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Personal History Writing Prompt: week 9

MARCH TOPIC: Jobs/career and hobbies.

week 9 topic: What were your favorite hobbies and pastimes in your childhood?

This week think back to all the things you enjoyed doing as a child. Hobbies and interests, ways you spent your free time. what did you love to do?

questions to consider

  • did you have friends that you would play with? what would you play together?
  • what kind of games did you play?
  • did you collect anything?
  • what toys did you play with?
  • how did you get involved with a hobby or pastime?
  • did someone have to teach you a skill in order to enjoy this particular pastime?
  • what made pursuing this hobby or pastime so interesting? What caught your attention or made it fun?
  • Are you still pursuing any of your hobbies or pastimes now?
  • If you had a collection, describe it in detail.
  • go into detail about any activities you participated in. (example: If you rode your bike, describe the bike, the route, what you would do and where you would go etc)
  • Have you thought about getting back into any of your old hobbies or pastimes?
  • were there things you did back then that you no longer enjoy? What happened?

happy writing!