Away down South in the land of traitors..
Pencilnoob
Here's a list of dope stuff you could get into
- volunteering (animal shelters, fire fighting, etc)
- working out
- hiking
- YouTube yoga
- personal finance / budget tracking
- DMing/playing TRPG games
- smoking meat
- making bread
- taking music lessons
- get really good at giving amazing massages with a friend or partner (and swap so they can get good too)
- building electronics
- sewing backpacks and hiking gear
- running
- painting minifigs with friends (invite them over and have good food and chill music, maybe some herbal relaxants)
- board game nights with friends
- aluminum smelting
- gardening
- small home remodeling projects (painting, flooring, wallboard, new shower, etc)
- painting (oil, watercolor, digital)
- attending art atelier
- crewing with a sailboat racing (just a chill beer league)
- mixed art (wood, metal, sculptures, clay)
- work through an entire cookbook
- throw super fancy dinner parties
- host block parties
- join CrossFit / group workout and make friends
Absolutely incredible post. I agree with a lot of this, and it fills in some great details about difference regions I've not gotten to visit.
I did the southern half of the AT last winter, and I used an umbrella, rain jacket, rain pants, and these lightweight rubbery fishing gauntlets from Japan. They are lined with a synthetic wool material and are fully waterproof. All in I was very comfortable.
I used to make maps by hand. Over time I got better and better at holding on to where I was. I've read studies that playing 3d games increases spacial awareness, so it might get better over time.
Other options I do when I'm too meh to bother is mods to add maps and quest tracking if the game doesn't already have it
I'm ded. Although my big trick lately is just adding 3x to whatever I think, and it works pretty well