Friends, today I want to talk not about drug addiction. Yesterday, while sorting out my closet, I accidentally came across an album with icons, which I had long forgotten about. This was my first hobby... such a sweet childhood memory... Hobbies are different for everyone, everyone has their own...
Do you remember what you collected? For example, my brother raved about stamps, my son bought dinosaur figurines from all the stores, and my niece collects “impressions” by traveling to different countries. But I’m curious, what are the most interesting hobbies in the world?
It seems to me that for modern man a hobby is a kind of outlet that allows him to stop being a responsible employee, an employee of a serious organization, a boss, even a family man, to relieve himself of the burden of obligations and remain a child who selflessly sorts out colorful candy wrappers from a “secret” box, covering his head with a blanket.
Of course, “candy wrappers” can be very, very expensive, and some interesting hobbies definitely cannot be placed in a box or even covered with a blanket, however, the essence remains the same - a person does something for himself that is pleasant and interesting only to him .
A hobby is not always about gathering and collecting; it can be intangible, but in any case it develops the personality. Hobbies are different for everyone.
There are many different hobbies, but I will rank those that seem interesting to me personally. And you can find ideas for your hobby.
Collecting fragrances
Many girls collect fragrances
This is a very exciting hobby for girls, which can have several subtypes: you can collect perfume bottles, especially such rarities as products by Lalique and others famous artists, you can selflessly search for well-preserved vintages, tiny miniatures, perfume boxes, and also compare ancient fragrances with their modern descendants.
The most interesting thing for me is to use my collection according to my mood, then it becomes a real hobby, and not just an accumulation of bottles and boxes that become covered with dust in a chest of drawers. Personally, I like vintage perfumes, especially rare scents that don’t “hit your nose” in public transport and do not seem monotonous and flat. Each such smell transports you to its own era and makes you try on the image of that time.
Construction of houses of cards
Building houses from cards
This extremely meditative activity is akin to contemplating a candle flame or flowing water. At the same time, as my beloved Hercule Poirot said, “When I work with my hands, Gray matter starts to function much better."
Really, fine motor skills develops memory and promotes sharpness of perception, and precise hand gestures force you to focus on movements. This unloads the brain and makes it possible to solve problems that have been tormenting you for a long time. And what can be made from such simple objects as ordinary playing cards, can surprise even experienced architects. I think this hobby is more suitable for men.
An original hobby is breeding crickets
In China, this is one of the most ancient and beloved hobbies. Here special cages are built for these insects, in many cases resembling real palaces. Insects are bred for their singing - crickets chirp surprisingly melodiously in the evenings and at night. It has a fascinating effect on people - real music of nature.
By the way, it’s quite possible to try this hobby here too - crickets are sold in pet stores, keeping and feeding them is very simple, just pour a handful of them oatmeal, and regularly “throw in” cabbage leaves or lettuce.
Making beaded jewelry
Beading has become a wonderful hobby for girls
And this activity works like meditation, especially knitting and weaving beaded cords and plaits. Monotonous hand movements leave the brain free to work, and it successfully thinks over the current situation, and the subconscious, “breaking free,” chooses the most correct decision.
Except psychological relief, beading makes it possible to get unique jewelry, which is now very popular and fashionable. Ancient art Bead weaving is being revived and is becoming a very popular hobby all over the world.
Embroidery of paintings and icons with beads, beads, pearls and semi-precious stones
Embroidering pictures as a hobby
This type of hobby arose along with the passion for beadwork, but in Rus', icon frames have been embroidered with small northern pearls since ancient times. This is very painstaking work, but it is real creative process, although it is carried out by people who are sometimes very far from art or church canons.
Beaded paintings and icons are unique designer items that can be not just a hobby, but also a source of significant profit. Many collectors are happy to acquire such valuable and unusual paintings. Just imagine what a great gift this would be for the boss! By the way, I wrote about what to give to the boss, who, as a rule, has everything. Be curious!
Construction of models from scrap materials
An interesting hobby for men is building models
This hobby usually comes from childhood. Many boys and girls made chests of drawers from shoe boxes, built models of airplanes and ships, made toy furniture and even houses from matches.
Having survived into adulthood, this love becomes an interesting hobby, and some masters become real artists, creating unique works of art from pine cones, branches, bark, pieces of fabric, boxes, clay and even salt dough.
