I had the Fairphone 2 and I loved it. It was like Lemmy, you never really knew if it would work the next morning but the community was great.
After replacing the battery once, without any tools whatsoever, and upgrading the camera, with a small screwdriver, it lasted for more than five years.
Since then, I've had a company phone but when it breaks, I will check out Fairphone first. Of course there is no such thing as a sustainable, or "fair" phone, but at least in 2016, this was often discussed in their trancparacy reports? The official forum was also very aware. Some raw materials where sourced to the exact mine, others thei openly said they couldn't control at the time.
Additionally, they offered the phone with root acces so trying out alternative os was never any problem. It's the closest Ive ever been to a Google free life.
Not sure what country you are in or your budget, but what about signing up for a evening course?
I started with pottery, 5 times a 2h. A couple of years later I had a permanent place in a proper studio.
Woodworking? Painting? Tufting? Modelmaking?