Maybe I've forgotten the value of a hobby over the past few months. After all, I was busy getting settled into my new and first full-time job. Collecting cards, playing basketball, doing volunteer work: I did all of this once - and didn't do it due to a lack of time.
Especially in stressful times, I notice that I miss my trading cards, my basketball training and volunteering. Because they were always one thing above all: a balance to everyday stress.
Celebrities also seek this balance. Together with my colleagues Sheila Ananda Dierks and Helene Flachsenberg, I asked satirist El Hotzo, model Stefanie Giesinger, actor Langston Uibel, musician Alli Neumann and influencer Fabian Grischkat what their hidden hobbies are.
I hope you enjoy reading
Lukas Hildebrand
, editor of SPIEGEL Start
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Model Giesinger: Painting to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life
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Frederike Wetzels
What Stefanie Giesinger, El Hotzo and Langston Uibel do in their free time:
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Caretaker Volling in the garden of the Biederstein dormitory: The red dungarees are his trademark
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