December 2018 / January 2019 - What's Happening @ LWLC: National Hobby Month

Since January is seen as a month for New Year's resolutions, some resolutions include learning a new hobby or enhancing skills in a current hobby. Therefore, January is National Hobby Month. (Text: NF)

image: Hobbies on a Budget

Some websites relevant to National Hobby Month include:

48 Famous People with Surprising Hobbies (MentalFloss) 

50 Most Popular Hobbies (NotSoBoringLife.com) - also has links to a list of hobbies, types of hobbies, and 100 celebrity hobbies.

How to Celebrate National Hobby Month (WikiHow)

List of Hobbies and Interests (Buzzle) - organized into 10 categories

List of Hobbies (Wikipedia) 

Text: NF

Some books and e-books pertaining to hobbies are listed below: (selections: NF):

Here are favorite hobbies of 5 LWLC staff members: 

Cassandra Cavness, Humanities / Digital Archivist 

"Photographing anything that catches my eye."

​Neil Foulger, Electronic Resources / Serials Services Librarian

"Learning languages helps to understand other ways to express ideas and understand what others are saying. It also brings smiles when a language speaker sees you try to understand them on their terms. I can speak 4 languages proficiently, understand a few others, and studying a few more".

Jessica Platt, Education Doctoral Librarian

"In my spare time, I enjoy practicing yoga and meditation. Yoga develops inner awareness; it focuses your attention on your body's abilities at the present moment and can be a challenging workout. Yoga is known for its ability to soothe tension and anxiety in the mind and body, but it can also have an impact on a person's exercise capacity. Meditation also has several different benefits for practitioners: it aids in relaxation and stress relief, improves concentration, strengthens memory, is helpful in treating mild depression, and can keep away normal cognitive decline that happens as the body ages."

Compiled by NF