Since I was a kid, I love to read, writing, and drawing. This is what I used to tell to everybody, since I think that is the most “normal” things to do as a hobby. But, actually, what I like is playing words that I read and write, which then I try to somehow related it with numbers. Even when I draw, I always imagining all the color numbers, its algorithm, and so on. Well, maybe this is too absurd to do, but hey, this is my real hobby.
Meaning: Hello @anomadsoul! I hope you like my hobby!!!
I have no idea when and why or how I get this hobby, I realized it when I was about 7 or years old. Everytime I saw numbers, then I try to read it in words, or vice versa. For example, when I read the word : “Hobby” then I will change it into “7142225” then into “7+14+2+2+25= 50”. After that, I will remember the word “Hobby” as number “50”. On the other way, for example, when I read number “7” then I will read it as “Heaven” for heavenly heaven on the 7th sky. Something like that.
This hobby really help me a lot to read and remember things very fast, and I can manage things that I want to remember and the things that I want to forget. My friends and family who knows about my hobby said that sometimes they feel like talking to robot or computer when they talk to me. I can remember a lot of things, even small things, since I change all the words with numbers and change all the numbers with words.
For some people, perhaps my hobby is really stressful, but for me, it is very relaxing and fun. I could spend all day long doing my hobby. I really love to change all my plans, dreams, and imagination into words and drawings, but, then I will always to make its algorithm first, to make sure I can do it properly. Sometimes I will make my own formulas, flow charts, logic first, and I really enjoy it. Not because I am good at it, most of the time I got troubles with my own formulas and numbers, but because it is fun for me.
Perhaps, that is one of the reasons why I like blockchain technology, crypto currency, and of course Steemit. For me, all are the application of the democratic algorithm which allow everybody to make their own decision. For my self, I read Steemit algorithm as “~", because when I play with all the algorithm and words in Steemit, which then became its program, I see all are divided by “zero” which makes everything is possible and unlimited. It is very natural that let everything happens happened, all have its own time. Ya, I know, this is just me, the way I make myself enjoying everything.
My hobby really helps me to teach my kids as well. I don’t like to see people studying math or language with so much problems which make them bored, since I don’t like it either. I want them to enjoy words and number the way I do, really fun and relaxing. For example, I write letters for them with number, so they will have fun to “translate it into words, so they can understand it, or I will say that “I will be back at 3 x 7 at night”, to make them think and count to understand that I will be back home at 21:00 or 9pm.
I have to admit that sometimes my hobby is quiet annoying as well, especially when I was too tired, lost my focus, and when I could not stop it. Once, my friend got upset with me when I count all the fishes that I cooked for dinner. She thought that I was too stingy until I have to count what we were about to eat. Well, I didn’t mean it, I am just use to it without any purpose, but she took it in a wrong way.
I had a fight with my ex-boyfriend as well because of my hobby. I was trying to manage all my books with the numbers that I had in mind. Of course it was totally different from what the librarian used to do, I arrange it according to my words and numbers. I read the title of those books, and tried to make story from those titles, which I already changed it with numbers before. For him my arrangement looks weird and untidy, but for me, that’s me, besides those are my books. Hmmm….
Anyway, sometimes we had fun together as well with words and numbers. We were sending letters in binary just to make us laugh. Actually I was trying to help him to get used to binary numbers which he need for his study. Something like the picture below:
Source: https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/6colorbinary.htm
I don’t make money from this hobby directly, but I use my hobby to teach and do my jobs. I am a teacher for writing, drawing, as well as politics, professional consultant for some companies and communities as well, do some researches, and have my own company. For me, my hobby helps me, not only to remember the things, but also to manage my jobs and to solve any kind of problems. Perhaps, other people already got stress by doing all the things at the same time, I don’t. I don’t have to force my brain working like crazy, it seems it already become a robot or computer just like my friend and family said.
The only thing that I have to do to control myself is to keep my feeling and my heart working. I need to balance my brain and keep my soul alive. Otherwise, I will be like Data on Startreck movie who really wants to understand how to feel. Writing and drawing works for me to balance it, though I still use my hobby with words and numbers to do it.
I don’t know what to say anymore about this hobby, and I don’t expect anybody would understand it as well. Yes, I know, this is weird but this me and myself. This is the first time I write about my hobby with words and numbers, not only to win the prize, but at least I write it.
Don’t look at me like I am a weirdo! Please!!!
This is my submission for CONTEST: My 2018 - This is my Hobby by @anomadsoul. If you want to join, please click this link: https://steemit.com/contest/@anomadsoul/contest-my-2018-this-is-my-hobby-or-100-sbd-in-prizes.
Bandung, March 20th, 2018
Warm Regards,
Mariska Lubis