Taking Up Hobbies, Old and New, to Pass Time in Quarantine

Quarantines have caused extreme boredom, but some people are taking advantage of this time to focus on their hobbies and hone their craft.

Zack Hall is a software engineer by profession, but has taken advantage of quarantine to hone his woodworking. Courtesy of Zack Hall

To remedy the boredom resulting from isolation, people have been turning to hobbies—playing the guitar, knitting, brushing up on a foreign language—to pass the time. Some are discovering new hobbies, while others are honing their crafts.

Zack Hall is a 28-year-old software engineer from Melrose, Massachusetts. When he’s not building websites, he’s working with wood. His hobby started a year ago because of an oddly shaped home office space. His wife works from home sometimes too, and he needed to design a desk that would fit the space, and that two people could use.