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@AziaElgaPlans より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

Omg coffee consumption mentioned! My partner happens to be VERY into pour over coffee and I know first hand how crazy it can get, with the many different types of grinders, drippers, and beans you can get. Sometimes I look at my partner and get relieved that I have not spent *that* much money in any of my hobbies 😂😂 but the good thing about a coffee hobby is that I will get good coffee out of it as well, despite not being into the hobby :>

It’s so nice to hear about all your other hobbies! I find that people usually present only one part of themselves to the world (journaling YouTubers only talking about their journaling hobbies, your colleagues only talking about work and occasional weekend plans, etc) but we are all so multi-faceted with so many interests! I also love spending my time listening to audiobooks (although I’m not as fast as you, I probably get through a book a month at the quickest) and spending a lot of money on good food (and I disagree with you, I think eating really good food almost gives me a “this is why I’m alive” feeling, and seeing the chef putting in all their love into their food makes me appreciate food as an art, lots of meaning and engagement involved!! XD). I will share that beyond journaling, I am writing a sci-fi novel for fun (free hobby!), learning Japanese (the lessons are not free :P), getting better at weightlifting (the gym is not free :P), and going on hikes (free-ish hobby unless the park requires a parking fee xD). So… half my hobbies are free? I’m glad I’m not subscribing to the overconsumption trend too much then.

And thanks for talking about this! Another great and fun watch 😊😊

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@syddlinden8966 より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

Watched Mike’s video a couple days ago. It was wonderful and i was thrilled to see journaling and FP channels I follow being included in his conversation.

I’ve switched to FPs IN ORDER to reduce my waste and consumption. So there’s a lot of channels I avoid because they highlight the collecting side of the hobby too much. For me, they are tools for my writing and journaling. I got workhorse pens to try and have found I favor TWSBI and Sailor (i have the lecoule, not their high price lines).

Notebooks are my biggest struggle.
I’m currently trying to use up my backlog of notebooks alongside using up cheap Bic pens. And while I do that, I’m experimenting with journaling formats to reduce friction in my journaling and tracking, and working to find what my goals are for future journals and archiving them.

And one of the key stressors that contributed to me coding to do a no buy this year was the amount of stuff I have, and trying to store and keep track of it all. Therefore, use what you have became my mantra.

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@syddlinden8966 より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

Keyboard influencers, like beauty influencers, get sent lots of boards to review too, adding to the ridiculousness.

I stopped watching keyboard channels because it became clear it wasn’t about modding and perfecting the board you have, but more often “look at THIS new board. Def worth trying.”
Not what i got interested for. :/

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@Sofia-mm8sg より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

Most hobbies, I find, exist on a consumption scale and depending on ones own interests one might engage with it on various points of that scale.
I collected mechanical keyboards between 2018 and 2024, and most of that “hobby” certainly fell high on the consumption scale. However I mostly collected very niche mechanical keyboards and behind almost all of them there is a person who, in addition to their 9 to 5, has learnt CAD design and how to dsign for manufacturing as well as enough electrical engineering to design a PCB for that keyboard. So for them the hobby is to make their imagined keyboard real and that is a very different hobby from the collecting one. Even for someone like me who primarily collected there was a non consumption aspect of the hobby where I optimized the firmware of they keyboards to better suit my needs that certainly wouldn’t score particularly high on the consumption scale.
This goes not only for mechanical keyboards of course. Reading books and buying books are two different hobbies (booktok seem to refer to these archetypes as book-worms and book-dragons). Even for crafting hobbies the planning and buying of materials can sometimes be a hobby of its own.
I’ve found that I tend to fall into hobbies high on the consumption scale when I for various reasons have less energy (creative or otherwise) and get back to hobbies lower on the consumption scale (though still with elements of consumption) when I have the bandwith to complete projects just for fun.

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@inkapothecarian より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

Lovely video as always! I really enjoyed hearing about your other hobbies and was pleasantly surprised to learn that you are a gamer! For most of my life, I had undiagnosed ADHD so my hobbies came to me fast and furious and I would move on from them after I got bored. It wasn’t until I started to get medication for it that I was able to slow down a bit and hold on to a hobby for longer than a few months. It started last year when I set out a goal to write in a journal more because I used to write lot a lot as a teen and I missed that. So I searched far and wide for the perfect ballpoint/gel/rollerball pen and found the higher end machined pens from makers. From there, I found out about fountain pens and went hard and deep into fountain pen collecting, always in the pursuit of the “holy grail”. At the same time, I really started to appreciate fountain pen inks and the stories that they could each tell, so i collected inks as well. I definitely went too hard, too fast but the joy that I get out of swatching ink and from being able to write in my journals with multiple pens and inks is immeasurable. I left my corporate tech job back in June because I was completely burned out and needed to take a career break to really figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life and I promised myself that I would have a guilt/worry free summer where I would fully explore my hobbies and passions (hence all the additional fountain pens and inks). But I was able to channel my passion for pens and inks into a creative outlet on Instagram, where I post ink swatches, fountain pen/ink matches, and more. It’s a lot of fun for me to be able to engage with that community and I’ve met several pen/ink friends along the way.

I started my job search back in early September and to be honest, it’s been a lot more stressful than I had anticipated as I’ve applied to many roles without many leads. I’ve had to spend less and really think about my weekly budget. The job market is pretty terrible right now, but I still manage to find joy and solace in my inks and my creative outlet on Instagram. And of course, your videos help keep me maintain a positive attitude.

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@TheAnalogueDiaries より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

I actually just saw that same video from Mike this morning! I chatted a bit about journal consumerism in my own video this week too, and I’m so so glad that a number of us are thinking about this. One of the most wholesome and encouraging things i ever watched on YouTube as a young person was a series of videos from the art YouTube community many years ago- there was a wealth of trending videos where mamy artists and creators I looked up to were showcasing their ability to make beautiful illustrations out of dollar store crayons. It emphasized that art is about passion and skill, not tools, and it made me feel like i could join in on the fun and be an artist too, even as a child with no money nor ability to buy nice art supplies. If I had been young and broke during today’s internet, i may have given up on art altogether.

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@Lilinotes より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

I can’t believe that you‘ve been on youtube for only 10 months, it feels like I have been watching you since forever. I always look forward to your new videos and love your perspective on the community and hobby! The consumeristic aspect was/is also the very reason why I am hesitant to start a youtube channel, but you are totally right that there seems to be a change in our collective awareness about consumerism and also social media literacy. You are doing such a great job. Thank you for your videos ❤

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@cherylldawnful より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

This is such a great topic! Thanks for sharing! I feel that hobbies are inherently meant to be involve consumption. I’m using the term not to mean excessive, but just that there will be repetitive purchasing of materials and supplies. I can point to the enormous bags of yarn that I owned (before deciding to donate most of them) due to my crochet hobby. When CDs were the rage, I would buy one or more new CD each week for my music collection. There are very few hobbies I can think of that don’t require some amount of consumption. Walking is probably the only one I can think of. I walk with a group of ladies every morning before work, but even then, we still amass a certain number of sneakers, socks, and apparel. Beyond walking, any other type of exercise means purchasing workout wear or equipment. Our hobbies bring us joy and whether it’s paying a monthly fee to use audible, buying video games, or buying stationery supplies, there will always be a level of consumption to it.

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@pamelasmith7120 より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

I love your videos, i always find them reflective and mindful..

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@scriptedhours より:

2025年10月28日 1:12 AM

You’re always to insightful and have such an intelligent approach to everything. Thank you for another beautiful video.

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