Why are hobbies so important for us?
If you have been a subscriber or follower of mine for a while, you know I am a huge advocate for hobbies. It’s one of my favourite ways to bring balance into my ambitious self. And it has so many benefits that can help you work on your dream life, mindset, and even anxiety!
And if you are new here: Hi, I am Lena! I’d love to tell you why hobbies are so important to have in your life.
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Balance.
This is the whole message of my publication; it’s something I've lived by for some time, and it helped me achieve so much, and also with my anxiety. Hobbies can help with this: whether you are working a 9-5, going to school, or are self-employed.
There are a variety of hobbies, depending on your interests and skills, that you want to learn. And that brings me also to our first why.
Hobbies can improve a lot, especially your skill set, whether it is writing, editing, learning a new language, working out, etc. It helps you learn something new, which is good for your mental health.
For ambitious people, a hobby can also become a business with the skill or a product you have because of it. But don’t only do a hobby just for that reason, since it can cause you to resent your hobby.
As well, if you overdo it, for example, from 2022 to 2024, I wrote every day, between 5-10K words a day, no break. And I wrote myself into a horrible burnout where I couldn’t touch any writing for almost a year.
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Hobbies help your creativity, boost your skills as I mentioned, and also help you relax. Coloring, for example, you can turn your brain off and just enjoy the moment without thinking too much about anything.
You can have music in the background or a show, and just have a peaceful time. It’s one of my favourite ways to spend my evening.
The way hobbies are also helping your mind and anxiety is interesting; it helps with stress and even boost mindfulness. One of my biggest improvements with hobbies is how they helped my anxiety.
I like ending the day with something I truly love; it can be reading, painting, or writing. I have lived alone for a year now since August, and as a woman struggling with chronic anxiety, this was a challenge to find a solution for.
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I will write future posts about anxiety; if that is something you like to read about, feel free to join our community. As a chronically ill person, health is really important to me.
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You can do hobbies at home for yourself, creating something in the cozy space of your home. Or you can go to outside events with other people, which is another benefit of hobbies.
It creates a social place where you can meet new people and share a space where you share the same interests, which creates a community. I think it’s important for us to be around people who also share our interests.
Like here on Substack, where we all support each other in our dreams. I love seeing my feed with you all living your lives and sharing a piece of you,
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No matter if you do them alone at home, with friends, or meet new people, it will boost your happiness, skills, mind, and even lower stress.
It’s such a fun thing to try out new hobbies and learn an entirely new process; this can create new neural pathways, which are really important. All of this keeps your brain and mind healthy in so many ways.
You learn a new skill, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. You don’t have to be perfect; you just need to start.
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If these essays, tips, and reflections have added a bit more peace, beauty, or intention into your day, I’d love your support.
Buying me a coffee helps me continue to write, create new resources, and keep this space growing.
I appreciate your support, no matter how!💕
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Since this here means a lot to me, I always wanted to have a space like this, and I always try to find new ideas and make improvements. And since hobbies are an important part of me and the life I want you all to have, I created a small PDF with thirty hobby ideas in a bucket list, plus two extra empty ones for you to fill out. You can get it here.
Creating this was a new hobby for me; I loved the process and learning something new. Especially since I created this while looking at the ocean on my vacation in Spain.
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Thank you for reading!!!
xx
Lena
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