how do spend your free time?

March 15, 2011 6:38am CST
i am an online English teacher at the same time article writer. I spend most of my time working in front of the computer. When i get a time off, i never spend it in front of the computer! i feel the need to take a walk, read or go to my favorite bargain bookstore that sells 2nd hand books at very cheap price! how about you, how do you spend your free time?
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@jpau08 (15)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
i like to play piano in free time very much, it makes me feel relax, though i can't play beautiful melody and sometimes it sounds like noise because i never have specialty piano education, self-teaching.. i just play in my own way but i feel very happy..
16 Mar 11
being happy at what you are doing is the most important thing. keep playingthe piano anyway!! ^^
• United States
15 Mar 11
Hi jade_herrera and welcome to myLot! I am a really busy person and manage to keep busy at all times. I do however enjoy the live theater quite a bit and do take time out to see a great many of the live plays my boyfriend performs at. I also enjoy going to the movies also so from time to time I do keep up with what new films come out.
16 Mar 11
hello hardworkinggurl! ^^ nice to meet you and thank you for the response.
@la_chique (1498)
15 Mar 11
I'm a computer technician, so after fixing them all day, I do like to come home and just play computer games, browse forums or use stumbleupon. When I'm not on the computer, I crochet, paint my nails, or go out to the pub with friends. Recently I've started going to the gym after work. I do 40 mins 3 times a week and hoping to step this up a notch, maybe to 5 days a week before easter.
15 Mar 11
good for you! keep it up ^^
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
15 Mar 11
Hi, During my free time, I love to surf net or doing a baking. Baking is a new hobby I am having right now. I started baking some simple cake and Banana cake is one of my favourite cake. I tried to bake sponge cake yesterday,it was my first attempt,but the outcome was not that good.But i told myself, never give up,will try to bake for another round to improve myself. I also like to go for window shopping,it helps me to release the stress. Being a housewife at home also has some stress,handling kids is not an easy task.nowadays kids tend to be active and more demanding in certain extent,and being a parent, I have to spent more time with my kid and show him more loves and cares. Therefore, having out for window shopping is a must in my life.
16 Mar 11
nice hobby ^^... find time for the things that help you cope with everyday stress! you deserve it.
@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
24 May 11
On weekends when I have time off from work, I usually spend most of my time with my son.We do some arts like painting, coloring or writing. Play with board games like snakes and ladders. Read his books. Sometimes, when my husband brings home his laptop, we play computer games. We also sometimes watch cartoons together. Most of my time is spent on my son since we hardly devote enough time for him on work days. When I am not busy with my son, what I do for myself when I have free time at home is reading romantic novels. I do have lots of free time at work. My work doesn’t come until after lunch, so I usually have the mornings free. I was here at Mylot with the aim of making the most out of my idle time at work. Before I found Mylot, most of us in our office just surf the internet and chat online with our friends. I used to participate in forums where I join in discussions and try to help other people. I didn’t know that in fact you can earn while participating in discussions, not until I found Mylot. I realize I am doing something that I like to do at the same time earn from it. I am just so lucky to have found Mylot.
@hafiz34 (39)
• United States
15 Mar 11
Thanks Jade for starting a good discussion. I am a medical student. So most of the time i have to be busy with my study. there are very less time. However, i only get some time after completing my exam but it is for only few days. During this time, mostly i spend my time in front of net. Chatting,posting here, contacting friends. also gossiping with my friends, enjoying animated movies, playing carem etc. Ohh, i enjoying sleeping very much.
16 Mar 11
thanks for such a fascinating description of your busy free time^^...
@dismalgrin (2604)
• United States
23 Mar 11
Online is mostly my free time. Or I go to my boyfriend's house and hang out. I'm a full time student so that takes up a lot of my time right there. I like to hang out with my boyfriend, but it can get hectic sometimes because he is so hard headed and his mother is very nosy about everything that's going on with me and likes to interrupt him when we are hanging to have him do stuff for her too. It's rough. But, online I'm my own person and I can choose what I'm going to do for the day. So really online is my free time to me. And I love it.
@lindsiko (355)
• United States
16 Mar 11
The job economy in my city is pretty rough. I've been umemployed other than a bit of online work that I've been able to get. So, I guess that all of my time is free time, so I spend it looking for more ways to earn money. I do like to listen and play music when I'm in the right mood. I also like to read and write a bit of poetry.
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
It's good to know that I found a myLot member who's an online teacher. Well I write some articles too but would like to teach online. I'm not an education graduate but have experience teaching for 16 years as a private tutor teaching English for primary level students. Would you mind if you can give me the site where I can teach online English? I've worked before in a BPO company but I wanted to teach online so to spend time with my family. I spend my free time writing some articles and keeping my garden.
• United States
16 Mar 11
I also am a teacher and enjoy my free time outside. I guess that I'm a nature freak, but I do enjoy the outdoors. I can always find something to do, as we live on a ranch.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
22 Mar 11
Good time management. I messed up my time all the while. I never slept during the fixed hours. I liked to work until I were really tired. ha! ha! ha! I hope my lifestyle or my living habit will not affect my health for the long term.
@JayJay45 (157)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Hi! I would like to send you a private message.... Can I make you my friend?
@sam3m1 (190)
• United States
17 Mar 11
i only have a suggestion for getting books cheaply. www.paperbackswap.com has a really good system for trading your old books for ones you've not read. take a look. i don't have any deal with them, just think it's great for people who read a lot.
• Philippines
22 Mar 11
I spend my free time surfing the net, reading magazine or just watching my favorite show. I also do my e-loading business...I'm happy to know that I also earn during my free time.
16 Mar 11
It is very very rare that i actually get much time to myself. I have a full time job, i am also a single parent, with all that that throws at me and the things we need to do in life it makes me a very busy person. I do like to come onto the computer to get many things done, especially here in mylot, but i do not always have the time. When i do get some spare time then i do spend it here on the computer, but time can quickly run away with me and my eyes get sore so i do like to take a wlk into my local town center just to give me some fresh air and to let my brain settle down for a bit.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
16 Mar 11
Ya I also spending my time in front of Computer first I have no time because My own Computer Institute and only me my husband are faculty in our Institute. He teach Hardware and I teach Software Courses. I am married so I also maintained my small family Fathers in law mothers in law me and my husband and one dever. So works of home is also necessary like cooking, washing etc. When I have time then I worked in mylot, triond, mturk etc.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
hi there. i usually spend my [i][/i]free time in front of the computer, working her on mylot and then sometimes i work out but then after that i eat a lot hehehe. sometimes i go out to the mall too, stroll and do some window shopping. be safe and have a nice day.
@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 11
My free time is spent on the internet ... like doing discussions on myLot, facebook, researching or writing articles. Other than on the internet, I would sometimes watch a movie, read a book or have an outing with my kids.
@vannyt (343)
• Philippines
16 Mar 11
If a had a good night sleep most probably I would spend my free time doing things that would require active physical and mental strength and anything that is not related to my job. But if I woke up in the wrong side of the bed, my free time would be worthless I don't even like to move or talk to anybody.
• China
16 Mar 11
I spend my free time on learning English. Do you mind tell me where are you from? I want to make some friends who from U.S.A. I just want to improve my english for job.If I have enough money will be going to abroad. BTW, I'm a new lotter.