Make your hobbies, happier and healthier...
You have a good job you actually like. You have a good romantic
partner that understands, respects and loves you. You made up
arguments with some family members and fixed some family squabbles.
Everything seems to be going well, and you actually have moments to
breath, relax, and even have enough time to just bum around, and you
find yourself binge watching Netflix or HBO max, you scour YouTube, or do some outdoor
activities such as; playing Airsoft together, or try some little adventure like all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) together with your friends and love ones.
like you have all the time in the world, and eventually things become
a bit sour, you realize that your life; as smooth going as it seems
lacks something, maybe you need a passion project that can occupy your
lag time, an after work- work thing to do that excites you. Maybe it’s
time to have a hobby.
A hobby is something to pass the time, something that gives you some
sort of fulfilment especially for the completionists amongst us.
Having a hobby could look childish to some people, it could also be
regarded as a waste of time, but a hobby could have great benefits in
your well- being, mental health and overall happiness.
Finding the right hobby though is another thing all together, as some
people could just enter into anything and call it a hobby, but a hobby
could be more than that, as it could give you optimal results that
would have a total positive output in your life. A hobby that
correlates with your very nature, and in some cases even give you some
monetary earnings that could even expand into a full blown career.
Now that would be a dream come true.
There is a famous saying – Find something you love to do and you will
never work in your life again. That is a philosophy that some of us
have failed in realizing its potential, the possibility of “living the
dream.” Maybe it’s aiming too high? Are we shooting for the stars and
hoping to hit the moon? A hobby in retrospect can or might be able to
give you that fulfilment, without even trying to hit any cosmological
heavenly body. Your dream job could very well be your hobby.
Now going back to finding the right one. Well, this could be a matter
of knowing thyself first. Realizing what you are good at and applying
it practically, and once you have hashed it out, it is time to go and
try it, which is more or less a good way to test it if it fits you
like a well-worn old sneaker, in other words, find something you are
totally comfortable with, and you will surely be good at it.
A hobby that fits your personality plays a big role in the overall
enjoyment of the endeavour. If you like the outdoors for example, maybe
wood carving is for you, if you are into music, there is vinyl
collecting which is all the rage nowadays. (Upon writing this article)
It’s best to think and ponder about it before spending money on
something that might not fit you perfectly.
Some people are lucky enough to know exactly what they want, they know
what works and what doesn’t work for them. If you are part of the
latter, which means that it might take you sometime to figure out what
tickles your fancy in terms of hobbies, it might be best to ask
around, get into online forums or Facebook groups and see if you are a
fit in those communities, that could be a slow but sure way of knowing
what you want to undertake as a passion project. I; for example is
into vintage toy robots. It gives me great joy seeing my collection
every time I head home after work, it brings me back to those days
when I was growing up, those happy times in my life, when my only
problems are getting a new toy robot. When people ask me why I am
collecting these old toys, I just simply say that “I am not buying the
toy robots for the sake of having a toy, I am buying time back, a time
when I was young and happy.” This is one fine example of a hobby that
brought me to happiness, and as a bonus my collection of vintage toys
have now increased in value more than ten folds, meaning it is now a
lot more expensive due to the rarity and collectability of the pieces,
and in case of a financial emergency, my collection could fetch me a
hefty sum of money.
All in all, finding a hobby that truly reflects who you are, is
something that all of us could use in our daily lives. Remember that
the right hobby can bring you a lot of joy and pleasure, balancing
your work life and your play life effortlessly would truly be a
contentment, thus leading you to a long life of fulfilment and
happiness.
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