What is your favorite low-energy activity/hobby?

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Ginny Branch · Answer

Making Friendship Bracelets: You can play with so many patterns! So many floss colors you can combine in a chic way! Give as gifts, wear yourself, spark some joy!

Grace · Answer

Pokopia: Cute, very low lift game where you build habitats to attract pokemon and beautify the towns they live in. Played it constantly when I was recently sick. Mindless enough to do while listening to a podcast or audiobook, but plenty to do to keep you coming back

Claire Marie B · Answer

Kiriki Press Hedgehog Embroidery Kit: Embroidery! It’s focused and soothing.

Katherine Berg · Answer

puzzles: nothing like sitting down with a good puzzle and all of a sudden two hours have gone by! I love Laurence King’s “The World of…” literary puzzles, which are so fun and satisfying to complete. next up for me is “The World of King Arthur.”

Gloria · Answer

writing postcards: Order many vintage ones, collect friends’ addresses, easy to write

SouciQ · Answer

reading

Oriana Gonzales · Answer

tic tac toe!

Eva Burns · Answer

long walks with my pup

Dylan · Answer

Rec League: been stuck in bed sick all week but luckily i'm treating rec league like it's my full time job if i was a fresh out of uni finance bro trying to impress the big dogs (aka clocking 16 hours of company screen time)

Minna Kelly · Answer

Casually flipping through one's cookbook collection: Simply enjoy its contents, no output required. It makes one feel very lady-at-her-leisure. Works great with coffee table books too.

Meaghan · Answer

Flowers Watercolor Workbook (Emily Lex Studio): Was gifted this along with a portable watercolor set for Christmas and I really love it. Simple sketches and easy to follow directions. I find it relaxing and satisfying, and it’s piqued my interest into the world of watercolor!

Mary · Answer

Plant Parenting: I told myself last year that I really wanted to figure out how to care for plants, and I began gradually getting more and more plants. It’s such a peaceful hobby because it connects me to nature and I get the satisfaction of seeing my plants grow and thrive.

Spines, Flicks, and Wax · Answer

Fitness trend: Nordic walking (Harvard Health): I like Nordic walking around our local trail. It's a low-energy full body workout and the walking sticks are handy around rocky inclines.

You can find some decently priced walking sticks online :)

Lida Richardson · Answer

Audiobooks: This is very low energy (bc energy is my most precious resource these days), but audiobooks have been saving my life lately. It took me a while to get used to them, and the whole thing is very narrator-dependent, and it’s not the same experience as reading with my eyes, but it is truly a gift to have a stranger read you a story. This is my favorite app for audiobook purchases (non-Amazon) and then of course there’s Libby for free ones from the library.

James Kylstra · Answer

SET: A very fun, surprisingly difficult card game that's all about noticing stuff. My seven-year-old went through a whole arc with it a few months ago.