Class 12 English Hobbies

Yes, I firmly believe that walking helps us to understand ourselves better. Walking provides the best of both worlds: it offers the physical benefits of cardiovascular exercise while also significantly boosting our emotional well-being. Regular walking can help reduce anxiety, depression, and a negative mood. It can also boost self-esteem and reduce the symptoms of social withdrawal.

Walking also actively helps to clear our heads and allows us to think creatively. It opens up a free flow of ideas and is a simple way to increase creativity and get physical activity at the exact same time. While walking, especially in nature, we interact with our inner self; we evaluate our thoughts, our works, and our daily behavior without the distraction of screens or crowds. This quiet introspection makes us realize actually who we are. Understanding ourselves means self-realization, which can happen most profoundly when we are alone and submerged within the natural world. Thus, it’s undeniably true that walking helps us to understand ourselves.

Hobbies are widely seen as markers of a balanced person who is adept at juggling personal and professional well-being. I have only one major hobby, yet it happily consumes all my free time. I enjoy reading and have always been a voracious reader since childhood.

Although I usually prefer reading fiction, I make a deliberate effort to read at least one non-fiction book every couple of months. My first memorable book was “Famous Five Go to Kirrin Island” at the age of ten. What I truly treasure about my reading hobby is its magical power to transport me to different locations and eras whilst I’m still safely sitting on my couch. It is a fantastic, low-budget travel option that I often take!

Recently, I started attending local book club meetings. It’s a group of 15 individuals, and we meet on the third Sunday of every month to discuss the books that we have read in that month. It’s wonderful how a few simple lines of text can have so many varied interpretations, and can give rise to a multitude of emotions and opinions. My hobby has made me develop critical analytical thinking and profound open-mindedness. Reading has also vastly broadened my imagination across new horizons. I wouldn’t possibly trade it for anything else, ever!

Yes, it’s true that many people try to turn their passions and hobbies into careers. But what I think is that a big decision of whether to turn a hobby into a career is a godsend for some lucky folks, but for other poor souls, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Whether you’re looking to go freelance, set up a limited company, or become a sole trader, making a beloved hobby turn into a necessary livelihood can be a messy business.

Hobbies are really important for personal growth, stress relief, and pure enjoyment. The last thing you want to do is turn a form of escapism—something you do to get away from the hustle, bustle, and grind of everyday life—into something stressful, pressurized, and deadline-driven. Once money is involved, the pure joy often fades. To sum up, if a person is truly, relentlessly passionate about their craft and can handle the business side, then they can easily turn their hobby into a fulfilling career; otherwise, it’s going to be a great suffering and they may lose their hobby forever.

(Here is an essay on the benefits of walking, written by Kushal:)

Advantages of Morning Walk

The modern-day world is unfortunately full of psychological disorders, poor health, mental tension, and many more lifestyle-related problems. Likewise, the daily life of some people is like a mad, stressful rush from one work to another without any proper break. Besides, there are very few people in the world that actually care about their physical health more than their work or daily tasks. But, there are simple, natural ways by which we can restore our health fully, and a routine morning walk is one of the best among them. Additionally, it is so universally effective that it can reduce a vast amount of health disorders from the world.

From childhood, we have heard the famous proverb that “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This is not just an empty saying because morning walks literally make a man healthy and mentally wise. A morning walk provides a profound connection with nature before the daily chaos begins. Breathing in the fresh, unpolluted morning air fills our lungs with clean oxygen, rejuvenating our cells and clearing our minds.

Moreover, it vastly improves the physical shape and state of the body, which protects us from many chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Besides all this, morning walks create a sense of social equality among the people; out on the walking trail, everyone is just a walker, regardless of their status.

Above all, a morning walk gives you steady energy, motivates you to avoid laziness, creates a highly positive mindset, and it is exceptionally good for your internal organs, especially the heart. It also gives you quiet, uninterrupted time to plan your daily schedule. Interestingly, while some research suggests the best time for a walk is in the latter part of the afternoon, the psychological benefits of starting the day right are unparalleled.

To sum it up, we can confidently say that a morning walk is very important for the human body. It helps to keep the body and mind continuously healthy. Everyone, whether kids or elders, should absolutely try to make a morning walk a permanent part of their daily routine. As it is clinically seen that the life expectancy of people who walk daily is significantly more in comparison to those who live a sedentary lifestyle.