5 Hobbies You Can Try at Home

Need a list of hobbies that are affordable or even free?
Living on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t have some hobbies.That’s just not the case – there are plenty of free hobbies that you can do. Yes free. As in cost £0. And they are fun, entertaining, can occupy your time for hours at a time, and you’ll enjoy it.

1. Start reading or join a book club

Of course reading should be the first on our list. Take advantage of your local library, charity bookstores, or book swaps if you’re on a tight budget. If you have an e-reader or tablet, you can purchase e-books that are cheaper than the paperback version.
Try reading on the Internet if real books is not your thing. There is no bigger free source of literature and reading than the Internet. Just open your web browser and start reading. Don’t know where to start? Try Wikipedia. On their Main Page each day, they have multiple interesting articles that can be a great jump start to your reading hobby.
Have a look on Facebook for book groups within your local community. If you can not find one then make your own, invite your friends and tell them to invite their friends.

2. Writing

It might not sound enjoyable, but it can be – when you realize there are so many different forms of writing and ways to do it. You could write a story, you could write a poem, you could write a journal, you could write a letter. You could write reviews of every place you visit.

Just like with any creative medium, there are pretty much limitless ways to get started writing. So that, in itself, could be overwhelming. How to get started? There are three steps, to starting a daily writing habit.
– choose a place – It can be your dining room table or a desk, even the couch. But the idea is that this is special to you and makes you inspired to write.
– set a time – It can be 5am or 11:30pm. Whatever it is, just try to make it consistent.
– choose a goal – This can be a hundred words or ten thousand. Whatever it is, give yourself grace.

3. Start Exercising

You don’t need the expensive gym memberships to pick up a new exercising hobby. It can be dancing or a cardio HIT class. Just open Youtube and join the thousands video workouts that are out there.

There are various ways to exercise without going to the gym, and it all falls into a bucket called bodyweight fitness. These include exercises like running, pushups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and more. You can find tons of great ideas and workouts on sites like Reddit’s Bodyweight Fitness subreddit.

All this takes is time, dedication, and practice, and you can see yourself getting into great shape without paying crazy gym membership fees.

4. Learn a foreign language

Learning languages is very interesting, because every language gives you an opportunity to learn a lot of new things, and not only about this language itself but also about the related countries and cultures. This knowledge is a real treasure in terms of your personal development. Besides, we live in a time when our communication possibilities have expanded greatly.

There are so many resources of apps and sites you can start learning but these two are our favourite:
– Duolingo – This free online tool gamifies learning a foreign language. And it’s free. And it’s fun. You can try it out yourself here: https://www.duolingo.com/
– Memrise – Memrise is another tool that seeks to make learning a foreign language fun, and it’s also free. Try it out for yourself here: https://www.memrise.com/

5. Get Artsy

Depending on the medium, most artistic hobbies can be done on a budget — especially when you consider one-time investments pay off in the future.

For example, you might need to buy some brushes, pencils, paper, and paint, but the equipment and materials should last for a few months.