Trying My Childhood Hobbies 🧒🏿🎹🎨

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Since turning my biggest hobby into my job, I'm determined to find other activities that I can do for fun! In this video, I try my childhood hobbies to see if I wanna pick them back up as an adult.
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@Evelynfromtheinternets 4 жыл бұрын

Any piano kids in the comments? Did y’all randomly have recitals in department stores too?! Please say yes lol

@wrenwordsmith5378 4 жыл бұрын

Keyboard kiddo here! Had to learn music theory in my household:)

@okorolina 4 жыл бұрын

My son is having recitals in department stores, even Costco! and the local airport. It's still a thing!

@AlexNicoleM1993 4 жыл бұрын

I still have mine it’s a Casio lighted keyboard unfortunately it’s been in storage. I haven’t played it in years.

@bluelilacfawn 4 жыл бұрын

EXXX piano and violin kid here, no departments stores but i had to do a little sumtheen sumtheen for when it was our turn to host family get togethers 😭

@whatamelons 4 жыл бұрын

I had a Yamaha, AND a Casio, sis! Hahahaha! Y'all remember them songs like Oh Danny Boy?! 😅😅😅 Yoooooo, Addy from American Girl?! I had saved up my money from babysitting to buy her! Hahahahaha! 💖💖💖 My mom and Evelyn's mom must have been related, because, dang! But play is something that we (black folks) were always told to "stop playing" (recalling Wanda's most recent stand up comedy show). It's important to never lose that inner child that helps us cope with adulting. I've been reading more (physical) books, going outside, bouncing my basketball, playing beach volleyball, and smiling more because of it. Go out and play today! Thank you Evelyn, this video was/is much needed!

@amr0125 4 жыл бұрын

"No one cares about your life the way you do." That hit me straight in the ribcage.

@Facesbytsm 4 жыл бұрын

I am saving this under powerful TedTalks

@MEGAoneARMEDbandit 4 жыл бұрын

Evelyn is the most relatable person 💜

@21LASCIVIOUS1986 4 жыл бұрын

She really is. I'm calm and smile while I watch her.

@mixedveggies528 4 жыл бұрын

Evelyn: “yayyyy I can’t wait to color!” ~*proceeds to use $2,000 MacBook Pro as a craft table*~

@paulamcdowell889 4 жыл бұрын

😭😭

@losttime1238 4 жыл бұрын

"Did I get played?" Girrrlll 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@adRii2craZii 4 жыл бұрын

You've just smacked me in the face with this drag of not having any actual hobbies. I gotta do better.

@alex1smay 4 жыл бұрын

TheResidentLesbian same, sis!

@ayonnazglam9050 4 жыл бұрын

Right!! Lol time to re-evaluate 😂

@MaryAnneAchieng 4 жыл бұрын

preach! I'm trying to think back to my childhood, but all I remember is making shitty dolls from my torn clothes and drawing (turns out, I don't have an imagination anymore lol)

@Animefreak242 4 жыл бұрын

I feel so put on the spot. Like... I love reading and writing. Does that count? 😭 I have no musical talent and I tried sewing and I don't have the patience.

@oceanchords 4 жыл бұрын

me too!!

@TheeFatGuru 4 жыл бұрын

I'm crying at the. "favorit" and rour 🤣🤣

@Sallyy150 4 жыл бұрын

I also converted my hobby into a job.. those ppl who told us that it is the happiest ppl have their hobby as their job were lying.. we got PLAYED!

@abbieamavi 4 жыл бұрын

Nuha E. H I’ve always heard the opposite? 😂😂

@mannycrusher 4 жыл бұрын

My sister and I had an elaborate, drama filled, and complicated cartoom series that was based on the narrative we had created with our baby dolls.

@zucchinigreen 4 жыл бұрын

Same! But with my brother lol. We also invented world wars and incorporated celebrities into our takes lol.

@CorettaJG 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@irishgn08 4 жыл бұрын

God, I'm like 3 minutes into this and I feel this so hard: I'm basically doing everything I want right now and I feel nothing but burned out and stressed out, which feels... wrong? Like, I'm so privileged to be here, but I'm also a neurotic mess because literally everything I have goes into my work every single day, and I feel like I have nothing left for myself. what I'm saying is you knew the perfect time for the right video to my heart. okay, now to watch the rest. Also, I think it's really funny that you're making a video about this when that's also the stressor. But I guess that's kinda your thing too.

