In December 2005, a passenger aircraft with 110 persons onboard, traveling from Abuja to Port-Harcourt, Nigeria crash-landed in Port-Harcourt. That event is so memorable. One of the two survivors, badly burnt and almost unrecognizable was Kechi Okwuchi.
I watched her recently on Americas Got Talent (AGT) were she wowed the audience. Before she began, she explained to the audience how music had changed her life. While on her hospital bed fighting for her life, going through pains and series of surgeries, she turned to the only thing that keeps her happy. Singing! It helped her get through with her recovery phase and changed her life tremendously. Are you still wondering why she’s on AGT?
On another story, I got so curious one day and asked the owner of the hair salon where I usually go to get my hair done why she chose that vocation. Her reply…”I’ve always loved braiding people’s hair from childhood. My Barbie–dolls, even my mom, sisters and friends. (she’s so creative with it hence my question). According to her, she always enjoy hair-braiding. And it all started as a hobby.
She started her salon using a tree as a shade but owns a big hair salon today. Her hobby provided her a path to meet some people’s needs and also a earn a living.
A hobby is any activity done for pleasure or as a means of relaxation. It is something you do that you love and that makes you happy. It connects you to your inner self. If you become so passionate about it, it can drive your enthusiasm to pursue your interest and in doing so, it may change your life completely!
Ways your hobby can change your life completely!
1. It helps you find your purpose:
One of the ways to find your purpose is to find the things you love to do and are passionate about. Your purpose is what makes your life more meaningful. It is a worthy cause and the reason for your existence. Your passion provides you the motivation to find it. So pay attention to those activities you always enjoy doing, it could lead you right into your purpose. Just incase you’re still figuring where you could serve.
2. It helps you express your creativity.
Creativity is the act of turning your ideas into reality. Your hobby, whether it’s painting or drawing, wood-carving, soccer, knitting, whatever it is that you enjoy, (think about them) will help you express your art. As you pursue your interest, you would be able to express yourself more creatively. And as you continue to do so, you’d be nourishing your emotions, making yourself happy and also becoming more creative.
3. It helps you fight stress:
Usually, when you feel overwhelmed or worked up, Bored or even depressed, it is advised that you take a break and indulge in something you love to do. Yes. Hobbies are that therapeutic!!! It is a way of re-focusing your energy to something less overwhelming and relieving you of some anxiety. This helps your sanity and stability. Most people will turn to dancing or singing, or other forms of recreations which they enjoy as a means of de-stressing and de-cluttering their mind.
It improves your mood and helps you fight stress.
Related: Stressed? 7proven ways to find relief.
4. It is a great confidence booster:
Can I ask you a question? What are you good at? Knowing that you’re good at something boosts your confidence. (Atleast you know you’re not a total jerk. Haha!). This can be so mentally rewarding.
5. It can help you network and become more social:
If you’re anti-social or feel socially awkward, finding a hobby and indulging in it can help you become more social. You’d be able to meet new friends from all around and connect with other people who share same interest as you. By engaging in a positive activity with others, you’d be building relationships and even learning new skills. How so sweet. You’d agree with me that hobbies are totally life-changing.
A hobby can add a spark to brighten your day and also improve your health both physically and mentally. It lives you feeling much more better.
Read also: 9 Little-known ways to boost your mood in 2mins or less.
Having a hobby can literally add years to your life. So tell me;
What are some of your hobbies?
How have they impacted your life?
Let’s talk in the comments and don’t forget to share this post with some of your friends. Invite them over, we can all be friends.
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Jessica Hugo.
I love hiking. I get to explore new places, being in the woods, and meet new people.I also love volunteering. You get to help people and do what you love at the same time. Some things that I volunteer for: playing with the babies at church on Sunday mornings, help retouch paintings to be sent to hospital all over the world and volunteer at the center for puppetry arts. Yup, having hobbies are what life is all about. You get to do life with others.
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Incredible Herlina!!! thanks for sharing with us 👏🏼. This is indeed awesome. Yes, you get to do life with others by sharing and volunteering and it’s pretty good you’re helping in your own little way. Thanks so much for your contribution.
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I am going to reconsider some of my hobbies. Maybe those are my true calling 🙂
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You never know…you just never know! It may be a pointer you know?
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Riding bicycle with my friends was my hobby before I became mummy outdoor is so much fun. But now, that I have my own family I always love cooking for them and knitting stuffs for my son🙂
Hobbies changes as soon as you life changed huh. xx
Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome Jam, thanks for reading and contributing.
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Great points! Some of my hobbies have truly helped me find my true passions. And if you are good at them then even better!
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Absolutely!!! Couldn’t agree more.
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I absolutely agree. God put those things naturally there for you to use it and explore but some people just get blind and still climb to the mountain, bathe in rivers etc ‘in search of purpose’. Your hobby/gifts are just there inside you, staring at you and doing you ‘yimu’ when you stay confused.lol
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LOL Bubu…true though. The ‘purpose’ we seek most times has been gifted us. We just have to utilize it.
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Hobbies as stress reducers ~ YES! I think part of it is simply that they distract us from our worries and get our mind moving in new ways 🙂
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Totally!!! Thanks for your comment Christy.
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Been a while here .I Agree with you because in our hobbies lie our passion. Lol @ Bubus’ comment. Hilarious but true. xx
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Haa Laitan! Been a while here indeed. Missed you tho. True @ Bubu’s comment. The ‘yimmu’ is so hilarious. 😂. Thanks for your comment.
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Great post! Hmm…. honestly one of my biggest hobbies is writing. Now when it comes to what am I writing, it is poetry or song-writing I love the most. However, I have not just been able to see a practical future in it so I took to blogging instead. It’s been working for me so far. – http://www.jamilakyari.com
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That’s great Jamila, I love writing too. Books instead for me and blogging is a mini-way for me to do that even though I’ve actually authored one on print and e-format. Any hobby one is passionate about, with great zeal, it can be totally life-changing.
Thanks for your comment.
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This is such a great post ! Being active is definitely the best way to fight stress and a negative mind. I used to have a lot of hobbies. Horseback riding, stand up paddling, golf but then came a little daughter… 🙂 I still try to stay active though and go to the gym three times a week. Signed up with a trainer so i force myself to go. It feels great!
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I do feel the best times in my weeks/end is when I can enjoy my hobby.I`m creative and enjoy different things from art line dancing, cycling you name it.
Having said that, my best hobby, the one that really satisfies me is gardening, knowing the salad on my plate came from my garden is something of joy and pride.
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Baking always calms me and allows me to destress so I began documenting my creations and may eventually publish. Probably need to find an active hobby too since I love testing it almost more than making it.
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That’s really great, you never know how your hobby can change your life for good so always do those things you love to do.
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Having many interests and hobbies will help us to discover who we are and makes our life more colorful. And its a good plus when we turn those hobbies into something big.
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