Breeding house plants
Growing orchids is an exciting hobby for women
Perhaps this is one of the most common and popular hobbies. However, it can be complicated by growing, for example, orchids in an apartment.
These are exceptionally beautiful flowers that retain their decorative value for up to 9 months. Many orchids can adapt well to living conditions in an apartment, for example, butterfly orchids - phalaenopsis. For others, you will need to equip special greenhouses or create conditions similar to their native climate. But with good care, these exotic plants will thank their owners with lush, rich and luxurious flowering.
Breeding mini-orchids deserves special attention. They are quite rare in culture, but do not take up much space; the collection can fit even in a very modest room.
Feeding birds and stray animals
This is one of the most noble and selfless hobbies. Such people deserve all gratitude and respect, because for the most part it is not rich people who do this. They spend their personal savings on animal feed, making sure that they always have water and food in cold weather and hot weather.
Vitsin loved feeding pigeons
One of these bright people there was a wonderful Soviet actor Georgy Vitsin, who was very fond of pigeons. Being already a very old man, he walked the streets of Moscow every day, and his pigeons literally flew behind him in flocks. He always had seeds and bread in his pockets for his pets.
Such people take care of stray dogs and cats, placing them with new owners and helping to treat them if the animals are sick. If there were more such people, it seems to me that there would be less cruelty towards our smaller brothers.
Girls usually collect toys
Some people collect porcelain dolls, others collect robots and transformers. This hobby also comes from childhood and it brings no less joy to an adult than at five years old. Then a gift of a doll or a car gave a feeling of boundless happiness, and this feeling remains the same now. Each thing found is another little life lived, a reminder of a long-gone and forgotten time.
This type of hobby allows not only to satisfy the owner’s desire to own some rarities, but also preserves for posterity many things that might have been lost.
Tourism
This wonderful and useful hobby can become a passion and the meaning of your whole life. He has many various types– from the desire to visit as much as possible different countries to extreme types of tourism.
Extreme tourism is a hobby for real men
IN Lately survival is very popular wildlife. A person goes to the desert, jungle, taiga or desert island with a minimum number of things, and most often with just a knife, and tries to live there without help for a certain period of time. Of course, this hobby is not for everyone, but people like Bear Grylls and his show “Lost” make real men and strong in spirit women risk their lives to prove that man has virtually limitless possibilities.
Sand collecting
Not all people know that sand is made from different parts light and various places differs not only in composition, but also in texture, color and shades. From glass bottles with sand samples from all over the globe you can create an amazingly beautiful composition, because there is even black sand in the world. It is formed by ancient lava rocks, which, under the influence of air and soil erosion over millions of years, have turned into entire beaches of black sand.
There are several masters in the world who create amazing paintings from multi-colored sand. Interest in collecting sand was also spurred by a massive outbreak of sand animation classes.
Cooking
A great hobby for girls is making rolls
This is one of the most delicious and useful hobbies, and even with a huge selection of topics. You can collect cookbooks or recipes, collect and cook only exotic dishes, or revive ancient recipes of national cuisine.
You can get carried away with cooking meat dishes or bake amazing sweets, master the intricacies of making sushi and sashimi, bake bread in a Russian oven or prepare kvass with sbiten. This hobby will bring great benefits to your family, friends and acquaintances, because they will be fed the fruits of your labor - the most refined and delicious dishes.
Embroidery with gold and silver thread is a great hobby for women
The art of embroidery with the finest gold and silver thread is a rather expensive and rare hobby.
In the old days, this type of art was mainly owned by women from high society and nuns in convents. Nowadays there is no longer any need to pull a thread from real gold and silver; there are excellent, durable and beautiful threads made from artificial materials. But the works they embroidered look no less luxurious than ancient samples.
This hobby requires high skill and skill, as well as excellent patience and perseverance, as well as good eyesight, because it is very painstaking and slow work. But the resulting result may surprise you with its beauty and unusualness.
Collecting salt samples
Many people will be surprised by this type of hobby - they say, salt is salt in Africa. Of course, its composition is almost identical everywhere. However, there are many varieties of salt, natural or obtained through special processes. There is smoked and peppered salt, with the aroma of raspberry and lemongrass, sugar-white and black, sea and fossil, table and holy - Thursday.
