Comments on: Let’s Talk Hobbies!

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 03:44:10 +0000

In reply to Katie. Hello to another Katie from Chicago! Can you please share your IG handle? I’d love to follow!

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:31:00 +0000

This is so true! I still love the things I loved as a child. During the pandemic, I learned how much I appreciate being outdoors. My husband and I went hiking every weekend during the lockdown and now I crave that time outside, although I don’t always get it now that we’re back to our normally scheduled lives. It’s definitely something I want to try to fit in somehow. I would like to try to hike on Saturday mornings. That feels like a great way to start the weekend! Also, I started painting with watercolors during the pandemic and that satisfied my itch to be crafty/artistic without all the fuss. I just open my watercolor notebook, fill up some glasses of water, turn on some music and start painting. I love it! It’s very relaxing.

By: LS

LS — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 05:31:21 +0000

In reply to Caroline. This is a great post, as I am into being a jack of all trades and a master of none- I want to dabble a bit in all the things! My latest obsession is adult paint-by-number kits; I like that it is a creative outlet, but I don't have to think too much, because the painting is laid out for me.

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:12:15 +0000

Martial arts — specifically Krav Maga!! I’m so excited because after 2 years I finally have gotten back into one of my favorite hobbies of all time! So the back story is that I did Taekwondo in middle school for three years. I got to the stage where I was starting to prepare for the black belt test as a freshman in high school, and was trying to do too many extracurriculars, so I burnt out, got sick, and had to stop. Fast forward 10 years and I moved back to my hometown for a master’s degree program and was out of shape after developing bad eating habits and very little exercise during college. I remembered loving martial arts and went back to the same Taekwondo school from when I was younger. The school has a lot of adults in the classes and such a great community. I felt so welcomed and supported and I love the people there dearly. I started from scratch as a white belt again and got back to getting ready to test for the black belt when I moved again to start a PhD program. I wanted to stick with it so I joined a Taekwondo school in my new city, but there weren’t many adults who participated, so I decided to leave. After a year of no exercise, feeling lost, and healing an ankle injury, I started to look into other options and found an interesting looking Krav Maga gym. I started Krav in January of 2019 as a much needed source of exercise and stress relief and I truly cannot adequately communicate how helpful it is for my mood and just feeling confident, safe, and capable as a person, especially when I was living alone. When the pandemic started, I realized that the very high-contact nature of the sport and the high-risk individuals in my immediate circle of people made it no longer the right choice for me at the time. And now FINALLY this month I went back again and realized just how much I had missed it. The gym, the classes, and most of all the people. When you shared on your Instagram earlier this week about being frustrated and punching a pillow, it also reminded me of one of the big reasons why I look forward to a good Krav class at the end of the day!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 03:45:15 +0000

I too am an avid reader. I’ve done some minor cross-stitching projects recently, and I enjoy my intricate grown-up coloring book. I enjoy taking care of my house plants and propagating new ones (starting with pothos because those are easy propagate, and I’m a newbie).

I subscribe to my Sunday paper & I cut out paragraphs/headlines, etc that stand out to me, and I make a little weekly collage in a notebook to serve as a little time capsule of the week.

When I’m with other people, I love board games.

Last, I’m not sure if you can consider a pet a hobby, but I love walking my dog & teaching her new tricks. I’m also looking into getting us certified as a pet therapy team so we can do read to the dogs programs for children at our local library!

By: Cy

Cy — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:21:08 +0000

In reply to Michelle. My friends and i always send snail mail. It’s so rare to get something personal in the mail instead of a bill or advert. It can really make someone’s day!

By: Cy

Cy — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:16:25 +0000

I did a lot of handwork as a young girl growing up. I was a very “arty” kid always making something. My mother was a good seamstress and I started sewing around the age of nine and made some of my own clothes.When I was in middle school I had a “business” making colorful crocheted lunch bags and sold them to my classmates. I also did embroidery learned from my grandmother. Even when I attended FIDM for my fashion degree, I much preferred the draping part of designing as opposed to drafting a pattern. The tactile act of using ones hands is very appealing to me. It’s probably why I enjoy cooking and baking so much. I even like wrapping gifts (my mom was an expert). I sew sporadically now and am thinking of taking up embroidery again. I love to read and watch movies, but I think of those hobbies as less “active”. Honestly though I could read for hours and be perfectly happy. Currently listening to “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert. I read it when a came out, but I need a refresher and it’s lovely to hear her narrating it herself.

By: Kendrick

Kendrick — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:59:32 +0000

One of my favorite at home hobbies is coloring. I don’t have any skill in drawing or creating the images, so coloring is a great way to be creative and “create” the picture with a lot less inherent skill. I prefer colored pencils, but there are so many different choices that can appeal to different personalities and preferences. I also love that there are so many different types of coloring books and designs. I have a really intricate book of “enchanted forest” designs and stories that I’ve been working on for 6 or 7 years that I’m not even halfway done with. I”ve put a lot of thought into it and am so proud of it and plan to display it as a coffee table book when its done. My husband and I will listen to music or put on a TV show we love in the background and he’ll paint model figures and I’ll color and we always feel more relaxed and less stressed when we do.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:28:45 +0000

In reply to Judy Holmes. I love this! Something about this comment really speaks to me.

By: mary

mary — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:28:39 +0000

In reply to Coco. I just follow my curiosity and immerse myself. A lot of times, a TV show or book will inspire more research on a time or place. Look up the fashions and architecture of the times. Listen to music that would have been popular then. Go on a local search for a dish described in a book you love. It always leads to the next thing.