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Post by Shutter Girl on Jul 25, 2007 8:43:04 GMT -5
Photography pioneer George Eastman once said,
"What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are."
Do any of you find it hard to find time to do your favoirte hobbies?
I somehow feel that if I have time to do something fun then I should use it 'constructively'. How important are hobbies in our lives? Should they rank higher than, say, what we do for a living?
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ImageMaker
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Post by ImageMaker on Jul 27, 2007 20:53:46 GMT -5
I've *always* found there to be a dichotomy between working, and having money to pay for hobbies, vs. being unemployed, and having *time* for hobbies. Can't do much without money, but money's no good if you have no spare time.
For me? My occupation has never been something I consider an important part of my self-image -- my hobbies are. Photography, model airplanes, roleplaying games, shooting/reloading, and the skills that go with them (especially with doing them on a shoestring) are much more a part of me and have been much more defining in how I think of myself than the various things I've done to pay the rent over the past thirty years...
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Post by MaxQuad on Aug 8, 2007 8:26:23 GMT -5
Photography pioneer George Eastman once said, "What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are." Do any of you find it hard to find time to do your favoirte hobbies? I somehow feel that if I have time to do something fun then I should use it 'constructively'. How important are hobbies in our lives? Should they rank higher than, say, what we do for a living? Having trained for 8 years in Rochester, New York, I suppose I absolutely must respond to this. As I get older (and I am getting older), I find that the things I do away from my professional life are becoming more and more important. I'm not sure I have a hobby as such, but my focus on reading is one area in which I find it important to spend time. I find a greater sense of fulfillment these days in such activities - more fulfillment than trying to make that extra dollar. The sad thing is that a variety of pressures still lead me to need to devote too much time to my professioanl life - and work-life balance is hard to find. This is an interesting issue - one I am sure I wil reflect upon after clicking "post reply." Maybe we should each take a shot at saying "what we are" based on our hobbies or leisure activities? MQ
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Post by stubedoo on Aug 8, 2007 12:24:43 GMT -5
My major hobby these days is hanging out with family and playing with my daughter. I fake being a musician and I enjoy that, but I hardly define myself that way (our website is www.spinningwheelmusic.com ). I guess if I have to label myself I'd say, "Beer sipping banjo plucking ubergeek". On my way to work today I listened to part of a Richard Feynman lecture on quantum electrodynamics, and the other evening as I was lying in bed I listened to an astrophysicist explain special relativity. Is this a hobby? No, it's an illness. --Stubedoo
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Post by Shutter Girl on Aug 8, 2007 22:26:07 GMT -5
What we are....
Funny you should say that, Max. Often times when we meet someone new we might say, "What do you do?" and just as often people reply with describing their given occupation. I've read folks in Europe don't do this, they tell who they really are: They describe what they are or what they do in their personal life and what's really important to them.
So who am I?
I'm an amateur photographer/historian who happens to love music and being in the company of those of a like mind. I don't read as much as I'd like but I try to glean information about the topics that interest me from various sources. I love the past and get a deep feeling about certain eras and events in history. I have an expensive hobby and like expensive beverages, although I don't want to spend money foolishlishly. I'm in love with a beautiful man and I like my life despite a couple of curveballs along the way. I'm a traveler of the spirit and the mind, an armchair adventurer if you will. I'm a person who has more to give than merely showing up for work but I do love my job. But most importantly... I'm a human being who knows herself.
And most recently: I'm an artist who has sold a piece of her talent. A proud girl, am I.
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