What hobbies do people have?

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I collect odd things. I have a lump of fake skin I collected from a dermatology drug rep in the hospital I used to work in. I have an audio cassette with "the sounds of mental illness" I got from a psych drug rep. I have a recording on CD of a musician named major "mule" holley, who was a basso profundo singer who also could sing in concert pitch all the way down to the low E string on his string bass. I collect recordings of theatrical pipe organs. also collect recordings of jazz harp, and have a small collection of different versions of the 1812 overture. I have thousands of recordings on mp3, tape, phonograph record and CD. I also have a fairly advanced avocation, that of digital audio restoration of old tape and phonograph recordings.

Some of my hobbies have been; aquariums, collecting moss, knitting, crochetting, sewing, collecting diffrent things from nature, making art like painting and drawing, healthy foods, and fishing.

crystaltermination: Your drawings are amazing! The horse drawings are beautiful!

Over-the-years, some of my hobbies have included: fashion / fashion designing (I draw and sew designs that I've created), crocheting, stamp collecting, bowling, cooking / baking, reading, movies, collecting all sorts of stuff (like, monopoly games from around the world, purple things, 1950s/60s things [like Coca-cola stuff], mice [ceramic, fabric, etc.], refrigerator magnets, car replicas; anything, pretty much, with roses on it; Elvis / Princess Diana stuff; and, I can't remember what-all, else).

Arts and crafts, collecting CDs and watching classic TV.

I like to ride a bike

i love to collect all things cat-related: cat figurines, stuffed toy cats, cat books and I love watching cat videos. The majority of items in my collection is devoted to the Siamese cat.

at the mo...
I train and teach Judo with adults and kids. Referee too. I also plan to do loads of research, as Judo is so hard to master... especially if you are a little smaller, a bit older, prone to stress/anxiety and do not have much upper body strength.

I go to the gym most days to exercise to cut stress. do workouts at the gym which include judo throws and floor to ceiling boxing workouts.

I play a bit of xbox one, and am also presently learning to program for websites, apps and embedded electronics.

My other main hobby although have not had much time to practice or record/write is music. Originally guitar kind of stuff but also dance music etc. (BA Degree in Sound Technology, which was focussed on sound engineering).

I also used to be really into art, originally went to art college but dropped out. I would like to get good at Adobe programs such as illustrator and convert my doodles into awesome illustrations / vectors. If i ever get the time.

When i was a kid, i spent most of my adolescence go-kart racing (100cc) and training in Kenpo karate (from 1984).
I am not sure if it was the best thing for me to do in hindsight, considering ASC, as i am now hypervigilant.
I did enjoy it at the time, and really took to karate, which i think is probably likely due to being on the spectrum. As i loved the routine, repetition and perfectionism. I read recently that a psychologist got a group of autistic people to practice karate form/kata/predetermined sequence of moves for several weeks to see if it helped the autism people reduce their problems with rocking and fidgeting.

And apparently it did, even for weeks after they stopped.

I like going to the pictures and going to the pub/clubs too.

Xbox one games into at mo:...
fallout 4
shadow warrior remake
Far Cry 4

good fun...
(i know i have written a lot here, but please keep in mind, i am not a show off, but just a bit older than most people on this forum so have had time to do more things).

There are so many different hobbies. It depends on the preferences. They like what they can do well and what they like to do. The hobby should bring the joy.