Write about someone who keeps picking up different hobbies but never manages to stick with them.

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“The Negative Space” by Sutherland Lovell

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I read once that we are the things we love. I’m not sure where I read it, or who said it or anything like that, but I think it must be true. After all, when we tell people about ourselves what we really end up talking about is the things we like, its how we define ourselves. When I was in the third grade, I was a pianist. I took lessons everyday after school. My teacher had this beautiful wooden piano with all types of carvings in it. We sat...

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“Alex” by Procrastination Puffin

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Not so long ago, Alex, a 17 year old kid, had managed to somehow acquire around 500 dollars, and being the ever impulsive buyer, decided that it would be a great time to learn how to play the guitar, the electric guitar. So knowing next to nothing about guitars and their appropriate accessories, he set off to the nearest instrument store around 40 minutes from his home. When Alex stepped inside, all the guitars that were displayed on the wall caught his eye, they all looked ‘cool’ and ‘interesting’ but he had to stay within his price range. ...

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“Rosy Possibly” by Dini Lestari

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I sway my feet on central park. That saturday seems to be more crowded that usual. The bike, doubled. The runners, oh gosh anchovies like with their dogs as the ocean. I would never thrown my self to stuffy crowds willingly to be honest. My saturday was only for my bed, but my therapist said pick one hobbie you want to be good at and commit to it. Underline, commit to it. There's a million things i want to try but commitment, i don't want to ruin your expectation about me but i can't promise it. It's scarry things. Like feeding a pac...

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“Idle Hands ” by WRL Battle

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“Try ventriloquism!” the book said. “It will be fun,” the book said. Now I know it’s not normal for ventriloquist dummies to start talking on their own, I get that. However, being strangled to death by one doesn’t fall under what I call “fun.” Sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself. My name is Jeremy Storm, and I nearly lost my mind during the COVID-19 lockdowns. I know some people can sit motionless in one room for hours on end, but that’s not me. I need to be moving around and doing stuff! Otherwise I feel like I’m completely wasting...

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“Hockey Pucks and Wool Wastelands” by Essy Dean

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Crocheting. Knitting. Bread making. She had tried it all, but nothing was fitting, nothing was working and she knew she had to. She needed something to relax. She kept feeling like she was getting sick. She knew it was just the pandemic getting to her. This was going to be her moment, her year. She was finally going to get that promotion she wanted. She was going to be successful and her parents wouldn’t have an excuse to come out here and argue that she should go back to the private sector. She didn’t want to. She liked her job ...

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“The Unfinished Man” by Sky Morgan

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It hit me in the garage that night. Stu was working on Big Red, whose hood was propped up, its bed stuffed with barrels of trash to be taken in. Stu was staring at the engine like he sometimes looked down at the pasta pot when the water hadn’t boiled yet. “Hey,” I said after a minute. He reached for a wrench on a nearby motorcycle seat. “Babe?” He turned his head, the reddish beard fringed around his jaw flecked with dust. “You coming in so we can talk about it?” Stu walked around to the other side of the engine, which was partl...

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“The Fisherman?” by Stephen Venuti

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The line in Walmart was long and moving at the pace of a snail. Frank was in line with his arms filled to the brim with fishing gear. The smile on his face was so large that anyone near him couldn’t miss it. In his arms he has a fishing rod, some bait, hooks, hooks, and material he knew would need to catch as many fish as he possibly could. He even replaced his baseball cap with one of those classic fishing caps. He was all in and he wanted everyone in the store to know that he was going fishing. As people passed him in line, they would look...

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“The future of Laura Redkins” by Victoria Ruiz

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Her heart was beating so fast that she could barely speak. Laura was afraid that if she breathes, she could explode. She focuses on her mother's voice while she started counting the tiles in the kitchen. -I need that you breathe, sweetie. - her mother's tone was calm and objective. The girl had a long breath and thanked Dona without saying a single word. After taking a shower, Laura was getting ready for her first ballet class when her mother appeared in the door jamb. The woman wore a black pantsuit that makes her look like a ba...

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“Changeling” by Thompson Emate

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“You just can’t keep on switching from one hobby to the other. You just have to stick to the necessary and rewarding ones.”“Yeah! But how do I go about it seeing I tend to enjoy dabbling on so many things. I like trying my hands on so many things. It’s fun to me.”“But you can’t have your hands in every pie and call it fun. I call it a wild goose chase. And you know it’s definitely not any helpful. So you have to channel your energies aright. Ok?”“Yeah. Okay... I'll try. Thanks Fred.”“No problem. I'll call you later. Have to go back to work. ...

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“The Cycle” by Happy GoLucky

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That overcast morning whilst walking down a forlorn trail, Michael picked up a rusted gear cog from the forest floor. It was the size of his fingertip, cold to the touch. He grew fond of it immediately. So worn, gritty, rough around the edges. He could only imagine what contraption it was once a part of. Now he was staring at it on his worktable. “What to do with it?” he thought, tapping his fingers on the cheap folding table. Maybe he could use it on his “magnum opus”. An unfinished sculpture made of paper mâché, wire and tape, lurking fro...

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“Hobby Hoarder” by Anne Calvert

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Vacuuming around the circular model train set left there from two Christmases ago, Jabe says to absolutely no one, “It makes more sense when the Christmas tree is in the middle, but oh well.” He dusts a few of the pieces, shrugs, and moves on. Monopolizing the table in front of the sofa sits a display case housing a variety of coins. Taking a cloth sprayed with window cleaner, Jabe wipes the front of it until all cola splatter is gone and it is shining. Stepping back from his canvas paintings, he straightens the off-kilter ones. Jabe works l...

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Write about someone who keeps picking up different hobbies but never manages to stick with them.

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✍️ 176 stories

“The Negative Space” by Sutherland Lovell

“Alex” by Procrastination Puffin

“Rosy Possibly” by Dini Lestari

“Idle Hands ” by WRL Battle

“Hockey Pucks and Wool Wastelands” by Essy Dean

“The Unfinished Man” by Sky Morgan

“The Fisherman?” by Stephen Venuti

“The future of Laura Redkins” by Victoria Ruiz

“Changeling” by Thompson Emate

“The Cycle” by Happy GoLucky

“Hobby Hoarder” by Anne Calvert

🌟 Similar prompts

Start your story with one character trying to convince another to take up their favorite hobby.

Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet.

Write about someone who still practices a skill that used to be necessary but has long since been replaced by technology.

Set your story at a convention for a hobby most people have never heard of.

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