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What’s a hobby you suggest everyone should take up to improve their mental health? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm a huge advocate of gardening. It gets you outdoors and active, gives a sense of achievement, you learn and improve over time, it's popular enough that you can get involved in a community, if you're growing veg it promotes healthy eating.

It should be mandatory.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You... sound like my mother. She's an incredible woman, but christ, no I'm not gonna go climb a tree right now and chop off the top branches, I'm in the middle of a Minetest marathon

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

House plants bro. It's a game where the goal is not killing them.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I have a bamboo plant that seems to thrive on my neglect

[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Succulents are the answer! They thrive on neglect and look so cool and alien. I love them.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I know you didn't really mean it literally but just to reiterate as others have done for other suggestions in this thread, this is very much an "if it works for you" sort of thing and definitely shouldn't be mandatory. I fucking hate gardening with a passion, I want absolutely nothing to do with it, though it's clearly very beneficial to others.