Salt is a unique substance, without which there is no life and any food loses its taste and attractiveness.
Yes Yes! Such a hobby exists! Look.
Pumpkin carving is an interesting and rare hobby
Artwork by Ray Willafen
A year ago, Ray was invited to The White house carve a pumpkin for halloween!
For me these are the most interesting hobbies. And for you? Let's share our hobbies! Send photos of your collections. I will definitely publish them on the blog.
After a person stops using alcohol or drugs, after a while there is a vacuum that the hobby helps fill. Any narcologist will confirm: to overcome one addiction more easily, you need to replace it with another. For example, dependence on work, a beloved woman, a child, someone goes to church. And some of my former patients have found a new interesting hobby.
Unfortunately, today not everyone can afford to travel during their vacation. Alas, this is the reality. And here your favorite hobby will come to your aid. Be sure to read the article on my blog. You will find a lot of interesting things for yourself!
Whatever your hobby, the main thing is that it does not turn into aimless collecting and does not take away strength, money and health from your family. Only then will a hobby be useful when it brings joy and benefit to others. Do you agree?
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If you think that calligraphy is only hieroglyphs, then you are mistaken. Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew can elevate alphabetic characters to the level of art. And it's always more than drawing. Calligraphy is pure creativity and zen.
Improve your calligraphy skills:
- "Ultramarine" is an online magazine about graffiti, street art, design, art and street culture in Russia and abroad. A separate section is devoted to calligraphy.
- Calligraffiti.nl - website of one of the most popular calligraphers and street artists Nils Möllman, known as Shoe. He is considered the inventor of the calligraffiti style.
2. Doodling and zentangle - irrational painting
sibmama.ru This activity is suitable for those who start scribbling as soon as they pick up a writing medium. This is how it is translated from English - “doodle”. This is an irrational drawing style that develops memory and creativity, as well as an independent form of modern art.
Get better at doodling and zentangle:
- Tanglepatterns.com is a well-known site with a huge number of patterns for creating zentangle tiles.
- Zendoodle- a large community for those who love doodling and zentangle.
3. Marbling - drawing on water
youtube.com Have you ever looked for weird cloud shapes in the sky? Then this hobby is for you: using insoluble paints, a pattern is created on the surface of the water, and then transferred to paper, fabric or any surface. It turns out very unusual and beautiful, and the process is truly mesmerizing.
There are two main marbling techniques: Persian ebru and Japanese suminagashi. The first is dominated by abstract patterns, while the second is dominated by circular patterns.
Improve yourself in the art of marbling:
- Marbling.org is an international marbling community with a library, gallery and forum.
- Suminagashi.com - a site dedicated to suminagashi and other types of marbling.
4. Freezelight - frozen light
popmech.ru You may have already met strange young people who perform magic with flashlights in front of cameras. These are freezelighters. From the English freeze - “freeze” and light - “light”. The light really seems to freeze in the frosty air when it is filmed long exposure. Using this technique, they create both beautiful abstractions and solid figurative compositions. The main thing is no computer processing.
Level up in freezelight:
- Lpwa.pro is a worldwide alliance of light painters.
- Freezelight.ru is an original Russian-language art project dedicated to painting with light. On the site you will find video tutorials and a gallery with cool works.
5. Mehendi - henna painting on the body
salonbeauty24.info An ancient oriental tradition, which is again on the wave of popularity in the 21st century. Everything appears more artists, developing in mehendi, and if you are also looking for new forms, then be sure to try drawing henna on the body. Another form of mehendi hobby is photographing in images created on its basis, including in nude style.
Upgrade to mehendi:
- Mehendischool.ru - online training in henna painting.
- Nidhi's MehndiART- the author's YouTube channel with video tutorials on mehendi for beginners.
6. Kanzashi - ribbon decorations
qulady.ru Kanzashi is a traditional Japanese hair ornament that women wear with their kimono. For us, this term has acquired a new sound - kanzashi - and a new meaning. Kanzashi is a needlework technique that is used to create beautiful hairpins, brooches and other jewelry. To try yourself in this direction, you will need several satin ribbons, a candle or lighter and a needle and thread.
Upgrade to Kanzashi:
- Kanzashi.club is a site where master classes and literature on kanzashi are collected.
- “Masters Fair” - in the section dedicated to kanzashi, there are many photo and video tutorials.