@ST-fw5iq 4 жыл бұрын

"I used to make videos and burn them on DVD's " I. Feel. So. Old. I'm from the days before videotapes.

@keeshabrown7353 4 жыл бұрын

Before videotapes? Are you speaking of BETA? I grew up on VHS

@dezb8510 4 жыл бұрын

Ha! I remember my dad had one homie with a big camera 🎥 on his shoulder and he would record our pool/super bowl/birthday parties! I feel old too!

@keeshabrown7353 4 жыл бұрын

@@dezb8510 Yeah. That was called a videocamera. I remember those too. My dad and I watched Boyz n Da Hood and King David together many times on VHS in the mid 80s & early 90s. I have decided that these tech changes don't mean we are old in any way. Rather they are a reflection of how quickly things change and our beautiful ability to remember. We're still young. I know I am! 😂✌🏼

@lizeth8524 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 19 and I also have no hobbies and I feel so miserable because I'm always doing school related things or I'm wasting time on my phone. We sometimes overlook the importance of doing something outside our regular rutines just to enjoy it.

@CecileVeillard 4 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@CiriliaRose 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who has had many “dream jobs,” I feel this 😭

@onesexytan 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy my mom introduced reading to me as a kid. I use to read Sweet Valley High, Judy Bloom, The Babysitters Club, R.L. Stine and so forth. I eventually graduated to historical romance novels...(because that's the only books my mom read lol), but now I read some of everything. Self help, paranormal, novels, classics...it's the best hobby ever. It's like an escape from my everyday life.

@tatendamhindurwa6380 4 жыл бұрын

I loved all those books. 😭😩 They were the best.

@Delabra87 4 жыл бұрын

Yes to R.L. Stine and those good ol' Goosebumps also Agatha Christie and her mysteries. There were others just cant think off top at the moment. Highlights magazines and read a thons etc...

@MsDanicaa 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet valley high and the hardy boys! Oh the good old days!!

@Godsgoodgriefministry 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I ❤ R.L. Stine!!

@wellitsclose 4 жыл бұрын

I think having a hobby that REMAINS a hobby is key. People said “ohhhh your photos are so good, you should do this and that and get paid”. That wasnt the move. #perfectionist Haven’t touched a camera in a year bc it came with too much baggage BUT this inspired me to pick it up again and keep it just for fun 📸 Childhood hobbies: collecting rocks 😩, reading (this was major) , coloring, taking photos, rearranging and decorating my room 🤷🏾‍♀️

@dezb8510 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I wanted to learn about other cultures and I signed up for this letter exchange program(this was in the 80s) and I ended up writing to this other kid in France for 5-6 years I had so much fun finding stationary and buying stamps it was .50 cents back then to send something overseas. Sigh memories.

@PortraitofAsha 4 жыл бұрын

That's sounds so precious ♥

@zucchinigreen 4 жыл бұрын

That sounds great. I'm sure there's an online version of international penpals. 🙂

@nikima99 4 жыл бұрын

I had a few penpals back in the olden days. There used to be listings in the last pages of Black Beat magazine and I would pick ppl to write to. None of these "friendships" last that long though.

@jasminechastine4082 4 жыл бұрын

I have a tear in my eye 😢

@mariposa1236 4 жыл бұрын

I learned a few years ago, that if I wanted more happiness, I just needed to "revisit" my favorite hobbies more FREQUENTLY! Just working and working can be so draining...😓

@bunny_boop 4 жыл бұрын

as someone who was always told to not have hobbies unless it produced something useful, it was really nice to watch someone indulge in themselves and focus solely on bringing back their hobbies. it's motivation to find something I can do for fun without thinking I'm silly :')

@haleyspence 4 жыл бұрын

Silliness is a virtue not a fault anyways

@PortraitofAsha 4 жыл бұрын

Sigh, my dream friend. The way you unevenly folded that paper rumbled my anxiety a liddle. Evelyn, you're one of a kind. ♥

@rheaboyd893 4 жыл бұрын

I remember “LET’S GO”!!!! That was wayyyyyyyyyy back in the day when you used describe your hair as “Shine-T” when you did the product reviews!!! You were loved then, and are loved now, Ms. Thang!!! I appreciate you sharing your gift (or hobby, once removed) with the internets! 🤗👍🏾

@GoIggles92 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying so hard these last few months to find something I enjoy doing just for fun. Hobby? Who is she? Don’t know her.

