I want to get a hobby, but i dont no what?

Question

I am 14, im really bored with life at the moment.. but its still good :)
i wanna be good at something and start something. i just dont no what, and ideas, help?

Answer 1

wat about sport like tennis or swimming most of the teenager like it. it make u healthy and slim. or reading or answer yahoo question get some piont it fun too, it is my hobby right now.

Answer 2

Great idea!

Really tough to help you though as are you a physically active person, not real active, do you have a yard or live in an apt.?

All kinds of things for whatever you have available.

If you are outdoorsy and like animals and have a yard try plants and gardening. Your parents would love fresh tomatoes. Or a rock garden or meditation garden.

If you are indoorsy you could start a freshwater aquarium and breed guppies and then sell them back to the petshop. You could paint, sculpt, or learn an instrument.

If you have some financial help you can build models to scale of things such as the empire state building or the golden gate bridge. Some of the needed items could be a bit pricey but it can be fun.

You can also learn to knit, crochet and other yarn crafts.

If you are the sitting type and enjoy reading try writing about your life, your dreams and aspirations, not really a diary but an ongoing novel.

Get busy whatever you do! You have a great idea and it's not good to have an idle mind at any age but especially at 14.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Hi Lucy :

There a lot of hobbies for a fourteen year old girl. To help you find yours:

1. You need to go the public or school library.

2. Read about the various Arts & crafts and other hobbies that are there.

3. Make list of what you like like.

4. Than how much money & time do you want to put into the hobby once you chose it.

5. Most important question: Is it fun for you.

6. If yes to # 5 then buy your equipment your going to need to do it.

7. And you have your hobby until you find something else you like to do.


Good luck and my best wishes to you on finding your hobby.

Answer 4

Besides trying some (or all...) of the other activities the other posters have suggested ( gardening is a really radical pastime for most teenagers.. love the idea!) I'd suggest getting a decent acoustic guitar and learning to play and sing.

That's if you like music. And most people do.
You can soon hook up with others and practice-- usually in someone's garage-- once or twice a week.

You may then hang out with musicians and perform at coffee houses if there are any where you are.
A fiddle is another choice and somewhere down the road, many groups will be looking for fiddlers.

Once you get up on stage, one important thing to remember is that most people in the audience are quietly rooting for you, not sitting there waiting to be hostile.
They hope to be entertained and are therefore hoping that you will entertain them.
Also, remember at that point that you have worked hard to be able to get up on that stage and you have a right to be there.
Keeping these in mind helps get rid of a lot of "stage fright."

Being able to play well enough won't happen overnight, but nothing good ever comes that easily. Anything easy is probably not worth even the minimal effort that takes.

Selecting a good student guitar: Good ones used to be quite expensive, but I've seen some of the new Chinese- made guitars coming into stores, which cost under $200 and are quite as good as ones that cost $800-$1,000 ten or fifteen years ago.

One guitar I tried last year was a Silvertone (actually made in Indonesia, not China) and I was quite impressed.
I'd suggest something like the SD-20CE or SD-50 packages shown here.

http://www.zzounds.com/cat--Silvertone--3383
Silvertones are available from other sources as well, and probably are available from a local shop.
There are also other brands like this, and you can go shopping for one with a friend or relative who already plays.
You can also check the brand and model at the independant Harmony Central website to see what others have said about the guitar. Here's the page for Silvertone:
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Silvertone

If you get them from a local shop, have them show you how to put new strings on, and get them to set the guitar up properly. That'll add a few more bucks to the price but it's worth it.

Note that these are acoustic/ electrics. You can actually plug these into your computer's line-in port and record them using the free Audacity software.
See:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You'll meed to get the proper cord to do this, but it only costs about $8.
Recording with vocals will require a mike and probably a small mixing board, but that can come later.

Later on you can upgrade to a better quality instrument.

And if you decide to go onto other things, you won't be out that much money and you could even donate this to some kid or teen who can't afford even this.

Answer 5

Try coin collecting. It doesn't have to cost you a lot. You can go to the bank and pick of a box of coin (whichever denomination you like) for exactly face value. A box of pennies is $25, a box of nickels is $100, a box of dimes is $250 and boxes of half dollars or quarters are $500. The bank can pull out just $100 for you and you wouldn't have to buy all $500 if you didn't want to.

