I’ve been a fitness instructor, trainer, weight lifter, and group fitness participant since my 20’s. I’m now in my mid-50’s. I guess you could call that a “hobby”, but it’s gotten me through the highs and lows in my life. I have cancer, strokes, high blood pressure, and heart disease in my family and it’s always been important to me to stay on top of my health. But it’s always been fun doing it, pushing myself to become and stay strong, sharing my love for fitness with others, and discovering new and improved ways to keep this going as I age.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

I love this!

I have given birth three times. And I can honestly say that I genuinely felt the same sense of accomplishment crossing the finish line at my first half marathon that I did giving birth. I mean, if you really think about it, they are kinda similar. Both take months of work and yes, training. Then the actual event finally arrives and you genuinely aren’t sure you can do it or make it thru. At times you feel like giving up, but you push thru ✨pun intended✨and are rewarded at the end w a prize (of sorts). When I began to cry at the sight of the finish line, it recalled the same emotion I had knowing one or two more pushes would bring my baby. Anyway. Can’t wait to see your latest video about the marathon!! 🎉

One of my hobbies that I can’t live without- doing “brain dumps” on my Google Keep notepad and/or voice notes. No judging myself, no orderly fashion, doesn’t need to be coherent, no deleting anything. This is one of the most cathartic, empowering and revealing habits I have. The other day on the plane, I was listening to one brain dump + analysis of said brain dump from 3 years ago and it was so new, so entertaining (like a podcast by me😂). I actually reminded myself some important life lessons I’d forgotten

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant idea!!

@JMandy

Жыл бұрын

@@ChelseaCallahan😀

Wow, I'm in awe of anyone who runs. I can barely run for a bus 😂 Well done, that was amazing! My hobbies are mostly art and craft related - I'm 'the creative one' amongst friends. I love upcycling things, glass painting, crochet, amongst other things. I do sometimes tell myself to make the most of it now because one day my eyesight won't be the same and my hands may not work as well. But I'd find a way to work around it.

Congratulations on qualifying for the NYC Marathon!! That's an awesome accomplishment. Writing music is my hobby/job that helps me to express myself in ways that I can't in normal conversations.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! So cool you write music :)

Love the bit about trying to cherish your able body, as well as running to clear your mind. I used to only try to exercise to try to lose weight (a.k.a. to punish myself for eating) but I've developed some health problems over the past few years and now I go for a lot more walks in nature and I'm trying out yoga to feel better in my own body and not only is it so much more motivating but I'm getting so much more out of it. Can't wait to see a video of you running in the NYC marathon!!! I'm sure all of your subscribers want to show up for you :)

Classical piano. Re-learning it after a 15 year break in my 30’s and hoping this time it sticks for the rest of my lifetime!

Climbing has been that hobby for me, never in my life have a felt strong but climbing has made me feel strong, can’t wait to see you run the marathon this year!

Congratulations for qualifying for the New York Marathon 2023, Chelsea! An anchievement most people aren't able to accomplish themselves, so it's well deserved.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Awe thanks!! 🥹🥹🥹

Heyy! I’m obsessed with your vlogs and channel! I truly truly believe you deserve way way more subscribers than you currently have. It’s the fault of the algorithm I guess. But, don’t stop your vlogs! My dream is to move to nyc someday and live the hustle life

Loved going back and watching this! Running has recently (in the past few months) become a hobby of mine. It's the first time I've ever consistently exercised where it's not been about how I look or my weight... And that's been very freeing as someone who's struggled with disordered eating and habits. I think it must be the combination of being in the outdoors, with no mirrors around, and alone with my own thoughts that's made it such an enjoyable habit that I've quickly grown to love. It's my time for peace and quiet, to feel grateful to be getting in my 'greens and blues' for the day and listen to some music that pumps me up and sets me up for the day ahead😊 Congrats on running the half marathon too - what an achievement!

How great that you have running in your life as such a positive force. Congratulations on qualifying! The “hobby” (maybe activity is a better word for it) that sustains me is writing. I have called myself a writer since I was 10, and it is some thing that I do professionally and creatively and for personal development. It helps me express myself and process what’s going on in my life. It’s a big part of who I am.

Merry Christmas Chelsea, thank you ❤

I came across this channel at the start of this summer coz I was trying to figure out how to use the subway (I had an internship in NY). I found your videos helpful and so I subbed as an appreciation for your help. Nowadays I watch your videos feeling like I have a virtual friend who updates me on what’s going on in their life. I even genuinely smile when I see a new video. I’m glad you are able to find peace in your hobby and I’m proud of you for qualifying for the marathon friend!

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Whaaaat this is so cool :) thanks for sticking around! And I appreciate the marathon support. Hope your internship went well!

Run, run, run. I can solve all my solvable issues with it. Really calming, and good for your health.