@MyraSponse 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind a T-shirt with your sayings on it Evelyn "If you will" . Lol love that . " Know what I'm saying. (That's another one lol )

@CecileVeillard 4 жыл бұрын

Practicizing, if you will!

@Oone2023 4 жыл бұрын

I agree all my nieces and nephews know Evelyn catchphrases cuz I'm always saying them lol we need t shirts for sure

@bethmw28 3 жыл бұрын

I want that drawing of the tiger on a tshirt 😂

@SankofaAncestorShrine 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I did this weird thing where you put lots of beads onto this frame and then ironed it and then you had this ironed plastic...thing. I also did the thing where you made beads into animals and braided plastic into lanyards. My childhood hobbies were manipulating colorful plastic and reading now that I think back on it. Very strange. Good video!

@jessicalister 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I did both of those too. I think I did the ironing of the beads more. So much fun! What is it called? I wonder if they still sell them.

@dobetterwithchristian4472 4 жыл бұрын

I made the braided plastic lanyards too! That was so much fun. Now I also want to buy string. lol

@themollygrove 4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Lister perler beads. I swear I was vacuuming those up 15 years later in my childhood bedroom.

@blindseeing 4 жыл бұрын

@@themollygrove yes perler beads thank youuuuuu

@stripedsweater520 4 жыл бұрын

I'm screaming because I loooovvveddd making things out the beads and ironing them. Anything that had girls on a box smiling and having fun I wanted it lol making bracelets and all . I used to make tree houses with popsicle sticks, and take a part my Barbie bicycle from the dollar store lol

@ashdall 4 жыл бұрын

As a child, I collected pencils. After school, when all my classmates were outside and I was waiting for my parents to pick me up I would go back into my classroom and collect all the pencils that were on the ground from that day. I even got a few of my friends into doing it lol

@MesRevesEnRose 4 жыл бұрын

That is so strange... and it sounds straight from a wes anderson movie 😂

@mercykelly8173 4 жыл бұрын

I just kindly left the song I was listening to as soon as the notification came in. Edit: we got a 19min video out of you yes gawd!!

@shacoyazimmerman7718 4 жыл бұрын

Lol same here

@dominiquepowell-saidykhan2916 4 жыл бұрын

That random people ZINE took me out... 😂🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I’m proud of you cousin... for getting back to yourself and things you like to do! Very inspiring... 🤔

@kathleenharris8824 4 жыл бұрын

This makes me want to go to Michael’s Arts and Crafts Store buy out the whole store while doing cartwheels down every aisle!

@Yarickzz 4 жыл бұрын

I started knitting again! My grandma taught me years and years ago and I decided to pick it up again. It's incredibly relaxing and I only try to do it when I feel like it, it's not something I force myself to do as a chore.

@theyearofgreatness 4 жыл бұрын

“rour” 😂

@viviantompkins7925 4 жыл бұрын

The American girl books were my childhood too!! I think it took me like 2 months to get through all 4 chapters of “Meet Josefina” and I was so proud of myself when I did, lol

@thekrocka 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid my favorite hobbies were cutting up my big sister’s clothes to make doll clothes. As I got older I learned to sew on the machine and then discovered the fabric store. Man I miss that. Reading and playing the cello were my other favorites. Unfortunately, my cello was a rental and The “hard times,” ushered in by Reagonimics meant an end to rental $$$. I was just starting to learn the Bach Suites. Yes, even in the ghetto we learned Bach 😂. Good times. Good times *sigh*

@tatid6743 4 жыл бұрын

This might be the most innovative self care video I’ve seen on KZfaq

@yun-pg8cr 4 жыл бұрын

Damn your brother grew up since those post college vlogs 😱🤯😱

@makeupmelaninmedicine3873 4 жыл бұрын

The Addy books gave me such nostalgia. I miss reading for funsies

@Aaliyah_Eli 4 жыл бұрын

Evelyn playing the keyboard made me smile😭 and I can relate with parents giving away toys to lil cousins, the betrayal😪💔 edit** this vid has encouraged me to find a hobby..unless binge watching TV shows and eating counts as a hobby 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

@shacoyazimmerman7718 4 жыл бұрын

I realized I don't have any hobbies last week this video just made me realize I'm bored lol

@TeonnaMarie 4 жыл бұрын

my hobbies were painting , making books, creating wacky clothes by drawing, cutting and painting on them. Now that I'm older, I only paint every blue moon but I still enjoy it 😊

@mangomania7321 4 жыл бұрын

I don't have any hobbies either and that's why I'm always mentally drained

@CecileVeillard 4 жыл бұрын

Right!! We have to do something for ourselves once in a while. Daily, if we can!