Once you get a box, you can go through and pull out the better coins (there are books to help with this or websites). You can pick up a coin book and try to fill all the holes or just search for interesting ones.

The coins that you don't want can be returned to the bank and put straight back into your account (though it's often better to return the coins to a different bank (not just a different branch but a different bank) so that you don't search the same boxes over and over). So you get most of your money back and you could then get another box.

Also check your change for interesting finds.

Some things to search for: wheat pennies, silver dimes, silver quarters, old coins, error coins, etc. There's always the chance that you could find a real treasure!

It's also helpful to buy a red book. It can help you price your coins and will answer many of the questions you may have.

OR IF THAT'S NOT FOR YOU...

http://www.spacefem.com/quizzes/hobby/

Answer 6

Drag your family off to an SCA event (http://www.sca.org) it's a good way for everyone to be involved in something and actually have stuff to talk about. You can all be there doing different stuff, but feel like you've been hanging out together. It may seem a radical idea, hanging with your family, but onthe other hand, your parents may be so shocked they'll agree to go along! You'll meet people who are into all sorts of medieval crafts and will be happy to teach you how. You can try everything or pick one thing and really work at it. I'm learning to dressmake, which is not easy at all, but I have made a few dresses that didn't fall apart in the wash! I'm doing embroidery and learning to tabletweave. It's easy to do most crafts, but to do them well takes practise. For example, it's not hard to make some that looks good and is functional, but to get the edges perfectly straight takes concentration. My favourite "how to" website is: http://members.shaw.ca/evethejust/tablet.html
It's a pretty cheap hobby. My hubby made my loom out of a few dollars worth of wood and two hinges. Your mum probably has wool lying around in her back cupboard that she'd be willing to donate to you.
Remember, Christmas is coming, so you can put in some requests! "Oh Mum. for Christmas I'd really like 3 metres of white linen and 3 of woollen cloth, 2 hinges, a piece of dowel and enough wood to make a tabletweaving loom. Oh yeah, I'd like some real woollen yarn 'coz acrylic isn't authentic and do you think grandma would let me have her old sewing machine? Do you want to come and do sewing classes with me?" I'm sure your mum would rather hear that than "I'm bored and can I have a new mobile phone for Christmas."
Worth a try :)

Answer 7

How about Visual Satellite Observing or VSO for short.

You don't need a telescope or any other instrument to get you started on this. You'll only need a little understanding to find your way in the sky, predictions to know where to look and, clear skies.

You can find a concise beginner's guide and much more here:
http://www.satobs.org/satintro.html

for predictions,The GSOC Satellite Visibility Home Page will predict visible satellite passes from any place on Earth. This is by far the best satellite prediction site there is today.

http://www.heavens-above.com/

Good luck!

Answer 8

I'm 34, my daughter is 11. We are belly dancers, we sew, do cross stitch, make our own silk belly dance veils, so many other things. Does your mom do anything? See if she would be interested in doing something with you. I know at that age, my mom and I did alot of stuff together. At your age, it's hard for mom's and daughters to really connect unless they find a common interest. I'm not saying you have to do anything with her, but it's a suggestion. My daughter always tells her friends that I'm the coolest mom. All her friends spend more time at my house than anyone else's. Caitlin had a Arabic birthday party this year and gave each of the girls their own veil that we dyed personally which each of their favorite colors! She loves doing it because she can see a beautiful piece of work come together in color.

Answer 9

just go to Michael's or similar and buy a kit of anything that looks interesting. check out the classes there and elsewhere while you're at it.

start with a beginner's project first.

or pick up a magazine or book, buy what's needed, and go for it.

i started hand embroidery about your age. it's easy and cheap.

get some floss, needles, hoop and a book and soon you'll be embroidery everything not nailed down.

Answer 10

go out exploring many different things and in the process you should find something that you like to do and could possibly find some very good friends too

Answer 11

You should try your local Parks & Recreation dept. as they usually have courses in pottery, music lessons, painting, and many other things. Another option is your local college. They usually have courses to introduce you to dance, arts etc. It's an inexpensive way to see what you would like to do.