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Hobbies and Not-Hobbies

I’ve got way too many. Hobbies, that is. Here are a few:

Bird-watching.

Walking.

Reading.

Journaling.

Junk journaling. (Different from the previous hobby!)

Knitting.

Attempting to grow plants.

Drawing.

Making collages.

Baking (especially on Sundays.)

Playing with stickers and washi tape.

Shopping at the $ Tree.

Music, and playing instruments.

I’d say writing, but I feel like that is more than a hobby.

But when would you say you make that leap from “I love to write” to “I am a writer?”

Is it when we decide that it is so?

Is it when we get a paycheck from our writing?

I had that happen once, years ago, when I wrote an article about cooking for a small publication. I was so excited. 😛

And then I got busy with kids again, and started down another path. I kept writing, but I wasn’t putting things out for (hopeful) publication.

I think that we are writers when we decide that we are writers. It’s more than a hobby. That doesn’t necessarily mean anything to anyone else, and that’s okay. For me though, when I decide that I am a writer, that means I give my energy to it. I make regular time for it. I make it a priority. I go to writing conventions, and join writing organizations.

How about you?

I’d love to hear your thoughts. I hope you have a restful Saturday. I’ll be heading out to run some errands, and going to the movies to see The Odyssey with my son this afternoon. I’m looking forward to it.

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4 responses to “Hobbies and Not-Hobbies”

  1. Jonathan Vernon Avatar
    Jonathan Vernon

    A myriad of hobbies! I like it. I once wished I lived in a converted windmill with a hexagonal room as my study/workshop (round doesn’t work so well for this). Against each wall I’d have a desk or workbench for a different activity: drawing, photography, relief prints, video production, cooking, music (guitar/flute), writing, library/reading, greenhouse, aquarium, gym, swimming pool, ancient woodland, mountain river, Alpine glacier, bed. Maybe I need a island of my own? Off the British Columbian Coast? In the Baltic sea? Tasmania? Japan?

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      Cristin

      I love the idea of a converted windmill just for hobbies! And yes, a hobby island sounds perfect for this. 🙂 I think you’re on to something. Thanks for commenting, Jonathan.

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  2. Melissa Avatar
    Melissa

    Hobby is something that we collect during our time. I laughed when I read your ever-growing list of hobbies because mine would probably look similar.

    I do agree with your sentiment that we are writers when we make time for it. I do consider myself a writer and that hobby had been forgotten for many years but recently I found myself here… again, happily.

    Thanks for your words!

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      Cristin

      Thank you for the comment, Melissa! I think that’s wonderful that you’ve found your way back to writing again!

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