List of enjoyable activities

This list contains 141 suggestions for different activities you can do. You can also think of some of your own. Not all the activities will be fun or suitable for everyone.

Write down a list of at least 20 activities that:

• Seem fun
• You used to like but don’t feel like doing at the moment
• You are good at

Activities

1. Watch television
2. Listen to the radio
3. Listen to music
4. Do board or committee work in your spare time
5. Play board games (such as Monopoly, Scrabble, shuffleboard, etc.)
6. Do voluntary work (such as community work, supporting the elderly, work at animal shelters, etc.)
7. Play cards
8. Do a puzzle
9. Read a book
10. Read the newspaper or a magazine
11. Sing or play a musical instrument
12. Meditation and/or yoga
13. Draw or paint
14. Crafts (such as pottery, leather processing, weaving, etc.)
15. Needlework (such as knitting, crocheting, embroidery, etc.)
16. Keep a diary
17. Photography and filming
18. Fishing
19. Gardening
20. Train and/or care for your pet
21. Work on a collection (such as stamps, coins, CDs, plates, etc.)
22. Tidy up your house or room and/or change the interior
23. Do a chore in or around the house
24. Do a strenuous job (sawing or chopping wood, digging, gardening, etc.)
25. Make or sew clothes
26. Do a task for work with colleagues
27. Do a task for work alone
28. Visiting parents, family, etc.
29. Visit friends or acquaintances
30. Eat with friends
31. Throw a party
32. Drink coffee or tea with friends or acquaintances
33. Have some guests over at your house
34. Write a letter or e-mail
35. Talk to a stranger
36. Tell someone about what you have been through
37. Talk about your daily activities (job, school, hobbies, etc.)
38. Attend official ceremonies
39. Call friends or acquaintances
40. Arrange a meeting with someone from the other sex
41. Arrange a meeting with someone from the same sex
42. Give out some advice
43. Ask for help or advice
44. Visit people who are sick or in difficult situations
45. Ask for a massage
46. ​​Make love to someone
47. Hug someone
48. Flirt with someone
49. Arrange a date
50. Kiss someone
51. Drink coffee or tea
52. Tell someone what you think of him/her
53. Enjoy looking at attractive men or women
54. Take a shower or bath
55. Drink something fresh (lemonade, fruit juice, etc.)
56. Cook food
57. Lie or sit in the sun or on tanning beds
58. Just sit quietly
59. Sleep
60. Take a nap
61. Sit on a terrace
62. Go to a hairdresser or beautician
63. Use aftershave, perfume, etc.
64. Go to the movies
65. Spend time on your appearance
66. Cook, try new recipes
67. Bake bread, cake or biscuit yourself
68. Make snacks
69. Eat outdoors
70. Go to a cafe or bar
71. Go to a concert, play, opera or ballet
72. Go to a fun fair, circus, amusement park, zoo or rodeo
73. Go on vacation
74. Go to parties or receptions
75. Go to the market
76. Go to the library
77. Go to auctions, car sales, etc.
78. Go shopping
79. Go to a swimming pool, a sauna, etc.
80. Buy something for yourself
81. Attend a lecture
82. Visit a museum or exhibition
83. Buy something for someone else
84. Travel (car, train, bus, etc.)
85. Make a group trip
86. Dance, do ballet, gymnastics etc.
87. Cycle
88. Take a walk
89. Talk about sports
90. Stay with family
91. Join a sports club
92. Exercise outside of a club (a game of football, table tennis, skating, etc.)
93. Attend sports events
94. Learn astrology from horoscope reading
95. Visit caves, waterfalls, picturesque wonders
96. Go on excursions and outings (or view maps and tour booklets)
97. Take on science hobbies, such as astronomy and nature studies
98. Learn about history
99. Do things with your neighbours
100. Do things with your child(ren) or grandchild(ren)
101. Exercise / train with weights
102. Engage in computer technology and communication
103. Watch movies, series, Netflix or online videos
104. Watch sports events on television
105. Play pool or billiards
106. Do some woodwork
107. Do some motor vehicle engineering (car repair or construction, tuning)
108. Do water polo
109. Go flying or gliding
110. Learn to speak a foreign language
111. Travel to a foreign country
112. Go (indoor) skiing or snowboarding
113. Use the Internet
114. Chat on the Internet
115. Send a text message from WhatsApp
116. Go motorcycling
117. Go car racing or go-karting
118. Go bungee jumping or skydiving
119. Play on a game console (Nintendo, Xbox, PlayStation)
120. Perform for an audience (band, dance, theatre, cabaret, etc.)
121. Go boating (canoeing, rafting, sailing, catamaran, etc.)
122. Play ball sports (football, volleyball, handball, rugby, baseball, etc.)
123. Play tennis
124. Keep an aquarium or terrarium
125. Go quad biking or dirt biking
126. Go to big parties or events (house, rave, disco)
127. Go (kite)surfing
128. Go skating, rollerblading or skateboarding
129. Play hockey or ice hockey
130. Play golf
131. Write or tell stories
132. Do martial arts
133. Go running or jogging
134. Sell stuff (on Facebook marketplace or the market, for example)
135. Do outdoor activities (such as hiking, camping, mountaineering)
136. Go picnicking
137. Go to the park or forest
138. Improve your health (dentist, buy glasses, change diet)
139. Go horseback riding
140. Go laser gaming or paintballing
141. Dress up nicely