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128 Examples of Interests

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Interests are subjects and pursuits that draw your energy and enthusiasm. This includes leisure, recreation, hobbies, professional interests, school subjects, extracurricular activites and topics that you enjoy researching. The following are common examples of interests.
Acting
Animals
Anime & Manga
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Baking
Ballet
Beekeeping
Birdwatching
Board Games
Business
Calligraphy
Camping
Canoeing
Carpentry
Cars & Driving
Chess
Cleaning
Climbing
Coding
Collecting
Comedy
Computers
Concerts
Cooking
Cosplay
Crafts
Creative Pursuits
Creative Reuse
Cuisine
Culture
Cycling
Dance
Darts
Debate
Design
Diving & Snorkelling
Diy
Drawing
Education
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Action
Exercise
Family
Fandom
Fashion
Festivals
Film
Fitness
Frisbee
Game Theory
Gardening
Golf
Health
Hiking
History
Horseback Riding
Inline Skating
Interior Design
Investing
Knitting
Languages
Law
Leadership
Learning
Low Technology
Machines
Maker Culture
Martial Arts
Mathematics
Media Production
Medicine
Meditation
Model Building
Museums
Music Appreciation
Music Production
Nature
Nightlife
Origami
Philosophy
Photography
Politics
Pool
Pop Culture
Psychology
Public Speaking
Puzzles
Reading
Religion & Spirituality
Research
Robotics
Running
Sailing
Science
Self-Improvement
Sewing
Shopping
Simple Living
Singing
Skateboarding
Skating
Skiing & Snowboarding
Social Media
Socializing
Sociology
Space
Sports
Storytelling
Strategy
Surfing & Bodyboarding
Swimming
Technology
Television
Theatre
Theme Parks
Traditional Culture
Travel
Trivia
Video Games
Volunteering
Walking
Wellness
Woodworking
Writing
Yoga

Nature Interests

Interests related to nature include leisurely activities such as going to the beach, sports such as fishing and general interests such as animals. Nature interests can involve epic experiences such as stargazing or learning such as collecting and studying artifacts of natural history.

Cultural Interests

Common interests such as fashion, dance, music and cooking are cultural. Culture includes traditions that are passed from generation to generation and new culture such as youth culture and pop culture. Language learning and becoming immersed in foreign cultures is another common type of cultural pursuit.

Creative Interests

Interests related to art, performance art, design, inventing and producing things that benefit from originality such as crafts or DIY projects. Creative interests are often surrounded in a subculture such as reuse and repair enthusiasts who adopt an ethos of self-reliance and not wasting things.

Hobbies

The word hobby is based on a 16th century term for a small horse or pony. This originally had negative connotations as a pursuit that is not serious or childish†. The modern term does kinda retain this sense that a hobby has no serious aims but is rather pursued for joy, relaxation or learning. In modern times, this is typically viewed as fully productive and worthwhile.

Recreation

Interests that involve some level of physical activity including major categories of interests such as exercise, team sports and individual sports.

Technology & Media

Interests related to creating, using or collecting technology and media. Video gaming is a particularly large one here that is a rare type of entertainment that is participative and potentially creative.

Other Interests

Other broad categories of interests beyond the ones listed above. These can be focused on self-improvement, life experiences, learning or trying to do good.

Summary

The following are common examples of interests. Generally speaking, an interest is something active that you do with your free time and other resources such as money. This is rather broad and includes hobbies, leisure, recreation, lifelong learning and other pursuits such as politics.

Interests

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Animals
Architecture
Art
Business
Coding
Collecting
Crafts
Creative Projects
Culture
Dance
Design
DIY
Diy Projects
Education
Engineering
Exercise
Family
Fandom
Fashion
Game Theory
History
Interests
Investing
Leadership
Learning
Leisure
Low Technology
Machines
Maker Culture
Media Production
Nature
Personal Projects
Philosophy
Politics
Pop Culture
Public Speaking
Research
Robotics
Science
Simple Living
Social Media
Socializing
Sociology
Space
Sports
Storytelling
Strategy
Technology
Travel
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References

†Gelber S M. Hobbies: leisure and the Culture of Work in America Columbia University Press, 1999, pp. 3, 11–12, 23, 28.

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