what other hobbies do you have, that you can focus your time on instead of pmo-ing?

Man, I need some hobbies. Video games and binge-watching television are not going to support my goals! I just started working out again (doing insanity), which is a great habit to develop. I've always wanted to start taking Muay Thai and learning to cook. It's tough for me because I'm active duty Army so I work a lot and I live in the barracks which doesn't give me any opportunities to cook, and it's a decent drive from anywhere. Maybe I will take up reading like you, I've been meaning to start reading classic works.

 

I'm teaching myself Chinese, which is a great mental workout and an effective distraction from temptation. I think my increased energy and confidence from nofap has helped my language learning too.

I also want to take up guitar again. In the past I played piano and guitar but gave up on both due to lack of motivation (and now come to think of it, I wonder if pmo wasn't a reason for that).

 

There are some cool hobbies posted here. I guess it comes down to following your passions and working on yourself.

Here's what I fill my time with:

1. Making music- I write and record music in my free time
2. Writing- I write literature, currently working on a story
3. Making food- I've been cooking for myself all the time now, it's awesome
4. Snowboarding- Never tried it before, it's snowing here now so what the hell
5. Drawing/visual art- I've always sketched, I'm trying out 3D modeling now, with the hope of doing that as a job
6. Reading- as much as possible, finished so many books since I started reading seriously for the first time in my life back in June (6 months into Nofap), all genres

I want to make video games as a job, but I just started to notice how much less I want to play when I'm rebooting. Perhaps it's just part of withdrawals or something. (I'm not a big MMORPG or online FPS gamer, mostly just 1-player RPGS like Skyrim.)

 

One of my favorite hobbies is moderately uncommon, but amazingly fun. It also holds a lot of value for stimulating your brain, as well as increasing your writing skills. It is Text Based RP. For those not familiar with it, Text Based RP is more or less writing a narrative story with others. You create one or more characters who interact with other 'players' characters in fictional worlds. If you enjoy reading, writing, or generally have a good imagination, this could be fun.

Someone creates this world, giving the setting, as well as basic plot or background to the world to the point of the characters entering the story, and other players can populate it with their characters. These characters are often built off pieces of yourself, and resemble part, if not all, of you. From there, they can meet, go on an epic adventure, solve a crazy mystery, or anything you can imagine up.

 

Learning programming! Photography! Fooooooood glorious food!!

 

soccer here.....thats what i do alot

 

I like to read, learn more Spanish or French, as well as jog or rock climb. I'm hoping to use those to keep my mind occupied. : )

 

I like to run. I do much better on the days when I get up at 6 and hit the trail. I run as the sun is coming up over the mountains, and it is invigorating. Because I have already done a healthy and positive thing that day, I naturally want to continue throughout the day.

 

For me there are 2 activities:
- running (but exact statement should be Preparing for a Run Competition; when there is a cloudy day I do the power exercises in my room with loud music on)
- playing on the keyboard (I started to do it, but I found that it's very absorbing and joyfull)

 

A couple of mine-
Woodworking,I have to totally focus on what I'm doing or I'll be picking my fingers up off the floor. Still have all ten!
Hiking I can get out away from everything and get my mind cleared out.

 

I play guitar, I sing, and I write novels. And I have lots of sex with my wife.

 

I'm working on learning sound synthesis.
I like to write music as well.
And working out which I should go do soon.

 

bodyweight training

and i play chess

 

Hey, you play chess too? Are you a professional player?

 

no, i'm not a professional chess player. actually i still follow lessons in a club.

so you play chess too?

 

Read about architecture/study architecture... Play and write Music. Listen to music without any distractions. Watch a movie that I love, like Blade Runner. I've seen that about 30 times!

Go for a walk, Call friends.. Cook something new.

Ens2010 - Sounds like a fun writing game

 

Mine are:

- cooking and baking;
- biking;
- calisthenics (body weight training);
- reading;
- weaving bracelets;
- learning languages (right now I am studying Zulu).

 

nice man

 

Yes, it was one of my childhood hobbies, now I started everything from the beginning after I got my ass kicked by a novice level computer opponent.