Try to sell me on something, you enjoy.

Last topic I asked people what things they find comfort in.

This time around, we'll change things up a bit.

We're all fairly unique, yes?

So, with as many of us as there is, there's bound to a wide variety of hobbies we have.

Maybe it's not necessarily a hobby, but something we find ourselves doing because it helps our frame of mind.

Maybe it's something what regulates our mood and let's ease up a bit.

I imagine there's a song or movie we always come back to.

A novel we read every year, or maybe a challenge we've done like working out so many days.

I'm sure there's dozens of other things, but there's bound to be something like that we enjoy or take pride in.

As for the question: Try to sell me on this thing. Explain why it works for you. Maybe even the thought process behind it. Why I should give it a listen, a watch or even a try if it's more skill based.

I'll start: I've always been a big TCG fan. My favorite TCG is probably the yugioh trading card game. I enjoy it because it challenges me. Because every match is like a unique puzzle to be solved, like a battle of wits type of way. But also because it's quite difficult to get the hang of.

Even if you hate that aspect, I'd say there's a deck for everyone. You literally have Anything from Super Heros and a JRPG deck, all the way to a Deck based on a Cat that you take care. That last one is kinda like watching a pet grow.

But yeah, try to sell me on something you enjoy!

So, if you like sci-fi staged in the early 2000s, you should really watch the Stargate Series, I would recommend the first movie (Stargate 1997) followed by SG1 and Stargate Atlantis. I love all of these but the first movie itself is focused on a group of scientists finding a buried alien gate in Egypt, then, on Daniel Jackson, who is an archeologist, he figures out the mystery and whatnot. It's a really good series, it explains everything, has so much lore, and all of the actors actually enjoy being around each other. It's one of my favourite movies in the entire world and you should definitely watch it :D (its on Prime Video I think)

oh so many hobbies (i blame the adhd). Crochet, knitting, sewing, video games, I guess I'll count me learning Russian as a hobby. I do music and photography stuff occasionally. Right now I'm trying my hand at some leather working with my brothers leather kit. It's a pen case partially made out of an older book wallet I had in my closet collecting dust. 

I have quite a lot of hobbies, the one I'll talk about is sewing. It's really difficult, at least for me. I'm a perfectionist and I take a class for it. I get really discouraged by bad marks and I'm awful at theory. I do complain about sewing all the time but really, I love it. It's something I find so much comfort in, I mean I wouldn't still be doing it if I didn't love it! I think it's a great thing to pick up as you can alter your clothes, make better fitting clothes for yourself and even be more resourceful and save some fabrics from ending up in landfill. I get a lot of fabric and clothes from thrifting (the only thing is that it's getting more expensive...), it's actually a great thing to practice on, used fabrics I mean. I have harvested so much fabric and excess lace and buttons for other projects. Anyway, I think everyone should know how to sew, and not rely on their gay fuckin fast fashion. If they even sat down for five minutes to sew they'd understand what exactly they're paying for. :D

the magnus archives.

it is a horror podcast with an over-arching plot but each episode, a new horror story is read. it's about an archive building in london. we follow the archivist, jonathan sims, and his journey through sorting these archived stories about the unexplained. 

now, i love this podcast because there is such a plethora of characters to enjoy and speculate on and think about and even relate to. it is a guarantee that with this podcast, there will be at least one episode that really gets under your skin. for me, it was the doctor telling the patient that they aren't mentally ill after all; they're just seeking attention. horrifying stuff. 

they also perfectly categorize everything one might be afraid of. now that i've gotten into it, i fit every horror movie and story in one or more of these categories. i love it so much, i think about it every day. 

I'll pick making jewelry. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it and you can use as many or as few materials as you want. Sometimes I'll sit down with an idea in mind but mostly I just pull out my boxes of supplies and ponder and pick things up and put them back down until an idea hits. It's a bit like a puzzle because you're looking at your pieces and putting them next to each other to see what looks right and what fits. And at the end you have a picture. Sometimes the picture is just some earrings made out of a couple of cool beads you found strung on a wire. Sometimes it's a whole necklace made out of a little of everything. And if you make something and end up hating it, you can just take it apart and use the pieces for something else. 

I don't even know if this is a hobby, but I like just walking around places in my city I haven't been and checking out every SINGLE thing that interests me, but the catch is i can't look it up. I have to ask around and learn the culture of the location through the locals, I find venues, restaurants, clubs, interesting thrift and vintage stores, etc. It feels sort of scary sometimes because I, like most people, love familiarity, but its really nice to just explore and discover firsthand, as well as meeting some cool people along the way.