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Apart from what an individual does for a living, which usually takes up only about 8 hours a day, he also finds time to do some other work. This is really what he often wants to do, but since this job does not get him enough money for a living, he usually takes it up as a part time activity in which he has a lot of interest. Naturally due to his own personal interest, he also develops a lot of knowledge about the matter.
Having a hobby is something which humans have been associated with for a long time and thus it can be seen in many areas related to humans. Let us look at some of them, as there may be other hobbies also that are not listed here. Some hobbies are animal-related and can be further broken down into beekeeping, dog breeding, herpeto-culture, animal fancy meaning having pet or show animals, keeping horses and animal rescue which may be for injured or orphaned wild or domestic animals. Another range of hobbies are regarding arts and crafts and these may be broken down into blacksmithing, crochet, dollhouses, doll making, drawing, embroidery, enamels, knitting, miniature figures, painting, figure painting, tole painting, pottery, quilting, maintaining scrapbooks, sculpture, sewing, stained glass keeping, stamping, warm glass keeping, weaving, wood carving and woodworking. The work here is often done by the individual. (List of hobbies)
The hobby may be one of simple collections of antiques, works of art, autographs, books, classic videogames, coins, collection of fossils, comic books, currency, driving dumpsters, collecting enamels, microchips, match box labels, postcards, records, rocks and minerals, scale models, shopping lists, stamps, trading cards like baseball cards, wine labels or shot glasses. Some hobbies are computer related and may be collection of 3D computer graphics designs, animation...
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