I think it is a trap to think about it this way. My hobbies are meant to bring me joy and challenge, no matter what level i am on

Depends on the hobby. I tend to collect hobbies and then grow bored of them, then return to them a while later.

I’ll become absolutely obsessed with learning about “hobby x”, and spend two months basically getting as close to an expert on it as I can with self-teaching. (Video Editing, filmmaking, screenwriting, 3D modelling for flight simulators, Graphic Design, etc…)

Then I’ll grow bored and move onto a new obsession from the above list, focus on that long enough that at least 25% of my knowledge of the previous obsession vanishes and I have to relearn a bunch the next time that obsession rolls around.

I’ve been told that’s possibly ADHD, but since I suffer from depression I’ll take my bursts of obsessiveness over lack of any motivation any day.

Jack of all trades; master of none.

I used to be really good at video games, but now I just don’t have the time. I remember being able to jump in any CS lobby and jump to the top of the server. I got kicked for supposedly cheating all the time. That was always a good feeling. Knowing that I’m kicking so much ass that people assume I must be cheating.

My crowning achievement is beating Super Ghouls and Ghosts - both times through (second time with the farie bracelet). This was using an original SNES, no save states or anything. Dedicated an entire summer of my teenage life to it. Game is hard, man.

Computers used to be a hobby but I turned that into a career. I’m a principal systems engineer and I like to think I’m good at what I do.

I got really into cooking, and it was maybe a hobby at some point, but now with a family it’s more of a necessity. A lot of the things I learned while cooking as a hobby turned into skills though. I’m not sure how to explain it, but like having cooking intuition. Knowing when to add more or less of something just by knowing. Also just being able to freestyle meals out of what is laying around or knowing what can be substituted with what or how to make ingredients out of other ingredients.

Best part of having hobbies is that you don’t need to be good!

I’m terrible at them. Baked a flat pancake that was supposed to be bread. Fumbling on the guitar. Haven’t drawn anything in the past 3 years. Electrical projects on hold.

I think I have to focus a little bit more 😅

As good as I care to be. Hobbies are supposed to be fun.

Fucking terrible, I took up hockey last year as an adult.

I’m the best I’ve ever been, but I’m skating with guys my same age that have three decades more practice.

Not very good, but that’s sort of the point for me; my favourite part of any hobby is the learning. I did a woodworking class the other day!

It’s taken a lot of work to get to the point where I can be comfortable with being mediocre at something and just doing it for the joy of it. I’m quite an intense person, with perfectionist tendencies, so it’s nice to be able to carve out some things that I can be more chill about.

Why do you have to bring up my shortcomings like that?

Ages ago, before i started to teach my techniques to the masses, i was considered the international specialist in that field. I have withdrawn since then, but I am still good.

• Creating games: Good enough that my IT teacher was impressed enough that he recommended that I go into the game industry

• Drawing: Good enough that I’ve got hundreds of followers and a lot of people like my art

• Games: I can beat the original Pikmin in 7 in-game days and I also beat Mushihimesama Futari’s final boss on Ultra Mode.

Decent at some and a beginner at others. Tbh, I have more hobbies than time to practice and really get good at all of them. So progress is slow, but I enjoy each one of them and don’t want to give up any just yet. Guess I’m taking the scenic route to mastery, maybe by the time I retire I’ll be really cooking. And if not, I still would consider it time well spent.

One hobby turned into a career (software engineering), which hopefully means I’m decent at it. I also play the bass guitar, which I okay at, but eagerly trying to reach a high level. I have a million other hobbies that I do fine at. But grading yourself is only useful as a way to keep from stagnating and to create healthy goals. The internet is really dangerous in this regard, because you’ll always find someone who’s way better than you. At the end of the day I just want to keep my brain stimulated and have fun with the time I have.

I’m pretty good at super smash bros.

Everything else is complicated. I want to improve but I also don’t. I also don’t want to stagnate or get worse. And I don’t want to abandon them either but I hate doing them.