Category: hobbies

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Nail Art & Digital Art

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Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time?

I used to love doing my nails. But after a long time, it’s just focusing on other things. I kind of lost that passion and outgrown it.

I love doing different designs, different colors. Just express myself and I try to do it on people. It a little bit failed, but I did my best. I was getting better but I’m not sure why I stopped….

I think with the busyness of life and other factors coming in. I forgot about it and just focus on things that help me save time.

I would love to do it again. Open with looking at different youtube tutorials.The different designs, the different methods, just different patterns.Just, it’s stress free activity that I can do. And in the long run…It would be a nice idea to save some money.

The second one would be probably digital art that I lost interest due to time. I love the sprite art when I first started watching the youtube creator it’s called Super Mario Bros Z. Basically, its a mix between how the Mario universe just got mashed with the Sonic universe into this one cool plot of getting the chaos emeralds and defeating a central enemy.

That kind of spread to watching and playing games on Newgrounds. A cool gamer website. I think my favorite would be probably the tutorial mario games plus these two cool games of Final Fantasy Sonic and Wave Warrior Sonic. They had such cool plots, and it was fun and nice to play along.

I did wanted to start like a little bit on my own. I did try to bite a little bit on powerpoints and just trying to learn powerpoint even more. Also tried to learn like the software on how to do sprite flash animation. So I can do my own stuff. It was really cool and with my storyteller imagination. I would like to add a few things and then send to the creator just say I made this, hope you like it like a fan.

But I kind of stopped once flash software stopped being available. And with the other software it takes more steps. And I did not have that much time, because I had studying, school, work, and life just got in the way.

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Marathon/Hike to the Top

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What could you try for the first time?

Since I started my fitness journey last year .I really wanted to work on my endurance and grit for long periods.

And I’ve seen people who’ve built up and grown so much in their fitness journey and put so many activities and have really tried one marathon as a realistic goal.

Like, I remember one of the famous movies, I’m not sure. It has something to do with a famous boxer or a person in training. When a person runs up the stairs and then cheers as they reach their goal.

I wanna try to do that. Maybe running a 5k marathon or hiking up a big trail like a mini mountain to reach the top or finish line and look down and say…

Yeah, I did it.

And since I’ve always been sedentary and put some workouts in my routines, I’ve never tried running a marathon as a nice fitness goal, and running as an activity so that could be something I can try for the first time.

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Singing and Dancing

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What is your favorite hobby or pastime?

I’m bound to find a couple of hobbies that make me really excited. But the original ones that I do have that I do in my pastime is singing and dancing.

Well, like finding new songs and singing along to them or singing really cool organic songs with the nice beat or powerful lyrics.

Dancing is always a love of mine. Any type that I am trying to find new styles for that I can learn.

For instance, if I hear a good song on America’s Got Talent and I haven’t heard that before. I want to know where it’s from, and I really want to resonate with its message, the beat and the tone, and the lyrics.

Another instance, if I watch my favorite Bollywood movies, I would love to dance along with the dancing moments because it’s really fun. Or if I find a popular song, then I just dance along with my own kind of moves.

The point in question is that I love to do them both. And it’s mostly that I love the musical side of it.

I am trying to get more into it with learning new songs and changing my playlist with new types of genres like jazz, 90s, reggae, hip hop, country, K-pop Spanish, French, even with foreign and sometimes a slow instrumental, it’s very good to listen to.

Also, trying to learn different dance styles to help my confidence at there is a ballroom class near me. And I would love to learn different stylesBecause I do love dancing along in the moments with the popular show Dancing with the Stars. It has been an interest of mine.

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Binge-Watch Cinema

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What are your top ten favorite movies?

My Top 10 favorite movies… 😅

That’s gonna be hard to reduce to 10. Because I have some personal favorites. I might as well just note it down due to my love of my comfort for cinema.

  1. Rush Hour Trilogy
  2. Matilda 
  3. Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame
  4. Charlie Brown Holiday Movies
  5. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
  6. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
  7. Madagascar Trilogy/Ice Age Quintet Movies/Shrek Forever
  8. Incredibles 1 and 2
  9. Your Name/Demon Slayer – Movie Train Arc
  10. Any Disney Movie that is reminiscent – HSM Trilogy, Wizards, Twiches, TV Movie or near a holiday

It was difficult but these movies are special for me….

However, its hard because some new movies are taking some favorites for me currently.

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Take a Break & Journal Your Thoughts

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What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?

Mental Health is something I did not consider important, until 3 years ago I got wiser and had a lot of personal factors….something that took me to a very low point in my life and I didn’t know how to get out.

So I just thought and searched online what is something I can do to improve my mornings and not feel depressed….

