What Were Your Childhood Hobbies?

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1. Doreen McGettigan says:

   May 2, 2010 at 4:12 pm

   I collected dolls as a child and still do today. My grand daughters are into American Girl Dolls now and I am enjoying the time we share reading the books and going to New York to the store. As an adult I started collecting quotes. I just have them everywhere and must someday put them all together and in some kind of order. I wrote as a very young child; I think as more of a release than a hobby. Then I wrote as a job (newspapers) hated those deadlines! Now I think my writing is somewhere between hobby, need, passion and obsession.

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2. Lisa says:

   May 2, 2010 at 6:52 pm

   Collecting quotes is a fascinating hobby!

   Your thoughts about writing are similar to some of my questions recently. What makes a hobby a hobby and not something else? The deadlines might be a clue–deadlines imply that someone else is in control. It seems to me that hobbies are something that we control, for the most part, anyway. And then there is the difference between something’s being a need or a choice. Lots to think about… thank you.

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3. Does Your Hobby Stress You Out? « Everyday Intensity says:

   May 4, 2010 at 7:09 am

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