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60+ NEW HOBBY IDEAS www.gamequitters.com
60+ NEW HOBBY IDEASwww.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 [email protected] gamequitters.com
NEW: INTERACTIVE HOBBY FINDING TOOL
www.gamequitters.com/hobby-tool
My Top Picks + Easy to Start Hobbies
Cam’s Favorites:
Yoga Weightlifting
Public Speaking Getting a Job
Music Production Cooking Improv
Freelancing Programming
Meditation Podcasts Flipping
Easy to Start:
Running Reading
New Language Cooking Coding
Photography Copywriting
Drawing
This list contains activities that are easy to start or my favorites:
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Being Active
Yoga Weightlifting
Running Rock Climbing
Martial Arts Mountain Biking
Exercising Camping
Hiking Airsoft/Paintball
Spin Classes Group Fitness Classes
Krav Maga Meetups
Recreational League Geocaching
Amusement Parks Dance Class/Salsa
Volunteering Adventure Races
Fishing Gardening Mechanic
Wilderness Training Skiing/Snowboarding
Skateboarding Calisthenics
This list contains activities that are good for being active and moving your body:
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Achievement
Drawing Photography
Graphic Design Music Production
Weightlifting Rock Climbing
Martial Arts New Language Public Speaking
Getting a Job Camping
Hiking Traveling
Road Trips
New Instrument Spin Classes
Group Fitness Classes DJing
Flipping Running
Online Courses Geocaching
Cooking Exercising
Dance Class/Salsa Adventure Races
Freelancing Yoga
Copywriting Coding
Gardening Mountain Biking Contact Juggling
Painting Magic Tricks
Billiards DIY Home Projects
Crafting/Origami Board Games
Fishing
This list contains activities that provide a sense of progress:
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Relaxing
Yoga Reading
New Language New Instrument
Camping Hiking
Traveling Road Trips
Visiting Museums DJing
Music Production Cooking
Volunteering Singing
Fishing Drawing
Photography Gardening
Contact Juggling Painting
Magic Tricks Coding
Crafting/Origami Writing/Spoken Word
Board Games Meditation Podcasts
Collecting Beer Brewing
Astronomy Graphic Design Make Cocktails Jewelry Making
Fabric Arts Lego Building
Listen to Music Darts
Rubix Cube/Puzzles Pets
This list contains activities that are good to de-stress or do at home:
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Social
Rock Climbing Martial Arts
Public Speaking New Language Getting a Job
Hiking Airsoft/Paintball
Spin Classes Group Fitness Classes
Krav Maga Recreational League
Events/Meetups Geocaching
Starting a Club Cooking Class
Dance Class/Salsa Volunteering
Improv Billiards
Wilderness Training Skiing/Snowboarding
This list contains activities that will help you make more friends:
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CreativeThis list contains activities that will help you be more creative:
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Coding New Language New Instrument
Traveling DJing
Music Production Cooking
Dance Class/Salsa Singing Improv
Freelancing Copywriting
Photography Drawing
Graphic Design Gardening
Contact Juggling Painting
Magic Tricks DIY Home Projects
Crafting/Origami Interior Design Woodworking
Writing/Spoken Word Make Cocktails Jewelry Making
Fabric Arts Flipping
Lego Building Rubix Cube/Puzzles
Skateboarding Lockpicking
Yoga
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: Creation > Consumption
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.
TIP: Avoid mindless browsing
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
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.
One of Canada’s Top 150 Leaders in Mental Health
CONTACT & RESOURCES
@camerondare
camerondare.com
gamequitters.com
youtube.com/gamequitters
Cam Adair Game Quitters
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