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Dancing and Theatre. I used to love doing improv and dancing Salsa. Now I can't find the time and energy.

Nothing, really. I've spent most of my life focusing on what matters to me, and so as time goes on I just get more dedicated to the things I already like.

I don't play competitive online games any more. They are a waste of time and exist to reward whoever puts the most amount of time into them. It's a race to the bottom to see who's the biggest loser.

I still play games though, just ones where I'm not the product.

Probably playing video games at the moment. I just dont really have time for them right now, especially given how addictive they can be.

For me it has also been gaming. Some part of my brain is always reminding me about all the chores I have to do and all the crafting projects I could be working on instead. Also the cats keep on demanding attention every 5-10 minutes so that takes me right out of the flow if I ever manage to get into it.

The piano. I used to play almost everyday and I got pretty good at it but I rarely play it now. Just yesterday was the first time I played it in a couple years

Gaming.

I'm just shit at it now. I used to love FPS games, now I can barely hit anyone let alone get any kills.

After a lifetime of reading comic books, and amassing a pretty large collection, i just... stopped. It wasn't so much losing interest as I'd gotten what I needed from them. I just don't need them anymore. Now I'm left with 50 some boxes of comics to get rid of...

Satellite and space tracking. Satnogs with some custom hardware.

I've done it for a number of years, helping citizen scientists all over the world. But because of the cuts and less and less people getting into the hobby, its been hard to keep being motivated.

Took down the setup a bit ago for some repairs and haven't put it back. Probably won't.

I lost books sometime in the aughts. I miss them but its just to easy to do other things. MMO's are another. That is sorta the reverse in that they suck up to much time and there are personal reasons I needed to drop them. Going to cons also fell out about the same time as reading and its fun to hang with fen folk. Ill say along with cons just any in person nerd thing. free thought groups, makerspaces. they are all sorta part of the same thing I think which is essentially just hanging with nerds and geeks.

Art. I used to do all kinds of art. Now mostly I do music instead.

You should use an app like Topaz AI to upscale all your old dvds and watch shows in HD. I’ve recovered so many old series, like ALF, that will never be released in HD, now very watchable at 4x using the Iris2 upscaler.m settings and some parameter adjustments.

*I’m in no way affiliated with Topaz, only a user of the app from early days in 2020/2021.

New hobby for me!

I two primary hobbies are music and basketball. I’m still making music and not intending to stop anytime soon. But I don’t think my body can do basketball anymore, especially when I go for pick up games and everyone is younger, faster, and stronger than me. Not to mention people are competitive and I don’t fit in as someone who just wants to play casually for exercise.

I’ve been trying to find a steady group of people to play with who are looking for the same thing, but have been unsuccessful so far. I might have to hang it up pretty soon.

Videogames

Life, each day I feel it's less of it.