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 Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: Hobby selection and hobby types |
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Types of hobbies
Collecting
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The hobby of collecting consists of acquiring specific items based on
a particular interest of the collector. These collections of things
are often highly organized, carefully cataloged, and attractively
displayed. Since collecting depends on the interests of the individual
collector, it may deal with almost any subject. The depth and breadth
of the collection may also vary. Some collectors choose to focus on a
specific subtopic within their area of general interest: for example,
19th Century postage stamps, milk bottle labels from Sussex, or
Mongolian harnesses and tack. Others prefer to keep a more general
collection, accumulating Star Trek merchandise, or stamps from all
countries of the world. Some collections are capable of being
completed, at least to the extent of owning one sample of each
possible item in the collection (e.g. a copy of every book by Agatha
Christie). Collectors who specifically try to assemble complete
collections in this way are sometimes called "completists." Upon
completing a particular collection, they may stop collecting, expand
the collection to include related items, or begin an entirely new
collection. The most popular fields in collecting have specialized
commercial dealers that trade in the items being collected, as well as
related accessories. Many of these dealers started as collectors
themselves, then turned their hobby into a profession. There are some
limitations on collecting, however. Someone who has the financial
means to collect stamps might not be able to collect sports-cars, for
example. One alternative to collecting physical objects is collecting
experiences of a particular kind. Examples include collecting through
observation or photography (especially popular for transportation,
e.g. train spotting, aircraft spotting, metrophiles, bus spotting; see
also I-Spy), bird-watching, and systematically visiting continents,
countries, states, national parks, counties etc.
Games
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Card game, 1895.A game is a structured or semi-structured recreational
activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment (although sometimes for
physical or vocational training). A goal that the players try to reach
and a set of rules concerning what the players can or cannot do create
the challenge and structure in a game, and are thus central to its
definition. Known to have been played as far back as prehistoric
times, games are generally distinct from work, which is usually
carried out for remuneration. Because a wide variety of activities are
enjoyable, numerous types of games have developed. What creates an
enjoyable game varies from one individual to the next. Age,
understanding (of the game), intelligence level, and (to some extent)
personality are factors that determine what games a person enjoys.
Depending on these factors, people vary the number and complexity of
objectives, rules, challenges, and participants to increase their
enjoyment. Games generally involve mental and/or physical stimulation.
For this reason, they are beneficial after a large meal or a long and
tedious task, but counterproductive if played immediately before
sleeping. Many games help develop practical skills and serve as
exercise or perform an educational, simulational or psychological
role.
Outdoor recreation
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Outdoor pursuits can be loosely considered to be the group of sports
and activities which are dependent on the great outdoors,
incorporating such things as hill walking, trekking, canoeing,
kayaking, climbing, caving, and arguably broader groups such as
watersports and snowsport. Outdoor sports most often include nature in
the "sport".
While obviously enjoyed by many as a bit of fun, an adrenaline rush,
or an escape from reality, outdoor sport is also frequently used as an
extremely effective medium in education and teambuilding. It is this
ethos that has given rise to links with young people, such as the Duke
of Edinburgh's Award and PGL, and large numbers of outdoor education
centres being established, as the stress on the importance of a
balanced and widespread education continues to grow. Depending on the
persons' desired level of adrenaline, outdoors can be considered a
type of hobby.
As interest increases, so has the rise of commercial outdoor pursuits,
with outdoor kit stores opening up in large numbers and thriving, as
well as outdoor pursuits journalism and magazines, both on paper (for
example Trail [1]), and online (such as Eclipse Outdoor [2]).
The increased accessibility of outdoor pursuits resources has been the
source of some negative publicity over the years also, with complaints
of destroying the landscape. A widely-seen example is the destruction
of hillsides as footpaths are eroded by excessive numbers of visitors.
Creative Hobbies
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Some hobbies result in an end product of sorts. Examples of this would
be woodworking, Playing an instrument, software projects, artistic
projects, creating models out of card or paper called papercraft up to
higher end projects like building or restoring a car, or building a
computer from scratch. While some of these may just be for the
enjoyment of the hobbyist, there have been instances where it has come
into demand at the request of friends or passerbys observing said
project. At this point it has the potential to become a small
business.
Cooking
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Cooking is an act of preparing food for eating. It encompasses a vast
range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to improve the
flavour or digestibility of food. It generally requires the selection,
measurement and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure in an
effort to achieve the desired result. Constraints on success include
the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools and the
skill of the individual cooking. The diversity of cooking worldwide is
a reflection of the myriad nutritional, aesthetic, agricultural,
economic, cultural and religious considerations that impact upon it.
Cooking requires applying heat to a food which usually, though not
always, chemically transforms it, thus changing its flavor, texture,
appearance, and nutritional properties. Cooking proper, as opposed to
roasting, requires the boiling of water in a receptacle, and was
practiced at least since the 10th millennium BC with the introduction
of pottery. There is archaeological evidence of roasted foodstuffs,
both animal and vegetable, in human (Homo erectus) campsites dating
from the earliest known use of fire some 800,000 years ago.[citation
needed]
Gardening
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Gardening is the art of growing plants with the goal of crafting a
purposeful landscape. Residential gardening most often takes place in
or about a residence, in a space referred to as the garden. Although a
garden typically is located on the land near a residence, it may also
be located in a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a windowbox, or
on a patio or vivarium.
A gardenerGardening also takes place in non-residential green areas,
such as parks, public or semi-public gardens (botanical gardens or
zoological gardens), amusement and theme parks, along transportation
corridors, and around tourist attractions and hotels. In these
situations, a staff of gardeners or groundskeepers maintains the
gardens.
Indoor gardening is concerned with the growing of houseplants within a
residence or building, in a conservatory, or in a greenhouse. Indoor
gardens are sometimes incorporated as part of air conditioning or
heating systems.
Water gardening is concerned with growing plants adapted to pools and
ponds. Bog gardens are also considered a type of water garden. These
all require special conditions and considerations. A simple water
garden may consist solely of a tub containing the water and plant(s). |
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