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dolorosa_12Day 06 – Your hobbies
When I was a child and teenager, I used to have many more hobbies than I do now. I took swimming lessons, I did ballet, I went horse-riding, I went to Kumon, and, by the time I was about 12, I settled down to my regular schedule of hobbies: 12 hours of gymnastics a week, a one-hour piano lesson and one-hour musical theory class (plus an hour's practice every day). When I was 14 I added the Duke of Edinburgh's Award to my activities, and I started doing street theatre for Amnesty International when I was 16. At 15, I also started working at a weekend job.
I don't know why, but for some reason it was much easier to be that busy when I was younger. I don't know if being an adult is simply more psychologically exhausting and time-consuming, or if I just lost interest in having formal hobbies.
These days, I'd say that the internet is my hobby. I probably spend at least six hours a day online, which I spend reading and posting on LJ and my other blogs, reading and posting on the two forums I frequent, reading a variety of other blogs, tweeting and chatting on #btts. I'm fascinated by internet sociology, and in particular how fandom (or fandoms) interacts and evolves, and if I wasn't a medievalist I'd probably want to write about the internet in some way.
I also go jogging for about an hour every day, but I wouldn't call it a hobby, since I consider it simply a way to keep fit. I don't really like running while I'm doing it, but I feel a lot happier after a run, and if I go for a while without running, I notice that I'm not feeling particularly great and that I sleep badly.
Aside from that, my hobbies are pretty average: going to the pub with my friends, going to movies or watching DVDs and hanging around in cafes.
I haven't described reading or writing as hobbies because to me they are so much a part of who I am that it would be like saying that 'breathing' was one of my hobbies.
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
When I was a child and teenager, I used to have many more hobbies than I do now. I took swimming lessons, I did ballet, I went horse-riding, I went to Kumon, and, by the time I was about 12, I settled down to my regular schedule of hobbies: 12 hours of gymnastics a week, a one-hour piano lesson and one-hour musical theory class (plus an hour's practice every day). When I was 14 I added the Duke of Edinburgh's Award to my activities, and I started doing street theatre for Amnesty International when I was 16. At 15, I also started working at a weekend job.
I don't know why, but for some reason it was much easier to be that busy when I was younger. I don't know if being an adult is simply more psychologically exhausting and time-consuming, or if I just lost interest in having formal hobbies.
These days, I'd say that the internet is my hobby. I probably spend at least six hours a day online, which I spend reading and posting on LJ and my other blogs, reading and posting on the two forums I frequent, reading a variety of other blogs, tweeting and chatting on #btts. I'm fascinated by internet sociology, and in particular how fandom (or fandoms) interacts and evolves, and if I wasn't a medievalist I'd probably want to write about the internet in some way.
I also go jogging for about an hour every day, but I wouldn't call it a hobby, since I consider it simply a way to keep fit. I don't really like running while I'm doing it, but I feel a lot happier after a run, and if I go for a while without running, I notice that I'm not feeling particularly great and that I sleep badly.
Aside from that, my hobbies are pretty average: going to the pub with my friends, going to movies or watching DVDs and hanging around in cafes.
I haven't described reading or writing as hobbies because to me they are so much a part of who I am that it would be like saying that 'breathing' was one of my hobbies.
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
