Doctors have shown that people who have satisfying hobbies are far less likely to suffer from stress.
If you find a sport or hobby that you really enjoy then you will benefit enormously - both mentally and physically.
But finding the right hobby can be difficult when there are so many options to choose from.
This questionnaire is designed to enable you to find the activities that are right for you. Work your way through these questions and you'll be led directly to a shortlist of possibilities.
1. Would you prefer a hobby involving plenty of physical activity?
Yes: go to question 2
No: go to question 3
2. Would you prefer a hobby that takes you out of doors a good deal?
Yes: go to question 4
No: go to question 5
3. Would you prefer a hobby that takes you out of doors a good deal?
Yes: go to question 6
No: go to question 7
4. Would you prefer a hobby involving plenty of contact with other people?
Yes: go to question 8
No: go to question 9
5. Would you prefer a hobby involving plenty of contact with other people?
Yes: go to question 10
No: go to question 11
6. Would you prefer a hobby involving plenty of contact with other people?
Yes: go to question 12
No: go to question 13
7. Would you prefer a hobby involving plenty of contact with other people?
Yes: go to question 14
No: go to question 15
8. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST ONE
No: SEE LIST TWO
9. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST THREE
No: SEE LIST FOUR
10. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST FIVE
No: SEE LIST SIX
11. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST SEVEN
No: SEE LIST EIGHT
12. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST NINE
No: SEE LIST TEN
13. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST ELEVEN
No: SEE LIST TWELVE
14. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST THIRTEEN
No: SEE LIST FOURTEEN
15. Would you prefer a hobby offering challenge and excitement?
Yes: SEE LIST FIFTEEN
No: SEE LIST SIXTEEN
LIST ONE
You need outdoor activity that will be physically tiring, involve you with other people and offer you a challenge and perhaps an opportunity for competition.
If you choose a non-team sport, try to set yourself specific challenges. Try to beat personal or club records, for example.
Possibilities: tennis, football, rambling, hiking and climbing.
LIST TWO
You need an outdoor activity that will be physically tiring and involve you with other people, but won't offer you too much in the way of competition.
Possibilities: walking, climbing, rambling, hiking.
LIST THREE
You need a hobby that involves physical exercise, takes you out of doors, doesn't involve much contact with others, but does challenge you.
Possibilities: a lonely but demanding activity - such as running. Set yourself targets, try to break your fastest time.
LIST FOUR
You need a physically tiring hobby that will take you out of doors but won't involve you with others and won't put you under too much pressure.
Possibilities: gardening. If you can't afford a home with a garden plot, find someone prepared to let you cultivate their garden. Or perhaps try cycling.
LIST FIVE
You need an indoor activity in which you will meet other people, get plenty of exercise and find yourself pushed to your limits.
Possibilities: squash, badminton, table tennis. Find a local club.
LIST SIX
You need an indoor activity in which you will meet other people and get plenty of physical activity, while avoiding stress or pressure.
Possibilities: join a dance class or swimming club. Or perhaps a volleyball or basketball club where you could play purely for fun. Just make sure that you don't allow yourself to be pushed into trying to meet other people's targets.
LIST SEVEN
You need a fairly lonely indoor activity that will be physically demanding and rather competitive.
Possibilities: swimming (against the clock) or working in a gymnasium where you can keep a record of your achievements. Take up sculpture, carpentry or metalwork. Try selling what you make or look for a chance to have your work displayed (local art and craft shops, as well as libraries and colleges may be worth approaching).
LIST EIGHT
You need a fairly lonely indoor activity that will be physically demanding but not too competitive.
Possibilities: cooking, baking bread or making garden furniture, pottery, metalwork, sculpture or carpentry for fun. Or attend a gymnasium a couple of days a week for fun.
LIST NINE
You need an outdoor activity that won't be too physically tiring but will involve you with other people. You need something that offers a challenge.
Possibilities: photography, hunting for antiques or rare books in junkshops or at sales. Or start gardening and sell your produce to local nurseries, or exhibit it in shows, or try golf.
LIST TEN
You need an outdoor activity that won't be too physically tiring but will involve you with other people. It should be something that isn't too much of a challenge and which doesn't involve any competition.
LIST ELEVEN
You need a fairly lonely outdoor activity that won't be too physically tiring but will offer you a chance to be competitive.
Possibilities: try growing vegetables or flowers to exhibit. Or try breeding animals for show.
LIST TWELVE
You need a fairly lonely outdoor activity that won't be too physically tiring and won't offer too much stress.
Possibilities: gardening (perhaps a small herb garden?) photography, golf. Or take an interest in archaeology, natural history or local history.
LIST THIRTEEN
You need an indoor activity in which you will meet other people, avoid physical exercise and find yourself pushed to your limits.
Possibilities: see what course local colleges have available. Take up photography and join a camera club. Start a small catering organisation providing food for parties and other occasions. Offer your services as secretary or treasurer of some local voluntary group. Or stand for political office.
LIST FOURTEEN
You need an indoor hobby that doesn't put you under any physical strain, doesn't necessarily involve you with other people, but does put you under some sort of pressure.
Possibilities: try writing or photography. Take a correspondence course in a subject that has always interested you. Try newspaper and magazine competitions.
LIST FIFTEEN
You need an indoor activity that isn't too physically demanding, enables you to meet others, but doesn't put too much pressure on you.
Possibilities: join a pottery or art class. Take up part-time voluntary work with a local charity. Join an organization of people with similar interests or beliefs to your own.
LIST SIXTEEN
You need a fairly lonely indoor activity that won't be too physically tiring, too competitive or too challenging.
Possibilities: consider collecting something - stamps, coins, matchbox labels, glass, old prints, maps, dolls, buttons, books, records, autographs, shells or china. Or try doing crosswords or jigsaw puzzles. Try picking winners at the horse races (without actually putting any money on!) Acquire pen friends.
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