devote their free time to reading real books, often printed on actual paper. Though anachronistic, it is surely your entry ticket into a more classy caste of society.
⢠ Youâll be provided with a list of literature to read, so you no longer have to do the searching and self-motivating to plow through the new Jonathan Franzen tome.
⢠ You get a chance to meet bookish hotties who can sport a dapper cardigan and horn-rimmed glasses and would be happy to retire to bed after a few glasses of red and a conversation about Bukowski over Indian food.
⢠ You belong to a group that motivates you to work on all that terrible poetry youâve been saving up in your cramped little heart space for all these yearsâthe poetry that the world doesnât even know itâs missing.
Cons :
⢠ If getting healthy were even a peripheral goal of yours in taking up a new hobby, sitting around reading/writing/talking about books with other doughy hipsters in blazers is hardly the most efficient strategy.
⢠The reading could potentially be bad/uninterestingâor you could just be incredibly lazyâand you may find yourself at a meeting for which you have not done the appropriate preparation. You will essentially be re-creating the bullshitting of your tenth-grade term paper on The Grapes of Wrath , only this time, itâs your chosen leisure activity.
⢠ You stand to discover how terrible your poetry actually is.
⢠ People may expect you to be more articulate/thoughtful/ informed now that you have taken up reading as your personal activity, which could lead to awkward watercooler discussions when it is discovered that, outside the book of the month, you mostly just read your Facebook feed.
TEAM SPORTS
Pros :
⢠ The overall benefits of having to work with peers in a team setting to achieve a common goal is one we readily acknowledge with children, but we often forget how positive it can be for adults as well.
⢠ Teamwork is still a good experience at twenty-five.
⢠ You may get to wear cute uniforms, uniforms that potentially show off the adorable butts of some of your cuter teammates.
⢠ An automatic sense of unity and friendship is forged within the group, which greatly facilitates after-game recreationâauseful quality, as the transition from meet-up group to genuinely fun happy hour is not always a smooth one.
⢠ You may actually burn a calorie or two while youâre having a good time.
Cons :
⢠ You run a high risk of getting sweaty, which is not the most conducive quality when you want to flirt with your fellow athletes.
⢠ Adult recreational sports always involve a vague sillinessâall of us run a little like wonks, move somewhat slowly, and generally donât look at the top of our game. It can be unsettling to those of us especially prone to embarrassment over our appearance.
⢠ The uniforms might be highly unflattering.
⢠ There is almost guaranteed to be a Team Asshole whose sole purpose is showing everyone else how athletic and talented he is, which begs the question, âWhy are you playing adult recreational sports when you could clearly be out at the Olympics with your more qualified peers?â
The different kinds of hobbies we can take up as adults are almost limitless (even if they usually fall into a few general categories). No matter what your goals are, or where you live, with the advent of the Internet, you can do almost anything with your spare time if you are looking for something besides binge drinking.If you want to pop balloons for sexual release, there is a group for youâand you may get your very own voyeuristic special on TLC. If you enjoy dressing up as anthropomorphic cartoon animals and running around convention halls taking pictures of each other, you likely have a meet-up in your area this week. If you like going out into wooded areas and
⢠ Youâll be provided with a list of literature to read, so you no longer have to do the searching and self-motivating to plow through the new Jonathan Franzen tome.
⢠ You get a chance to meet bookish hotties who can sport a dapper cardigan and horn-rimmed glasses and would be happy to retire to bed after a few glasses of red and a conversation about Bukowski over Indian food.
⢠ You belong to a group that motivates you to work on all that terrible poetry youâve been saving up in your cramped little heart space for all these yearsâthe poetry that the world doesnât even know itâs missing.
Cons :
⢠ If getting healthy were even a peripheral goal of yours in taking up a new hobby, sitting around reading/writing/talking about books with other doughy hipsters in blazers is hardly the most efficient strategy.
⢠The reading could potentially be bad/uninterestingâor you could just be incredibly lazyâand you may find yourself at a meeting for which you have not done the appropriate preparation. You will essentially be re-creating the bullshitting of your tenth-grade term paper on The Grapes of Wrath , only this time, itâs your chosen leisure activity.
⢠ You stand to discover how terrible your poetry actually is.
⢠ People may expect you to be more articulate/thoughtful/ informed now that you have taken up reading as your personal activity, which could lead to awkward watercooler discussions when it is discovered that, outside the book of the month, you mostly just read your Facebook feed.
TEAM SPORTS
Pros :
⢠ The overall benefits of having to work with peers in a team setting to achieve a common goal is one we readily acknowledge with children, but we often forget how positive it can be for adults as well.
⢠ Teamwork is still a good experience at twenty-five.
⢠ You may get to wear cute uniforms, uniforms that potentially show off the adorable butts of some of your cuter teammates.
⢠ An automatic sense of unity and friendship is forged within the group, which greatly facilitates after-game recreationâauseful quality, as the transition from meet-up group to genuinely fun happy hour is not always a smooth one.
⢠ You may actually burn a calorie or two while youâre having a good time.
Cons :
⢠ You run a high risk of getting sweaty, which is not the most conducive quality when you want to flirt with your fellow athletes.
⢠ Adult recreational sports always involve a vague sillinessâall of us run a little like wonks, move somewhat slowly, and generally donât look at the top of our game. It can be unsettling to those of us especially prone to embarrassment over our appearance.
⢠ The uniforms might be highly unflattering.
⢠ There is almost guaranteed to be a Team Asshole whose sole purpose is showing everyone else how athletic and talented he is, which begs the question, âWhy are you playing adult recreational sports when you could clearly be out at the Olympics with your more qualified peers?â
The different kinds of hobbies we can take up as adults are almost limitless (even if they usually fall into a few general categories). No matter what your goals are, or where you live, with the advent of the Internet, you can do almost anything with your spare time if you are looking for something besides binge drinking.If you want to pop balloons for sexual release, there is a group for youâand you may get your very own voyeuristic special on TLC. If you enjoy dressing up as anthropomorphic cartoon animals and running around convention halls taking pictures of each other, you likely have a meet-up in your area this week. If you like going out into wooded areas and
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