I have LGB trains from my youth.
I always dreamed of setting up a garden railway. When I bought my house, I expected to do it.
We’ve been here 29 years. No railway. No time.
If I can ever retire…
D&D. I’ve tried a few times, but I have no imagination so I can never really get into it.
Let me tell you, you dont need imagination. But a fun group is everything
Flying. AVGAS100 is fucking expensive.
I’ve got quite a few hours logged, tho
I used to be really into traditional archery. Throught my teens, Emphasis on the “really”, Pretty sure I spent more time on the range than i did at home. I trained myself to shoot accurately no matter which hand i used. I traveled to attend and perform at archery shows hosted by castles
But it’s difficult to find space to do it in a city.
Coding. I just can’t stick with it and can’t find anything I’d like to make that interests me. any cod3 class I take I can follow chapter 1 and then I fall off a cliff. It feels like I’m wasting time if i try. I guess in my head I feel like I really want to know it, but when I’m doing it I’d rather be doing other things. Its more so I need to have the understanding because I don’t like using things I don’t fully understand. It just is such a time consuming thing.
When I was young I always wanted to skateboard. I was kind of scene adjacent being into punk and metal in the 90s/00s, but none of my close friends skated and the kids I knew that did seemed kind of gate keepy. I bought a decent board and a vhs (pre youtube) on how to do some tricks. I was even saving up and making plans to build some backyard ramps or half pipe since we didn’t have a skate park near by. Despite this I could never figure out an olly which seemed to be the entry level trick and since my friends didn’t skate I was only ever practicing on my own and never got direct feedback on what I was doing wrong. Now I’m in my 40s and even if wanted to pick it up, I’d break something for sure.
3D printing. No dedicated space in my house for such a thing, plus there’s no way my kids would leave it alone or not constantly ask for more 3D dragons.
I wish I had the time to get involved with the hobbies I already have
I don’t think I’ve had a decent chunk of a few hours of time with the energy to actually be creative in like a year now…
I hope I’m on the other side of this soon, life is supposed to be for living
Woodworking, gem faceting, “real” astrophotography.
I rent a garage “apartment” so I’m too poor to justify the expense of “real” astrophotography (I just have a “cheap” smart telescope) and I don’t have the space or stability of living location to start buying equipment for the other hobbies.
Magic the Gathering. Seems fun but I can’t justify new video game prices for individual cards
Not everyone needs to do the tournament thing. There is a format called booster draft where knowing how to build a deck matters as much as how well you actually play. But it works like poker in the sense that you buy in with a sealed booster pack and you keep the cards at the end. Depending on the local format, it can be winner takes all.
The joke about drugs being cheaper isn’t a joke. The joke is the pain your wallet feels
I joking tell parents to get their kids into Warhammer 40K, Magic the Gathering or PC gaming, that way they wont be able to afford drugs.
If you don’t care about tournaments and want to play with your closer friends then you can all build simpler decks with budget restrictions or you can even prepare a “cube” which is just basically an independant game that uses MtG rulesets. There’s tons of cheap cards.
Flying
Macro digital and large format film photography. The reason, money 🙁
I want to get into rock climbing but I feel like I just don’t have the build. I’m 6’5 260 lbs with size 16 feet. I climb around stuff at work sometimes and really enjoy that. But the one time I did go to a rock climbing gym my dumb feet were barely able to get purchase on the rocks. I lift weights 2-5 times a week depending on my work schedule but body weight stuff has never really been on the agenda. I still think I’d probably really enjoy it.
You’ll learn footwork over time. I would absolutely recommend going back a few more times and maybe sign up for a beginners class. I started climbing a few years ago and it has been the best decision I’ve made in a while
I’m heavily considering it
Racing cars. Travel photography. Hobbyist megayachting.
I’ve always wanted to drive rally cars or something, but it’s all very much out of reach for me.
Worked at a finance firm for a bit. One guy raced Porsches. A weekend could cost $30,000. Another guy raced the cheaper, entry-level, which is Miatas at “only” $5,000/race weekend.
I’ve wanted to get into making stained glass art for about a decade now. I’ve spent countless hours watching instructional videos and researching, I just can’t justify dropping a thousand dollars on just beginning a hobby, not to mention the space & clean air requirements
