‘What hobby looks peaceful from the outside but is pure stress once you get into it?’ – 22 ‘relaxing’ pastimes that will give you a nervous breakdown
13.
‘Chickens. I spent my Sunday afternoon buying 600 pounds of medium course sand at Home Depot.
‘Getting it home, using my wheelbarrow to get it to the coop. Spreading and raking it. Then deep cleaned all of their water troughs. Then spent 15 minutes searching for eggs as a couple of my girls don’t like to use the nesting box. One of the girls has gone broody. Soaked her in cool water for a bit. We’ll see if it helps.’
–Professional_Bar6924
14.
‘Growing roses isn’t a hobby, it’s horticultural masochism.’
–Richard_AIGuy
15.
‘Painting. You want every single stroke to turn out perfect because there’s no simple “undo” button. Repeat for hours. And then the final product simply looks bad because your technique was off but it was too late to turn back. (I really need to switch to digital art.)’
–No_Effective5082
16.
‘Digital aren’t ain’t better if you’re a perfectionist.
‘When you have the ability to undo you become intolerant to imperfections and your workflow literally becomes brush→undo→brush→undo→brush→undo→brush→Okay!→brush→undo→brush→undo→brush→undo…’
–LegoTallneck
17.
‘Pottery looks relaxing on social media but in practice, your bowl collapses on the wheel, explodes in the kiln or cracks during glazing after weeks of work.’
–Then_Sir7372
18.
‘Swing dancing. Shit gets competitive and cliquey VERY quickly.’
–That_Dot420
19.
Sourdough. Literally a two day event for a loaf that will be gone immediately.’
–DifficultyKlutzy5845
20.
‘Guitar. To this day, restringing the damn thing feels like a death sentence. But man is it cool to shred.’
–pwn_boo
21.
‘Origami. Realising you pleated the wrong number or did 10 steps on the wrong layer after being 60 steps in is very frustrating.’
–SugestedName
22.
‘My late friend used to say there are three levels of perfectionism: the amateur, the pro and the hobbyist. In this order.’
–Life-s-Beautiful
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