Why Hobbies Are Important, By Makaila Odoom

 Why Hobbies Are Important

Hobbies improve your mental health, because doing things you enjoy makes you happy. It might be as simple as knitting, painting, or just talking to friends. Sport hobbies improve your physical health, because with sports, there is an amount of training you have to do for them. For track, you have to practice running. That might mean jogging during the day, stretching your legs, or swimming to improve leg strength. For a sport like gymnastics, you have to focus on upper and lower body strength. My older brother is a competitive gymnast. He has to do mostly upper body exercises for his events. But lower, is also important, because if you do flips with little strength in your legs, they could be injured. That’s why it’s important to eat healthy and exercise when playing a sport to strengthen your bones. Sports are great hobbies if you like working out.

There are tons of hobbies out there. The ones I've already mentioned, gymnastics, track, swimming, knitting, painting, are only a few of the many options. Here is a list of hobbies based on what you might like to do.

Sports: Track, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, pickleball, soccer, ice skating, roller skating, skateboarding, basketball, volleyball, golf, bowling, fencing, martial arts, cheerleading, dancing, gliding, baseball, football, cricket, table tennis, equestrian, archery, poolball, hockey, rugby, snowboarding, polo, lacrosse, badminton, water polo, surfing, rock climbing, fishing, wrestling, and so on.

Art and the Arts: Animation, painting, drawing, photography, acting, singing, dancing, origami, jewelry making, scrapbooking, reading, sewing, journaling, calligraphy, knitting, woodworking, pottery, creative writing, graphic design, rug making, baking, cooking and so on.

Fun hobbies you can do at home: Fort building, obstacle course making, board game making, game inventing, different science experiments, and so on.

And for my last topic, picking a hobby. The basic answer is, just pick what makes you happy. I would recommend trying out different hobbies, and choose the one you like the most. Don’t be forced to do something you don’t like, but do what makes you happy. I hope you enjoyed this essay of Why Hobbies Are Important! See you next time!