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Hobbies




This is about most of us. Not all of us. Some are rare.
Hobbies. What are hobbies simply?
Hobbies are what we are when we are nothing else but just ourselves.
The world order has programmed us to be a relative entity. Since the beginning of memories, we are students of some school, then of some subject, then of some institution. We move further thinking of creating our own identity, ironically thats when we enter the darkest part of our cerebral slavery, we become employees, mostly of solitude and slaves of depicted ironies. 
To make it very simple, when we do not have a job or are not enrolled to any college, how do we introduce ourselves to others? We generally are short of words. 
I have realised, these phases of joblessness and drop years, define us the best. During these phases people come up with what they actually are. 
Hobbies are what we are when we are nothing else but just ourselves. This is what makes an individual different from another. This is why many a times we find ourselves wandering withing nothings, and alternatively find ourselves coolly reading a book or learning a language or cooking, or making music. Hobbies are inculcated in the growing years in the happy times mostly. They're what we are, they aren't the last insignificant point of our resumes.

4th June 2018

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