No time for my hobby. Can you find the time?

A favorite hobby of mine is reading. I can never resist a good book and I would say that since the first of the year I have read at least 150 books. I always have a book on me regardless of where I go and whenever I slow down for even a minute I will take it out and read a few pages. I found that when I don't read I get irritable and I snap at people a lot more so I definitely try to make sure that I have my book with me. I sometimes carry an extra one just in case I finish the first one before I can get home and get another one. The only thing that really gets in the way of my reading is working, but I love my job-I work in a pet store-so I barely notice the time out from the book. I understand how it is with young ones running around. I don't have any but I lived with my sis and her two boys and I could never get anything done let alone slow down long enough to read a book. Thank goodness I have my own house now.

i love reading and come to think of it i realised just now that i have not read in recent years,the reason being same as yours.i have two toddlers at home.

Hi there Making Pots! I am sorry to hear that but I do hope that you can figure out a way to make time for yourself and your hobby. I think it's important to have that. I love writing, reading and surfing the internet. I also love playing online and network pc games. I can still write because I am the literary editor of our school magazine and I earn 25% off my tuition fee through that, I read when I'm in the bathroom and also before I sleep. I also play online games and other pc games once a week. I do mylot for a few minutes everyday too. I have time for those even though I am studying because my mom keeps an eye on our son if I have to do something.

I live alone and can do any of my hobbies anytime I want......but once upon a time I was in your position when the kids were home. I did try to involve them whenever I could and we did tons of activities that they enjoyed. Now that they are older they do some of the same hobbies as adults.....soon you will be able to include him. I paint with my three year old granddaughter and she enjoys it so very much!

Hello friend. Now I see the meaning of your user-name. Yeah, I also think that there is no reason for us to give our nice hobbies if we are passionate of them. To me, to mylot every day is my great hobby, without which I would feel that I have something undone today. lol. That is my favorite hobby at present.

I totally understand. I always wanted to start a new hobby but I really do not have time to do anything. I finish work, and come home to find dishes, ironing, cooking, cleaning and other housework. And when I am done with all these I just need to rest until the next day. It really sucks!

I love to write, so I do that quite often, but I also like to sing, dance, read, watch television, watch films, make collages, and take care of my cats. Right now, I cannot do some of the things on this list because I am still recovering from surgery. I write, so I am making time for at least one hobby.

my hobby is writing and I do it all the time, writing also brings in some money for me as well so it is great. I am disabled now and I don't have any little children so I have the time.

Hi dear i use to Have stamp Collecting and reading as hobby, After i got job in textiles almost 10 yrs ago, i dont think i got time for that ( other reason may be i and other use email sms more than letters) but i manage to read some book or magazine, after marriage and kids, i rarely got time, but still i some how manage to read a bit in a while Take care

potter that's great! you are like robert de niro in 'showtime' (but i think you make much better pots than he did ) like de niro which is always engaged on arresting crimes, i think you should spend sometimes to do your hobby. i like reading, than that's much easier than potting. i always get books with me, so when i am going somewhere, i can read book while i am standing in queue or waiting for something. i also like yoga. i practice yoga also. i do it in the early morning, before i go to work. usually, in the evening if i am not so tired and hungry, i will also practice it for less than 1 hour.

I am a blogger. I love to blog and share my life with my friends online. I just give birth to my first child and still in the confinement month. I agree with you, I have plenty of time to do my own things now as the baby sleeps most of the times. I wonder how will my life be when my baby is 4 years old ;p

well my hobby is drawing and painting!! as you these two things need a lot of time!! and thats what is lacking in my life!!

one of my favorite pastime was cross-stitching. but when i started working online, i have lost the time to do this. maybe because it really eats my time and i can only do a small part on my project. it's sad that only very well-off people now can afford really to work on their hobbies. it's because we have to work and work most of the time. I envy those people who creates money by doing their hobbies like my husband. he loves editing and graphics stuffs on computers, and now he accepts projects to edit and so he likes it a lot.

hm...i think it is more of time management.. you just have to set a time every day or even every week to do what you like..at that time do remember to let go of all the worries if not it will be no use..

Doing sites like this is my hobby. It is also how I make extra money so I make time to do it. I also really enjoy it. Unfortunately I used to work out, but lately I can't tear myself away from the computer to go do that. I need to start working out again.

I have hobbies,sewing is the best hobby that I have and I always make some time for it,I sew most ddays even if its only for a short while,my Aunty loves pottery,she has made some really good vases,but she cant seem to master the glazing part,she always comes unstuck on thar bit,but the shapes of the pots and urns she does is good

the point is you never have enough time to do everthing, but you always have enough time to do the most important thing. i don;t how much importance of you work or maybe that's aslo one of you hobbies.there is alway have time to do something that you liked. that;s what i am thinking.

i guess i suddenly stop blogging as my favorite habit before when i got to start finding a job. I have to focus on to it and when i got into training, the more i neglected my hobby, i sleep right away after the training and i just can't turn on my computer to blog. right now, im trying to come back to blogging. i hope i can maintain this for long..

I used to do folk-art but have't picked up a brush in seven years just to busy ,Would love to give mocaics a go but the time factor is always against me I work split shifts ,oh well something else on the list for my retirement .

What you need is a group or a circle of buddies who DO have the same hobby as you, and as long as one of them wants to do it, he/she will contact everyone else... I have absolutely no time for my hobbies, but due to my contacts, they call me to join them, I can squeeze out my time on that day just for that hobby. Passionate? You don't have to be over passionate. You just need to be willing to do it. As long as you like it, why not?