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Yesterday when I was meeting the two helpful social workers, they asked about my hobbies (for purposes of writing in my file), and I started out, "Drawing, and art, and I have two rabbits and two cats who are both sick,..." and then I got sidetracked explaining the cats' illnesses and feeding schedule.
I never finished listing hobbies. It's always a little tough to decide what to say, especially in drawing the line between hobbies and interests, and because my natural tendency, as a fannish type who is always extremely excitedly interested in a minimum of several new things, would be to overshare. I have to keep in mind that that isn't what people want to know in a CV-like context. So what else should go on the list? Should I say 'reading' even though it's more a compulsion than a hobby, and I have a very laissez-faire attitude to published books these days, and apparently everyone says reading already? And what about...
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I never finished listing hobbies. It's always a little tough to decide what to say, especially in drawing the line between hobbies and interests, and because my natural tendency, as a fannish type who is always extremely excitedly interested in a minimum of several new things, would be to overshare. I have to keep in mind that that isn't what people want to know in a CV-like context. So what else should go on the list? Should I say 'reading' even though it's more a compulsion than a hobby, and I have a very laissez-faire attitude to published books these days, and apparently everyone says reading already? And what about...
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