Life would be absolutely tedious and boring without a hobby. Everyone has an activity they enjoy doing every day. Whether it's reading a good book, playing Sudoku or crosswords, gardening or color coding the sock drawer; everyone has their own hobby that they have adapted to. My hobby is in the past and I haven't participated in it for a long time. However, ten years ago, I had no idea that my hobby would be my career that I would pursue in the future. This activity started when I was about six years old. My grandfather was a collector of Native American items such as tools, weapons, and animal hides. He would tell me what each item was for and where he found it. My grandfather also told me stories of Indian tribes that lived in North America and of native people he met who gave him certain items. His stories interested me so much that I decided I wanted to find my own objects and be able to tell stories about them to other people. Near my house was a small river that my sister and I used to play near. Along this river was a huge oak tree with thick, moss-covered trunks that curved outward to create an opening within itself. This tree almost looked like one you would see in a fairy tale; Or so it seemed when I was six. This enchanted tree is where my sister and I played and spent most of our summer afternoons. One day my sister found a rusty, jagged, circular metal object in the river. Even though we had no idea what this piece was, we hung it on a broken branch inside the tree as an imaginary clock for our house. Soon after, we found more rustic items in the river to add to our mythical domain. My heart raced and my stock...... middle of paper ......s from digging with my bare hands into it. a muddy river would lead me to go to college and major in classical and Near Eastern archaeology. Hobbies can be fun little things to do to pass the time or they can change the way you live life. Hobbies are treasures that each of us possesses; we must do what we can to maintain them, otherwise life would not be adventurous. Works Cited “Egyptian Antiquities Protection Law”. Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands. Np, and Web. March 14, 2011. .Heritage key. "drhawass.com - Zahi Hawass." drhawass.com - Zahi Hawass. Heritage Key, and Web. March 14, 2011. .Slackman, Michael. “Tomb Raider-Off in Egypt and (mostly) on camera.” New York Times April 17, 2009, New York ed., sec. A: 12. Print.