All Work No Play?

[KingWing26]

The TFLF seems to focus on the work-side of the fast lane 99% of the time, but I rarely hear about what fast laners do outside of the work place.

What are some of the interesting hobbies that you all enjoy when you're not working?

For me, one interesting hobby I enjoy is creating hot sauces.

 

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[Thoelk]

Dog training. In this hectic and digitalised world, being out there in the open with your dog is both relaxing and inspiring. They teach you so much about your body language and your inner strength.

The world would be a better place if everyone had a dog (and did something with it). Good question!

 

[B V Marlon]

I build models and have an old car that I tinker with. I rebuilt the gearbox for the car last year, which was a really satisfying achievement, especially when it was put back into the car and it worked!

I also enjoy cooking and baking.

 

[Get Right]

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[SteveO]

Softball, running, golf.... Oh wait... Golf is work!

 

[TonyStark]

Guitar, MMA, soccer, reading...

 

[Ninjakid]

I'm obsessed with sword-fighting right now

 

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[Andy Black]

Kung Fu and San Shou (Chinese Kick-Boxing). 3 times a week is quite enough for me at the moment.

I'd like to ease back into weight-training and running as well, but find it hard to make the time.

I sporadically binge read/listen to podcasts/watch Udemy videos. Always about business or marketing.

The only TV I watch (other than international rugby) is one episode of Westworld per week.

 

[steelandchrome]

I collect antique bicycles.. Fish when I can as well

 

[Marc B.]

I build engines for scooters/RC and detail cars. Sometimes I put the scooters in the trunk and bring them to local car shows to ride around the parking lot. Motor heads get a kick out of it

When it's not that, it's fishing or riding my bicycle. I love the great outdoors.

 

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[ZF Lee]

Reading the Fastlane Forum...lol that's much safer than Minecraft..I might end up spending too much time on it.

 

[Almantas]

Hikaru Dorodango, or polishing dirt so to speak. Essentially, I make a ball of sticky mud and draw an ugly moisture out of it, while carefully coating it with finer and finer grains of holy soil. Then, I carefully work the dirt, by hand, polishing it into a high-gloss sphere of awesomeness. I am literally making a piece of art with my dirty hands! You could use this awesome technique even to polish a turd - though not recommended as a hobby!

 

[Darko Jocic]

Depends.
If I'm alone I like reading, cooking, meditating, or watching some series(not a big fan of series, but I do enjoy stuff like House of Cards, Sherlock, etc.)
If I've got company, I party. Rarely, there's someone with whom I can seriously talk to, but most often, free time with people equals going out and drinking, etc.

 

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[fishgodeep]

For me, one interesting hobby I enjoy is creating hot sauces.

That's cool, do you make dry rubs as well or just stick to sauces? I knew a gentleman in Boston who made his own sauces and rubs, they were amazing.

In regards to myself, choking people and joint manipulation, AKA the not so gentle art of Jiu Jitsu. If I could only recommend one physical pursuit to people it would be Jiu Jitsu.

Calling it a physical hobby or a sport is selling it short though. Once you reach a baseline of physical proficiency it's the mental aspect of the game that will separate people.

Being uncomfortable in bad situations, keeping calm and finding new pathways out and of course learning to breath.

This may seem foolish as many of you may have experience in breathing in the past, some of you may even be breathing right now. But I assure you unless you've trained in this discipline you have no idea how to breath under pressure.

While age can be a limitation in anything that requires physicality it's considerably less so in this martial art. Unless you include some of the 'fake martial arts' ahem Wing Chung.

I regularly train with guys and girls in their forties. Anthony Bourdain picked it up at the ripe age of 58 after a lifetime of heroin, cigarettes and fine wine.

What a guy. Anyway, I've ranted enough on this subject. My intention is to hopefully convince one person, maybe even you, to try it out just once, you'll love it.

 

[Welder1986]

Ride Motorcycles, work on our farm. Always building something..

 

[MattR82]

Started learning Muay Thai in May. 2 months at Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand, and now in Saigon.

I'm a huuuge F1 fan though, so would love to get into Go Karting when I can afford it. I really only watch F1 on tv these days, except for when South Park put out a new episode

 

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[JasonR]

Shooting, surfing, scuba diving, traveling (traveling constantly, over 12+ countries last year), dating, watches (if you can call that a "hobby" - more like an expensive obsession), photography.

I've done a lot of stuff, but I rarely can focus on more than one hobby at once. My favorite of the above probably has to be scuba diving.

The one constant in my life is internet / ecom business, and my hobbies rotate as I grow and learn new things.

Traveling has made me grow the most as a person (along with my business journey).

 

[AndrewNC]

Shooting, surfing, scuba diving, traveling (traveling constantly, over 12+ countries last year), dating, watches (if you can call that a "hobby" - more like an expensive obsession), photography.

I've done a lot of stuff, but I rarely can focus on more than one hobby at once. My favorite of the above probably has to be scuba diving.

The one constant in my life is internet / ecom business, and my hobbies rotate as I grow and learn new things.

Traveling has made me grow the most as a person (along with my business journey).

 

[AndreHimself]

Poker
Basketball
Weight training
Reading books on subjects I can apply to my life
I definitely want to get into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu soon

 

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