@mangomania7321 4 жыл бұрын

@@CecileVeillard yea I just don't know what to do or I'm to tired or depressed to do anything

@CecileVeillard 4 жыл бұрын

@@mangomania7321 I feel you!! To be honest I had the same problem until I started doing Noom. It's a weight loss program & it's not for everybody (especially if you don't need to lose weight!) but it's been helpful for me because it's holistic & it teaches you to take care of yourself beyond "how to eat right." It took me through the steps I needed to figure out HOW to take care of myself. It made me set GOALS for how to take care of myself. Like instead of my goals being all boring "adulting" stuff ("Pay my taxes," "Clean my house,") I started setting goals to do the things I wanted to do: Go see the beach, pet the dogs, paint my nails, buy art supplies, treat myself to a coffee & sip it in peace without looking at my phone for 15 full minutes...From the little things to the big things. It's made such a huge difference in shifting my focus from life being one huge chore to actually making time to enjoy things. (The chores still get done, but they don't run my life.) Hoping some of this helps cuz I'm only just recently starting to figure this stuff out!! ❤

@mangomania7321 4 жыл бұрын

@@CecileVeillard that's amazing. I hope I can do it one day

@quotidiankomorebi 4 жыл бұрын

My childhood hobby was basically archiving. I would spend hours downloading music files back when you could use an iPhone as a flash drive and I’d compile the whole album from scratch, put in the cover art, the song info, and then catalog my music library all on my own. ☺️

@arenee656 4 жыл бұрын

I collected rocks and shells, star gazed, and did “science experiments” with my science kit that my 3rd grade teacher gifted me for my birthday (thanks Ms. Emmanuel). I also remember really liking to explore.

@misslav207 4 жыл бұрын

When you mentioned the comet in the bath tub and having to give your stuff to your cousins, I felt that 😣

@lucillec8501 4 жыл бұрын

This totally reminds me of when I used to love, LOVE , drawing and art as a child but then I did art as a subject in high school. As soon as exams came in, it totally killed it for me. Determined to get back into though

@PortraitofAsha 4 жыл бұрын

This is my story regarding art as well! Exams totally killed it

@kyrahb96 4 жыл бұрын

Lucille Comm I never took art in school just for that reason, then took graphic design classes in college a couple years ago...haven’t drawn since lol

@gabriellajones7850 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this. I started an entire company to afford a camera, to make videos, for fun. It's an expensive hobby but I refuse to let filmmaking be my job

@vanessah4545 4 жыл бұрын

This brings me back to growing up in the 90s. I didn't have a Nintendo or Sega. I had Barbies, Casio piano and coloring books. 😌 Those were the times.

@blindseeing 4 жыл бұрын

15:08 the pure joy when u open that gluestick lol

@kaseykapow8995 4 жыл бұрын

It never fails to amaze me how in-tune and on-time my favorite youtubers are. I've been thinking so much about my childhood lately (therapy, therapy, therapy) and one of the things I had been thinking about was how I spent my free time as a kid. I grew up on an old dairy farm with my little brother and one neighbor close to our age...we played soooo many imaginary games. The barn was our hospital, school, grocery store, restaurant.... I miss that creativity.

@majeedahmuhammad8281 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, Evelyn. Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy you.

@jackielocs2301 4 жыл бұрын

Hobbies included: reading, baking without recipes, journaling, coloring, making greeting cards, jewelry making, playing guitar, bassoon and clarinet, writing lyrics and poetry, riding my bike...wow! This was helpful (and depressing) for me to write out!

@alyahmonique8579 4 жыл бұрын

Little Evelyn was ADORABLE!😍😍😩

@LunaMysteriax 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos always make me smile A LOT! Like A LOT!! I heart you!!! I enjoyed finding very old and or odd random pieces of factory equipment or just weird looking “artifacts” I don’t know how else to describe it lol. I would just observe them for however long it took trying to figure out what they were once used for. I remember how happy and excited i felt inside lol.. Just imagining the possible uses for these things and how old they were fascinated me... I enjoyed writing silly stories. Drawing houses with lots of trees. Exploring and getting lost in the woods. I enjoyed breaking things a part and putting them back together trying to figure out how they worked. Reading!!!! Everyone wanted a piece of my book collection... Oh Evelyn, thank you for this.🤗

@nontaliemorrow 4 жыл бұрын

Yes Addie American Girl books! I had the WHOLE set. Most of my childhood weekends (after morning chores were finished) were spent reading those and excessively replaying the Cinderella soundtrack on my dad's record player. Cinderella on Vinyl! Child, I don't even know where it came from but to this day I know every single lyric.

