This article explores the joy and benefits of hobbies, drawing on personal anecdotes about the author's diverse interests. It also humorously identifies some hobbies that might be better left to the professionals.
Not many people know this, but I’m obsessed with tapestry. By day, I’m a normal person interested in five-ingredient dinner ideas and stories on whatever happened to Boz Scaggs. By night, I spend hours with needle in hand, stitching away on canvases of cats wearing Elizabethan ruffs.
All of which means I’m loving the viral TikTok discussion claiming happiness comes from four types of hobbies – the: create ; consume ; cavort ; and commune . Years – and all my pocket money – were spent on paint tubes and a carousel. I did a tablecloth covered in bluebells. A poster-sized rendering of farmers scything wheat. A big-eyed girl on a velvet background. When Hobbytexed horses started appearing on any soft surface, Mum sent me outside for an extended stint. I took up synchronised trampolining and at age 13 was carried to a Tassie open title by my much better partner, Pip Wing.
Soap making. Literally nobody wants your weird bars of Rustic Citrus Lavender Mist soap. Ditto for deodorant.Beekeeping. Ignore royal wives Kate and Meghan, both seen recently in amateur apiarist guise, and just buy honey from professionals who will collect it without questioning their life choices.
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