35 hobbies for women

HerInterest published a post where they suggested 35 hobbies for women.

Yes, all sound interesting :-D

1. Writing
2. Reading
3. Dog Walking
4. Squash
5. Horse Riding
6. Watching Movies
7. Art
8. Cooking
9. Singing
10. Join a Band
11. Running
12. Swimming
13. Scrapbooking
14. Jewellery Making
15. Wine Tasting
16. Track Driving
17. Pole Dancing
18. Knitting
19. Gardening
20. Photography
21. Join a Book Club
22. Collect Things
23. Learn To Play An Instrument
24. Candle Making
25. Yoga
26. Volunteering
27. Gym
28. Online Games
29. Foraging
30. Caving
31. Host Board Game Parties
32. Chart Your Family Tree
33. Run a Side Business
34. Restoration
35. Go Travelling

So, I would suggest some other things.
1. Blogging
2. Languages
3. Animal training
4. Bouldering
5. Circus arts
6. Critiquing movies
7. Ink drawing, comics, cartoons, caricatures
8. Baking (go extreme... ;-))
9. Ballroom dancing
10. Martial arts
11. Carpentry
12. Diving
13. Bookbinding
14. Rollerderby
15. Brewing
16. Motorcycling
17. Biking (mountain bike, trick bike, even tour bike...)
18. Fine electronics - remember, all gadgets and machines are man-made. You can learn to make small machines and gadgets and learn to fix them... it's a great hobby!
19. Windowcill gardening - try growing your own coffee or bananas!
20. Film making
21. Speeches - join the Toastmasters
22. Origami
23. Paper engineering
24. Hiking
25. Hunting
26. Pottery
27. Acting
28. Divination - learn to read the cards or tea leaves
29. Cos-playing and maskmaking - why not learn to make wigs, too?
30. Miniature building
31. Calligraphy
32. Sailing
33. Community broadcasting
34. Rummaging carage sales, flea markets, trift stores,  and second hand stores
35. Classic cars - buy one and restore it. Or build one from scratch.

Here's some other suggestions:
27 hobbies for feminine women
(Yes, Brazilian Jiujitsu kind of feminine women :-D Nothing is as sexy as a healthy woman who can defend herself.)
40 hobbies for women
30 hobbies for women to help you relax and have fun
hobbies for women over 50

Your brain doesn't distinguish "real" from imaginary

Does your brain distinguish real from imaginary?

This is why you can be implanted false memories. This is why eye witnesses aren't dependable. This is why people can experience something, get an explanation - how ever wild and unbelievable - and then believe they have really experienced that wild and unbelievable thing.

This is why a lot of people have a relationship with fictional characters from books, tv series and movies. This is why a lot of people think they know celebrities.

And this is why it is possible for people to train doing things they have never done. You can basically learn to play piano on a kitchen table or to play guitar by playing an air guitar. It might take some time to adjust the differences in what you imagined to what is real, but the principle works.
Most olympic winners say they spend a lot of time "imagining" performing perfectly and winning.

So - how can you use this when it comes to the bucket list?

When my niece was 10 she discovered Google Earth, and exclaimed "I don't need to travel there, because I AM there now!"
You can create yourself a false memory of having visited ANY place, from Egypt and Galapagos to hell, heaven and outer space.
If you just want the experience, your brain is fully satisfied with the fantasy. If you want the bragging rights, then you have to go there.
But "having been there before" does give you benefits. You are more prepared to the circumstances and can focus on the things you know to be important. On the other hand, there are things you cannot imagine... it's one thing to experience walking in Saigon and know the noise and heat and how many people there are, and totally different to experience the smells, how the land feels, the light, the atmosphere... but perhaps if you know to expect parts of the experience, you can better take in the parts you didn't expect.

This helps you learn anything, from languages and juggling to playing instruments and performing pullups. You can start learning tap dancing now, you don't need to wait for the shoes and classes and dance studio. You can start learning to play drums now, you don't need to wait for the drum set.

Go through your bucket list and write down a couple of suggestions how this could help you complete the goal. Then do it.

How to develop visualization skill

I hate Woody Allen, but there are things to be learned

9 things I learned from Woody Allen

Now, I haven't seen that many Woody Allen movies.
I have seen Annie Hall. Hate it.
I have seen Zelig, but I was really young, so I don't remember much of it. I think I thought it was fascinating and weird.
Hannah and Her Sisters. Hate it.
Radio Days. I liked that one.
Everyone Says I Love You. Blah.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Hate it.
I mean, it's not many, but I expect his movies to be the same old same old.
Oh, I have seen Manhattan Murder Mystery, too, and I don't hate it.
Nevertheless, as three of the movies I absolutely hate are on his "best movies" lists everywhere, I have no reason to assume I will miss anything worthwhile if I never see another Woody Allen movie.

So when he left his wife for her daughter, a girl he first met as a 9 years old, in the role as her dad, and Dylan Farrow's story emerged... that was just more reason to not watch his movies.
Yes, I am seriously worried about their two adopted kids.

Nevertheless, there are things to be learned.

P.S. Cinecast: Woody and Woody talks about Woody Allen's movies, and they say one thing that makes sense. "Woody Allen's movies register as short stories" (or something like that). Yes. They do. 

Learn to throw ball

The truth is that boys throw better than girls.
It doesn't mean that I have to accept I throw like a girl. I can learn. I can get better.

Make a movie

write, direct, film, act in a movie, play all roles, create all props, costumes, special effects, compose the music, everything

Learn CPR and first aid

I think the best way to do this is to take a course by Red Cross

I basically know already all of this, but I feel a bit uncertain, so it doesn't harm to keep the skills up. 

Learn magic tricks

Learn to do 10 card tricks and 10 coin tricks