How to develop a hobby if you don’t have one?
I noticed that one hobby is scrapbooking.
Not that it would be for me, but I wonder, what is so interesting about this activity to make it so popular?
If you want a time capsule you can take pictures, or have a blog or make a home movie.
Or maybe it’s just envy because I don’t have any hobbies.
How to develop one? My father used to collect stamps. I am not sure if he really liked it or it was just a way to invest in something that could have had a high return after a few years.. like maybe for the next generation.
Well, I did not like it.
The next one: freshwater aquarium.
We had two aquariums and my father spent lots of money to offer all the comfort to his precious fish.
I had the ‘honor’ of cleaning them up. Not funny at all. First of all I had to move the fish to clean bowls until the sand and all the plants were rinsed, then fish went back. The aquariums were pretty big, heavy and full of fish poop.
I like to watch fish in aquariums, I am just not very thrilled about the cleaning part.
What is a hobby?
According to the dictionary it is “An activity or interest pursued outside one’s regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure”
Meaning that watching TV it’s a hobby? It does not sound like one, more like an addiction.
Actually, where do we draw the line between hobby and addiction?
I guess doing drugs it’s not a hobby, right?
In the past some of the most popular hobbies were:
Birdwatching, metal detecting, postcard collecting, gardening and so on.
With Internet explosion I could only presume that we have new hobbies.
Take a look at the following classification, as per Harris:
‘The proportions of those online who use the Internet “very often” or “often” for the most common activities are, in descending order of use:
* Sending or receiving email (67%)
* Doing research for work or school (45%)
* Getting information about products and services (41%)
* Getting information about hobbies or special interests (36%)
* Checking news, weather, etc. (40%)
* Surfing the web to explore new and different sites (32%)
* Shopping online (22%)
* Obtaining information on local amusements and activities (19%)
* Paying bills (18%)
* Downloading or playing games (18%)
* Financial management and investing (15%)
* Making travel plans or arrangements (15%)
* Obtaining information about health or disease (15%)’
Based on hobby definition it means that making travel plans could be a hobby.
Therefore I must declare that I found my hobby: Making travel plans!!
