Ideas for Hobbies & Interests

[Craig]

Hobbies

This post is for organizing ‘ongoing’ activities you can turn to whenever you want to refresh yourself. Again, we have a long list of ideas to stimulate you. Aircraft modeling? Bonsai? Puzzles? Knitting?

Fun & recreation gains

Look for hobbies that benefit you in any of these ways:

• Make you happy
• Give you a sense of fun
• Refresh and rejuvenate you
• Give you enjoyment
• Make you feel like a kid again
• Help you to feel relaxed
• Feel good.

Ideas for hobbies to take up

• Aquariums
• Art collecting
• Bird watching
• Bonsai
• Cooking
• Clothes making
• Crochet
• Gardening
• Knitting
• Model aircraft
• Model cars
• Model trains
• Origami
• Photography
• Puzzles
• Scrapbooking
• Stamp collecting
• Woodworking.

Ideas for getting started

If you plan to take up a hobby, you may like to choose one or more of the following:

• Find a local club or group
• Enrol in a class
• Look for self-instruction books from the library or bookstore
• Search online for information
• Ask friends with similar interests for information
• Check local noticeboards
• Organize the necessary supplies and equipment
• Enrol/schedule time and dates in your diary.