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I actually can’t think of one hobby that costs less than $3k
by bdangubic 1y ago
I actually can’t think of one hobby that costs less than $3k
- azundo 1y agoFor me the only one would be sketching/painting. But I agree with the point in general, most hobbies cost a lot.
- mikepurvis 1y agoA lot of things are cheap to taste — a second hand bike and some $200 running shoes and you’re training for a triathlon. Or a makerspace membership and you’re now sewing or doing 3d printing. It’s once you get “serious” and need to have your own equipment that all these things get real. Or in the case of things like social dance, you want to take time off with and travel further and further away to attend pricey exchanges and camps.
- schrijver 1y agoIt’s perfectly possible to enjoy hobbies deeply without getting “serious” in the way you describe. I’ve taken my 10 euro dance classes for years without feeling the necessity of pricey exchanges and camps. My neighbour goes to the park many evenings to play petanque, doesn’t cost him anything. A couple I’m friends with goes on day hikes where they do bird watching—maybe they bought a nice pair of binoculars once? Another couple likes to lay jigsaw puzzles together, not exactly breaking the bank! My sister is learning Finnish because she never learned a non indo-european language. She bought a book. I would wager most people’s hobbies are low key like this because either they don’t have disposable income to spend on them, or they don’t want too!
- mikepurvis 1y agoAbsolutely yeah, and regardless of whether it ends up eventually being expensive, I think part of what I’m saying is that it is important to know how to at least start something cheaply. I get very frustrated with the kind of people who see one tiktok about a thing and suddenly feel like they need to spend $3k to pursue whatever their new passion is.
- makeitdouble 1y agocross training ?
- dylan604 1y agoNo, if cross training qualified, those in cross training would be sure to tell you they did cross training and go into details about it
- schrijver 1y agoKnitting / crocheting / quilting / embroidering? Drawing / painting / calligraphy? Singing in a choir? Creative writing / journaling / blogging? Solving crossword puzzles? Bird watching? Day hikes? Reading? Visiting museums? Learning about history / philosophy / art / whatever? Learning a language? Taking dance classes? Playing chess or petanque or any other game that doesn’t require expensive gear? Or most sports?
- mikelevins 1y agoBesides programming, my hobbies are writing stories, writing and recording songs, drawing, and painting. None of them needs to cost anywhere near $3000. Any of them can cost as much as you want. Take the music hobby as an example. I have several expensive guitars now, but in the first 20 years of that hobby I probably spent under $1000 on guitars and related gear the entire time.
- whatevaa 1y agoRunning. You only need good shoes, really. Words from coworker running marathons.
- lotsofpulp 1y agoAlso a safe public area to run in. Clean air, sidewalks, and a safe environment for women/people of certain skin tones are unfortunately unavailable to a very large portion of the world. Even in much of the US. The neighborhoods with sidewalks cost a lot more, in my experience.
- robotresearcher 1y agoAnd then you go further upscale and the sidewalks disappear again. For example Silicon Valley suburb Saratoga has hardly any sidewalks. Median house price is around $4M. Safe place to run though.
- lotsofpulp 1y agoThose are old areas developed before codes requiring sidewalks that happen to be in a good location where rich people decided to congregate back in the day.