2026-10-07

# Hobby wishlist 2026-10

Disclaimer
 - personal
 - target audience - strictly myself

This will be a live log, updated in real time. Will not contain historical data

## List

Next 1-3 weeks
 - Continue learning more
   - Swimming - improve form
 - Do minimum intro and stop
   - Ham radio - Get license and stop

Later possibly never
 - Attend first class
   - Shooting (#)
   - Drone pilot, or writing drone software
   - BJJ or other martial art
   - Running
   - Infantry combat training (which is a superset of shooting, running and a bunch of other skills)
   - Victorian flower language - learn basics
 - Learn more
   - Salsa - Possibly resume after some weeks, depending on mood
   - Mandarin language classes - join in-person to retain motivation
   - Driving - practice more to refresh memory
   - Chess - play more tournaments for fun
   - Drums - Attend more open mic events for fun
   - Massage - Learn basics
   - Meditation - Attend 10 day retreat

(#) indicates I am more excited to eventually shift this to the "next 1-3 weeks" list

## Heuristics endorsed

 - **"Think about next week or next century, don't think about anything in between"** - In accordance with the heuristic, I will only maintain two lists - one for stuff I can do in the "next 1-3 weeks", and one for "later possibly never".
 - **"Either learn hobbies with good gender ratio, or learn skills (not hobbies) for combat. Nothing else seems worth learning."** - And between the two, weakly leaning towards latter for reasons discussed earlier. For everything else, do the bare minimum and then stop, just refresh your memory every few months or something. Learning muscle memory-based hobbies takes a certain minimum amount of time, and ASI may be less than 5 years away, so use your time efficiently.
 - **"Hard limit - do not have more than two hobbies at any given moment. Your optimal number of hobbies is zero or one or two (exact number to be figured out)."** - Getting obsessed with hobbies to the point they distract me from work was quite painful for me, and I by default am someone who often goes all-in on things instead of half-assing them.