Don't think about it as sacrificing programming, but as an extension or alternative to your favorite hobby. As for concrete suggestions: - sports is an obvious

Don't think about it as sacrificing programming, but as an extension or alternative to your favorite hobby. As for concrete suggestions: - sports is an obvious one. Bonus points for team sports where you'll get a different community / social circle for free - as others suggested music is great way of playfully easing into different activities. A fun start would be Melodics ( https://melodics.com https://melodics.com ). If you'd like to keep it close to programming take a look at Max/MSP. Play around with a software synth, or get a hardware one like Korg's entry level offerings. If you'd like to move up to advanced levels, take a look at Ableton Live + Push, which is a very play- AND powerful way of learning a DAW.