In 1439 the printing press was invented, making books common. Before that, there were scrolls and codices, but from what I understand, aside from religious texts books weren’t common.
Nowadays people who prefer to be alone have tons of modern hobbies like gaming, photography, crochet, biking, podcasts, the internet in general. So I just wanted to ask; if you prefer solitude, what hobby would you enjoy if you could live in any time before books were common? (with the assumption you had a comfortable life.)
The options I thought of were: collecting something, working out, writing, wood working, gardening, hiking, some instruments, and I’m sure there’s many more.
Figure I’ll answer in the spirit of the question rather than give the typical iamverysmart avoidant answers like so many others:
Ideally I’d have been into astronomy still. Map out the stars and how they change through the year. Grind lenses. Draw planets.
If not that, probably some sort of games. Card games or gambling wouldn’t be uncommon.