Finding a hobby you love —whether that’s crocheting mittens for your sister’s new baby, curling up with a book to get lost in an unknown world, or moving your hips in a Zumba class—has all sorts of benefits, from lower levels of stress to an increased sense of belonging.
Hobbies certainly make a serious impact on your quality of life. But they also improve your work performance. How? Engaging and fulfilling your life outside of work (when you’re pursuing meaningful hobbies) allows happiness to spill over. That happiness has the ability to make you more focused and enthusiastic when you’re on the job.
Having a hobby that you love can do good things for your life and your job. But what if you don’t have a hobby you enjoy? That doesn’t mean you can’t find one. Whether you’re 20 or 80 years old—it’s not too late to find something you love and let it spur you on. Our Ignite Your Potential career coaches have curated a few strategies in finding a hobby you love.
1. Make What You Already Love into a Hobby
Firstly, take a look at how you enjoy spending your time and figure out how this can become a hobby. Have you watched Kevin Hart’s stand-up special on Netflix…four times? Try taking an improv class. Is your favorite part of the day playing with your dog? Then you may want to give volunteering with a rescue organization a try.
2. Reclaim Your Childhood Interests
When you were a kid, what did you like to do? Did you spend hours finger-painting masterpieces to hang on the fridge? If so, you might want to try taking an art class. Or maybe you spent the entire year looking forward to Field Day at school—in which case, you could join an adult softball team or flag football league. As a kid, you had hobbies—revisiting them as an adult is an effortless way to rekindle that love.
3. Try New Things
Finding a hobby isn’t always easy, but that is OK! If you want to find something you love, you need to put yourself out there—and be willing to accept not everything you try is going to be a win. Think of anything you might find interesting—whether that’s skateboarding, painting, or weight lifting—and take a class. If you like it, great! If not, cross it off the list, and move on to the next one.
It might take a few attempts to find a hobby that you love, but the key is to not give up. Our award-winning coaches at the Ignite Your Potential Centers offer a complimentary 25-minute phone session to help you find a hobby that will change your life and your career. We are the #1 career coaches in San Francisco and Los Angeles, let us show you how we earned that praise.
Check out our award-winning coaches at the Ignite Your Potential Centers who offer complimentary 25-minute phone sessions to help you understand the connection between hobbies and careers!
We are the #1 career coaches in San Francisco and Los Angeles, let us show you how we earned that praise.