Hobby is an activity that you enjoy doing in your free time. It isn’t connected to your job, but you engage in it regularly, because you like it a lot. Often, it brings you not only pleasure during the process, but also satisfaction with the results. You develop your skills and learn new things.
Hobbies may be creative, like singing, playing some musical instrument, drawing or handicraft. Many hobbies are related to amateur sports, like skating, skiing, yoga, pilates, dancing, aerobics, swimming. Some hobbies are quite useful domestic activities, like cooking, sewing or knitting.
As for me, my hobbies are quite different. Fitness is my number one hobby. I enjoy movement and physical exercise. Usually I have five trainings a week: two gym workouts, one stretching and two Dance Hall lessons. I don’t get tired, because I like what I do. I am always in a good humor after intensive training.
My second hobby is cooking. Cooking a delicious dinner is a usual part of my everyday schedule. I like Italian and Asian cuisine most of all: pasta, pizza, vegetable and fruit salads, sushi, Japanese soups, spicy Korean snacks and hot Chinese dishes with chicken or pork.
I also have a musical hobby – playing the guitar and singing songs. I do it seldom at home though. My friends and I often go on picnics and I take my guitar. We like to walk in the forest, eat sandwiches and make a bonfire. Then everybody sits around, I play the guitar and we sing funny songs.
I think that everybody needs a hobby. It is more interesting than spending all your free time in front of the computer or the TV. Movies and video games may be captivating, but hobbies make our everyday life more bright and diverse. Moreover, most of them develop our skills and broaden our minds. They say that switching to another activity is the most effective way to rest. Hobbies are just perfect for that.
