I am tired of very boring day job (programming) and looking for something to lose myself again. (the feeling I used to have in early days of programming). So Friends, would you care to share you hobbies ?
Overwatch (and a few other games) its also kind of a social thing as i regularly play with my brother and sister in law who live at the other end of the country, its probably the closest ive ever come to enjoying a "sport"<p>Electronics, i just enjoy repairing broken things, it doesnt really matter what the thing or issue is, i just enjoy solving the puzzle if you will<p>Music, i dont play an instrument or anything but unlike many people i spend time just listening to music, not as a background to other tasks but actually sitting and enjoying it or looking for new stuff<p>Travel, i tend to spend a good amount of that time we all spend idly browsing the net to look for info on places i plan to travel to. In recent years i go to japan once a year so i spend time looking for things to do/see when im there, it may sound excessive but anyone whos been on holiday with me will tell you that it pays off
Video games, learning new programming languages, watching TV and movies, and, most importantly of all, reading.<p>I should strive for more "active" hobbies. I have friends who go to the rock-climbing gym fairly often.
sure :) all of these work pretty good for the "lose yourself" thing for me personally:<p>- Hardware tinkering, picked that up while I was in a similar situation years ago. It can be fun to just solder along and program non-work things with low-level abstractions sometimes.<p>- Sewing, honestly not sure why I started that but it's a nice indoor hobby away from the PC.<p>- Hiking and the gym (weight lifting and crossfit mostly), for obvious reasons (nature and movement, especially after those debugging days). Both took some getting used to and integrate timewise but I couldn't live without anymore.