Interesting Hobbies

Hobbies 

A Hobby a day keeps doldrum away

A 'Hobby' word originated from the 16th century 'Hobyn' meaning a small horse or pony because people have their common recreational activity of that era. But as far as the modern definition goes, Hobby is an activity that you do regularly in your free time.  

Today, Hobbies plays a vital role in an individual's life from being professionals to becoming a great human being.

We often see when it comes to appearing before any interview, many candidates have been confused to complete the hobby section in their curriculum vitae (CV), because of the two reasons either they have no particular hobbies or they are only interested in a particular topic so as not to call it their hobby.

How Hobbies are different from Interests?

As I have cleared that a hobby is an activity that you do regularly in your free time.Whereas Interests are something that you like to do, but you are not doing it regularly. For example, You like to travel and explore new places, but you could not do it to get away from boredom due to some reasons, so, you can't call it as your hobby. On the other hand If you like to do some artistic activities like painting, Sketching or Calligraphy and you are doing it during your leisure time, then you can call it as your hobby. 

How to find hobbies?

There are numerous ways to find hobbies

Go back to your childhood days

Think about your childhood and the activities you do and get ideas for building your hobbies. Most 18th- and 19th-century children play various games of their choice after school or at leisure. Playing (any game), writing or telling  stories can be their hobby. These days, as technology evolves, children are more likely to use smartphone, laptop etc. and engage in social media such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and so on, they can develop their hobbies accordingly.

Try a few ideas which make you feel happy.

If you're not thinking about taking a hobby just to occupy your time off.  Try to think of something that makes you forget your day's stress and worries. Think of something you enjoy doing that can be reading a book (of your choice), writing, drawing, etc. By doing these activities, you should feel relaxed and forget about everything.

Take a look at past hobbies that you forget

You may have had a hobby, but you completely forgot about it. Though it seems like a weird thing to do, sometimes our hobbies might feel like projects and we don't realize they could become a running activity in our lives.

A friend of mine began to write a blog on health and fitness because she is a doctor. But due to her hectic schedule, she forgot to write continue.  Last week, I received a message from her that she is trying to keep her blog regularly and that is very nice of her.

See What you want to change about yourself

We often compile a list of New Year's resolutions in order to change ourselves. This could be waking up early in the morning and doing regular yoga and meditation, keeping your daily diary or daily blog etc.

Think about the last thing that made forget to eat

Think about the last thing that made you skip your favorite breakfast or lunch and you totally engrossed yourself in doing that thing. Remember it, and then go after it, of pick apart the core ideas of what made it so special for you and see if you can find them in a different activity.

If you still can't find your hobby, then try the list below.

List of Hobbies

Acrobatics	Acting
Animals (e.g. Fostering)	Animation
Aquariums	Archery
Architecture	Astronomy
Baking	Beekeeping
Birdwatching	Board Games
Bonsai	Blogging
Bowling	Boxing
Calligraphy	Camping
Canoeing	Chalk Art
Cheese making	Chess
Citizen Science	Coin Collecting
Collecting	Comedy
Comic Books (Reading/writing)	Computing & Coding
Confectionery	Cooking
Cosplay	Crafts
Creative Writing	Cultural Activities
Cycling	DIY Cosmetics
DIY Fashion	DJing
Dance	Darts
Design	Digital Art
Do It Yourself (DIY)	Drawing
Electronics	Embroidery
Environment (e.g. Beach Cleanups)	Fandom
Farming (Hobby Farm)	Fashion Design
Coding	Film making
Fishing	Fitness
Floral Design	Flying
Game Mods	Gardening
Numismatics	Hiking
Home Improvement	Home brewing
Horseback Riding	Meditation
Inline Skating	Journaling
Juggling	Karaoke
Kayaking	Kite Flying
Knitting	Knowledge Games
Learn Languages	Learning new things
Magic	Maker Culture
Makeup	Martial Arts
Media Production	Metal Detecting
Metalworking	Model Building
Motor Sports	Mountain Biking
Music	Nail Art
Origami	Paintball
Painting	Photography
Podcasting	Pool
Pottery	Puzzles
Quilting	Reading
Remote Control Vehicles	Reuse & Repair
Robotics	Rock Climbing
Roller Skating	Running
Sailing & Boating	Scouting
Scrapbooking	Scuba Diving
Sculpting	Sewing
Singing	Skating
Skiing & Snowboarding	Skydiving
Slow Culture	Snow shoeing
Sports	Stamp Collecting
Street Art	Street Fashion
Subculture	Surfing & Bodyboarding
Swimming	Tactical Urbanism
Tennis	Trainspotting
Travelling	Vegetable Gardening
Playing Video Games	Video Production
Weight lifting	Writing
Woodworking	Playing Word Games
Yoga

By finding a hobby and doing it once the task is not completed. You should practice it everyday or 4-5 days a week at your leisure. Try to make it a habit, then only you will be able to say with confidence....This is my hobby.

I hope this article will help you to learn more and grow more. If you like this article, please share with your friends and help them to find their hobbies.