A hobby is an activity that provides entertainment and helps reduce stress.
The activity that a person carries out to keep themselves entertained for a time is known as a hobby . In this way, the hobby serves to combat boredom and to keep the mind focused on something pleasant.
For example: "Playing tennis is my favorite hobby," "When I was little, I started collecting stamps as a hobby and I still maintain that hobby today," "There is no more enriching hobby than reading a good book."
Ephemeral hobbies
There are hobbies that are ephemeral or that develop sporadically, without much consistency. Putting together a puzzle , completing a crossword puzzle , playing with a console or doing crosswords can be very effective pastimes.
In newspapers and magazines, for example, there is usually a section on hobbies that aims to ensure that the reader can entertain themselves while exercising their mind. Specifically, among those proposals included are alternatives such as word searches, crossword puzzles, finding the differences or crossword calls. However, we must not forget that even in stores you can find specific publications on this type of hobby.
Among the hobbies of this type that have experienced great growth in recent years and that have aroused the interest of citizens is sudoku. This is a mathematical game that was created in the 1970s and began to become popular in Japan in the 1980s. The objective that whoever plays it must meet is to fill in each of the boxes that are part of the nine grids. You must do it with a number, which cannot be repeated within that grid nor in the lines in which it is integrated both horizontally and vertically.
Putting together puzzles is a very popular hobby.
a hobby
If a person engages in a hobby frequently and makes it a habit, the individual in question will be said to have a hobby . Suppose a young man collects beer bottles and cans : every week, he meets with other collectors to exchange material and, when he has the opportunity, he attends collectors' conferences and events. In this case, the pastime may be considered a hobby.
Something similar happens with someone who plays golf three times a week. The practice of this sport can be considered as a hobby since it provides an entertaining time for the player, but it is also a hobby since the subject organizes his daily life to make space for the activity.
Benefits of hobbies
Hobbies are healthy because they help minimize stress . The leisure they provide allows the person to "clean" their mind and not only be focused on obligations.
We cannot ignore either that "Pasatiempo", finally, is the title of one of the best-known poems by the Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti.