What do you find yourself longing to do when you are stressed out? Or what activity do you love to be engaged with after your daily work routine?
Hobbies usually are activities which you spend your time doing that might not be attached to your daily routine. It increases your happiness and satisfaction with life.
Hobbies are personal, and the joy derived from them do not benefit others but it gives personal satisfaction. A hobby adds to the excitement in one’s life and it gives you an opportunity to take a break.
How Do Hobbies Promote Healthy Living?
1. Hobbies are stress relievers
Just as there are different types of pain-relieving drugs, a hobby helps to relieve stress. When you are undergoing some kind of stress emotionally or physically, a hobby can help your mental alertness by giving you some time to be distracted from whatever it is that’s making you stressed. Personally, one of my hobbies is being close to nature. Anytime I feel the need to relax, I love to take a stroll around the natural environment, take pictures of animals, insects, and vegetation. Doing this makes me put aside my daily work and life for a while.
2. Hobbies give a sense of purpose
From hobbies, innovative and creative ideas can come to mind. You could be having fun and, at the same time, getting inspirations to do outstanding things. The more you engage yourself in your hobby, the more you learn. Learning that comes from our hobbies are mostly unplanned and there’s no feeling of discouragement or failure because it’s from a joyful spirit.
3. Hobbies help you discover yourself
Activities that give you pleasure, helps you discover and explore yourself. Sometimes, we get to know our abilities while we are enjoying our leisure time. You discover more of your talents and abilities through hobbies. You would actually be surprised at what you are capable of doing.
4. Hobbies keep you away from boredom and bad habits
Boredom can be avoided when you slip into your hobby. You would discover that you were so lost in it and you didn’t realize you had spent a lot of time on it. Also, hobbies help you avoid creating bad habits or to stop them. Being idle could make you cultivate bad habits but having an activity that gives you pleasure prevents you from developing bad habits. And if there’s a bad habit you wish to stop, your hobby can help you do that easily.
5. Hobbies make your life more interesting
When discussions arise and it’s based on your hobby of interest, you would be able to communicate and contribute well during the discussion. Because of your hobby, you may also have some fun stories, experiences, and skills to share with other people. You may even come across someone who wants to take up the hobby that you do, therefore enabling you to become a teacher and talk about everything that you have learned.
4. Hobbies help you grow spiritually
Since hobbies leave you inspired and refreshed, you can easily transfer this feeling to other aspects of your life. When your body feels inspired, your soul isn’t left behind. Hobbies are forms of meditation process that makes your soul peaceful, calm and purposeful. Your relax mind helps you connect with the divine and higher power.
Being excited and happy is a sign of healthy living, right? So, when you feel stressed, tired and unnecessarily worried, you should fall back to your hobby or hobbies to enjoy a healthy life.
Is there any way your hobbies have improved your life? Feel free to share with me in the comments below.
Don’t forget to subscribe to this blog to not miss a post.
Teens Meet Outreach 