105 New Hobbies To Try When You Retire
Life is for living, however old you are
What do you do when you suddenly have more time on your hands? You’ve worked for years, then you’re wondering how to fill the hours.
Of course, the global COVID-19 pandemic has focused many people’s minds on this. But for retired people, this is a situation that is lived out daily.
Many of us look forward to retirement, to a time when we can relax, and enjoy time with family and friends. But retirement can also be a shock to the system.
You maybe find you’ve got nothing particularly important to do. You might feel you have lost your purpose in life. Perhaps you’re feeling lonely.
At Scalesceugh Hall & Villas, homeowners are keen to engage with each other as much as possible, it’s a friendly retirement community and activities are planned, discussed and arranged as a social group.
But retired people can be of different ages and with very different physical and mental abilities, and different reasons for wanting to fill their time.
Take inspiration from this list of retirement hobbies — it’s quite comprehensive so something should appeal!
Then search the internet, your local newspaper, social media or other guide to find out how you can get started.
And get even more inspiration on the Retirement LIVING! Pinterest page here
105 Hobbies To Take Up In Retirement
- Allotment
- Antique Buying / Selling
- Aqua Fitness
- Archery
- Art
- Astronomy
- Badminton
- Baking
- Beach Cleaning
- Beekeeping
- Birdwatching
- Blogging
- Board Games
- Book Club
- Bowling
- Brewing Beer
- Bridge
- Calligraphy
- Candle Making
- Chess
21. Collecting
22. Computer Programming
23. Cooking
24. Crafts
25. Cricket
26. Crochet
27. Croquet
28. Crossword Puzzles
29. Cycling
30. Dancing
31. Darts
32. Drama Group
33. Electronics
34. Film Club
35. Flower Arranging
36. Walking Football (Soccer)
37. Foraging
38. Gardening
39. Genealogy
40. Golf
41. Gym / Exercises
42. Historical Re-enactments
43. Horse-Riding
44. Hospital Radio
45. Hot Air Ballooning
46. Hiking
47. Inventing
48. Jewellery Making
49. Jigsaws
50. Juggling
51. Karaoke
52. Kayaking
53. Kite Flying
54. Knitting
55. Learn A Language
56. Letter Writing
57. Magic Tricks
58. Martial Arts
59. Mentoring
60. Metal Detecting
61. Model Building
62. Museums
63. Motorcycling
64. Orienteering
65. Origami
66. Painting
67. Paragliding
68. Playing An Instrument
69. Photography
70. Pilates
71. Pottery
72. Puppetry
73. Puzzles
74. Quizzes (Including Online)
75. Reading
76. Remote Control Vehicles
77. Road Trips
78. Rowing
79. Running
80. Sailing
81. Sculpting
82. Sewing
83. Singing (In A Choir)
84. Snorkelling
85. Social Media
86. Spa Visits
87. Swimming
88. Table Tennis
89. Tai Chi
90. Teaching
91. Tennis
92. Textiles
93. Theatre Productions
94. Topiary
95. Trainspotting
96. Upcycling
97. Volleyball
98. Volunteering
99. Walking
100. Wildlife Watching
101. Wine Making / Tasting
102. Woodwork / Carving
103. Writing
104. Yoga
105. Zumba
