I would also suggest wood carving. You can get into the basic tools for $300 adding tools as you go.

Photography

Silent

Photography. Once the initial cost of the camera/lenses is done, there is almost no cost involved. Pixels are free and there are a number of free software programs out there. You can also upload your photos to a number of stock photo places like Getty Images and possibly make some money that way.

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Originally posted by JonDaddy82:
Maybe learn a martial art while your over there?

I Started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu a year & half ago. It's been an amazing time!

Gigolo

Model railroading. Start with a simple oval layout, perhaps on a surface the size of a sheet of plywood.

Aside from watching the train itself, you can create landscapes, build and detail buildings, etc. It's also something that children/grandchildren love to watch, and you can teach them as well.

I have quite a few Hobbies. I have a full time job and do computer repair on the side. I have done that for 11 years. I enjoy helping people and can I make money for my other hobbies

Woodworking/ Home Renovation: I like to make cabinets and do other projects around my house. I have done 2 major remodels, built cabinets, put up a shed, installed flooring, and many other repairs and upgrades. I really enjoy it, and you can save money by doing it yourself and learn how things work. Once you have some basic skill it applies to lots of other things.

Video games: I am strictly a PC gamer now, but have had consoles and played probably thousands of games in my lifetime. World of Tanks is free to play, currently my game of choice right now.

Cars: I have a Mustang GT and I like cruising/modding/ detailing it. I have tracked it, and found out I can’t drive as good as I thought We do group cruises in the summer and get together with other car lovers, it’s great fun.

Motorcycles: Looks like you are in Seoul so I am pretty sure doing day trips on a bike could be great fun there. I don’t have one anymore, but the thrill is like no other.

Metal working: I am amateur but have done some neat things with the few skills I have learned over the last 2 years. I built my own smoker.


Hope you find something fun to do! Here’s some pics of the projects I’ve done this year.

My ugly offset smoker:


LVP Flooring:


Underdecking:

Others here have mentioned photography, but I would take that one step further, and recommend Large Format photography. LF photography involves shooting film negatives of at least 4x5 inches (there are also 5x7, 8x10, 16x20 cameras, but I don't recommend starting there). You will need to invest in a 4x5 camera and lens, and some cheap darkroom equipment (at the least, you'll need 3 trays, some chemicals, and a dark room). It's a very relaxing hobby.

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Originally posted by BMR:
Well, you are on a gun forum, so I recommend handloading.

Notice his current location. Handloading is not happening.

I would recommend vintage home audio. Think Sansui, Marantz, KLH, AR, Thorens, Yamaha. Old receivers, speakers and turntables and gasp cassette players. So much fun and enjoyable to listen to and some great deals CAN be found.

I too would suggest photography. My wife recently started and has found it intriguing. It knows no bounds whether your in the city or in the mountains or in the countryside. And as others have mentioned, while there is an initial cost, there are several packages offered by various manufactures that can get one started at an affordable cost.

I have three suggestions, all of which I've either tried or am trying:

• Archery
  
• Photography
  
• Golf
  

I would suggest woodworking, but that can involve a lot of expensive, possibly large, possibly heavy tools.

The three I suggested are all hobbies that you can take with you wherever you go.

I also second fishing. Boating is another hobby. You can do both at the same time. I don't know where Seoul is.

Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. Don't laugh.

I would recommend geocaching. In short: people hide containers all over the world, and you can hunt for them. You download the app, come up with a caching name, figure out where you want to go and set off. You find it, you sign the log and log a "found it" on the app.
There are a lot of upsides: not expensive, you can do as much as you want and (mostly) whenever you want, and it gives you a great opportunity to explore lots of places you'd normally never go.
As of right now, there are 4,976 active geocaches in South Korea.
Give it a try...if you don't like it, you're not out anything.

Drones.

Okay, this is one rarely mentioned.

Develop fancy cursive handwriting. Not calligraphy although that can be fun too. Virtually endless styles to emulate. Pens, ink, and paper can be had from inexpensive to quite spendy.

Plenty of books, guides, videos on the subject too.

Hookers and blow.

A friend recently retired and has been posting photos of his painted models. I have a three or four model kits in the closet that I plan to start on someday.

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Originally posted by ridgerat:
Model railroading. <snip>
...you can create landscapes, build and detail buildings, etc. It's also something that children/grandchildren love to watch, and you can teach them as well.

This was going to be my suggestion, too, which goes well with my comment above. It includes building the layout and dioramas, the models (buildings and rolling stock), and the painting/airbrushing. If it gets bigger, woodworking and electrical become important, too.

All that said, an airbrush is up next on my wish list.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Hookers and blow.

Yeah, gosh, that's not old and worn out and unfunny at all.

To answer the question- I don't think it will work- someone else suggesting a hobby for you. A hobby needs to be something which comes to you naturally, otherwise, if you have no interest in it, it's not sustainable.