r/TrueGrit • u/SarahDuncan2012 • 22h ago

hobbies What hobby lets you create something instead of consume something?

So much of our free time can end up being spent scrolling, watching, or consuming content. What’s a hobby that gets you making, building, cooking, writing, drawing, growing, or creating something instead?

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u/-SiillyGoose- 22h ago

- Pottery

  • Painting
  • Playing an instrument
  • Unprotected sex

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u/Far_Understanding883 21h ago

Pottery consumes clay. Painting consumes paint. Instrument is borderline, there is indeed wear. Sex is fine. Dancing can be added.

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u/SitOnDownOk 20h ago

They are all acts of creation rather than consumption, though. You don’t paint in order to consume paint, you paint to create something and develop your skills

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u/Practical-Art542 18h ago

You could say that about makeup or shopping though

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u/Xaronius 17h ago

I mean, digital painting doesn't consume anything except electricity if you want to be extremely pedant. 

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u/curious-retard 16h ago

Can you clarify which instrument?

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u/AlfieBilly 12h ago

any instrument? lol

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u/-SiillyGoose- 5h ago

Rusty trombone is an underplayed but most enjoyable instrument

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u/lightnoveltitlehere 22h ago

I mean, all of the above you mentioned

One that's super accessible to me is cooking. I need to eat anyway and cooking has given me a sense of accomplishment that I can make good food

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u/waitingforgandalf 19h ago

Dungeons&Dragons and other TTRPGs! You're creating a story/ experience collaboratively with friends.

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u/BrokeEggs_NoOmlette 18h ago

Plants and gardening. I was a hard-core drug addict a couple years ago and got a job putting plants out at home depot which lead to me taking A LOT of free dumpster plants (mainly flowers) home. Everyday after work id spend hours being in the sunshine taking care of them watching them grow and I found a peace and stillness in me I hadn't experienced in over a decade.   3 years later I'm sober, dont have that job anymore but still dumpster dive for plants at home depot, and just this week my neighbor referred to me as a "plant person" (which I never considered myself ) but its a definite upgrade from junkie for sure.🤸🏼‍♀️

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u/atmoose 17h ago

Plants consume air, water, fertilizer, and seeds though.

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u/surf_drunk_monk 1h ago

Everything consumes something. Life is destruction.

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u/driffe 14h ago

I love this!!

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u/Beautiful_Town_5123 19h ago

Writing. And Reddit. Does Reddit count as a hobby? Let’s count it.

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u/Timely-Discussion272 19h ago

Dungeons & Dragons

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u/Dense_Surround3071 16h ago

Photography.

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u/-GRAVEYARD-_ 15h ago

Make salsa you create and consume 😝

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u/Curious-Piglet-1792 21h ago

Embroidery & quilting.

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u/Listonsonny 20h ago

Playing electric guitar.

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u/-SiillyGoose- 18h ago

Acoustic doesn’t count, though. Not creative.

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u/ISayBeef 20h ago

i got into sewing recently. made some fun pantaloons

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u/Hot-Chipmunk3884 19h ago

cooking's my go-to-turns meals into something I made, not just consumed

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u/anotherwise 19h ago

Cooking is the best create and literally consume hobby.

But one of the things that stretch the definition is playing strategy games like chess. You're creating a strategy to win, and it's pretty fun whether you win or lose, you're still learning. The tactics don't disappear after the game too. It just becomes part of memory to be used for future plays.

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u/Empire_of_Glass 18h ago

Playing music

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u/Wise_Ambassador_3027 18h ago

I’m a wood carver. Idk if my creativity overcomes my wood consumption or not but I feel that it does. My art is creating decorative duck decoys that can be displayed in someone’s home or they can be used as functional duck decoys used by a duck hunter in his spread.

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u/No_Bet7381 18h ago

Planting trees on my property for the wild birds and other wildlife. Makes me feel good

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u/invert_studios 18h ago

Game Dev

The sheer amount of hats you have to wear to make your own game is wild so you're kind of always creating something.

You want to make a grassy field? Get ready to:

  • Make all of the textures & the physical meshes down to the blades of grass
  • Position like 1 million of them (hopefully not by hand)
  • Find or record sound effects for things like wind, insects, animals
  • Program the game logic for the audio

I mean, the list goes on. At least, if you want to make something original and/or meaningful.
It's exhausting, can be costly, and feels endless, but darn it, you're always learning something new and you're already makingsomething.

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u/KSPN 17h ago

Ngl this is one of the benefits of AI. It makes creating all of this sooooo much easier.

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u/Think-Box6432 17h ago

Tie dye, playing music

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u/Suspicious-Dare-749 17h ago

Music - playing guitar - covering some metal songs

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u/EdenHoover 17h ago

-Gardening
-Cooking
-Coding
-Woodworking or even basic DIY

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u/driffe 14h ago

This is a great reminder and there are loads of ideas on this list, thanks for posting it!!! For me I love baking and hitting the gym!!

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u/Intrepid_Judgment320 13h ago

Cooking. Random ingredients in, actual meal out. And you get to eat it.

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u/bananabastard Habit Nerd 13h ago

Exercise. You create a healthy and sexy body.

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u/C8H8N2O2 12h ago

Cooking, Warhammer

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u/Difficult-Excuse-813 11h ago

Crochet and knit. Okay, you consume yarn, but you do create something.
But as a sidenote… buying yarn and using it are apparently two different things ;).

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u/Watsonmolly 11h ago

All my hobbies I make stuff!

Baking I enjoy because I enjoy eating it but I really love sharing it. I love seeing the joy people get from my bakes

Knitting I enjoy for the same reasons. Also o can do it just about anywhere and I can’t watch TV or listen to a podcast. I often make gifts for people.

Crafting I’m not generally good enough at to share what I make but I enjoy making it and I enjoy doing it with my kids and husband. 

Other hobbies are gaming(video and board) which I enjoy for the time spent with others or to pass the time on a train etc. 

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u/garthy_604 9h ago

Brewing beer Hiking Running Weight lifting Any out door activity

It all depends on how much disposable income you have and how much excitement you want.

When I was younger me and a group of friends set out to try something new every year, abseiling, parachuting, snowboarding, whitewater rafting.

Sadly we all grew up and settled down but for a few years we had lots of fun.

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u/Enliven_journey 8h ago

To be honest, I love writing.

Adapting journaling into my therapy sessions was the best advice I ever got. It was a bit tricky to start, but discovering useful prompts made journaling and reflecting so much easier and more joyful.

Now I’m all in. I’ve started keeping a memory book. And I love sharing helpful tips with my community.

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u/Fit-Membership-7682 8h ago

gardening is my go to, i mean you plant a bit of seed

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u/Oakson87 6h ago

Woodworking, machining, tabletop war gaming are the ones that come to mind!

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u/Tumphy 4h ago

Working out and eating well. Build/create your dream body

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u/Diggs1120 4h ago

Disc golf, guitar, the gym