Or at least doesn't cost a lot (let's say less than 50)
Naming plants. It’s free and nobody can stop you.
This is Jeffrey and this is Shakira !
The rose hips don’t lie!
Nor does the milk shake that brings the boys to the Yawd
Silence is golden, duct tape is silver
that's amazing!
As a serious answer of the same tack, astronomy and stargazing/learning the constellations would cost you next to nothing. You don’t need a fancy telescope despite what the internet will try to sell you.
People are also seem to get really excited when you point out a planet to them and they’ve never seen on before.
You're funny and I like you
Ladies and gentlemen, Spruce Springsteen!
Go to big box stores. Pick up leaves of succulents off the floor. Show them to employee as you walk by. Is it OK if I take these? They will always say yes.
Go home, leave the pieces to dry for 2-3 days, then place on top of any potting soil . R/propagation!
Second to naming plants, is naming nuts.
People watching !!!! Sit down and create stories about them as they pass its fun !
Or you could name the fella's willy next to you at the urinals
I have 3 cherry trees named Larry, Moe, and Curly. Moe died. 😢
Botany is what saved me during the pandemic.
Not sure if you figured naming a pine tree john or studying taxonomy but learning the names (preferably latin) of the plants around you and realizing their importance to the way you live your life and the shaping of the world around you is a wonderful, free hobby. One I've found to be eternally grounding.
Look up a local geological map, look at the types of soil and rock around you. Observe the plants and look at the modifications they had to make to survive in your environment. After a while grasp medicinal and local endangered plants. Learn how to be a caretaker of the ecosystem around you.
This is your role as a human, tend the world and make good for the mistakes of our ancestors.
We are nothing without plants and if you give it a go I find it likely you'll be deep diving through curiosities and processes happening around you, like you couldn't imagine.
And here's my Leek plant "young leek"
Writing, reading, running, theft
Sounds like planning before doing a robbery lol
Lmao, didn't mean it like that but wish I did
Shhh nobody knows
sounds like the plot to the italian job
Step 1: read
Step 2: write
Step 3: theft
Step 4: run
That would be reading, drawing, robbery, running.
taking running seriously will cost you a good pair of shoes every few months.
And they aren't cheap either
Barefoot running
Running costs me a bomb. My shoe addiction is out of control. New Garmin. Those fancy compression recovery boots. Hotels and race entries, physio, gym etc. It’s cheaper than when I had horses but still £££
You forgot planning. It's free and it's crucial
So you're robbing libraries?
It's Buy None Get One Flee day in the nonfiction section.
Running is not cheap. High quality shoes that save your knees over the years are not cheap. Any physical therapy you may need costs time and money.
Source: long distance runner for many years.
Thievery is not. You need to buy a face cover, gloves, knives, maybe a gun, pepper spray, chloroform, a van, hire some assistants, bribes for the local police and news agency.
Wtf do you mean by reading is cheap
Running gets a little pricey if you start logging above 30 or 40 miles a week on the road. So can theft if you’re merely a hobbyist…especially if you don’t run well lol
Running? Good shoes (probably 2 pairs at least), gps watch, hr monitor. That's bare minimum. Add running pod, shoes for different terrain/pace, running vest if you run long distances, etc.
Sounds like one of those could actually be profitable even.
Not sure how’s the market for writing but i’m going to also give it a try.
Walking
L = N
What does this mean ?
Replace the L in walking with an N
Idk, the second you start to enjoy yourself/plan bigger walks the kit list grows exponentially
Not if you're poor
What you need for a kit? I just walk out the house, light the blunt and end up somewhere else
Where you getting free green?
If they're walking out the door and lighting the blunt, I'm gonna guess somewhere legal.
If you're a good gardener, $20 can turn into literal pounds of cannabis flower.
Yeah that’s how it started for me now I’m travelling around America doing organized hikes every other month 😂
Chess
Google en passant
holy hell
New response just dropped
Actual zombie
Call the exorcist
Sleeping
Reading
True!! All you need is a library card
Having fun isn't hard When you've got a library card. Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll Hyde Hyde Jekyll.