And some strategies that I found out…

1. Try and make a routine to help lessen the load. With mornings and evenings.

2. Add small healthy habits slowly to help your mental and physical well-being.

3. Exercise although tiring and hard at first can go a long way and helps…

4. Don’t wait to start something or learn something new just do it.

5. Meditation and time to yourself is a very important factor that is healthy to add.

6. Journaling your thoughts, fears, aspirations, anger, joy, sadness, and happiness is a good outlet to release stress 

7. Planning out meals brought a new joy and improved my mental health because I don’t feel the need to rush or stuck in confusion.

8. Take a break during the day…too much time on one or multiple things will lead to burnout.

I am still reading and looking at some more good advice to add to help me but I still keep on trying. 🙂

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Take a Risk to Venture Off

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What are your future travel plans?

Well, since traveling to 2 places for the first time out in the world…

One is Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Wonderful place and will definitely go to take a trip back in the future.

Second was Cuba, a budget-friendly place that had beautiful weather, but it will take a different accommodation to make me go back.

That being said, I would like to visit more tropical places and areas of historical value and learn about the culture around the world.

If I were to write down a list…

  1. Jamacia
  2. Spain
  3. Italy
  4. Switzerland
  5. Fiji
  6. Barbados
  7. Maldives
  8. Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka)
  9. Bali
  10. Bora-Bora
  11. Dubai
  12. China (Great Wall)
  13. Machu Pichu
  14. Cape Town
  15. Tanzania
  16. Florida – Need on trip to Disneyland at least once
  17. London
  18. Barcelona
  19. Sydney, Australia
  20. Paris France
Around the World

It’s a bit of a long list but I really would love to see you around the world and learn more.

I would try probably for some budget-friendly as I am right now.

But I pray and believe that step by step, I can get the chance to visit those places and even more across the world.

I’m even interested in going and traveling around where I live right now in Canada.

Because for 25 years, I haven’t even seen around the country where I was born. So for starters, I would love to see the great Baniff Park. How about taking a trip to see Vancouver?

Take a trip to Montreal, see the culture of Quebec City, and even some of the Northwest Territories, or a little bit up in Calgary, just for a change.

Travel
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Habits are Helpful

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How do you practice self-care?

I used to neglect my self-care because of the same old excuses…

I’m busy

I don’t have time

The day is already over so what is the use

However, reading a book called Atomic Habits and listening to some good YouTube influencers who practice self-care has helped me.

Still a beginner, but taking it more seriously.

Some habits with the following cue, craving, reward and response that I have started for my self-care are…

  1. Do not open my phone until 1 hour or 2 when I wake up
  2. Drinking water when I wake up
  3. Trying to sleep early and prioritize sleep
  4. Eating more healthy food and making my meal plan to try new recipes
  5. Exercise in the morning and walking more to help my well
  6. Create a morning and night skincare routine
  7. Meditation when I work at home to reset my mind
  8. Journaling: writing how I felt on paper than keeping it in and becoming mentally unwell
  9. New Hobbies & Comfort Zone. I’m trying to grow more as a person by putting myself out there where its uncomfortable
  10. Limit screen time and reading books
Self-Care

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Reading List

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List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?

Well, I’ve started reading more self-help books lately, because they really broaden my perspective.

All three books that I am still reading, fixed my problems with a little bit of time management, organization, taking charge, letting go control-wise, and personal-wise, looking at some good habits, and reminders of leading a peaceful and good life.

  1. Atomic Habits: James Clear
  2. Good Vibes, Good Life: Vex King
  3. The Let Them Theory: Mel Robbins
My List of Books

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Social Events

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What fears have you overcome and how?

Hmm, recently I have tried to overcome my fear for a goal this year of going to a large social event by myself, with no friends or relatives or family members.

I was just going to a cool social event by myself, avec moi…

It’s really scary, but since I’ve gone to small events with my friends. I thought it might be a nice idea to take a big leap out of my comfort zone and go to a social event by myself.

And I would have to say it was pretty cool and fun. I got most of my comfort today but soon I was nervous at first but then I kind of blended in.

It was an anime convention called Anime North, and it’s usual, certainly every year in May that they usually have their convention to go see panelists, play games, and cosplay. It’s just nice to see the costumes and just to go around having fun.

Since I’m a big fan of anime, I’ve always loved watching it ever since I was young till now and forever, and I was really surprised at all the costumes and so many people that came for a genre that we all love to watch, which was interesting.

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Variety of Hobbies

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What are you good at?

I’m a kind of perfectionist that I want to be good at everything…

However, I have been humbled…

And now know it is alright to be good at one thing and not another and build yourself to try a new skill or to not be aware of what I am good at so I’ll try my best.

For instance… I’m good at

  1. Singing
  2. Cooking
  3. Observing….a bit of Deduction ~ Still working on it
  4. Memorization
  5. Dancing
  6. A mix of Art in different forms

That’s all I could think of.