Collect Something
- Ramble through flea markets and find antiques.
- Trade baseball cards or comic books.
- Gather a family of dolls.
- Buy, sell and trade die-cast collectibles.
- Seek out Beanie Babies and teddy bears.
- Accumulate rare coins and stamps.
- Search for arrowheads and other historical memorabilia.
- Indulge in kitsch - matchbooks, ashtrays, beer bottles, snow globes.
- Go for Americana originals - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Howdy Doody, Roy Rogers, Star Wars, Star Trek or Precious Moments collectibles.
- Acquire antique toys - lead soldiers, rag dolls, old bicycles and wagons.
- Find and refurbish old record players and Victrolas, along with 45 rpm and 78 rpm recordings.
Do or Make Something
Go for an adrenaline rush - scuba dive, sky dive, rock climb.- Stay healthy - play tennis or golf; join a basketball, softball or volleyball league; bicycle or roller blade.
- Seek out the wilderness - hike and camp, hunt or fish, pan for gold.
- Build a perfect garden.
- Take a course at a local college or university.
- Raise, train, and show cats, dogs or horses.
- Create a wild world in an aviary or aquarium.
- Treasure hunt with a metal detector.
- Study for an amateur radio license.
- Dance - swing, jive, two-step, mambo, line or square dance.
- Volunteer - as a youth group leader, in your church or synagogue, to help charities, to participate in community projects with Habitat for Humanity.
- Travel and tour, by car, RV, or motorcycle.
- Create art - take photographs, learn to paint, draw, sculpt.
- Get a buzz from beekeeping.
- Join a local acting troupe.
- Craft ceramic or rag dolls.
- Make dollhouses.
- Build a village around a model train layout.
- Construct furniture and do woodworking.
- Learn to make stained glass windows and figures.
- Learn to make candles.
- Turn mud into practical and beautiful pottery.
- Indulge nostalgia and imagination by making models of cars, ships or airplanes.
- Learn to brew beer or make wine.
- Take up gourmet cooking.
- Paint - watercolors, oil, acrylics.
- Quilt, needlepoint, crochet or knit.
- Grow prize-winning roses.
- Restore a classic car or build a hot rod.
- Cut and polish semiprecious gemstones.
Watch Something
- Indulge yourself with tickets for big-time stick and ball sports.
- Follow less-recognized sporting events, attending and supporting local schools and colleges.
- Take in exciting car and boat racing, both at local tracks and national events.
- Follow horse and dog racing.
- Become a film buff.
- Get in touch with the natural world by bird-watching or beachcombing.
- Feed your spirit by attending musical and cultural events. Adopted from eHow.com
