What's one hobby that's helped you through a difficult time? 🌿**

I'll go first.

I'm recovering from a triple cervical fusion, and honestly, gardening has become one of the best forms of therapy for me. Watching my snap beans grow, waiting for my peppers to ripen, and seeing my sunflower bloom has reminded me that healing takes time—and that's okay.

It gives me something positive to look forward to every day, even on the harder ones.

So I'm curious...

What's one hobby, game, movie, craft, or simple activity that's helped you get through a tough season of life? 

Kind of hard to pinpoint one exact thing - I have a habit of jumping from hobby to hobby, so I'll just name a bunch. Anime, I've played table tennis, gone on long walks - last year I walked 660 km in 31 days -, reading and a variety of video games. This year I've also picked up music production (with FL Studio) despite knowing nothing about that kinda thing. 

Anything that distracts me from myself, really.

making roblox builds and talking to my friends and drawing and writing

Last year I had hip surgery. I also got into gardening and propagating houseplants. I felt like it was very therapeutic for me also. 

Drinking! 🍺

Well, when I was younger and going through things it was coding and web programming and chatting with like minded people. We had our own corner of the web and our own websites and it really helped me at the time.

Music has ALWAYS been there for me.

But some other things that I can dip in and out of:

Gaming

Cooking

Crafting

Hiking

Going to the gym actually!
I used it as a way to keep discipline in my life. Having a personal goal that benefits myself only (unrelated to my career or academics) was something I absolutely needed when drowning in work.