What’s your cheapest hobby?

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1. Wanking

2. Mobility work. Idk if it’s classified as a “hobby” or really more of a lifestyle, but it sure is affordable.

3. Chess – it’s literally free

4. Inb4 all the fapping comments

5. Foraging. It literally costs me nothing and still gets me food that I woukd have to pay stupid amounts of money for it a top end restaraunt. You want samphire’ asparagus’ sea beet’ porchini’ chantarells etc? I get all that for nothing. Even get opium for free if I was so Inclined

6. Knitting

7. Jogging

8. Archery.

9. Drawing

10. Exercising.

    Lifting weights only gets expensive once you get “strong”.

11. Video games. For $15, i can keep myself entertained for a whole month.

12. Reading.

13. I’m a writer. I get paid to do it, so I guess that means it’s the cheapest, since it costs me nothing.

14. Reading and working out. Also – learning languages.

15. Basketball. Just need a ball and a hoop.

16. Basketball. Just need a ball and some shoes.

17. Hiking

    Not into it enough to warrant any special equipment, just grab a bottle of water and pay for whatever gas it takes to drive to nearby trails.

18. Probably video games. I wait for new games to drop in price and don’t spend much on accessories. And spend nothing for add ons.

19. Listening to music probably.

20. Counting cars

21. Scrapping electronics. Everything is either dirt cheap because it’s salvage, or free because it crapped out.

22. Sleep

23. Dunno if I can count it as a hobby, but I am enjoying it…Stretching and body workouts. Spend $0. (Push ups, Burpees, Hip thrusts, etc)

24. Gym. I spend $50/month for a 24/7 private gym. Worth it.

25. Thinking

26. Going to the beach

27. Dancing.

28. Video games.

    I don’t do subscriptions but play ‘long term’ games, so I get massive hours-per-dollar, even ignoring the totally free games.

    Paying ~$40 for a game (so not buying brand new AAA), unless you’re playing some eXpErIeNcE that’s only ~10 hours, you get a lot of hours for not a lot of money.

29. Back when I was into it, World of Warcraft. $15/month for the sub for months on end. Most of the extra expenses (computer, internet, headset) were also used for many other aspects of my life, and I never had the best equipment anyways.

30. people watching

31. Sleeping

32. Sleeping

33. Buying rummage sale wood planes and machetes and cleaning them up.

34. Singing

35. Running Dungeons & Dragons

36. Chess. Lichess is free, and there is a wealth of free educational content to study to your heart’s content.

37. Sleeping

38. Doing NOTHING

39. Geocaching

40. Staring at a wall in the house

41. Sleeping

42. Reddit!

43. Walking. Literally going for a walk. Sure it probably is time I could spend making money, and it definitely adds wear and tear to my footwear, but the being it’s to my health, both physical and mental, offset that tenfold. Even just a 30 minute walk once or twice a week has a ton of benefits and has pretty insignificant costs for me.