60+ NEW HOBBY IDEAS
www.gamequitters.com A Note from Cam
If you want to shift your relationship to gaming, either to quit for good or to moderate, you must find new ways to fill your time - otherwise you will justify more gaming.
In this guide there are 60+ new hobby ideas for you to fill the gaming void. These activities will help you avoid boredom, stay mentally engaged, and make new friends. They will help you relax, be more creative, make money, and spend less time on your digital devices. I have also included important mindsets to cultivate, and a special guide that contains the other key steps you need to take to get your life back on track.
Be patient and take this one day at a time. You’ve got this and I wish you the best.
Cam Adair Founder, Game Quitters [email protected] gamequitters.com NEW: INTERACTIVE HOBBY FINDING TOOL
www.gamequitters.com/hobby-tool My Top Picks + Easy to Start Hobbies This list contains activities that are easy to start or my favorites:
Cam’s Favorites: Easy to Start:
Yoga Running Weightlifting Reading Public Speaking New Language Getting a Job Cooking Music Production Coding Cooking Photography Improv Copywriting Freelancing Drawing Programming Meditation Podcasts Flipping
www.gamequitters.com Being Active This list contains activities that are good for being active and moving your body:
Yoga Recreational League Weightlifting Geocaching Running Amusement Parks Rock Climbing Dance Class/Salsa Martial Arts Volunteering Mountain Biking Adventure Races Exercising Fishing Camping Gardening Hiking Mechanic Airsoft/Paintball Wilderness Training Spin Classes Skiing/Snowboarding Group Fitness Classes Skateboarding Krav Maga Calisthenics Meetups
www.gamequitters.com Achievement This list contains activities that provide a sense of progress:
Drawing New Instrument Copywriting Photography Spin Classes Coding Graphic Design Group Fitness Classes Gardening DJing Music Production Mountain Biking Flipping Weightlifting Contact Juggling Rock Climbing Running Painting Martial Arts Online Courses New Language Geocaching Magic Tricks Public Speaking Cooking Billiards Getting a Job Exercising DIY Home Projects Dance Class/Salsa Camping Crafting/Origami Hiking Adventure Races Board Games Traveling Freelancing Road Trips Yoga Fishing
www.gamequitters.com Relaxing This list contains activities that are good to de-stress or do at home:
Yoga Fishing Collecting Reading Drawing Beer Brewing New Language Photography Astronomy New Instrument Gardening Graphic Design Camping Contact Juggling Make Cocktails Hiking Jewelry Making Painting Traveling Fabric Arts Road Trips Magic Tricks Lego Building Visiting Museums Coding Listen to Music DJing Crafting/Origami Darts Music Production Writing/Spoken Word Rubix Cube/Puzzles Cooking Board Games Pets Volunteering Singing Meditation Podcasts www.gamequitters.com Social This list contains activities that will help you make more friends:
Rock Climbing Events/Meetups Martial Arts Geocaching Public Speaking Starting a Club New Language Cooking Class Getting a Job Dance Class/Salsa Hiking Volunteering Airsoft/Paintball Improv Spin Classes Billiards Group Fitness Classes Wilderness Training Krav Maga Skiing/Snowboarding Recreational League
www.gamequitters.com Creative This list contains activities that will help you be more creative:
Coding Photography Writing/Spoken Word New Language Drawing Make Cocktails New Instrument Graphic Design Jewelry Making Traveling Gardening Fabric Arts DJing Contact Juggling Flipping Music Production Lego Building Painting Cooking Rubix Cube/Puzzles Dance Class/Salsa Magic Tricks Skateboarding Singing DIY Home Projects Lockpicking Improv Crafting/Origami Yoga Freelancing Interior Design Copywriting Woodworking
www.gamequitters.com TIP: Creation > Consumption
One of the most important mindsets to cultivate as you move on from gaming is to invest your time and energy into creating instead of consuming. Gaming is fun and entertaining, but there is so much more to life than that. Gaming is a lot of instant gratification and hyper-stimulation, which warps your perception of what’s really important in life. In my experience, fulfillment comes from engagement, not entertainment. TIP: Avoid mindless browsing
It’s easy to fall into the trap of replacing one addiction for another, and the most common one for gamers is with the internet — mindless browsing on Reddit, watching YouTube videos, or streamers on Twitch. Do not do this! Try to get offline more, get into nature, move your body, and reconnect to the world around you. Get out of your comfort zone! The easiest way to avoid the trap of mindless browsing is to be intentional with how you are spending your time, and to structure your free time with a daily agenda. What Now?
You’ve made the decision to quit gaming and get your life back on track and you’ve taken the important first step of finding new activities.
There are other steps however, and this is something I learned during my relapse. Luckily I shook myself out of it and quit once again, and I haven’t gamed since — over seven years!
What changed? I didn’t only find new activities to fill my time, but I also understood four other key concepts — how to beat my urges and cravings, how to overcome my brain tricking me into gaming, and more.
You can learn everything you need to know to quit gaming once and for all in my guide called Respawn.
"Respawn provides a detailed plan for a better life.” - Pierce Click here to read 70+ case studies on other gamers who have quit
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
One of Canada’s Top 150 Leaders in Mental Health
An international speaker, Cam Adair is the founder of Game Quitters, the world’s largest support community for video game addiction. A pioneer in the field, his work has been published in Psychiatry Research, and featured in two TEDx talks, Forbes, BBC, the New
York Times, NPR, CNN, and ABC 20/20, amongst others. CONTACT & RESOURCES
Cam Adair Game Quitters
@camerondare gamequitters.com
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