Saturday, 2 March 2019

How To Succeed When Picking Up A New Hobby

By James Butler


Hobbies are personal and can be useful at any age. Picking up a new hobby will also come at any age or time in your life. It helps you to reinvent your being and grow in aspects that you had not considered before. Whether at childhood or adulthood, there are important considerations to make so that your passion pays off.

The intentions must be good. There are reasons why people take up hobbies. The motivation ranges from the desire to copy what other people are doing or to have experiences that are similar to theirs. With good intentions you will have a successful path through your hobbies. If the intentions are to copy other people or to make as much money as they have made, you will not succeed.

Choose hobbies that present realistic chances of success. For instance, if you want to take on athletics yet your age and physical health do not allow, it will turn-out to be a waste of time and resources. Limitations like gender, age and responsibilities must also be considered when making a decision. Evaluate what each activity will demand for it to be carried out successfully. This helps you to make the right decisions.

Find sufficient time to learn the tricks required to successfully execute the hobby. Hobbies should not give you the leeway to be mediocre. All hobbies imaginable require a person who is skilled in a particular way. Unless you can practice, it will be difficult to produce the best performance to self or other people looking up to you.

There should be a plan of action on how you wish to develop the hobby over time. This means setting targets, milestones and having an idea of where you want to be in a few years. Do not take to the activities in a haphazard manner. It ends up being a waste of time and resources. In the absence of a concrete plan, these hobbies will be aimless and lack impact in your life.

Train or learn with professionals. Hobbies should not be misunderstood as activities that you can do whatever you wish. For instance, if you choose a musical instrument, there are rules that govern the playing of such an instrument. Unless you learn with professionals and understand the rules, you will be making mistakes. It also becomes difficult to advance that passion activity to a level that it becomes an income generating activity. Without proper training, it will be difficult to achieve desired potential.

Do you want to earn from the hobby? This is a decision you make at the beginning or as you progress. Whether you earn or not will depend on several factors include your competitiveness and availability of opportunities. For instance, a swimmer might decide to take part in competitions but as age goes, the opportunities diminish. A musical instrumentalist may join a band just for fun.

Hobbies should be picked on the basis of ability, passion and availability of the opportunity. Develop a plan on how you wish to learn new skills and advance your capability. If opportunities allow you to make money, take them and advance your skills to the furthest end possible. Move at your own pace but also see what other people are doing in the industry.




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