Filling the Void - What do we replace bad habits with?

Hey I'm here making good progress in understanding my triggers and shortcomings but I'm having a hard time finding what to fill my time with.

After many attempts at quitting PM I realized that my huge consumption of video games literally every day was a long term dopamine high and escapism for me. I used it for different reasons than when I consumed P but it still had it's place in that. My current fast is of PM and video games. I only touch my computer in general when I'm adding to my Plex library for me and my wife .

My question is what are people using to replace PM or any of our other destructive or less than ideal hobbies or habits?

Please any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks for the responses. I never realized just how much I used to game until now I can't do it. I used to game in basically any free opportunity I had and to the detriment of things that needed to be done. I guess I've done it so much that without it I'm now having tons of time and lost on what to fill it with.

I'm reading novels I enjoy and watching shows but I don't want the latter to turn into something I'm binging either so I'm being careful with it. I honestly don't even know how to stumble into new hobbies.

How did you get into any of your hobbies?

 

Thanks Nicko, you make a great point about my old habit feeling like a part of my identity. I gotta see what else seems worth trying and take a chance on it.