7. Felting - wool felting
livemaster.ru Felting (filting) is a handicraft technique where wool is used to create three-dimensional drawings, toys, panels and other decorative elements. There are several directions: dry, wet felting, nuno-felting. To work, you will need sheep wool, a special needle or soap solution. The hobby is ideal for women and children.
Improve your skills in felting:
- Woolwares.ru - a site about felting for beginners with videos and master classes.
- Club.osinka.ru - a forum section about felting on the most popular site about needlework.
8. Isographics - embroidery on cardboard
In our country this activity is also called thread graphics or simply isothread, and in English-speaking countries - embroidery on paper (“embroidery on paper”). All you need to create in this direction is thick paper and thread. Great for sharing creativity with children.
Upgrade in isographics:
- “Country of Masters” - this site contains many master classes and examples of finished works, including those using the thread graphics technique.
- « Favorite lesson» - a series of master classes on isothread.
9. Patchwork - patchwork sewing
tutknow.ru View applied creativity with centuries-old traditions, when scattered scraps of fabric are transformed into a solid mosaic canvas. Using the patchwork technique (quilting, quilting), you can sew not only a blanket, but a bag or, for example, a toy.
Level up in patchwork:
- Jacquelynnesteves.com is the blog of Jacqueline Steeves, who simply loves quilting.
- Loskut.handmadecrafts.ru - patchwork workshop with materials from the paper magazine of the same name.
livemaster.ru Hobbies for those who love to cook and draw. This can be done at the same time if you start painting gingerbread cookies with icing (special sugar glaze). If you really get carried away and get good at it, you can even make money from it.
Get into gingerbread painting:
- "Masters Fair" - the most famous in Runet trading platform with handmade goods, where, among other things, master classes on baking and decorating gingerbread are collected.
- Julia Mylle- the author's YouTube channel for painting gingerbread cookies.
11. Brewing - preparing a foamy drink at home
joyreactor.cc This is a whole science. And many successfully master it right in their kitchens. At first, the result is encouraging: you won’t find tasty beer during the day. But then the process itself drags on.
Improve your brewing skills:
- "Guide to brewing homemade beer" - detailed guide for newbies.
- “Russian Wikipedia about home brewing” - all about how to brew a drink from malt and hops on your own.
housesdesign.ru Recycle translated from English means “reusing things.” This is the name of the environmental direction, which implies waste separation, responsible consumption and energy saving, as well as the direction of applied creativity. Why throw away grandma's old chest of drawers, plastic bottles or, if they can be given a second life? Just use your imagination.
Upgrade to recycle:
- Recyclemag.ru is an online publication about an eco-friendly lifestyle. The site contains news, articles and tips on how to take care of the planet and live in accordance with the philosophy of minimalism.
- Pinterest.com - on the most creative of all social networks you will find many master classes on repurposing and decorating old things. Request - DIY recycle.
13. Customizing - from jeans to bikes
bikeexif.com Customizing is the alteration of clothing. Customizers turn skirts, shirts into dresses, and ordinary T-shirts are turned into designer ones. A hobby for those who always want to be in style, but are not ready to spend a lot of money on clothes.
For men, customization is often expressed in the transformation of motorcycles and cars. Custom bikes are real works of art, and their creators are usually literally passionate about their passion.
Get better at customizing:
- “Second Street” is a website and community of the same name, where thousands of craftsmen post their work on remaking things and are inspired by each other’s ideas.
- Customoto.com is a site where there is everything about creating exclusive motorcycles.
14. Modding - transforming equipment outside and inside
twitter.com/@Razer The term “modding”, that is, modification, change, is traditionally used in relation to the alteration of computers. The peak of fashion for this hobby came in the mid-2000s. Now smartphones and tablets rule, so they, as well as other gadgets, are being modified. For modern modders it is important not only appearance, but also device performance.
Level up in modding:
- Modding.ru is a large portal about modding with a forum.
- Topmods.net is one of the oldest Russian-language sites about this hobby.
youtube.com A beautiful and unusual hobby for biologists and romantics. In addition to special knowledge, you will need an insectarium, a humidifier, a thermometer and other devices to make the fluttering beauties feel good. But if everything works out, breeding tropical butterflies can become a profitable side hustle.
Get better at raising butterflies:
- Wikihow.com - a detailed tutorial on creating beauty from a cocoon.
