Whats Your Hobby?

[krispy]

I play guitar, paint and fix other people's cars

 

[cypher]

Neat topic, I'll have to try to come up with something I like to do. I want to get adual sport bike. I took a riding class a while back and dropped the bike twice, lol! So I failed the course. but I had a blast and I go look at biles all the time.

 

[2quilt]

you can prolly guess mine...

 

[Mercy]

I like to quilt too.

I've done a lot of stained glass, the old church type where the glass is shadowed by lead dust and gum arabic then rubbed off where you want the sun to come through, fired in a kiln then mounted with lead cains. I haven't worked at that for a long time.

I really like marble stonecarving semi-abstract mother and child figures. Sometimes, I ask permission from a buyer to let me get the piece cast in bronze so I can have a 3D model of my own. Otherwise, it seems as if the work just evaporates....small problem with object constancy! I usually have three stones going at once, one in roughing out, one in chisel forming, one in finetuning and polishing. It's great. Hey, if today I feel like I really need to whack something, it can be productive.

 

[DrDanger1979]

My therapist asked the same thing. I enjoy many different things, but not one of which I would call a hobby. I am trying to find one. I have been taking guitar lessons for about 6 months now.

 

[Lisa]

you can prolly guess mine...

LOL How weird... do you know I never actually associated quilting with your name 2quilt! Duhhh! :think::rofl:

 

[fin]

It is funny -well maybe not funny, but I am still unable to think on this in regards to me. I wrote about being a bikers girlfiend. hah!! not so much my thing but his, I do miss that freedom though.

And I also mentioned the archery-long bow. I took this up to try to better work through my marriage, it was his thing, not mine. I was good at it, but it wasnt of me.

He never wanted to do the things that I did. That made me who I was. And he hated my painting and writing. He really hated it, well he hated me actually.

It is funny that someone can loose themself so much, well not funny. I am having a hard time in acknowledging the things that are important in making me who I am. And these hobbies are part of that. In fact these things aren't really hobbies. They are part of who I am. It is the other stuff that I enjoy that are my hobbies.

***I am just having a really hard time acknowledging that it is ok for me to do something that I enjoy. I look forward to the day when I might. I find the thought of writing or even thinking about writing about them, will make me more vulnerable than I already am. And I wouldn't mind but I understand why, I just dont know how to overcome it properly yet. This so sucks.

 

[Dylan]

Augh, you're not alone, Fin - although mine is not due to losing myself in another's interests. I just don't have any.

The best I can come up with is hiking. That's something I love to do - I'm alone with my dog in nature. I pass people on the trails and there's a sense of loose camaraderie without much involvement.

I've tried education, drawing classes, photography, volunteerism, crochet, writing classes (both in school and local groups). Nothing sticks.

I used to refer to myself as feeling like a "generic brand product" because I'm so...bland. I have mild, vague interestes, but I have no passion. This is not something I've been able to pretend, force, or create. I always hate when surveys ask about interests and want little bios...I indicate what I give to, what I sort of loosely belong to. But there is nothing that grabs me, holds me. Nothing I lose myself in and get in that magical thing called "flow". I tinker and wander...and while I wander and tinker, my life is passing me by.

Sort of a depressing post, I suppose, but this is an issue that's come up for me lately and I need to start addressing it. I think part of it is a safety thing - don't commit or invest in anything... hmm....I think I want to look at this more.

-Dylan

 

[IndigoCharm]

Oh, I have many -- I've been drawing for as long as I remember; I also sew, crochet, make things out of clay, bake, reupholster furniture, and I'm trying to educate myself on and grow some medicinal herbs, and I've also been making medicine out of it (salves, oils, syrups, etc.) I have a lot of free time. :P

 

[liv now]

I have a couple of hobbies. I mosaic. I love making something whole out of something broken. I have also been taking piano lessons for the past year. I love having coffee with friends and walking my dog, so I guess these are hobbies too. I find I have to have lots of hobbies otherwise I overdo them and they start to feel like chores. I have enjoyed reading everone's hobbies. gives me new ideas. Thanks!!!!

 

[lrs]

I'm still banjo picking.
I also live on a reservoir, so I'll do some fishing sometimes.
I have a small boat I have been slowly working on, trying to get it the way I like it.

 

[TLight]

I can totally relate to Fin's post about doing 'the guys' interest and they not really getting into mine.........or possibly I wasn't enough into mine and because of my struggles with identity, I'd just brush mine aside and do whoever's that happened to be with me at the time.

I think it really is an identity thing.
I can also relate to Dylan........hiking, nature......they give me some relief from the constant sadness and pain........it is really the only place I've ever felt safe...hence I became a Biologist.

But, I did manage to develop some interests from nature. Photography is a big one, and identifying plants and learning about ecosystems..........I love to just look at plants,they give me such hope and are so inspiring and beautiful to me..........

I could just look at plants, bugs and living things and be perfectly content the rest of my life.
I can leave most humans out of it though......not sure if this attitude will change.......takes some working on.

Luckily, my BF now and I share MANY interests and have a wonderful time outside together..........I'm fortunate (plus he's also a biker and I like that too!).