@SwissMissss 4 жыл бұрын

This gave me a case of the smiles🤗😄😊☺️🙂😀😁

@ZiggiWillpower 4 жыл бұрын

i've always been the kind of person who has too many hobbies - i get enthusiastic about things pretty easily. As a child: dancing, theatre, reading, sewing, drawing, playing the clarinet etc etc, as an adult: bouldering, dancing, yoga, knitting, drag shows, cooking, hiking, painting....

@lisamusungu6848 4 жыл бұрын

making "high fashion" clothes out of literally anything, especially old plastic bags and (when I was at my grandmas) banana leaves

@Bree8tiveBEing 4 жыл бұрын

Yep! So many of my childhood joys are now my occupation. Which is a step up, and I am proud of myself. It took me a minute, to reorient my life, so I was doing more fulfilling work. Now I got to find that balance, and get back to creative play. As a child, I would make up skits, and improvise entire scenes with recurring characters. I used to make up songs and record those. Make up dance routines, or spend hours learning the dances from music videos. I would cut up socks, and make outfits for my dolls. I would drape sheets over myself and my sister, and we would make outfits for ourselves. I would go "exploring" through my neighbor hood: translation- trespassing into yards, fields, and woods that didn't belong to me. AND just like internet cousin, making books, doodling, and reading.

@artsytype 4 жыл бұрын

I could not possibly love Evelyn any more than I do - she's INCREDIBLE!! Always making the things I didn't know I needed and making it so obvious! ❤️🌟

@Lele15728 4 жыл бұрын

My main hobby as a child was playing with dolls and making them clothes. I still make clothes but for myself. Keeping up a hobby is a learning curve but the pride and joy will hit different. It’s worth it.

@CurlyChemist 4 жыл бұрын

Knitting and photography!!! When I get bored I break out the knitting needles and some yarn. Old lady gang 👩🏿‍🦳. Photography helps me look up from my phone and observe what is going on around and above me. I also play escape room games as a hobby.

@avriluna 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a Lil', if you will, I drew constantly, on any scrap of paper I could find. I drew little comics of me and my friends. I read like crazy (American Girl books too! I only had 2 Addy books, but mostly Felicity). Roald Dahl was my favorite. I had wanted to meet him and found out he passed away, so I drew a picture as tribute: my fourth-grade self sitting under a tree, eyes closed, with a book in my lap, and the sun shining with titles of his books in each sunbeam. I collected rocks, neat-looking bottles, stamps, keys. I was a bit like Baby Evelyn in that I also always wrote things down: journals, diaries, poems, short stories, somewhere I even have a few cassettes I made as audio journals! Thank you for this inspiration to not lose our curiosity, Evelyn!

@CJolieTV 4 жыл бұрын

PLAY NEVER FELT THIS WAY EVELYN! I was just listening to it the other day!

@BrandyAndersonthewriter 4 жыл бұрын

That smile when you figured out Für Elise 🤣 #thatwasme

@scribblots602 4 жыл бұрын

I also used to love playing with dolls and legos (and when my brother played with me, he added his Bionicles). I also used to play teacher with my stuffed animals and American girl doll. *sigh* Those were the days...

@BrooklynLondoner 4 жыл бұрын

You’re so right. I used to have hobbies and I don’t now! Adulting!

@CecileVeillard 4 жыл бұрын

We need to make hobby-building part of adulting! But it's so hard when life is stressful.

@janaefletcher6476 4 жыл бұрын

I have absolutely no hobbies. Used to read, play guitar, write songs, write poetry, make funny videos etc. Just fell out of touch with everything. Adulthood hit REAL hard. This is inspiring though. Gotta get back to doing what makes me happy 😁

@rbush88 4 жыл бұрын

My number one hobby for nearly 20 years now: playing sims. can't beat it! 😁

@dramalovesme 4 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly... freaked out by how accurately the first 4 minutes capture how I sound in my brain?????