Jekyll Jekyll Hyde Jekyll Hyyyyyyydeeee
Zlibrary
Libgen
Write your own books to save on buying books
As long as you don't sell the ebook publishing rights you're fucking gold.
Or Check out all the authors who publish for free in the Internet.
Check out Libby for audio books too
Tbh, as long as you have a computer, you can get pretty much any book you want for free
My Kindle account begs to differ 🤣
hiking.
hiking gear is nice to have but not a necessity.
Depends where you hike I guess. The Scottish Highlands are no joke.
If you don't have hiking gear I would still highly recommend wearing some sort of clothing.
well there are some places where you're allowed to hike naked, but yeah for sure.
Good hiking boots may cost a bit, but otherwise it's 100% free.
My ancestors did it barefoot and naked then so can I damnit!
After many miles, you should build a thick skin: natural hiking boots.
Seconding this! And if you want to make hiking more interesting, get into birding, herping, or foraging.
Yes 😀 I have a ton of places to hike where I live and it’s always fun to find a new trail. It’s fun to take my dog with me too. We explore together!
Hiking - after you have spent thousands for gear 😎 But on a serious note: you spend thousand bucks for holiday: you live it once. Spend it on gear and you can have countless night outs.
A decent pair of shoes is a neccesity though if you don't want to be rolling your ankle or worse. And also depends where you stay since travelling to a spot to hike could cost a bit.
I do almost any of my hikes barefooted. You just have to get used to it.
A library card + reading would be very cheap.
Some places also have lending libraries of woodworking tools, craft equipment, etc.
reading classic literature. there is a lot available online for free and any public library will have the classics. it's what I did when covid was really bad without spending a lot of money.
And you probably learned a great deal also.
What would you actually learn though? I’m sure there is something you would, but Idk what that is.
History to a good extent. As a not so social kid, it was also a good way for me to learn how to analyse people into these sort of characters. Also English and writing skills. As a second language, english is my main mode of writing literature
Drawing
Sketching
Dreaming
Drawing and sketching isn't free you would need something to draw with and on.
Pen, easily available
Scrap paper, even more easily procured
How much more money do we have to throw at drawing?
Very very close to free to buy pencil and a sketchbook
otherwise local library likely has pencils and printer paper available for free if you asked politely
Licking things and running away
So that was you
Walking. Go explore!
Running. Go explore further, faster, and more efficiently
Helping others.
Makes you feel good, makes others feel good.
yes! volunteering - especially teaching whatever skill you have that others might need. ex: math, programming, the language we’re using right now…
Hiking is free. Depending on park and location, you may have to buy a day pass if you drive to the place, but that’s pretty cheap
Singing.
I started singing and learning songs during the pandemic as a way to stay sane. It's fun, and even if you'll never be great, you can definitely improve with practice and a bit of trial and error.
Dreaming. just don't get addicted to it.
Too late.
Learn something, like programming. There is tons of educational websites. It gets you into flow and eventually, you end up qualifying yourself for a well paid job.
Cooking is also relatively cheap. And you have to eat anyway. Why not expand your repertoire? There are really good cuisines out there that most people do not know. And it might save you money in case you are going to restaurants or takeaway a lot.
Sports also does not have to cost a lot, and it will increase physical and potentially also mental health. As long as it is not skiing or paragliding or sailing, you can do a lot with little money, both individual and group sports. Biking or hiking also is cheap, depending on where you live.
Dancing. I mean, if you can do the running man, I would be proud of you.
Dancing is free
Exercise. You can workout for free at home.
And without equipment! A lot of full body and HIIT workouts don't require anything but room to stretch and exercise.
Screaming obscenities into the sewer
Singing lullabies to trees at the park
Conspiring against the local feral cats
Imagining a toad
Discussing All Tomorrows lore with the homeless
This is my favorite list ever made.
This is really really specific and also good
Not quite free. But the cost of instruments has come down quite a bit. You can get an acoustic guitar for under $100, and there are tons of free resources online for helping you learn.
