Which Hobby Costs How Many Liras?

have a hobby it reduces our stress level, It helps us to keep our development active and enables us to lead a quality life… These activities, which have a significant impact on our psychology, are unfortunately seen as ‘luxury’. Moreover, both in terms of time and money.

Because many of us work most of the day; the rest of us are on the road or on social media. As a matter of fact, when the subject of hobbies is brought up, useless and unimportant topic It looks like it’s been discussed. Just as we fail to grasp the importance of this, when we do and decide to take up a hobby, we face a different problem: money.

Music, painting, photography or gardening… Hobbies are expensive and ‘luxury’ in Turkey.

Although it varies according to our individual interests, very different experiences There are hobbies that offer. Taking photos, playing music, painting, painting glass or gardening may be the right hobby for you.

But when choosing a hobby, unfortunately, ‘I wonder what would be the most correct, enjoyable and useful hobby for me?’ not ‘How much would it cost if I played the guitar, it costs too much to paint glass, I want to play tennis, but is it worth the money’ we have to say. So how much money do we really have to pay to get a hobby? Let’s look for an answer to this question together through different options.

If you are one of those who say, ‘I want to play the guitar, it has always been my dream’, it will be a bit expensive for you to realize this dream.

If you want to play the guitar, there are still a few options in front of you; classical, acoustic, electric or bass guitar you can choose. The money you have to dispose of changes in a similar way.

• Prices for classical guitars 1200 TL starting level.
• Prices for acoustic guitars 1500 – 2000 TL starting level.
• Prices for electric guitars 3000 TL starting level.
• Prices for bass guitars 4000 TL starting level.

Of course, the job doesn’t end when you buy a guitar. Guitar strings need to be changed at regular intervals. For an amateur, we can say that this period is roughly 6 months, but in cases such as rupture, it may need to be changed earlier.

• Classical and acoustic guitar strings vary in quality. 120 – 130 TL level
• Electric guitar strings, again depending on their quality, are average. 130 – 150 TL level
• On bass guitar strings 400 – 600 TL You have to pay a price.

Even if you don’t take lessons and want to learn by watching videos, The cost of the guitar alone turns this activity into an expensive hobby.. Moreover, we haven’t even mentioned the oil you need to buy for the maintenance of your guitar, the small expenses such as changing the guitar strings because you can’t handle it yourself at the beginning, and the cost of the amp you need to buy if you choose an electronic or bass guitar…

Let’s take a photo then, is that expensive too?

Yes expensive. You can also say, ‘I have a phone in my hand, I’ll take pictures with it’. Of course, if the phone in your hand will allow you to take decent photos; average 15 thousand TL If you have a phone worth it. But let’s evaluate ‘without going cheap’ and look at the cost of photography, not with the phone, but with the camera and other equipment.

At the beginner level;

• Average price for a mirrorless compact camera 10 thousand TL level
• Average price for DSLR cameras 7 thousand TL level

Of course, the job does not end with buying the machine. Buying lenses according to the field of photography you want to improve yourself, accessories such as tripods you need to acquire. Each of these is a separate expense item…

Surely there is something cheap, should we make ceramics or something and paint them?

Making and painting ceramics is also an activity that sounds quite enjoyable. However, its material and cost are also plentiful. So what do you need, how much money do you need?

• First of all, you need ceramic paste and as you can imagine. You need to take this dough constantly.. The average price is 500 gr. average for 20 TL (prices vary for different colored clays)
• The hand tool sets you should buy for shaping ceramics are average from 200 TL starting
• Ceramic paint is also a need that you need to constantly renew, and it is average. From 75 – 100 TL level Multi-colored sets are available.

Although it depends on how often you do it for your basic ceramic hobby. regular monthly expense You have to do it… Considering the point the economy has reached, it is not easy to constantly invest money in a hobby every month.

I like digital drawings very much, if you wish I could improve myself in this field;

You may have been attracted to the freedom of digital drawing and some advantages that seem ‘easiness’ in practice and you may have decided to become a ‘digital artist’. So what do you need and how much will it cost?

• If you have a computer and want to draw digitally, the first item you’ll want to buy is a drawing tablet. Average for these tablets 1000 TL you need to review.

• Or directly to yourself you can take a tablet directly. Of course, with this option, the price skyrockets.

Of course, there may also be those who want to play the piano.

All you need to play the piano is the piano. But as you can imagine, it’s not cheap either.

• Average for a beginner digital piano right now 10 thousand TL you need to review.

It must be fun to print with 3D printers.

With the increasing interest in recent years, printing with 3D printers has become one of the enjoyable hobbies. However, this is a very expensive hobby.

• Prices of 3D printers At the level of 4 thousand TL starts and goes up to much higher prices.

of course for 3D printers As with all other hobbies, many extra materials are required.

Let’s say I ride a bike, it’s also sports…

Cycling is very enjoyable, very useful and very entertaining. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for bike and equipment prices.

• You don’t need an extreme professional bike, even if you say something suitable for city use is enough for me, it’s average. 3 thousand TL you need to review.

Of course, for your safety, you need to purchase equipment such as helmets, and they are also a separate expense.

‘It would be nice if I followed the stars, the position of the planets’

Observing the sky with a telescope sounds exciting and very enjoyable. But it’s not that fun to buy a telescope at a level you can get efficiency from. Moreover, as a beginner level and At the level of 1,500 – 2 thousand TL Unfortunately, the performance of the traveling telescopes is not very good.

• Considering this, it is average for telescopes that will not let you down in terms of optical quality. You need to pay 4 thousand TL.

We can play a game, I guess.

Gaming is among the hobbies enjoyed by a wide audience. But of course, due to the point where computer and console prices have come, unfortunately, many of us cannot play. Although we can hardly buy a computer or a console that can play modern games, the prices of the games are so high that even that is a problem on its own…

• A computer that can play games for you and make you smile, if not the most up-to-date games. 15 thousand TL circulating level.
• Average also for a current console like PS5 and Xbox Series X Between 12 – 15 thousand TL you have to spend money.
• When we look at the game prices, although there are price differences between the computer and the console, it is generally for a current game. 500 – 700 TL level of money is required.

‘Okay, we better read a book; we both get cultured and learn something’

Our hobby, which we always write first in Ülkecek, is reading books. But the prices of the books are now quite high. While this is not surprising at a time when the price of everything is rising, if If it goes on like this, soon even the book will be hard to reach..

So is it a hobby?

Yes, we can go to the library instead of buying a book. Yes, instead of making the drawing digital, we can take a pen and draw it on paper. Yes, even if we don’t 3D print. Even if we don’t ride a bike. Even if we don’t paint ceramics. If we squint at the stars at night when everyone is asleep, we can see a little bit. Let’s not take pictures. Let’s not play the guitar. Let’s not learn the piano.

Let’s wake up. Let’s go to work or school. Let’s come home tonight. Let’s eat. Let’s look at the TV. Let’s sleep. this much 365 days x our whole life let’s do. Let’s not complain, let’s not demand. We have no wishes. While we wait for our time to run out, let’s pass on this ‘unique heritage’ for generations by saying, fortunately, we are not hungry.