@dscwisdom 4 жыл бұрын

That Comet on the bathtub🤣🤣🤣 took me out

@BuildingHP 4 жыл бұрын

Seeing your book with Heidi sent me right back to when my cousin and I would play “fanclub” and make books with drawings of our favorite cartoon characters and try to write the names of every family member we could think of.

@bettyreads222 4 жыл бұрын

I used to play the piano too. My go to hobbies are reading, going to the movies, journaling, going to thrift stores and book stores and going on walks :)

@pitlanaramokgopa197 4 жыл бұрын

Is movie and series binging a hobby??? That’s EXACTLY what I love doing. I also love furniture shopping, watching the food and property channels. Basically as a self employed adult, I enjoy doing things that don’t need me to do anything, things that are colourful and creative and help me leave my world of responsibilities and feed my soul... I really enjoy that! I think these are my hobbies...P.S I’d like to read like I used to when I was a child, because I worry about my vocab!

@MsSassyLaRue 4 жыл бұрын

Childhood Hobbies - ALL forms of dance. Coloring w/colort pinnceeells ( i need to get back to that!), baking w/Grandiva (kiss to the sky), and hmmmm I know there was more. Thanks for this reminder, Evelyn the Great!

@jazminesolomon8672 4 жыл бұрын

I think that's a part of being an adult that never crossed my mind. When you're in school your creative time is structured by teachers and care givers, as is the praise received. This was super helpful. I've been bullet journaling for about 3 years and I love it! I get to doodle, organize, and write about my day for da funnn!

@Sarod2023 4 жыл бұрын

No lies, I had that same Christmas morning nightgown. That plaid flannel with the white ruffle. My Granny gave me and my mom matching flannels every year!🤣 Who else had that nightgown?

@IvyS1120 4 жыл бұрын

I love to read for “funsies “. I read before I go to sleep. That’s how I squeeze it in.

@soulsista934 4 жыл бұрын

My hobby as a kid that I just got back into this past January was video games. I stopped in college only because I didn't want to bring expensive game systems to school but I just never got back into it. It's been really great because now I have something that I get excited about that isn't tied to my value, productivity, skill level, or anything else I overthink.

@javychica 4 жыл бұрын

Wow this video is so timely! My therapist recently told me that I need to "play" so I can discover my passions. Some of the hobbies from my childhood that I want to explore again are writing (for fun) and studying languages. I'm definitely gonna check out skillshare to help with this. Thank you, Evelyn!

@alex1smay 4 жыл бұрын

I certainly need a hobby! You read me for filth, cousin. I also used to collect rocks and sticks, so much so, my grandmother brought me back a bag of rocks from her trip to Jamaica 🇯🇲

@qweenofflwers6231 4 жыл бұрын

"sprinkle comet in the bathtub" every african kid can relate to this lmaoo

@NerdyChef99 4 жыл бұрын

I had lots of hobbies as a kid. I danced (hip hop, tap, jazz, ballet, modern), baking(is now my job), reading, cooking(also kind of my job), piano playing, and probably some other things I don’t remember at the moment.

@muhlaynee 4 жыл бұрын

Gurl, I was the queen of the Exacto knife. I would collage new cassette (...yes, I wrote cassette) and CD covers for my favorite artists, and design/write/draw my own books. It's amazing you posted this video. My therapist asked me a few weeks what I do just for my fun and I couldn't think of a damn thing.

@Holbrook_B 4 жыл бұрын

That handmade book was the cutest thing ever

@jasminechastine4082 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly. This is my favorite video you have ever made. I use to play the saxophone and pretend to own a restaurant. I would make fake menus and come up with creative names for my dishes. I would use up all my Nana’s napkins and a plastic forks. I really need to tap back into that.

@daniellemoxey9940 4 жыл бұрын

Give it up for Addy errybody!!! That was the ultimate throwback book!

@Flustered_Potato 4 жыл бұрын

I've started doing this recently (or at least attempting to). I'm just to reconnect with my inner child and give her a chance to dream again, you know?

@shanda1219 4 жыл бұрын

I played tennis on my high school team but now do it from spring to fall because it's a fun way to get in exercise without feeling like you're working out. I still read for fun, though not as much as I'd like because I am in school. But when I find myself scrolling mindlessly through social media, going down the youtube rabbit hole and/or flipping channels, I'll pick up a book and read because that means I obviously have the time. The only habit I've lost and want to possibly get back to is writing-I used to write poems and stories but fell out of habit once I graduated high school.