- Raisingbutterflies.org is an English-language blog from a man who has been raising butterflies for over 30 years.
16. Contemporary - self-expression through dance
balletka.by This is a dance style that combines classical, modern jazz and oriental art of movement (qigong, yoga and tai chi). There are no clear boundaries in it, the main thing is self-expression. Contemporary art teaches you to understand your body, control it and express your inner world through movements.
Level up at the same pace:
- "" - a site about the history, theory and practice of contempo. A lot of useful information about movements, methods and techniques.
- Contemporary-dance.org is a large English-language website about contemporary dance.
17. Dancehall - music and dance from the heart of Jamaica
gymbox.com This is a music and dance style that grew out of reggae. Dancehall dance is especially popular now. Its dynamics and emancipation captivate you from the first seconds. If you're tired of your routine, need a burst of energy and want to compete in dance battles, this is the hobby for you.
Get pumped up in dancehall:
- Dancehallreggae.com.au is an Australian website dedicated to Jamaican culture. There is a lot of music, videos and news from the world of reggae and dancehall.
- Dancedb.ru is a site where video lessons and information on various dance styles, including dancehall.
18. Zumba - dance fitness
premiumsport.rf Born at the intersection of hip-hop, salsa, samba, merengue, mambo, flamenco and belly dance. This trend was invented by Colombian Alberto Perez in the late 1990s. Involved in Zumba maximum amount muscles is not only a great pastime, but also effective method losing weight.
Pump up in Zumba:
- Zumba.com is the official website of the Zumba fitness brand.
- Zumba.pro - online poster of Zumba events. Here you will find like-minded people, information about parties and master classes.
19. Bookcarving - book carving
factinteres.ru Bookcarving is the creation of three-dimensional compositions from multi-page paper manuscripts. Carving translated from English means “carving”, book means “book”. Book carving is popular all over the world, but it requires patience, hard work and accuracy. This is a hobby for diligent people with artistic thinking. The greatest heights in this art were achieved by Brian Dettmer, Nicholas Galanin, Guy Laramie, Kylie Stillman and Robert Te.
Level up in bookcarving:
- Briandettmer.com - Brian Dettmer's official website with photographs of the magnificent master's works and videos of his performances.
- Artifex.ru - a selection of articles about book carving in this creative almanac.
20. Bookcrossing - book exchange
skr.su Bookcrossing can be called one of the ways of beautiful. The essence is this: a person who has read a book leaves it in some public place (library, cafe, bookstore, subway, and so on). A random passerby picks it up, takes it for himself to read, and in return he “loses” another book somewhere. You can track the movement of books on the project website. Its mission is to popularize reading and careful attitude to nature.
Level up in bookcrossing:
- Bookcrossing.com is an international bookcrossing website.
- Ballycumber.ru is a Russian-language website in support of the international book exchange movement.
21. Postcrossing - a postcard from a stranger
primamedia.today Postcrossing is a global project, the essence of which is the exchange of paper postcards. The system gives you a random address, you send a postcard to the person, and then receive it from someone else (one of the schemes). As of 2017, over 676 thousand people from all over the world are registered on the official postcrossing website. People exchanged more than 40 million cards. Postcrossing is very popular in Russia and Belarus, because it is romantic and helps to find new friends.
Level up in postcrossing:
- Postcrossing.com is the official website of the project.
- Postcross.ru is a Russian-language portal for postcrossing enthusiasts.
22. Geocaching - treasure hunt
find-way.com.ua This is an international tourism game, the essence of which is to find “treasure”. Some players make caches, while others use GPS to search for them. Over its almost twenty-year history, the game has gained millions of fans. The advantage is that you can do this hobby not alone, but with the whole family or a group of friends.
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Do you want to feel like a brave Roman legionnaire or a Russian warrior fighting for the prince? Immerse yourself in amazing world historical reconstruction. It is both science and artistic creativity. Some restore ancient equipment and restore armor, others organize performances. To recreate everything reliably requires deep knowledge and patience. Historical reconstruction has many fans, clubs are created, and various festivals are held.
Improve yourself in historical reconstructions:
- Rushistory.org is the official website of the Russian Historical Society, a portal for professionals and history buffs.
- Reconlog.ru - a catalog of historical reconstruction clubs, as well as events related to them.
