Introverts: which ones have you enjoyed the most?

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    • Lockpicking
    • Rubiks Cubes
    • Raspberry Pi stuff.
    • Narrative driven Video games, obviously
    • Cooking
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    I enjoy miniature painting, as it will let you engage as much (or little) with the various communities as you wish. Order paint online, and paint in the troll cave by yourself? Certainly! Make some small talk with the clerk and patrons at your local hobby shop, now that you share a common interest and have something to talk about? Absolutely!

    Get obsessed with 40K lore, wonder where all your money and free time went, realize you have enough miniatures to paint for several decades, and yet you still can’t stop buying them and oh god those paints would go amazing with that color scheme you pictured so maybe just one more purchase —-

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      Exactly the answer I had in mind. It’s something you can do on your own time and in your own space, but it also creates opportunities to interact with other hobbyists.

      Something I hate as an introvert - and notice in many other introverts - is the pain of making idle small talk. Having a common interest as a reason to talk to other people feels much more natural to me and is great as an entry point for introverts wanting to get to know other people without it feeling forced.

      You can do it for wargaming like 40K, but also for TTRPGs like DnD. Sometimes I just paint models for the hell of it that I never intend to use in any game. You can also branch out from making models to building terrain and scenery - there’s loads of great tutorials on YouTube.

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      I tried miniature painting for the first time a few years ago. But I did the plastic miniatures that came with board games I liked. I saw a youtube video explaining how to play the game and he painted his. So I thought they looked great painted and so I painted 2 board games miniatures.

      Gloomhaven Miniatures: The Cragheart Tinkerer With green Pack for his gadgets

      Castle Ravenloft Players and Monsters

      I’m not great at it and I don’t think I have the patients for it. But I’m happy I tried and I like the way they look now.

      Kudos to thoes that have the steady hand and eyesight to get this done well.

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      Came here to say this. I almost never play Warhammer, but I absolutely love making and painting the minis and putting together little dioramas to photograph or film. Since getting a 3d printer its been even more fun, as you can make your own villages and set up fun scenes!

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    I got into leatherworking during the pandemic and it’s been really rewarding. The actual act of cutting and sewing the leather is very zen to me, and in the end you have something new that you can use or give as a gift!

    Getting started is fairly cheap (some punches, needles, thread, a sharp knife, and leather is all you really need to get started). I order everything online so no need to interact with people.

    Lots of good tutorials online to learn (Carter leather, weaver, are both good YT channels)

    I’d anyone is interested in trying it I’d be happy to help get you started 😊

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      I found about leatherworking some weeks ago and I’d like to get started during the summer :)

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    Cycling. Nobody to bother you and you can just keep going for hours. Even if you ride with other people, they’re won’t be much chatter during the ride. Going for a drink afterwards is optional. And even if you go you can just talk about gear ratios and spring rates.

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      Yes! I just got back into cycling last month after not touching a bike for 10 years, did my first 40k yesterday. It’s just you and your bike for a few hours, I couldn’t be happier while riding

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    Do the Blender donut tutorial and learn 3D modeling. It’s free. It’s a great time sink. Amazing online community. Personally, I find it very rewarding. I learned during lockdown and it’s one of my favorite accomplishments and I still have so much to learn.

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    Gardening is a great introvert hobby. It gets me outside in the sun and sometimes I run into neighbors, so I can keep up with the people around me without having to commit to any big social event. I have a flower garden in the front, so not only is it a hobby, but it also makes my house look nice. Then in the back I grow vegetable and herbs, so we get lots of delicious veggies out of it too.

    I also love checking out books from my library app and spending an afternoon reading with a cup of tea. It’s also free!

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      This is great since there’s a lot of online gardening groups and resources. A few in person but it’s mostly at your house and you can do it for years with a large amount of planning and you can go deep into different topics.

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      I am ignorant about this, but have had thoughts about taking it up. Why would it be illegal?

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        Some countries with a wealth of antiquities (like Turkey) have tried to stop looting by banning metal detectors. It doesn’t work. Lots of ancient coins are being taken out of Turkey, despite the illegality.

        In contrast, England allows detecting, but has strict laws on reporting if you find significant treasure. Their laws on the sale and ownership of the found treasure are also quite fair and reasonable.

        <edit: a word>

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    Video games, crafts, reading, gardening

    Things I enjoy despite the fact that I’m an introvert: racing, building racecars (it’s a whole ass thing with a bunch of people on our race team)

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    I put on headphones (ANC transparency mode enabled) and jam out while bicycling for an hour daily. I put over 3,000 miles on my Trek Verve2 annually

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    Creative writing – also it costs almost nothing. Fiction, poems, whatever you want.

    Painting, drawing and art – not terribly expensive to get started, especially colored pencil and water color

    Solo outdoor activities like hiking, cycling (road or mountain), frisbee golf, cross country skiing, kayaking, canoeing, beachcombing

    Photography – you can just use your phone or buy a fancy camera. Make prints, hang them around your house.

    Playing musical instruments – pick your favorite, there are instructions on YouTube for everything:

    • free (singing, whistling, spoons)
    • cheap (harmonica, thumb piano, plastic flute, hand drums)
    • medium (guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, many strings and wind instruments, electronic music)
    • more expensive (analog and modular synths, piano, the larger string and wind instruments)
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      Second woodworking. I picked up carving during the pandemic and I find it incredibly enjoyable, it’s probably my favourite hobby right now. I just put on Levar Burton Reads or a podcast or an audiobook and work away.

      I want to learn how to carve with chainsaws next.

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    This is going to sound a little strange, but playing music on stage works for me. At least in moderation, and provided you aren’t the lead singer/MC who has to interact with people. You just wanna be some guy in the corner jamming on whatever you jam on.

    You kind of get the best parts of being in a social situation in terms of seeing new places, having interesting experiences you can ponder for days to come, and occasionally getting free food and/or a green room where you can veg out in isolation and no one expects anything of you. But you can avoid the negatives: having to make small talk, looking awkward with nothing to do and no role to play, being labelled antisocial, getting roped into some horrible activity you did not sign on for, etc.

    And it turns out there are a lot of introverted musicians. You only really need one extravert in a band.

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    Woodworking is a nice hobby if you have the space for it. You can just chill out listening to tunes, drilling and planing, with no real involvement with others.