Some libraries even let you rent these for free with a library card, depending on where you live!
Geocaching
Set up a cache yourself to help!
My whole geocaching area got screwed up from a hurricane few years ago, I need to start seeing if it's back in order yet.
Editing Wikipedia
Thomas Edison is as a pioneer in scientific discovery, and also a bitch, but also a pioneer…and also a bitch
Meditation, yoga
Geocaching, you can get the app on your phone for free. I’ve discovered cool little parks I had no idea existed in my town and found new walking trails because of this game.
Disc golf can be free if you walk through the woods and overgrowth to hunt for lost discs before your first play through.
You can get a starter set for under 50, which should be more than enough to have fun. Or you can be like me and spend way too much on a collection :D
Free hobby : annoying people, make them smile...
Meditation. You just need yourself.
Zentangle. A notebook and a fine-liner pen and you are set. Tanglepatterns.com has a huge library of tangles for free.
Ukulele. Sopranos are less than $50 on Amazon and there’s a bunch of tutorials on YouTube.
Options are very area-dependent.
You should ask on your local subreddit. You might find out your library runs great free programs. Or your city has tour walks. Or your local dog shelter has a fun dog walking program looking for volunteers. Or you have a medical fair that puts on a yearly event, and they are looking for volunteers who will, as a group, spend the months leading up to it making costumes, learning sword fighting, and rehearsing for the event.
Photography if you already have a phone. Gardening. Take clippings from plants to grow them.
My two favorite hobbies are currently the #1 and #2 answers, at least for now. Reading, which I spend money on because I buy used books, but $50 worth of big, fat novels will take you a while to go through at $5-$7 a pop. And walking, which is just a superb way to clear my head. I just kind of daydream or work through problems and then I have a plan of attack when faced directly with them.
Collecting trinkets from the street :) My motivation to go on walk
Imagine telling this to someone in Portland or skid row and the only things they can find are used needles and burnt tinfoil 💀
Paper folding. Like Origami or other artistic styles. Paper is pretty easy to come by especially if you get flyers or something.
Writing
Drawing
Going on walks and really taking in your neighborhood
Exercising
Reading
Learning about the rocks and plants around your home (assuming you have and internet connection)
Meditation
calisthenics
Drawing. A decent sketch pad and set of good quality pencils don't cost a lot.
Basketball.
Slowly plotting the demise of all your enemies
Writing, painting, drawing, poetry, reading (most libraries are free), learning (endless free classes on almost anything on YouTube), hiking, board games, singing, volunteering, frisbee, kicking a football, dancing, basketball, swimming, yoga, meditation, darts, bouldering…. Plus the endless activities you can buy 2nd hand on Facebook for next to nothing - fishing rods, a kayak, roller blades, skateboard, ping pong table
You don't wanna know how much money I have already spent on art materials o.O
Painting can be expensive. Just saying.
Hiking, but for a very very small cost--Camping. The outdoors are basically free.
Seggs
Stealing
Running
Hiking
penpaling. you can always use email. nature trails a lot of places are free as well.
Online chess
Basketball. Just need the ball, really.
Tennis is practically free once you own a racket. Hiking, reading, bird watching, etc.
Reading. Your library card is a free ticket to adventure
- Crafting with recyclable materials. Recycle cans and jars from ypur kitchen for example.
- Plants. Propagate plant cuttings from friends and use your kitchen waste to.create small batches of compost.
- Education. You have a phone and internet connection. Discover something you find interesting and research the f out of it.
- Mood board. Use Pinterest and just create mood boards about your interests.
Working out.
Just go to a park, do push-ups or walk/run around.
Magnet fishing.
Strong enough magnets and other stuff is not cheap
Hiking
Geocaching
Reading at the public library
You can pick up enough supplies to learn to knit for about $20, you can do a little better than bare basics for like $40. Yarn and tools can get very expensive, but there are also plenty of quality options at decent prices. The last sweater I made cost me maybe $65 worth of yarn and I did splurge on expensive buttons because the sweater came out so wonderful. It also needed 13 buttons, so that adds up. The sweater I'm knitting right now was about $50 worth of yarn and buttons will probably only be $10. I already had all the other tools needed to do this work, acquired over about 13 years of knitting.
