There comes a point in adulthood when you start looking at hobbies you once thought were deeply uncool and thinking they sound kind of fun. Think eyeing pottery classes, researching gardening equipment, getting passionate about sourdough, or wondering whether you really do need a camera that costs more than your first car.
And perhaps that’s especially true for millennials. After years of work, bills, responsibilities, and trying to remember when exactly everyone decided they were adults, plenty of people seem to start picking up hobbies. How did we know? Someone on Threads recently asked about the quintessential millennial “midlife crisis hobbies”, inviting people in their 30s to reveal how many of these activities they’ve tried.