Ed Yong passionately argued for the value of birding, especially as an accessible hobby for the immunocompromised and long-coviders. It’s outdoors, communal, and mostly involves sitting around and waiting.
Personally, birding really got me through a very hard year a while back, so I couldn’t agree more. Patient observation, connection with your local ecosystem… learning to love yourself by projecting your love through the binocular lenses.