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  1. Kayla
    16 November 2011 @ 11:21 am

    It is important to do things that you really enjoy. But having a hobby just to have a hobby is difficult unless its something that you really enjoy and its flexible enough that you can miss it every once in a while without causing problems. I volunteer every Sunday at the Humane Society, taking pictures of cats and writing their profiles for their website. Sometimes I just can’t make it because I am physically unable, but the people are happy to have me no matter what. And when I can get myself to go, my pain level goes down a lot when I am interacting with the cats. But if I didn’t get that part out of the deal (all the happy and the fuzzy and the cuteness and the feeling better), I probably wouldn’t do it because it would most likely make me worse.

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  2. MigraineMe
    17 November 2011 @ 10:48 am

    Both the post and Kayla make good points! For me, I agree, that the key is having hobbies/commitments that can be cancelled, if needed. As Kayla said, there are some days she is physically unable to go to volunteer, and likewise, there are a lot of us who have this same problem. For me, however, it is frustrating when I have a hobby/commitment that I plan to do as a form of stress relief, but when I am physically unable to do it I get frustrated if I feel like I am letting someone else down due to my physical inability. So, for me, I try to make sure that the things I do as a hobby are things that I can cancel in the event that I don’t feel well or are physically unable to participate so that I don’t feel frustrated for letting others down. Things like golf, for example, are individual sports that I can play with others, but I am not letting someone else down by not showing up because it is not a team activity.

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