Why Ignite that Old Hobby or Passion?
- Brings you happiness
- Reduces stress
- Meditative State
- Control Your Thoughts- helps with depression and anxiety
- Sense of Achievement
- Connect with People of Similar interests
What Types of Hobbies or Passions Do you Miss?
- Art – painting, drawing, sculpture
- Writing
- Playing music
- Working Out
- Hiking, Canoeing, camping
- Photography
- Collecting Items
- Attending Conventions
- Home Projects and repairs
- Making crafts, scrapbooking
- Gardening
- Reading
- Visit Museum
- Travel
- Learn something new
How to Ignite that Old Hobby or Passion?
- Make a list of hobbies or passions that made you happy. Choose one to focus on.
- Ask yourself why you stopped it in the first place? Is this still an issue?
- Think about how to make this hobby a reality and make a plan to make it real. What do you need to buy? Is time involved? Schedule it into your day.
- Explore a few options, and see if you can breathe new life or perspective into your ideas.
- Talk to family and friends. Ask them to keep you motivated.
- Be consistent. Work on it on a regular basis.
- Manage your time to make sure that you make time for it.
- Find others with a similar interest and spend time with them: exchange ideas and hold each other accountable.
- Volunteer to teach it to others to keep the passion going.
- Enter a contest to help with deadlines and ignite the passion again.
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