Keep Looking Up: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of BirdwatchingKeep Looking Up: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of BirdwatchingNocs Provisions 8x25 binocularsNocs Provisions 8×25 binocularsBird’s-Eye View

Hobby: Bird Watching

Keep Looking Up: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching ($12), B Boutique, Stuart and Nocs Provisions 8×25 binoculars ($99), Dick’s Sporting Goods, Jensen Beach.

Touch grass and tap into mindfulness with this hobby that you can do (literally) in your own backyard. Power up your pursuit by joining events at local Audubon organizations in Martin County and Palm Beach County.

Printworks lacquered backgammon set ($166), Matilda’s, StuartPrintworks lacquered backgammon setGame On

Hobby: Backgammon

Printworks lacquered backgammon set ($166), Matilda’s, Stuart.

Exercise your cognitive prowess with the memory and strategic thinking associated with backgammon, a game of both luck and strategy that dates back approximately 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia.

Knitting yarn. Photo courtesy of iStockKnitting yarn. Photo courtesy of iStockKnotty But Nice

Hobby: Knitting

Knitting and crocheting classes (prices vary), Happy Place Yarns, Jupiter. The calming, repetitive motions of knitting can induce a meditative state—reducing stress and anxiety. Select your yarn and sign up for a class, or just chill and knit with new friends at Happy Place Yarns’ community creative table.

Sweet Water Decor’s You Got This JournalSweet Water Decor’s You Got This JournalGo for It pen setGo for It pen setThe Write Stuff

Hobby: Journaling

Sweet Water Decor’s You Got This Journal ($22) and Go for It pen set ($20 for set of 3), Styled Jupiter, Jupiter.

Set your goals for 2026 and track your progress in a chic journal to nurture self-awareness and spark creativity—offering a grounding, reflective hobby that supports personal growth and a mindful, intentional year ahead.

Enjoy a beginner’s sourdough breadmaking class with Living Well with MandyEnjoy a beginner’s sourdough breadmaking class with Living Well with Mandy.

Born and Bread

Hobby: Sourdough

Beginner’s sourdough breadmaking class ($70), Living Well with Mandy, Palm Beach Gardens.

The sourdough frenzy fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Learn how to activate your starter and your addiction to the therapeutic process of making sourdough with classes taught by certified health coach Mandy Clark.