Do you have a hobby? According to some dictionaries, a hobby is an activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation, primarily for pleasure.

A good idea is to have at least one hobby for outdoor enjoyment that provides exercise, and another for indoors when the weather isn't so good.

While many hobbies "collect" things, it's better if your hobby requires you to use your creative skills. A hobby such as this might be painting, writing, sculpting or even learning a new language.

Hobbies can be pursued individually, or with one or more others.

If you don't have a hobby right now, take some time to think about what you'd really love to do.

It doesn't matter if its something you do now, or, if you're any good at it... Only that it's something you'd really love to do.

One of my favorite activities is to spend time with Roton, my Timizan (a breed of dog on Lorrendar), playing fetch. I've heard dogs on Terra play fetch, but it's a different game for us. Our game involves taking a boorhdo (a soft, fabric-covered ball that has rattling seeds inside) and using magic to move it from hiding place to hiding place. Each time I'm ready to move the boorhdo, I rattle it a few times to alert Roton, and then I quickly zip it to it's new location.

This particular game keeps Roton on his toes, and, it helps develop his intuitive skills. On a good day, after three or four moves, he is able to anticipate the next place the boorhdo will be sent to and heads there to await its arrival.

My main hobby is sculpting. I don't do people, but rather objects in nature. My most recent piece is a hornets' nest. Rather interesting choice, don't you think? I was out walking one day when I saw a nest in a tree off to the side of the trail. Sculpting the nest wasn't the hardest part of the project, though it did present its own challenges. No, the more difficult pieces were the individual hornets that were part of the nest. I had thought about doing twenty or so, but changed my mind after I'd done eleven. That was enough. Artistic license, I think it's called.

My sister, Khristyne, enjoys kiting. This is similar to what you have on Terra and call hang gliding, but its done a little differently here. We have mountain passes that the wind blows through at really high speeds. To kite, we anchor one end of a tether to a large boulder and then connect the other to the kite. Then, because of the speeds the wind blows, the kite and its rider are lifted.

Really experienced kiters reach heights of five hundred feet and more. The problem, of course, is that the wind is fickle and can stop at just the wrong time. If it doesn't start back up, the rider can be in serious trouble. Skilled riders manage to safely glide back down. For others, thankfully, we have really good healers.

Greggory, my brother, builds flying discs. He likes this hobby because it's something he can do regardless of the weather. When things are stormy and he has to stay inside, he crafts the discs, which takes lots of patience. It involves weaving together reeds and grasses that he chooses 'specially for their combination of flexibility, light weight and strength.