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I always wanted to try "Not being poor" but the entry cost and starting equipment are way out of my budget.
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Learning to play an instrument.
It's never too late
It does require some time investment but it's so rewarding.
Honestly the time investment to be able to play a few songs is actually really quick on most instruments. Like on guitar you can go from having never held one to being able to play cool rock songs in under 30 minutes. Even a newborn infant just out of the womb can play a recognizable rendition of Smoke On The Water
I mostly agree with you, but I think it takes a little time to be able to play in something resembling the right rhythm. New players often struggle with changing chords (even 2 note power chords) quickly enough to play something that sounds musical.
But yeah, people would be surprised with how quickly you can learn to be a basic-but-functional guitarist.
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Reading some of these replies, it seems people are only focusing on half of the process of learning an instrument.
Its not just the instrument you need to learn, it's how to read sheet music as well. Most likely, you're not going to find the exact coords to play with the delay in between written as seconds for the song you want. Its going to be in the format of sheet music, with the notes and other symbols.
That takes time to learn, like learning a new language. It's something you need to learn either before or while learning an instrument, and that is something that can put a lot of people off.
I've been playing piano for 9 years now, still can barely read sheet music. I'm not saying it's easier that way, matter of fact, i wish i could read it better.
But if sheet music is all that is keeping you from becoming a musician, fuck that and get playing
I picked up the guitar during Covid, in my 60s. Over 5 years later, and I'm at about an intermediate level, and very happy with my progress.
Thanks to You Tube, learning an instrument has never been easier, especially the guitar. The best guitar teachers in the world are all over YouTube, with plenty of free content. I'm sure it's the same with any instrument.
If you want to, do it.
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Working out 🏋️♀️
I find it excruciatingly boring
Id literally rather piss my own pants
Luckily i can do neither as well
I think the key to exercise is finding a recreational activity that is physically active rather than trying to make yourself go to the gym. Barring that, tying gym time with something enjoyable like listening to audio books helps make it at least a little rewarding.
I don't particularly love brushing my teeth twice a day,but its something you've gotta do. I do very much dislike not brushing my teeth. It's not worth being lazy about it. I also hate feeling unfit and stiff and weak.
Brushing your teeth takes 2 minutes. They tell you to spend a whole 30 minutes a day working out. 30 minutes of boredom, discomfort, pain and agony.
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I never got into rock n roll the way I got into sex and drugs.
I'm single and childless, so I've been fortunate to do everything I've ever wanted to do.
The one thing that comes to mind is meditation. I can't really get my thoughts or brain to shut off.
The one thing that comes to mind is meditation. I can't really get my thoughts or brain to shut off.
I seriously don’t understand how people can do that
Don't try. Start by sitting still for 5 minutes. Then try more minutes next time. It makes you want sex, so be warned.
But I already want sex
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Skateboarding. I was into punk in middle/high-school, some of my friends were skateboarders, but I never bought a board. I'm pushing 40 now and it's way too late to start, even as a midlife crisis.
I'm pushing 40 now and it's way too late to start, even as a midlife crisis.
What? "Pushing 40" is very literally PRIME mid-life crisis timing. Go buy a fuckin' board, just take it easy on your joints.
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LONGBOARDING MAH DUDE.
Oo yes, this is a good option. You can do tricks on a longboard but that's not "the point."
I was an old school skater all through the hey-day of Tony Hawk, and I also fought Muay Thai for decades. By the time I hit thirty, I was like a case study for orthopedic doctors.
I bit the bullet and accepted I'd boarded until the wheels fell off and I couldn't keep getting hurt. Picked up a longboard and it's like my #1 hobby now. Just did 25 miles in sub-freezing temperatures right before we got slammed with the blizzard.
So no more half pipes. Just throw on a death metal album and pack a bunc of joints and cruise.
Rallycross. The day may come, but right now I have several higher priorities and more important places to put my money.
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Cooking, in a serious way. I started waiting tables, then salad/prep and mid house, but I never went any further. I was a professional musician about 40 years and full time sysadmin for 21 years, but cooking was a missed opportunity I didn't take. I was just thinking about this yesterday.
An actual regret. I would never have had enough hours leftover for the dedication required.
It's never too late to get into cooking! No need to become the world's best chef, it's one of the most joyful things to do!
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There are things I really wanted to do but couldn't due to a crippling fear of heights. Rock climbing, parachuting, high diving all look so fun. But I find myself crawling back, shivering in fear, trying my best to control the panic attack.
but couldn't due to a crippling fear of heights
I grew up with a 50m cliff as a backyard.
Absolutely stunning view, the kind that super-wealthy people pay many tens of millions for these days. My parents picked it up in 1977 for practically a song because nearly all the construction companies came from the prairies and had no clue of how to develop on anything other than a pancake-flat piece of land.
But still. It installed into me a particularly overactive fear of heights. I have trouble getting onto roofs thanks to it. When putting up Christmas lights, my wife needs to hold the ladder, as I am tensed up six ways to Sunday by the time I’m at the top.
Skiing is just as bad. I can take most any slope up to and including a double black diamond. It’s only the triples I cannot handle, because that involves vertical drops.
So I understand that fear. Just not the desire to bodily leap out of a perfectly functional aircraft. That’s nuts.
Dude that's a good thing. I'm probably going to die from my lack of fear of heights someday. You're the normal one, not me.
Sailing. Flying a plane.
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Upcycling. There's just so much stuff we throw away and I currently have no creative hobbies where I am producing something... I might start this year.
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Dancing. I am very envious at the ease certain people demonstate when dancing. The complete control of their body, the syncing with the music, the beauty of the mouvements. I am not talking classical dancing or elaborate choreography, only knowing how to dance really well at parties.
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Pottery! I'd love to have (even just access to) a small studio where I could make things and fire the clay.
Check out Andy Ward's stuff. If people in precolumbian America could do it, you probably can.
Reading books. I used to be so into it as a kid, but once I got to my teen years I just couldn't anymore. Every few years I try again and manage to read a few books, but then just stop and never go back. Just last year I tried again, read 10 books, and then just stopped.
Van life
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I wanted to be a comic book artist. I can draw, I don't do it as often as I should, and I'm not bad at it. I wanted to make comic books, get them published at an independent level, and maybe someone would read them. I could just never finish anything I started. I'd have all these great ideas for a story but I would just end up word vomiting them on a page and didn't know how to expand on it or draw it out. Same thing when I'd try to write a story/novel. How could I create something with several chapters when I just spew everything out within a few pages. So I gave up.
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when i was a little girl, i wanted to be a fashion designer and make up because i was just a girl. i wanted to be like rarity lol
Rollerblades. I'm afraid of speed. Even low speed for people is too high for me. I have no balance too. I can't ride a bike. But how cool would it be to be able to both move in rollerblades or riding a bike.
I used to rollerblade everywhere as a kid in the 90s. It was awesome.
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In hindsight I wish I would have learned some charisma and became a cult leader.
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