Hobby is something that one likes to do in
one’s spare time. The Oxford Dictionary defines hobby as a favorite activity
that a person does for pleasure and not as his or her regular business. In
short, hobby is one’s favorite pastime.
Hobby is not an
inborn inclination. It is developed through a constant and systematic process.
A hobby is not pursued to make a profit. The main purpose of a hobby is to
derive pleasure out of it. It gives us mental and physical relaxation. One
makes the best use of one’s spare time by pursuing a hobby.
While making a
choice out of many ways of spending our time, we ought to ensure that is
restores our lost energy and cheers us up. There are a good number of hobbies.
The hobby that fits our interest, nature and our budget would be the best.
A young person needs all round development of his or her personality.
Hobbies play an important role in developing one’s personality. A person may
become like a machine if he does his routine work throughout the day. he may
lose interest in his work or feel bored of it. Who does not know the famous
saying ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy‘, so every
person should have a hobby to keep himself active physically as well as
mentally. Most people should take some time off from their routine work and
play games or go on picnic, movies or pursue their hobbies. A hobby keeps a
person active, busy and cheerful.
There is hardly a
person who does not have a hobby. Not only the educated but also the uneducated
pursue one hobby or the other. Some of the common hobbies are playing cards,
flying of kites, petting of birds and animals, gardening, stamp collecting,
coin-gathering, sewing, crafts, embroidery, knitting, cooking, photography,
writing letters to editors of newspapers, writing poetry, reading books and
magazines, swimming, listening music, watching movies, surfing internet,
traveling etc.
Painting is a
popular hobby. It is learned after years of practice. A neat hand is required
for his hobby. Many professional schools of painting have been established to
train children as well as the youth. Many students today seek a career in
computer. They can attain perfection in it if they start with computer software
development as a hobby.
Gardening develops
a sense of eco-responsibility in our minds. it keeps us in touch with Nature.
One can plant trees, flower plants, vegetables or bonsai plaints in one’s
compound. A garden full of flowers looks beautiful and give us sweet fragrance.
Flowers and beauty to the garden as well as the house. They delight the sense
and give us a great relief from the world full of tension and pollution.
Each one of us should choose a worthwhile hobby
that give us change and joy. At times our hobbies become our profitable
vocation.
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