{"id":28,"date":"2021-10-22T01:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T01:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/?p=28"},"modified":"2021-10-22T01:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T01:06:04","slug":"get-a-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/2021\/10\/22\/get-a-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a Hobby!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not much has happened with our project since my last post, so I want to talk about a somewhat unrelated topic this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running was my only hobby for a long time, and not too long ago I was going out almost every morning getting some fresh air, sun, and exercise.\u00a0 I was doing a good 20-30 miles a week, but the last couple months I\u2019ve slowly started to lose my running habit.\u00a0 Especially in the last four or five weeks since classes started up again, I\u2019ve just been staying inside staring at a screen all day without any form of exercise.\u00a0 I usually get stressed pretty easily when it comes to homework and other things, but I know for a fact this has made me even more unproductive and anxious about school work and this project, and we’re not even halfway through the term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think getting back into running as a form of exercise will definitely help, but I also think I need some variety and more than one constructive hobbies to get me outside and moving… so I\u2019ve started foraging for mushrooms!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s kind of random; I had never had an interest in the subject until I started reading about it a couple weeks ago, but it\u2019s extremely interesting and super fun to learn about.\u00a0 Also, I didn\u2019t know how common mushrooms are if you just take the time to look; in just the two or three little walks\/hikes in the woods near my apartment I\u2019ve done I\u2019ve already scored some awesome finds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best part is I\u2019ve found a topic that I\u2019m interested in and can learn about outside of academics, so I feel like I\u2019m still doing something constructive while keeping some balance in my life.\u00a0 I’m confident this will improve my focus and attitude when I need to work by helping me relax and have fun when I need to take a break. Plus, a hobby that results in free delicious food is pretty awesome! (By the way, don\u2019t eat any mushroom unless you\u2019re 100% sure it\u2019s edible!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Lion’s Mane mushroom I found and made into mushroom nuggets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Red chanterelles were my first find, and they were delicious!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Some honey mushrooms that I didn’t know were edible at the time and were gone when I went back \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A Hedgehog mushroom I will be eating tonight!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not much has happened with our project since my last post, so I want to talk about a somewhat unrelated topic this week. Running was my only hobby for a long time, and not too long ago I was going out almost every morning getting some fresh air, sun, and exercise.\u00a0 I was doing a … Continue reading Get a Hobby!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11573,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11573"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ginnywilliams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}