Hobbies drift the routine mind to enjoy a perspective that would rather never be touched. As it is very common among us to say, ‘no time’ for we are so immersed in our daily to and fro. We rarely give thought of harbouring a hobby. Regular work is known never to end, so instead why don’t we give ourselves a nudge by learning a new hobby.
Learning a hobby is said to be advantageous for mind and body. You will feel renewed and pepped in life. Also it breaks your circle of thoughts and incites some new ideas in your programmed life. Brings out the creativity in you and makes you a happier person. You will find a remarkable difference it brings in your family, friends and social life.
Now that you are interested in the word ‘hobby’ what is it that you should take up? Firstly understand the person you are – do you love to be at home? Are you an indoor person or an outdoor person? Now if you love sitting at home then take up learning a sitting game like chess or table tennis. Or knitting or sowing or making lace or crocheting. Putting together beads, making earrings or even gardening is a beautiful hobby that calms your mind and helps you increase focus.
If you are an outdoor person, get your hands on mountain climbing, swimming, playing lawn tennis, badminton or anything that helps your sweat out your day’s fatigue. The irony of a hobby is that even though you get tired doing it you feel refreshed and would look forward to do it again and again.
Once you have found your passion, stick to it and develop it. Only when you are getting bored of it, which is very rare, try your hand at something else.
As an adult it is not very confusing to find out your likes and dislikes but for a child it can be quite cumbersome if you’d ask him what he loves to do as a hobby. A prompt answer would be play.
As a parent or a guardian, it is very important to find out the hobby and support your child. On the onset begin by gifting them hobby crafts on a birthday; see how interested they get to do it. Clay modelling, cane art, paper craft, painting, drawing are a few of the variety available in the market.
Another option is recognizing your child’s interest. If he or she loves to be in the kitchen asking you all the recipes then help them develop their cooking skills. Give them the independence to try a new dish. You could also gift them recipe books or go on the net together and read new recipes.
Invest a little of your money in their hobby. For instance if your kid loves stamp collecting, then get him a scrapbook to stick all his stamps. If coin collecting, then get a booklet with transparent pouches. Get Milton’s poetry if your kid loves to read and write poetry.
You can help your child focus on the hobby by telling them to complete their endeavour. So if they are painting a tile, then it should be complete. Also friendly competitions in the house will make your child proud and will keep him latched on his newfound pride for some more time.
