Retired and Bored? 68 hobbies right here, right now!

My quick list of 68 hobbies that can reduce your retirement boredom.

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[pamhayton]

Before I retired someone gave me this advice and it’s served me well: 1) Return to an activity that you once loved and gave up when life got busy. 2) Do something you always thought you’d do if you had more time. 3) Do something for your health and last, 4) do something that helps someone else. I’m busier than ever in my retirement!

[lorettawatkins]

An easy hobby is doing random acts of kindness. You have to be a little bit "sneaky" to do kind things without getting caught, but in our senior living campus, I love to put a greeting card, a candy bar or some other treat outside a neighbor's door.

[maryalbert]

Buzz what I really enjoy about you is you’re so grateful for the simple things in life!! Keep them coming!

[calvinreichelderfer]

Another great hobby is watching Buzz’s retirement garage!
Your wife has all the Buzz she needs without the 🐝 bees!😂

[LynnEvans-mzvl]

Just watched this talk - since there was no live today. Here’s another hobby - Whale Watching. I work for NOAA and participate in the Grey Whale mother and calf migration northward up the Pacific Coast, up in Piedras Blancas. Many people watch the Southbound as the mom’s migrate down to Mexico to give birth, northbound route is for when moms and babies travel northward up to Alaska for the spring-summer feeding grounds. Whether someone lives on the Pacific Coast or not, many cameras and drones are being used. Final note - Take your wife dancing, it will make her day! See you on the 19th!

[thomascabral]

it is really beautiful I love sprinkling the my dogs lawn patch as the humming birds come by for a bath, , , sublime

[juliorivera]

I'm now 65 years old, retired, I tried to keep busy but sometimes I loose my inspiration, but I love to learn new things, I bought a Jetson hoverboard and learn to ride it, I love electronic music, so I bought a YAMAHA DJX music maker, I like to do some exercises keep my muscles strong, while I'm using my cell phone with Bluetooth speakers, while dancing on my hoverboard, also like karaoke, so I entertain myself, my wife doesn't want me to drink and that is what inspired me with music, so I drink none alcohol beer 😅 I don't like sitting around looking at insects 😂 my next hobby that I always wanted to learn is Breakdancing.

[zone]

Leathercraft. Remember we have YouTube now, so it is easier than ever to learn almost anything. Thanks Buzz, lots you listed I hadn't thought of.

[TeresaLawlor-lc]

I like the list. Some I’m already doing such as sewing & piano. Bible reading/study is good also along with attending church & part time work. One thing you didn’t mention is animal rescue. That is needed & sooo rewarding to help a local shelter or rescue care for animals until they get homes. In the past 1 1/2 years I’ve assisted in rescuing 44 cats. I used to think I would be bored in retirement because I’ve heard others complain about it. I’ve found out that often boredom is a choice. As you know if you want to occupy your time there are plenty of ways to do it & I find most of the time I don’t have time to do it all. Ever now & then I’ll jokingly say, ”when do I get bored?”. Life is what we make it.

[blatevola]

I'm a 69-year-old female and I think I have too many hobbies: hiking with my dog, woodworking, knitting, loom knitting, crocheting, stained glass work, gardening, diamond painting, cooking, reading, writing, photography, quilting, sewing and making some of my own clothes. Just recently I started doing artistic painting. But with so many hobbies, time seems to fly so fast!

I catch myself all the time thinking this life is great! I look at other people that are working and feel like I’m cheating because it feels so nice doing what I want whenever I want. I’ve put more miles on my motorcycle this year already than all of last year. Keep up the good work l really enjoy your stuff

[TigerOnFIRE]

I just retired 14 days ago, and I am filling my time with new hobbies and normalizing my life from all the hustle and grind life I had. Though I am 52, I feel that I am younger than everyone else that is retired.

[Leann-ujrg]

Hey Buzz, I tried kayaking for the first time ever this week. That could easily become a hobby for me! I really enjoyed it.

[patclark]

Retired engineer for 4 months. Sitting in the backyard like you, became amazed at the variety of insects! Kids think I've gone off the deep end, i just laugh. After living in the same place for 30 years, i discovered many antlions in my yard for the first time after seeing their funnel traps in the ground. Over 60 years and had never even heard of Antlions before! Never had time to look!

[grandmaspocketbook]

My gourd art and pyrography has kept me very busy since I retired. Now I’ve got the YouTube channel. No time to be bored.

[moretimeneeded]

Plenty of people tell you how to prepare financially for retirement not so many people tell you to prepare physically. If you sit all day in an office or car/truck for work and sit in front of tv every evening you won’t be able to run around when you retire. Get/keep active Be ready.

[vickiwest]

How have I not seen this video before??? I used to take ballroom dance lessons AND even competed in Amateur competitions ~ did pretty well (but I think the scoring was pretty generous LOLOL). Card making!

[thissideupthatsidedown]

Thanks for the video. So many hobbies, so little time!

[naturetrails]

My hobbies: reading, writing, crossword puzzle, play guitar, drawing, playing video games, cooking, walking, watching movies and fishing 🎣

[flygirl]

Buzz, it is so awesome to experience your gratitude with you. I find myself being grateful for the smallest things. That is such a great gift from God to have this outlook. I love having it. My countdown clock is now 3 years and 9 months. I cannot wait to be excited to see a flower bloom! Have fun!