading.

kind of similar to some, but hey, i like it

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>>2834731
>implying The Strokes while using the computer ISN'T listening to music

Go take a long walk off of a short pier

guitar / musical instruments
surfing
mountain biking
rock climbing
meditating
language learning
programming
traveling / wild camping
juggling - focus more on tricks than quantity.
music
football (soccer)
cognitive science
reading