{"id":60540,"date":"2012-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-alumna-on-quest-to-try-52-hobbies-in-52-weeks\/"},"modified":"2012-11-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-alumna-on-quest-to-try-52-hobbies-in-52-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/11\/uri-alumna-on-quest-to-try-52-hobbies-in-52-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 alumna on quest to try 52 hobbies in 52 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNYC resident hopes to turn \u2018hobby hoarding\u2019 into motivational book<\/p>\n

<\/a>Libby Segal is addicted to trying new things, and she is inspiring others to become addicted, too. The associate producer of reality crime television programs and 2010 graduate of the 溏心vlog免费B站 is in the midst of a yearlong \u201cquest to become a professional amateur\u201d by trying a new hobby every week.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe has taken lessons in Samurai sword fighting, glass making, shark diving, beer brewing, chocolate making, trampolining, unicycle riding, stilt walking, knife throwing and breakdancing, among dozens of others. And she is documenting every experience on video and in a blog she calls The Hobby Hoarder<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing I hope to do this year, it\u2019s inspire others to try something new, because you never know what you\u2019ll learn, who you\u2019ll meet, or what you\u2019ll fall in love with,\u201d said Segal, a native of Bethlehem, Penn., who now lives in New York City. \u201cThis year, I\u2019ve fallen in love with life.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tTrying new things isn\u2019t new to Segal. She has been doing it all her life. She played numerous sports while growing up \u2013 and played for the 溏心vlog免费B站 field hockey team \u2013 while also taking lessons in ballet and clarinet. And she has enjoyed collecting baseball cards, photography, drawing, skiing and other activities along the way. But she didn\u2019t morph into the Hobby Hoarder until a co-worker told her she was doing too many things and should quit some of them.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cSo I went in the complete opposite direction and decided to try even more things,\u201d Segal said. \u201cThe only thing I quit was the job I had at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tShe said her favorite hobbies so far have involved flying \u2013 piloting a plane and learning the trapeze. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve had an obsession with the sky ever since I was little,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce I was up in the air in that plane, I felt great freedom, like I could paint the whole world the way I want to. The trapeze was like that, too.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tNot every hobby has turned out so well, however. She missed a turn in a downhill mountain biking course and crashed, and she had to be taken down the hill in an emergency vehicle. Despite the bruises, she still enjoyed the learning experience.<\/p>\n


\n\tOne of the things she has learned about herself through her experiences is that the activities that would appear to be the most frightening, like skydiving or shark diving, are a great deal less stressful than the activities where she felt vulnerable, like taking a singing lesson.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe one-on-one activities where I was learning from my friends were much more intimidating because you don\u2019t want to mess up in front of them,\u201d she said. \u201cBut that\u2019s the point of learning. You\u2019re supposed to mess up to get better. The scary things weren\u2019t really scary because no one was judging me. Turns out that the scariest thing about the shark dive was having to wear a bathing suit in front of people.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSegal hopes to turn her adventures as the Hobby Hoarder into a book, and she may even use it as the basis of a potential reality television program.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cPeople who have commented on my blog say they\u2019ve really gotten inspired by what I\u2019m doing, so I\u2019m thinking it could be a self-help or motivational book,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to motivate people to go out and try something new, because you\u2019d be amazed at how much you can do when you try something new every week. You really become incapable of being incapable. The biggest challenge is often just saying \u2018yes, I\u2019m going to do it.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n


\n\tIn the last few months of her hobby year, which will end in February, Segal plans to go sky diving and snowshoeing, learn curling, get a tattoo, take a mime lesson, go on a New Year\u2019s polar bear swim, and finish by taking a cross-country road trip.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cSince I started this project I\u2019ve become more confident, more ambitious and more versatile as a blogger, writer and speaker,\u201d Segal said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve found that I\u2019m more open and willing to try activities that I never imagined myself trying, like Jedi light saber training or stunt jumping or pole dancing.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe project is no longer a project,\u201d she concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s a lifestyle, and one that I intend to continue living well after the project is over.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPhoto submitted by Libby Segal.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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