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Hiking & photography mostly. The photography I'm not very good at, but I enjoy it and I'd like more time to do it available to get better at it.

• vgeek 5y ago
  Best way is practice. The photo per day challenge makes you accountable. Plus it is a reason to go places you otherwise wouldn't.
  • alar44 5y ago
    Or people can just enjoy things in an organic way. I'm tired of "challenges". It's ok not to practice something every day. We don't need to be constantly working on ourselves. It's ok to just be.
    • kataklasm 5y ago
      Seconded. I too call photography one of my hobbies and when I started out back then (it's been 7 or 8 years now) I'd run into creativity blockades all the time. So I did what most would do and took to the internet, especially forums, which told me to just do the 'Photo a Day' challenge for a year straight. Well, suffice to say it just made me feel even worse about the hobby and nearly made me sell my gear back then because it just drained every bit of creativity I had left. My anecdotally-based advice in this situation: take a break, put your gear somewhere it is easily accessible and in arm's reach but, most importantly, out of sight. You don't want to be reminded of it every day if you need a break. For me it went so far as to me selling every piece of photographic equipment I owned which wasn't a smart decision financially but after two years of not shooting at all i suddenly had the urges again, bought all the necessary (and none more) gear and got back to it, better than ever before! Long rant, point being: take a break when you feel like it. Hobbies are just that: hobbies. They shouldn't feel like a job, you (hopefully) already got that covered; don't make it one. And lastly: have fun with whatever you deem fun, don't stress out too much :)