@jbshortstax 4 жыл бұрын

I had piano lessons but didn't stick with it because I really wanted to play the drums but my mama wasn't goin for having all that noise lol. I did do ceramics and jewelry making. Now I customize sneakers and am tapping into photography. I still read constantly!

@dbacon6148 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Evelyn, I can’t remember my hobbies. Did I have some, I don’t know. I do remember taking piano lessons and hating it. I read lots of books now (nothing thought provoking or would make a great impact on my life) but to release the stress of a job I put too many hours into each day. I’m a new subscriber, you help with the stress by making laugh. Thanks

@jessicamompoint1849 4 жыл бұрын

Collect rocks with pretty patterns, I hoped to find a gemstone. Now I like archery.

@kizzlefosizzle3024 4 жыл бұрын

HIGHKEY, this really encouraged me to actually redo my old hobbies, and get my life together and start a schedule. I’ve made plans to wake up at lik 9:30 tomorrow will I? 🤷🏾‍♀️ but it’s the thought that counts😅

@chanique2u 4 жыл бұрын

My childhood hobbies included reading (which I still do), writing soap operas (because I watched them with my grandma), dancing (I thought I was a choreographer), and singing (which I kept to myself because there are people in my family who can GOSPEL SANG and next to them I might as well carry a tune in a bucket). Somehow I hit a creative block and stopped everything but reading. I can feel them missing. I need to just let the juices flow and not be critical of myself.

@cmcc7206 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Evelyn! I used to climb trees and climb up the ironwork to get up on the roof of the house since we had a flat roof. I drew with chalk all over the carport, wrote romantic stories about Menudo (the boy band, not the tripe dish), rode my bike, played hopscotch, read constantly and collected stickers. Stuck them all up on my bedroom door. Then I turned 13 and wasn't allowed to play outside anymore. Bummer.

@carmillarose 3 жыл бұрын

as a kid my hobbies were making scooby doo comics bc i was obsessed with scooby doo and anything spooky and i turned them into little stapled books too!! i also dabbled in neopets fan art and bone collecting... lol recently i took up embroidery and realized i can make patches and in an attempt to impress a girl i ended up monetizing my only hobby so now i'm not entirely miserable but like,,,,, oof just trying to learn sewing and picking one to be a side hustle and the other to be a hobby that serves me for fun and also so i dont have to pay other ppl for both of these things

@Martina_E 2 жыл бұрын

I’m trying to get back into my hobbies - like reading! It’s hard when your hobby becomes your job.

@ebrown7338 4 жыл бұрын

How are you SO incredible!!? Love your vids! Childhood hobbies? Hmmm... as a child of the 70s (not a typo ;-)), learned to crochet (still do) and knit, macramé and every other thing to do with yarn or those strips of fabric used to (basket)weave into potholders! Definitely a reader (then and now) and... gasp! I remember... my sister and I used to write skits and act them out! haha! Most of my real fun came from playing outside. LOVED finding creeks, woods, trails, etc.. I wasn't really an indoor person - only doing those indoor activities in bad weather! In any event, thoroughly enjoyed your photos and hobbies! Your family is great! God bless you all and cannot wait until your next vid!

@faec.8950 4 жыл бұрын

I used to make stories all the time. And I loved making up restaurant menus with my sister. We also liked to come up with "inventions"; when you put a hanger on a doorknob and tie your jump rope around it and essentially create a mess of toys and items to pull a door open lmao. Good times. These days, I need to figure out my hobbies again and make time for them. College makes me not want to do much though 😴lol

@kdsmallcb 4 жыл бұрын

I love anything arts and crafts. I have a craft bag to make stuff. I paint, make slime with my niece, and other random things. These things make me happy and I def agree with PLAY! P

@LyDoi365 4 жыл бұрын

This is the exact reason why I decided to do something that isn't my hobby as my job and eventually learn to love it. Cuz my personality is the type that can't always create when I want to since I get artist blocks a LOT

@_lenny_____leonardo 4 жыл бұрын

We had almost the same hobbies! I didn't play piano, I played violin. I loved reading. I mostly just read for school now, or listen to audiobooks. I also made my own books when I was a kid! I have made zines as an adult and it is so fun to channel the activities that gave us joy as kiddos.