For me, it’s sticking my hand out of the window of a moving car. Whether I’m driving or not, I love having the windows down and waving my hand in the wind. I’ve loved it since I was a child and I’ll never stop doing it!
Walking/balancing on curbs, retaining walls, downed trees in the forest - pretty much anything.
I did that 5 minutes ago when I went to get lunch… Sometimes I worry people will think I’m a kid
Just say you’re doing parkour ;)
I have summers off from work (am a teacher), which I COULD be using to get tons of errands done, renovating the house, working out, etcetc. However, I am currently spending it sleeping in, playing too many video games, staying up late, crafting, reading, etc, which is exactly what I did during summer as a kid as well. It’s been nice :)
What kind of things do you craft?
Depression
How whimsical…
Too many things, sporadically!
I tend to hop between different craft types randomly, depending on my current interest. But some of the ones I’ve enjoyed at various times the last year or so are crocheting (learning how to make little stuffed animals right now!!), watercolor and gouache painting, putting miniature kits together, origami, simple jewelry making, pottery, etc! :)
I don’t get to do it much anymore, but watching cartoons on Saturday morning.
Oh man, Saturday morning cartoons just hit the spot! A bowl of cereal with the addition of a cup of coffee.
I discovered there’s giant 5 hour+ videos of entire Saturday morning cartoon blocks from all different networks from the 90s on YouTube. Complete with bumpers and vintage ads.
I have to be up early on Saturdays now because the baby doesn’t understand sleeping in so I put these on.
Mind sharing the name of the YouTube channel? Sounds like something future me needs tomorrow or Sunday morning :)
Me and my wife (no kids) have recently decided to do the ‘stuff you enjoyed being a kid’ type outings. Such as dino parks, castles, zoos, theme parks.
If you are an adult having kids is usually how you end up in those places and we decided just to do those things for ourselves.
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever thought about your second point. That’s a pretty great idea!
Have fun! It’s even better if you can pay attention and don’t have to manage the short attention span of the kids.
Sandwich biscuits (like Oreo and the likes, but there are plenty local brands) are extremely popular among kids where I live. I still eat them, the same way as I did as a kid: split them in halves, eat the filling-less halves, and then join the halves with filling so I get to eat biscuits with 2x more filling.
Oh thank god I’m no longer alone! Not that I probably was, I imagine tons of people do this, but I was the only one in my family that did. Whoo! There are at least two of us now!
Wait. What? I’m not the only one doing this weird shit, yay!
Happened so much they came out with double stuffed oreos… to which I clearly still did the same and had “4x” the center
At home I exclusively go up-stairs on all fours
I had to start doing that when I got old
That’s hilarious and I love it!!
DINO NUGGETS
Panther run up the stairs :3
Lol, gonna trying this again for old times sake
At home my main mode of locomotion is skipping, it’s just fun, also it’s faster than walking
ngl, skipping is nice…
Laser tag. Shit’s great, the shine does get taken off somewhat when I do really well and rank top but all my opponents are small children and their parents look vaguely annoyed.
I’ve found that I’ve been enjoying Archery Tag, also sometimes called Archery Games as a fun replacement for laser tag. It’s basically dodgeball but with marshmallow tipped bows and arrows. Shits fun and great exercise.
I did this one about three years ago with my niece for her birthday party and her friends. Just a few of us adults took part as everyone else thought it was too childish.
It felt great to scream and yell in the dark … I became a squad leader, rounded up my team and got them to scream as loud as possible as we charged the enemy … I also ran with my niece and ran cover for her … had a total blast and I was completely exhausted at the end of it all. Nothing like playing games with a bunch of sugar intoxicated ten year olds.
I woke up the next morning and I couldn’t stand up … my thighs were completely crapped from having to crouch, walk and run for two hours the day before.
All completely worth it though.
Gotta do a visit with friends! :D
Running short distances for no particular reason. Like if I’m a short distance from the car and realize I forgot something in it, I’ll run there and then run back.
Sometimes people are like “what’s wrong?? why are you running??” and I’m just like why not? It’s fun.
Mee too, preferably when no one watches though
Stepping on crunchy leaves
Can’t help it either… and when you get a real good one, that’s all dry and super loud and crunchy… yes
Perfection 👌🏻
Same for crunchy dirt when it’s cold enough but there’s not too much snow
I still play with my old Legos, albeit very rarely.
I just bought new Legos!
What kit is it? It’s been ages since I last got any new, my favourite one was the Bionicle series.
The plants and flowers. A cool way to decorate that doesn’t die off and always a conversation starter. Also check out https://www.lightmybricks.com/.
Those Lego Pac-Man Arcade, Boutique Hotel and Orchid kits have my wallet running for its dear life :')
I know how you feel, Lego saw me (and all the other kids of the 80’s) coming. Ghostbusters, DeLorean, Optimus… all they needed was a Knight Rider. They need to let up so I can contribute to my retirement fund again.
My home office is a Star Wars Lego shrine.
Based and jealousy inducing :')
I (38 m) still have a blanky I sleep with - mostly because my cat will only sleep in my bed if it’s there, she will (mostly) only sit in my lap if it’s there and she pretty much just hangs out in whatever room it’s in… Yeah… It’s her blankly, I’m just its mode of transport to make sure she hangs out with me.
It probally smells like you, so when you are there and the blankie is there, its like its 2x you, which is what she likes.
When I got her my brother used to roughhouse with her through the blanket all the time. Now she’s obsessed with it and often if you try and move it when she’s near it she will attack cause she thinks it’s playtime. I don’t think it’s smell I think it’s her comfort zone.
Even though it’s more of a stress reducer and to help me calm down, I like to snuggle and cuddle with my favorite stuffed rabbit. It also brings me back somewhat to when I was a kid and had tons of stuffed animals.
One of the girls I was dating forgot to hide her stuffed animals when I came over for a movie night. She was embarrassed, but I thought it was really sweet. It shows the more human aspect of people :)
When I started dating my current BF years later, and saw that he had two stuffed animals on his bed that he sleeps with each night, I knew he was a keeper!
