what are your hobbies/interests?

[mastere666]

Hi guys,

I'm planning on taking up some new hobbies/interests, I'm a uni student and have summer off I'm hoping to take this time for some self development. I was wandering if you guys had any genuine good suggestions of things I could take up? Perhaps things that have helped you along your journeys? It does not even have to be something physical maybe a subject you learnt about, or an instrument you learnt to play for example.

I go to the gym ALOT (your typical gym junkie) and work in a bar but other than that I find myself playing COD in my spare time, watching movies or surfing the internet/facebook/here, which to be fair is rather unproductive lol. I am going to start dance lessons as I've always wanted to be able to dance, and am looking into learning another language, but that's all I can think of right now.

Any suggestions welcome .

[Blanca]

Originally Posted by mastere666

I am going to start dance lessons as I've always wanted to be able to dance, and am looking into learning another language

You've just answered your own question here.

Just do something you really want to do. Don't do it to make you more attractive to girls, do it because you'll enjoy it.

There is nothing wrong with enjoying COD, watching films and surfing the internet. Obviously it should be everything in moderation, i.e. don't be a total addict to them.

I love to watch new films, as do many other people, including hot women..
I also enjoy going to the cinema, going out for meals with friends/family/girls
Going mountain biking (on the road, but intense)
Learning to program in C++,
Learning javascript (HARD) and jQuery (easier),
Making websites (if you can do this quite good, and you know the right people, you might even end up getting paid for it
I like to visit new cities and places in the UK sometimes
Day trips to Skegness /theme parks

But it really depends on what YOU want to do, and why you want to do it.
Don't just learn a language for the sake of it. This will lack in motivation.
I think you should think about what you really like to do.

Some people like a quiet night in, bottle of red wine, a nice meal and a movie..
Some people like extreme sports

Just never be ashamed of what you like doing

[mastere666]

Yeah, I'm not doing them to be more attractive to women but just to better myself hence 'self development' (which does tend to have a knock on affect with being better with girls.) As explained i'm spending too much time doing next to nothing! There's no point in me trying to self-justify sitting on my ass when my brain is telling me to be doing something more constructive.

Its easy enough to say 'do something you want to do' but you can't always think of something that may interest you. PUA is a great personal example, I only got into it through a friend recommending it. I would have never known about it on my own accord. It's reasons like this which is why i'm looking for a little inspiration off some of you guys as others may suggest something I had not thought of myself...

[Darood]

Improv is popular round here.

I'm quite partial incorporating Eastern Philosophical and classic Hellenistic ideas into more modern Self Development development techniques and testing that against what's the latest updates in neuro biology.

I also like drinking.

[Neon]

Originally Posted by Darood

I also like drinking.

Can't beat that.

Going to concerts keeps me busy. Depends where you live Manchester is the shit for live music.

Possible ideas to productively consume your time..

Start a business that makes a profit
Learn survival skills in the wild
Go travelling and use the survival skills
Volunteer to help underpriveledged people, or help overseas like japan etc
Learn instruments
Learn martial arts, especially self defence like krav maga
Learn to master NLP and hypnosis
Learn egyption heiroglyphs
Make an app for android/iphone/blackberry
Hack blackberry messenger and port it to android
Learn to write in arabic or hebrew
Learn to give tattoos
Make a painting. get a blank canvas and just go wild.
Contribute to wikipedia
Watch the film Rampage, and replicate
Get a killstreak 10x higher than what you currently have on black ops.. oops this isn;t productive but I'm playing it now!

[mastere666]

Lol cheers for your ideas guys, drinking is kinda out the equation at the moment trying to take the gym seriously so im on a de-tox. Don't get me wrong I'm not looking for ways to socialise here, I have plenty of friends to do things with infact I'd like to cut some people loose as i'm fed up with the calls for going out when i'm trying to avoid drinking!

I'm just trying to develop a bit of knowledge/skill in a new area. I can also be a bit dumb at times as I lack a-lot of general knowledge. I had learning difficulties as a kid (ADHD) that I have only grown out of as of late, so i'm still catching up on some basic things I should really already know.

Do an Open University course in a subject of your desire

[AJay]

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