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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] kryllic@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I need to find an offline hobby, something that doesn't involve a screen

[–] threadloose@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Fiber arts! They're for everyone, not just grandmas. Knitting, crochet, weaving, embroidery, sewing. The act of creating art lowers stress, and it really helps manage anxiety and depression. A lot of them also a mathematical or engineering approach, so if you find those things rewarding, you'll probably enjoy fiber arts. And you get something warm or useful in the end..

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago
[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Building Gunpla can be fun. I recommend getting a cheap HG and some clipper and it can take easily 4 hours to build one.

[–] tahoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I started drawing when Reddit collapsed. Now I get to look at pieces of paper (or Procreate…) instead, that’s kind of better