There are sooo many.
Reading can be super cheap. Get a Kindle and free books or cheap ones.
Video games can be cheap if you have little time or choose a specific genre. You could play endless hours with a MOBA for free, or a card game for free, or even a MMO for like 15 euros per month.
Exercise is also very cheap, get a gym for 50 euros per month, and access to as many hours as you want.
Boardgames is another that is cheap AF. Just have one friend who owns many, and hours for free visiting his house xD.
Card games with friends is another, you just need a deck (i dont know, 10 euros?), and then you can play so many games with it.
Then you have streaming. Like Netflix etc, for 15 euros per month you have like endless hours as well.
And so many more.......
Drawing
Singing
Writing short stories
callisthenics, and its good for you.
Birdwatching.
shoplifting
Urban sketching. Find a nice coffee shop/ park and then sit and draw whatever is in front of you.
Birdwatching, all you gotta do is go for a walk near a park, and you'll see some. Go to a park with a pond and see some others.
Walking, jogging, running.
Swimming - if you're near water
Drawing, writing, - paper and a pencil.
Singing, Whistling, beatboxing
Reading - A library
Decent trainers can cost about 40-50. I’d say running
Fossil hunting
Masturbation, picking your nose, collecting grass, counting pidgeons
I pick axed up all the weeds and grass in my backyard
Thrifting is cheap but not free I know but I thrift puzzles 🧩
Coding (Excluding a computer of sorts)
Otherwise Running is fairly entry level can look to pickup some 2nd hand trainers or find some on sale
Knitting 🧶
I know some people just undo and reknit the same yarn over and over, but most of us need to buy yarn.
Hiking! Maybe the cost of gas and car to get there but most trails are free and you can meet micro community groups to join in trail that might share similar interests
For my wife and I, walking, disc golf, reading, board/card games
Whitting
Wildlife tracking!
Daydreaming
Walking, running, reading books from library. 3 of my favorite things!!
Sleeping
Chess.
Walking in nature, picnicking in the park, visiting free museums and galleries, attending community events, stargazing, enjoying public beaches, hiking local trails, participating in community sports, exploring historical sites, volunteering, and practicing meditation or yoga at home
Reading- or using anything that comes from a library
Reading- library books are free to borrow.
Writing poetry
Hiking, funny enough it’s free if you can get to a trail. And then becomes really expensive the more you get into it. ;)
Hiking. You don't need gear. You can hike barefoot.
Reading
Or u could get paid for your hobby (not to be that guy or anything). Prime example in my life is flying planes. I’m almost done with enough training to be hired, and I love it. It does have a very large cost at first and it can take years of paying to fly, but it’s a lot of fun (especially once you’re getting paid to fly)
painting
Pen spinning.
Beat boxing.
Sketching. (Free until you want to spend money on it)
Cooking. (Free in the sense that you're spending the money anyway)
Running. (Free other than shoe replacements)
masturbation, unless you do it at the mall...
Reading if you have access to the internet or the library!
If you have a knife; Whittling
Filling out job applications
Depression
The “an” in the title is bothering me.
Sex with yourself
Masturbation
Voyer and peeping Tom
planting trees, like peas and chillies. if you care for it enough, just one seed is enough for you to reap hundreds of more seeds. tho pests will be a pain in the ass. planting these make me understand why organic farming is so hard.
watching the plant grows is also satisfying, especially when flowers are starting to appear. it also attracts random insects to ur garden (the first praying mantis i've ever seen was on a chilli tree i grew, and now my garden has some baby praying mantis too).
Reading, writing, learning to play an instrument (there are cheap guitars, usb keyboards... And they can keep you busy for a lifetime), nerdy things like writing software or playing vintage video games (many can be get for free and run on cheap hardware), learning new stuff in general.
Honestly, it is very difficult to get bored in this century
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