Self Challenge
Pick Up a New Hobby
By: Mary Elise Chavez
Posted January 2007
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Wake up...Work an 8 hour day...Veg in front of the tube...Go to sleep...Now repeat this 5 days in a row and blah! No wonder why you're bored with your weekly routine lifestyle! Check out our useful tips below to bring some excitement and fun back into your life!
It's not that difficult to start fresh and reinvigorate your lifestyle, all it takes is some enthusiasm and motivation to pick up some new hobbies. Psychologists have proven that individuals live more fulfilling lives and are generally more happy when they take part in non-work or school obligatory activities.
1. Try a new sport or join a league.
- Baseball/Softball (try a co-ed team league)
- Tennis
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Swimming
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Flag Football
- Running
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Yoga/Pilates/Kick boxing/Cycling
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Volleyball
2. Try your hand at your Creative Abilities.
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Painting
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Sculpture
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Singing
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Learn an Instrument/Take Lessons
- Drawing (Take a sketching class, check out local museums for dates)
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Poetry
- Photography
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Pottery
3. Work towards a long-term goal.
- Write a book
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Start a project
- Explore the city you live in by discovering it's hidden gems
- Find a local hangout that you can call yours
- Join a gym and get your body in killer shape
- Decorate a room in your apartment/house on an affordable budget
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Construct a garment/Learn how to Sew or Knit
4. Catch up on your forgotten to-do list..
- Dig into the pile of books you've been wanting to tackle
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Catch up with an old friend/Meet a new friend
- Check out an independent or silent film theatre
- Browse and get inspired by Vintage stores
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Sign up for volunteer opportunities
- Get involved with your community (use your skills to better your neighborhood or city)
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Build your resume with exciting freelance gigs
- Join a film, fashion, book, athletic, comedy, dance, or music club
The key is to have outside activities that you truly enjoy doing. Hobbies help to relieve stress and anxiety that long hours at a tedious job may create.
If you want true happiness and fulfillment, give yourself some time for you. Life is a waste if not lived with passion and enthusiasm, don't cut yourself short and live an overly planned and projected life, allow some spontaneity to have a home in your life.
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