Hobbies
So today at work I was asked an interesting question. One that sounds easy enough but one that tonight I can't get my mind to stop thinking about. For once during this busy season it is not thinking about work and the next things I have to do or the new list that needs to be made from the previous day's list to try and get accomplished.
The question was this.
Seems simple enough. Hobbies something that you do outside of your job description. Hobbies something that people know you for or buy you gifts that go along with a passion. Hobbies, seems simple right. Well I couldn't really answer. I threw out that I love music and live music to be exact and that it puts me in a trance. Now this is true, but is it a current hobby? I am currently listening to music as I type this and there is a soothing nature that comes from it but is it my hobby?
At points I have great hobbies, things that took over my time, my energy and if I was honest at points took over my life. From reading, collecting stamps, photography, crafts, painting, sports, and most recently writing these have at points all been hobbies. What I realized this evening is that there are many hobbies that people have the choice to pick up. Some even are thrust hobbies by friends and family members. However it is what you do with the hobbies that really matter. Are you impacting, changing, encouraging, empowering, equipping?
Sometimes it comes in the form of a stamp and sharing it with someone else, but sometimes it is sharing a love of One Direction and learning the lyrics because someone you care about listens to them.
How are you making a difference? My hobbies since February have been little to none because I have not taken time for it. Hobbies renew, refresh and refocus our time and our minds. Through hobbies we can express hope, love and release tension. Taking time today to refocus in amongst the chaos and confusion. Looking for the newest hobby for me, maybe not the newest trend but the thing that I can express impact the most. So instead of being asleep I write this unsure of what is my next hobby but with the knowledge that whatever it is I want to deeply enjoy it, to find a sense of purpose within it and a way to release and be renewed.
Share your story. What impacts you when you are working through your hobbies?
The question was this.
What are your hobbies?
At points I have great hobbies, things that took over my time, my energy and if I was honest at points took over my life. From reading, collecting stamps, photography, crafts, painting, sports, and most recently writing these have at points all been hobbies. What I realized this evening is that there are many hobbies that people have the choice to pick up. Some even are thrust hobbies by friends and family members. However it is what you do with the hobbies that really matter. Are you impacting, changing, encouraging, empowering, equipping?
Sometimes it comes in the form of a stamp and sharing it with someone else, but sometimes it is sharing a love of One Direction and learning the lyrics because someone you care about listens to them.
How are you making a difference? My hobbies since February have been little to none because I have not taken time for it. Hobbies renew, refresh and refocus our time and our minds. Through hobbies we can express hope, love and release tension. Taking time today to refocus in amongst the chaos and confusion. Looking for the newest hobby for me, maybe not the newest trend but the thing that I can express impact the most. So instead of being asleep I write this unsure of what is my next hobby but with the knowledge that whatever it is I want to deeply enjoy it, to find a sense of purpose within it and a way to release and be renewed.
Share your story. What impacts you when you are working through your hobbies?
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