As children, we naturally gravitate towards hobbies that interest us. We usually try a few different things, feel what works for us and focus in on what brings us joy (unfortunately for me, that was never sports). As we get older, school, college, part-time jobs and everything else comes into play. The downtime activities we used to unwind can get replaced by mindlessly scrolling on social media.
Now, I’m finding that I have far more time than I did whilst I was in college. Previously, I had a small timeframe I had to dedicate to avoid failing my degree, between a heavy schedule of drinking and staying up until 3am on a Monday night. Whereas now, I have an actual job and unfortunately can’t continue that lifestyle. That’s just for weekends. She’s grown.
With my newfound time, I decided to look into some hobbies for extroverted people to try and expand my horizons. As much as I do enjoy alone time, I am an extrovert at heart and know that many of my friends are too. So without further ado, I’ve created a list of hobbies for extroverts. I’ve claimed that they’re interesting in the title, but that’ll be up to you to decide.
1. Volunteering
If you feel passionate about certain social issues, why not try out volunteering? There are many different nonprofits seeking additional support and it’s a great way to meet likeminded people. There are so many amazing nonprofits and charities seeking volunteers on a part time basis, so why not look into some charities who align with your interests,
2. Join a Group
Whether you’re into team sports (lol not me), enjoy hiking, sunrise swims, photography, or whatever floats your boat, you could look into group activities in your area. One website I’ve came across is meetup.ie, which is essentially like Eventbrite, but specifically for meet ups. You could find a new community of people from a variety of backgrounds, age groups and interests which could really open up your social circle.
3. Organise Activities
Extroverts are notoriously known for being the social butterflies within friend groups. So, why not try to organise your own group activities? I know this is sometimes hard as not everyone may be on board, but try to expand the invite to other people from outside your core group of friends. You could come up with a new activity do whilst meeting up. Maybe a wine and cheese night, a dinner date or movie night? My favourite thing to do is bring my friends together from different areas of my life. They usually get on very well and I have all of my favourite people in one place, perfect! Not self-centered at all!
4. Book Clubs
Reading a book isn’t necessarily an extroverted hobby. However, discussing the book you’ve just read is a thrilling idea for any extrovert. You could either create your own book club with a group of selected people, or join a book club if you want to meet different people. You could host book club nights, have meet ups and relish in all your new book worm knowledge. Fascinating!
5. Sign up for a new course
Maybe you’ve always been interested in learning a language, or developing certain skills within your career. Everyone has areas they’d like to improve on, so why not join a course? You can share this experience with new people and learn something in the process. Double win.
Little Miss Full of S**t
Here’s me listing these hobbies for extroverts. All solid ideas! Will I actually pursue any of these hobbies? There is a 90% likelihood I absolutely won’t. There’s a 10% likelihood I’ll feel guilty about not doing any of them and plunge into them one by one. Stay tuned to find out which percentage group I fall into.
Maybe I will have to keep myself accountable and take note of my new hobbies. That could be something noteworthy for the blog? Always trying to think of new content, so why not use myself as a guinea pig?
Anyway, we’ll see if I really am Little Miss Full of S**t, or if I take my own advice.
That’s all for now.
Eilis x