25. Volunteering - free assistance
miloserdie.ru Volunteer activities are multifaceted. This is not only work in national parks and at sports and cultural events, but also, for example, helping orphans or homeless animals. You can choose the area of volunteering you like and every day through good deeds you can receive a portion of new knowledge, experience and love.
Level up your volunteering:
- "European Voluntary Service" is an international volunteer program.
- “Volunteersrossii.rf” is the main volunteer resource in Russia.
What are you interested in? Tell us about your unusual hobbies in the comments.
Human hobbies today are limitless, it’s hard to argue with that. We have already told you about many of them, but there are still some hobbies that, due to their novelty and sometimes even unusualness, many of you have not even thought about! And today we will tell you about them in detail!
Geocaching
One of the most interesting and exciting hobbies today is geocaching. This kind of hobby has great amount varieties and forms. Depending on the scale of a particular game - a competition to find a treasure, not only very wealthy individuals, but also quite ordinary people can engage in geocaching.
We have already mentioned a little about its essence. In more detail, the whole point of the game is to find a treasure buried somewhere. As a rule, several teams take part at once, and the team that finds the treasure first is the winner. If we talk about the scale of the game, then geocaching is played both at the city level and at the level of the whole country or even the world!
To practice geocaching, any beginner will have to acquire the necessary knowledge about the features of the game and skills, as well as necessary equipment. You can read more about geocaching .
Bookcrossing
Bookcrossing is rightfully one of the most , which, although poorly developed, has still found hundreds and thousands of admirers around the world. Its essence lies in the fact that a person, having read this or that book, marks it in a special way and leaves it in any accessible location. Next, the coordinates of this book are posted on a forum or bookcrosser portal, which allows another person to find it and carry out the same manipulations in the future.
The main idea of this hobby is to support the worldwide circulation of books. Admirers of this hobby firmly believe that someday it will take on impressive proportions and will be able to turn the whole world into one big library.
Slackline
Literal translation from English. Slacklining sounds like "walking on a line." The whole main essence of such a hobby, the level which depends on the length of the sling (cable) and the height of its attachment, consists in the practice of balancing, moving along a sling (usually nylon or polyester) stretched between two stationary objects (stations).
The level of difficulty of passing the “track” directly depends on the width and structure of the line. The degree of line tension can be adjusted based on the preferences of a particular slackliner, based on his level of training and experience.
There are many forms of slacklining today. There is even a stunt slackline, the essence of which is not in the usual walking and balancing on a sling, but in performing technically and physically difficult tasks. on a tight rope, requiring the line walker to have serious physical training and experience in such an extreme hobby.
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Hobby - favorite hobby, which allows you to temporarily escape from routine problems and enjoy the process itself and what comes out as a result. What is surprising is not only the huge variety of these same hobbies, but also their very content: some hobbies are simply extraordinary! Check out a selection of the most unusual, surprising, and even strange hobbies, and the people who became famous for them, perhaps this will become your source of inspiration.
1. Decorating the house with lids
A resident of the Urals, Olga Kostina, became famous for decorating her house with colored plastic covers. To do this, she needed 30 thousand caps, which she diligently collected, sorted and washed, and then attached them with nails and a hammer. Now roof ornaments, which look like embroidery, decorate the facade of the house, gates and outbuildings. It is not surprising that this miracle attracts tourists from all over the world.
2.Huge ball
Decorator Mark Karlmine once decided to paint a baseball. Over time, he got the hang of it and applied a total of 22,894 layers of paint to it, resulting in the ball weighing 1,587 kg. This ball, which is more appropriately called a ball rather than a ball, has become famous and now people come from all over the world to add another layer of paint to it. The creator has one rule for his creativity - each new color applied to the ball must be different from all previous ones. This hobby has gained its followers, as evidenced by photographs of other huge colorful balls.
3.Charity
Charity has long become almost the main hobby powerful of the world this, but one person, the unemployed American Reed Sandridge, really elevated it to the status of a hobby, which can rightfully be considered the kindest hobby of all known today. After he was fired from his job, he decided to help those in need for free. He does this in the following way: he takes 10 dollars, goes out into the street, finds the person who, in his opinion, is in need, and gives him the money. Reed has a special notebook where he writes down all the good deeds he has done in order to preserve the memory of the people he has ever helped.
