Everyone has a hobby, even if they aren’t calling it one. From birdwatching to painting to obscure collecting, there’s something that brings us joy outside of our day-to-day responsibilities. But have you ever considered that your personality type may influence what hobby you’re most drawn to?
Here’s a run down of some more unusual hobbies that may perfectly align with your personality type. If you haven't tried them already, you may just find your next passion!
INFP: Junk Journaling
Artistic INFPs like to mesh their emotions with journaling, which soothes their crafty souls. Junk journaling—stuffing journals with buttons, train tickets and other scraps that are usually thrown away—can be cathartic for you. Plus, you can hang onto fun, sentimental items and look back at them when you're feeling nostalgic. The sky’s the limit when it comes to how many cool designs you can come up with.
ENFP: Cross Stitch
While you’re enthusiastic about others and watching them succeed, you need a creative outlet like embroidery to keep you going, ENFP. Creative hobbies make you feel inspired and centered, and embroidery offers a blank slate to create something unique. Whether you freehand or follow patterns doesn’t matter. The needle is your paintbrush.
INTJ: Tactical Fantasy Tabletop Games
You love keeping your mind active, INTJ, and what better way to do that than through tactical tabletop games that offer a bit of escapism? Games full of mythical creatures are right up your alley, and you find the challenge of creating campaigns exhilarating. A game with a unique world all its own is just your thing.
ENTJ: Endurance Sports Like Marathons Or Cycling
Your hobby, ENTJ, is about pushing yourself to the limits of endurance. You thrive on competition and might sign up for half or full marathons or compete in cycling events. You like to get outside in nature and feel how much your body can take, and, not going to lie, you also have your eyes on the prize, if there is one.
INFJ: Crafting Personal Mythologies
While you’ve always liked to express yourself through writing, INFJ, you can take it to an entirely different level by creating personal mythologies. Weaving together your own myths, legends and lore lets you craft a universe that's entirely unique to your imagination. You possess a deep sense of intuition and a rich inner world, and this intricate form of storytelling allows for an unparalleled depth of self-expression and escapism.
ENFJ: Blogging To Share Your Expertise
Whether it’s food blogging, travel blogging or something else, if you’re an ENFJ, you love the idea of teaching people — and this extends into your hobbies. You want to share what you know about the world with others, but this also feels like an art form to you. You can blend your creative passions with your blog by outlining your skills step-by-step.
INTP: 3-D Printing Or App Building
You love building things, INTP, but that doesn’t always mean you work directly with your hands. One of the great things about the modern age is tech-savvy options like 3D printing, which you like to use to build different things in your spare time. If it isn’t 3D printing, it’s something similar, like programming or app building, which lets you problem-solve through building code.
ENTP: Stand-Up Comedy And Open Mics
While debating is right up your alley, ENTP, you also find some excellent stress relief in stand-up comedy. But you don’t just listen to it — you like coming up to the mic yourself occasionally! You keep track of comedy shows near you and open mics where you can try your hand at being the jokester you were born to be.
ISFJ: Canning And Preserving Foods
As a natural caretaker, you tend toward hobbies that allow you to express your love and care through working with your hands, ISFJ. One such hobby is canning and preserving foods, such as making jams or pickling items like cucumbers or radishes. In fact, you might be the friend everyone can count on to bring by a homemade batch of lemon curd or marmalade.
ESFJ: Scrapbooking
Memories of your loved ones are so important to you, ESFJ. That’s why you love to preserve mementos and photographs in scrapbooks. You collect the little things, like concert tickets, tiny Polaroids and wristbands, then assemble them in aesthetically pleasing designs with themed papers and photos that make a pretty picture. And yes, you just might pull them out to show them off once in a while.
ISFP: Mixed Media Art
You love all types of art, ISFP, but sometimes, the confinement of sticking to one medium isn’t as enjoyable. Mixed-media art, which combines different mediums like watercolor, scrapbooking, acrylic, drawing, stenciling and other mediums, truly lets you express yourself. Whether you do this on canvas or sheets of mixed-media paper, you love the quirkiness of it all.
ESFP: Travel Vlogging
If you’re an ESFP, you’re all about adventure and have an outgoing, fun-loving personality. These traits lead to a love for vlogging (aka “performing” for the camera) while you travel. Not only do you love seeing the sights, but you also love capturing every moment on film so you have it to show to the world. Whether or not you make these vlogs public is irrelevant because at least you enjoy watching them.
ISTJ: Furniture Restoration
You’re pragmatic and have a deep love for tradition, which is why you, ISTJ, find antique and vintage furniture so cool. You don’t mind getting your hands dirty and learning how to fix up old dressers, chairs and tables, and the sense of pride you get after restoring a piece to its former glory is like nothing else. You might even enjoy restoring other old items, like pocket watches or cars.
ESTJ: Hosting Community Sports Fundraisers
While some people might not consider fundraising or volunteering a proper hobby, you sure do, ESTJ. You thrive in a setting that allows you to use your leadership and communication skills, and your competitive nature makes sports an obvious choice. Hosting sports fundraisers in your community feels like fun, not work. But you also wouldn’t be opposed to other avenues of volunteering.
ISTP: Extremes Sports
What better hobby to pursue than exhilarating adrenaline? If you’re an ISTP, you make time for anything and everything that speaks to your thrill-seeker soul. This includes but is not limited to, rock climbing, bouldering, skydiving, spelunking and parasailing. You’re also a fan of fast-moving vehicles like motorcycles and the occasional ride on a gravity-defying roller coaster.
ESTP: Capoeira - The Dance of Combat
Always on the lookout for an adrenaline rush and keen to explore the dynamic capabilities of your body, ESTP, you find a unique expression through Capoeira. This Brazilian martial art combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music, offering a thrilling way to engage in physical combat while exercising creativity and rhythm. Your bold nature thrives in the fluid movements and quick-tempo beats and it also gives you some social time.
