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How To Start A Hobby That You Love

Whether you are a stay-at-home-mom, a teenager bored during the summer, or someone that works full-time, but always seems to have time for something more, you might enjoy picking up a hobby.

They key to picking a hobby is to do something you’ve always wanted to do. Pick something that you’ve always thought, “I wish I could do that.” Or, if you once had a hobby but then stopped, maybe you’ll want to pick that back up.

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How To Decide On A Hobby

Start out by looking at things you already enjoy, but might not do as often as you might like. Some people enjoy taking photos with their smartphones. Someone like that could turn there interest into an actual photography hobby, all it takes is a camera and an eye for photos.

Maybe you like playing air guitar when a certain song plays. Ever thought of being in a band? Maybe you could join a jam band as a hobby, or maybe you just want to play acoustic around the campfire on warm summer nights.

You also want to determine how much you want to spend on your hobby, or how much you have to spend. Some hobbies, like working on a classic car, cost a lot more than others, like knitting.

Do You Need To Get lessons?

Picking up a new hobby may mean lessons are needed, depending on whether you’ve decided to do something you’ve never done before. If you dream of being in a band and want to play guitar, you’ll need to find a guitar teacher who can start you off with the basics and then gradually move you up to an intermediate level. The benefit of having a real teacher, as opposed to say YouTube videos, is that you get real time responsive feedback to your progress.

Or maybe you want to get really good at taking photos, so you’re looking into taking a photography class. It’s up to you since it’s your hobby. You can take cooking classes, gardening classes, art classes, and get lessons on almost any instrument in existence.

If you want to do something like rebuilding an old muscle car that needs a lot of work, if you don’t know a whole lot about cars you’re going to need to invest time and money into getting someone to help you learn.

How To Keep It Up

When you start a new hobby you want to stay motivated with it and not let all that money you spent on lessons or on supplies be a waste. The first thing most hobbyists will suggest is that you make sure that you pick a hobby that has nothing to do with your “real” job.

Make some time each day to devote to your hobby, but if you find that you don’t have time don’t beat yourself up about it. It’s a hobby, so it shouldn’t be something that makes you feel like you are being pressured. Once it starts making you feel as though you are being pressured then it will no longer be fun.

If you pick a hobby that is something that has been of interest for you, and it is one that you enjoy, it will be easy for you to make time for it, even when you are busy. Hobbies are a fun way to use up spare time and not feel as though you are just wasting time that could be used for something productive.

Just remember, once you start doing your hobby for other people or for money it is no longer a hobby!


Becky Wilcox is a freelance writer who enjoys writing about beauty, fashion, technology and more.  She writes for Life with Lisa as well as several other blogs and websites.  Check back soon for more from Becky.

 

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  1. mary ambrosino says

    I always wanted to learn guitar.

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