In bustling Los Angeles, we need more side quests

I have decided I need more side quests.Not goals; I have enough goals.Goals require plans and measurable outcomes and eventually somebody on Instagram explaining that I’m doing them wrong.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story I want side quests.A side quest is something you do for absolutely no sensible reason other than it sounds interesting and gets you out of the house.Learn to throw pottery.Take a line-dancing class.

Go birding.Learn to weld.

Join a chess night despite last playing chess when you were 11.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Nobody needs you to become good at it; that’s the point.Somewhere along the way, adulthood became work, exercise, errands, laundry, streaming television and asking another adult what they’re watching.Even our hobbies have become suspiciously productive.We run marathons.Track our workouts.

Build personal brands.Turn crafts into Etsy shops and hobbies into side hustles.

Apparently nothing can simply occupy a pleasant Saturday afternoon without eventually requiring a logo.I reject this.I want to be bad at something.Fortunately, Los Angeles may be the greatest side-quest city in America.The problem is figuring out where to look, so I started looking.My first discovery was that before downloading another app designed to help you find community, check the library.Los Angeles libraries will apparently teach you things.

The West Los Angeles Regional Library has offered makerspace sessions with sewing and embroidery machines, while LA County Library hosts Fix-...