4. Unusual dog haircut
This hobby has recently become widespread in China. And a certain Katherine Miles from Australia managed to make it her profession and become a first-class stylist for animals. A variety of fancy figures are cut out of wool, dogs are painted in the richest shades and made into real works of art.
5. Pumpkin carving
Throughout life, every person tries to find himself, his place in life and a hobby that would bring joy and pleasure. Most often, people find an outlet in drawing, singing, creating something with their own hands, but there are some unique people who come up with absolutely unthinkable and ridiculous entertainment, to which a common person It's unlikely that he'll think of it. Some of these unexpected entertainments even managed to bring eccentrics popularity, making them famous people. In the continuation of the article you will find 7 of the most strange hobbies in the world!
Filing claims in court
Court is something that many, at least sensible people, try to avoid, but not Jonathan Lee Riches, who entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most litigious person in the world. IN this moment he is serving time for fraud in a federal prison in Kentucky.
In pursuit of “legal masterpieces,” Riches has filed 2,600 lawsuits in various federal district courts from 2006 to the present day. The targets of his litigiousness were ex-president USA George W. Bush, Somali pirates, missing American labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, Holocaust survivors, the Roman Empire and even Buddhist monks. Jonathan Lee Riches has also sued various scientific ideas and inanimate objects, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Dark Ages and the Eiffel Tower.
Collecting ecstasy
In 2009, the police in the city of Irbeek (Netherlands) received a strange call: a 46-year-old man reported that an unknown person had stolen a collection of ecstasy from his home, which was stored in coin albums and numbered more than 2,400 tablets.
According to the victim, he himself never used drugs and was well aware that his unusual hobby was illegal. The man decided to report to the police for the simple reason that several dozen tablets in his stolen collection were poisonous.
The Irbik authorities did not press charges against him due to a lack of direct evidence. The man said that he no longer hopes to see his amphetamine collection again.
Flying... without a plane
Have you ever jumped from a plane with a parachute? And without a plane in a wingsuit, soaring like a bird above the ground?
Wingsuits appeared in the early 1930s and were made of canvas and whale bone, which naturally had a negative impact on the duration, range and safety of the flight.
Modern wingsuits began to be developed in the mid-1990s. Thanks to their improved design, they allow the athlete to travel tens of kilometers through the air (the current record is just over 27 km) when falling from a height of 5,000 meters.
Purchasing a wingsuit in the United States, for example, is quite difficult, since the government of the country, as well as a number of manufacturers, require a person to have serious experience in this matter - at least 200 standard free fall jumps, completed no earlier than 18 months before submitting the request to buy a suit.
Extreme ironing
Ironing clothes is a rather boring and tedious task. What if you combine it with rock climbing, snowboarding and other extreme sports? “Nonsense,” you say. But no!
It all started in 1997, when a resident of the East Midlands (a region in England) named Phil Shaw was given a choice: stay at home and do his favorite thing - ironing - or go rock climbing with friends. Being a completely sensible person, Shaw decided to combine both, therefore, in addition to climbing equipment, he also took with him an ironing board and an iron. This is how a new hobby was born - extreme ironing, which in 15 years managed to conquer the whole world. Fans of the sport (if you can call it that) have ironed their shirts on kayaks, mountaintops, and even in the middle of busy highways.
Participation in artistic dog grooming competitions
People who take part in dog grooming competitions “abuse” the poor animals as much as they want. What can I say?! Judge for yourself:
News bombing
Some people make history, while others are constantly trying to “get noticed” in news reports, just at the moment when this story is being conveyed to the audience. These background characters are called “news bombers.”
The man who is captured in all the frames presented below is London resident Paul Yarrow. Over the course of several years, he managed to appear in many reports from such well-known television companies as the BBC, al Jazeera, Sky News and others.
Yarrow finds out about the places from which the live broadcast will be broadcast, comes there, and while the correspondent talks on camera about the events that took place, he simply stands in the background, not disturbing anyone.
Trainsurfing (travel outside trains)
Trainsurfing originated in Germany in the 1980s and from there spread throughout the globe. Its essence is to find a train - the faster the better - jump on it and, probably, die after that. What other consequences can we expect from such a dangerous undertaking?
In 2008, more than 40 people, mostly young, died from train jumping in Germany.