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Hi everyone! With the start of the new month, I wanted to open up a community discussion in which you can all talk about your interests, achievements, passions, leisure activities, hobbies, or anything at all...except for law firm applications! I know that our wonderful community of aspiring lawyers has an amazing array of unrelated interests and I hope that this can serve as a relaxed place for you to discuss what you do outside of your studies and your applications to law firms. Whether it is playing a sport or watching a certain TV show, you can add anything that you feel reflects a little bit of your non-professional side!

I have already mentioned in the new community managers' AMA thread that I love music and have committed a large amount of time to playing piano over my life! Here I wanted to add some hobbies that I've developed over the last few years, namely playing pool/snooker and chess! I got really into pool after a friend started taking me to a local club to play. What I love about it is that it's one of those activities where you can be of a very different level to your opponent and both can still have a great time. With chess, I played a bit when I was young, but over lockdown some of my friends started playing online regularly and I rediscovered it as an excellent pastime! I even started following a couple of chess YouTube channels and was of course thrilled when the Queen's Gambit came out on Netflix!

Please chime in with your own passions/interests/hobbies etc 😊