I knew I enjoyed reading but something or the other would stop me from picking up books again. Writing was highly sidelined. But when the same old tele series and the everyday coffees with friends started to look boring I began to get restless.
Here I wish to add a little something I learnt. Often we don’t feel depressed because our lives didn’t turn out the way we wanted them to be. We feel sad they turned out just as everybody else’s. I know it is a negative thought one that can be extrapolated to jealousy but it is true.
Adding that extra bit which others are not doing can be a great ego booster. Okay substitute it with the word ‘self respect’ if you feel like. But the fact remains, man doesn’t need money to be happy just the thought of having a space of his own in the society can work fine.
Inculcating a hobby or a passion besides the everyday job can add the extra spunk to life. And engagements besides work or academics have a different charm. They are quite often not related to money or average success pointers and always provide happiness or sense of achievement.
What did I do?
Of course I started re-started this blog. I have chronicled the journey at various places and you can read them through my experience with Write Tribe or perhaps read how I achieved an alexa rank of 99,769 (starting at 22 million!) in just ten months.
What do you do besides the usual routine? How do you generally pass the time apart from regular job and household chores? What is your favourite pastime?
If you are taking part in A-Z blogging challenge this April, then do leave your blog link in comments, will surely link it up with my posts. Thanks!
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Writing ..blogging…It has become a part of me…I also began to read more..
Random Thoughts Naba
Very correctly said. Without a hobby where you do something on your own, you are always dependent on others and other things…
Totally agree with you, There should be something you do which makes you feel Great abt urself !
It could be anything a hobby like reading books, writing blogs/articles, volunteering for free, helping out in social activities, helping out strangers, cooking, joining a music class etc.
I love to scrapbook. It creates an excuse to go on retreats with friends, meet new people, and catalog my memories at the same time. Lately, my writing has been taking up my free time, but the nice thing about a hobby is that it’s always there when you’re ready to come back to it.
Firstly I love the photos and quotes you are adding to your posts! I completely agree that one should have a hobby, a passion to follow. Mine is dance and the current love of course bis blogging. Feels good that I am doing both!
I love reading, and now writing is the catharsis. But I guess the monotony is gaining on and I must do something beyond this to stay happy !! Thanks for the timely post, dear ! 🙂
Hello there. I read, knit, cook and blog occasionally, but my main focus and time are spent in the ministry preaching the good news about God’s Kingdom. Thanks for sharing. All the best with the challenge!
Entrepreneurial Goddess
Lovely post, an ardent reader, now I write, cook and also try my hands on glass painting 😛 : P
Great post!
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Writing, reading, blogging have become work for me after college days so I got new hobbies…Knitting, craft, dancing, shopping 😛 😀
~S(t)ri
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I could totally relate to it…I began my blog with same backdrop and then took up dancing again about two months ago. Your posts make me realize that although we feel we are alone in our journey and exclusively feel what we are feeling, there are many who are along with us on our journey.
Good post Richa 🙂 I love the central pic n what it says 🙂
Well I too started blogging, I started baking which I thoroughly love!
I am loving your A toZ theme!
Writing, Reading, Blogging.. You can call it hobby or journey or life. It makes sense each time.
Blogging!!! ….
Always good to have that something which adds a deeper meaning to day-to-day existence…writing is surely that ‘something’ for me, plus gardening. Nice post, Richa!
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Interesting observations Richa, I gotta admit being like everyone else has it’s up and downsides. Also, thank you for sharing so many of my posts in the last week. I really appreciate it. Reflex Reactions
Reading is my number one passion, Richa – it has seen me through loads. Like I said in my comment yesterday “Comparison is the thief of joy’ 🙂
Books Books Books..They can take you out of any crisis
Ho yes – nothing like a hobby to keep u sane 🙂
Reading, blogging, becoming an entrepreneur helped 🙂 lovely post
It is reading and blogging for me! Reading I have been doing since childhood and cant think life without books, but glad that I discovered blogging a few years ago too!
the college routine keeps me totally drained by the time i reach home in d evng n i was always bored to do anythn. dats hw i started blogging. it freshens my mind 🙂
Reading, writing, filing away quotations, stories etc…that’s what I love to do when I get the time…Love to meet up and talk to people too!
I agree with you word by word…”Often we don’t feel depressed because our lives didn’t turn out the way we wanted them to be. We feel sad they turned out just as everybody else’s. I know it is a negative thought one that can be extrapolated to jealousy but it is true.”
Doing something for which you are respected in the society is much more than earning money! For me jobs are something that comes in when I am bored of everything. I read, write, poetry(Hindi being my fav), blogging, then traveling, crafts, joining hobby classes, helping out people in need or anything that can give me a mental satisfaction of being alive 🙂
Daily blogging, iPhoneography, and Zentangle all keep me pretty busy outside of work hours!
I try to keep by creative side alive by indulging in papercrafts, photography and writing. They are my life and breath… I love making doodles and scrapbooks too 🙂 I think hobbies keep one’s life interesting and active
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I agree with you that one shall have a hobby… needed more so to keep oneself mentally charged. In my case, in early days it was cricket and then moved to travelling, books and movies. Now, I am slowly moving towards photography. I think one shall also keep moving to new hobbies when it seems that you are getting bored of the current hobby. Gettting into new hobbies also keep adding different perspectives to oneself. Nonetheless, there is no better stress buster than a hobby becasue it takes you away from your routine to a different world… or shall I say to a “neverland” 🙂
I totally agree with you . Money doesn’t buy us happiness and yes our hobby does gift us with self respect . Running after my academics for years finally when I started blogging previous year , I feel alive again . I don’t want to let go it 🙂
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Writing , Blogging , Reading & thus enjoying :):):):) What else a happy life need !!!!
Blogging is the best thing that has happened to my life! i too used to get bored with parties and leading a useless life!
I can so relate with this post, and you know what, I feel my ego boosted when somebody introduce me as a blogger.. No, I am not an egoist, but I love the sound of it when my dad says “he is a blogger..” Nothing else gives that pleasure, engineer sounds pretty cool though…
Amritt
My problem is that I have too many hobbies, and coz of that I do not get time to work. what to do abt it ? 😀
i also feel in the same way. http://www.voheart.blogspot.com