Something I've never got to try that might be a luxury to you is putting a TV up with a treadmill, because you can get a good workout if you walk long enough for like an hour, just use that time to watch education videos etc

Can't exactly play RedIce on the TV at my university gym lol

Or lift weights. Variety is key, but it's easy to get bogged down in trying to change things up with the workout routine itself.

If you spent your money on weights and not a treadmill, it helps to be able to get out of the house to jog every now and again.

I like to partition the focus of my workouts up by seasons and such, where I focus on certain thing or two for strength like deadlifts, then on endurance and cardio, etc.

Another tip, obviously listening to music makes the workout go by better, but try to find the ideal genre or type. Surprisingly, although classical music doesn't cut it, I've found constantly blasting hyper-aggressive or badass music actually mentally exhausts me. Play some chiller more moderate stuff, like idk man the classic orgrimmar theme from WoW as an example of something that's engaging but not over the top, save that burst of inspiration for the PR's, sprints, and top of pyramid sets

I know you asked how to figure out new hobbies, but figured those were something important things to discuss since it all ties into the process of improving one's life

Yeah for sure.

Thanks by the way

So for example if I’d like to read more I should just go right for it. Like just brute force my interest into that wall? Just read for as long as possible even if it’s super boring and not enjoyable at all.

When it comes to hobbies, since you're already working out, I'd say to not be concerned with sports.

A good goal and sustainable balance IMO is to have one that's outdoors, (rock climbing, hiking, camping, kayaking, fishing, w/e, pick one to be GOOD/knowledgeable at, I know a lot of them are interrelated,) one where you craft something like some sort of DIY stuff involving tools, and an intellectual pursuit outside of the career. Once all the ducks in are in a row, habits in place, and this stuff's second nature, then try to incorporate a routine for keeping up to date and learning politics and stuff that can be distracting, things that you know for the sake of being a responsible citizen and all that jazz.

Unless you're really craving socialization, maybe swap a workout or outdoors with a group you play w/e sport with

I can’t really do any sort of crafting thing because I don’t have the space for it

Or the materials

Learning an instrument could substitute for either that or an 'intellectual pursuit' too i believe

As for the brute force thing, yeah there are going to be some things you've got to force yourself to do, but realistically don't expect to be forcing yourself on more than one or two pursuits at a time.

So like, it'll be a while before you get to that point in realityl

like getting the workout routine down, dieting, and picking up one hobby are going to have your willpower muscles exhausted enough

once those things become easy though, you move on to a new thing

Really the only problem is that I have no interest in anything other than video games.

Like nothing else is very fun to me aside from that

I like the false sense of struggle and competition I get from it.

This is going to sound silly, but would you enjoy playing a game like Farming Simulator, or Flying Simulator? There's even games for fixing cars, etc.

That could potentially help transition to something IRL

I have farming stimulator

based and redpilled

It never was very stimulating

darn haha

What about cooking? Do you do much, or enjoy that?

Yeah that’s fun

Well, there's no clear progression to that, but there are definitely some more interesting/technical books out there on the science of cooking and such, I know picking recipes for the sake of learning can be boring.

And just have fun with it or challenge yourself sometimes, be impromptu. A couple months ago I decided I should stop the frequent eating out I was doing, so pulled a bunch of random stuff like canned chicken, ramen noodles, and mixed it together using only intuition and no recipes, turned out decent

like getting hung up on formalities is a problem I have with cooking

or not having all ingredients

but f@ck it

Well, one option you may have is media editing. I don't want to pull a boomer on you and instead of recommending pursuing sports as a career, doing E-Sports. (maybe you're that good IDK you gotta be honest with yourself,)

Starting to create digital content of some sort

But hey like i said this takes time

for now, the next few months you could just make it a point to cook a solid meal every day and that'll keep you busy,

most people love free food, invite them over to cook for them