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The Professional Hobbyist

Zahra Abiola

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 7

Meaningful conversations about how leisurely pursuits bring fulfilment and success for corporate professionals of the diaspora

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Hiking with Temi

Season 1 · Episode 4

Friday, January 10, 2025 • Duration 39:13

Temi used to spend a lot of his time looking at screens. Between working as a software engineer, catching up with loved ones in different countries and scrolling on TikTok, the need to get away from the hustle of his life only grew.

He has managed his urges to escape the stress of life through hiking. He has gotten many benefits from the activity. He loves the beautiful views of nature that he believes you can only truly appreciate in person. He says he can even feel the difference in air quality compared being in London that immediately lifts his spirits. Hiking and being alone with nature allows him to completely disconnect and gives him perspective on life.

Listen to hear how he finds his trails, how he managed his hikes and how he has managed to micro dose the masculine urge to disappear.

Editing by Zahra Abiola

Music by Wona Igiehon

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Badminton Group with Emeka

Season 1 · Episode 3

Friday, December 13, 2024 • Duration 28:20

What started out as a way for Emeka to easily find badminton opponents has gotten a mind of its own and grown to a 90 members strong community in just a few weeks. Ready Rally’s reception has been strong, with tickets for weekly sessions selling out in minutes. Emeka played a lot as a child in Nigeria and wanted to rekindle his love for the game as a way to keep fit in the winter month yet most people in the group are completely new to the sport. He’s found that people are willing to pick up new things to meet new people and are seeing the same benefits he realised in his childhood.

He has little experience organising a society but members have also been happy to split the admin so it runs smoother. The success of Ready Rally shows that there is no hobby too niche to create community from. This episodes highlights the impact of creating what you think is missing from your life and the truth of the phrase, “if you build it, they will come”. This is a testament to how putting yourself and your passions out there attracts the right people to you and to not estimate how eager people can be to get involved in new things.

Listen to hear Emeka talk about where his inspiration for a community came from, his simple marketing tactic that proved too effective and how to start your own group with no experience.

Editing by Zahra Abiola

Music by Wona Igiehon

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Photography with Lami

Season 1 · Episode 2

Thursday, December 5, 2024 • Duration 46:56

Lami has always been a creative. From drawing comics in secondary to acting during university, he has always been interested to story telling. But it was when he got his first proper camera when he moved to the UK that he was able to take his love for imagery further. What started as a hobby outside of his finance role has lead to brands paying him and covering flights and hotels for him to shoot trips and experiences.

But before Dankie Sounds and Out Of Office Collective, there were his friends helping him market his work organically. They saw his talent first. They were his first customers for birthday shoots and parties and his willing models as he honed his technical skills. Though he makes money from his passion now, what underpins his photography is the joy it gives him. He will always try to make time for a collaboration that challenges him artistically because at the end of the day, he’s doing this because he loves it. No matter the work, time and learning he needs to put into it, he’s glad he can get paid doing something that brings him genuine joy while still keeping his corporate job.

He shares how others can reach their goals in photography (even with just their phones), how to get more experience and how he thinks his day job in finance makes him a better photographer.

Resources mentioned in this episodes:

Tech @ fisayofosudo

Photography community @ uk.shooters

Editing by Zahra Abiola

Music by Wona Igiehon

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Produce Gardening with Desola

Season 1 · Episode 1

Saturday, October 26, 2024 • Duration 01:01:57

Desola doesn't think of herself as someone with a green thumb but has managed to grow everything from tomatoes to carrots to okra to pumpkins over the last 2 years. All on her balcony in her London flat.

Growing her own produce has given her a sense of accomplishment and responsibility that keeps her nihilism at bay and allows her to have harvest dinner parties with her friends of some of the best tasting food they've had in London.

Listen to us talk about her journey, what it has taught her, some tips about food and gardening and how to get started on your own produce gardening.

Music by Wona Igiehon

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