Hi, i discovered your channel a week ago. And your relatibility makes me wanna cry but in a good way!

Hey Chelsea, I love your personality. Thank you for sharing your life for us. I've been searching for a KZread creator that can ground me by genuinely capturing the beautiful and the not so beautiful parts of having a simple life. On a separate note, congratulations on qualifying for the NYC marathon

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks Kyna that’s nice of you to say! I’m so glad you found my small corner of KZread. All the best to you

According to hobbies: I make my own earrings and they have progressively gotten even more wacky and eclectic. I got my ears pierced for the FIRST TIME last year. It has pushed me to be more creative and zany with my fashion which has made me so happy.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Love that!! Beautiful self expression! And congrats on getting yours pierced ✨

Congrats on qualifying and finishing your race! I've never done a marathon since my knees are no good (even though I'm only 30 lol - had surgeries on each a while back). Good on you for tackling your marathon goal while you still can

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Oh damn two knee surgeries?? Those are not easy to recover from, so good on you too!! Thanks for the support :)

I can relate a 100%.Running kept me focused for over a decade. Now that i really am older, i hike. Love your channel, greetings from greece😊

Congrats!!! You must be so proud of yourself! ♥️ I'd love to run a half marathon one day soon but I'm not quite ready yet.

I know this is an older video, but you’re doing great. Native NYer here (living in CA). I’ve run more races than I can count and the NYC Marathon is THE BEST RACE EVER!!!!!!

I love how you’ve just dived head first into more KZread. I really enjoy the new content

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Hehe I’m tryin! Thank you :) glad you’re liking it

Yay 😊 you qualified! Thank you for sharing and keeping it for realz!! Hobby that shaped my life is paddling canoes and sea kayaks in all kinds of conditions. Learned to face my fears and maintain focus when things got intense. I love being on the water paddling a boat.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Such a cool hobby omg!

@gamayun1224

Жыл бұрын

@@ChelseaCallahan You should find meetup groups that do kayaking day trips. That's what I did when I lived in NYC. There is a whole world not too far from the city. Really made a difference in how I felt after I got stuck in a home/work routine and lived alone for too long. I didn't have a car but in these groups people usually offer rides to each other.

Love all your videos Chelsea,keep up the good work , take care and many greetings from Stockholm Sweden

Hobby I found during the pandemic: astrology. I can't picture life without it! I love your channel. You are so creative and will definitely go far in your life. I am from NY and relocated to Hawaii 5 years ago. Ironically, NYC is the hardest place to meet someone, especially romantically. That has been my experience anyway 🤷

Congratulations on qualifying!! And letting your friends go cheer you on!! Gives them a little bit of practice for all the cheering they'll be doing on Marathon day :)

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Congratulations on qualifying!! You should be so proud of yourself doing it all on your own.!

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

so happy for you !

Congratulations!🎉 that’s awesome to qualify!

im trying to make it a hobby to write on this blog (whose domain i paid for !!!!) but it is really hard keeping up with hobbies especially if your mental health fluctuates. I'm currently in uni as well and its ass for no reasonnnn😭 anyways I've been watching your videos and you genuinely are one of the reasons i find motivation to get up and study or go to work or any of those things, you've made the unglamorous parts of life feel interesting to me you're making me look forward to my 30s! :D i hope you have an amazing day today as well

Well done for qualifying. I love running but haven’t ran for 2 1/2 years because of injuries 😭 but did my first jog today 🙌🏻🙌🏻 can’t wait to get back into it. X

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh congrats on getting back into it!! ❤️

My self-defining hobbies seems to be playing the guitar and programming. Yeah, right? And one of these is kinda impossible at the moment, 'cause I didn't have an opportunity to bring my guitar with me. Programming feels more like discovering the Universe through logic and construction. It's like LEGO, but in your mind, mostly. Sure, you can see the results of your program working right there on the computer, but it's so much more fun knowing exactly what happens under the hood. And music is the spiritual side, and I so sorely miss it. It's like having an exciting and delicious meal with so many flavors and so fulfilling afterwards, but for the soul. I hope I can find money and time to buy a guitar and start doing it again. And thanks for the new vid! I hope you'll find the missing gloves! And, of course, congrats on your huge and important accomplishment!

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Whaaaaat I love how different those are. Sorry you don’t have a guitar with you, I hope there are other ways to bring music into your life where you’re at! Thanks for watching and for being a real one!

@ANDRSNS

Жыл бұрын

@@ChelseaCallahan And thank you for making the videos that are so natural to leave lengthy comments under!

I've been watching your videos and I LOVE them! You give a very accurate description of living here. It's not all glitz and glam, but it's good. I share the same perspective. Our stories are very similar as well. I moved here in 2014 with no job or money, but I had a friend with a sofa who later put me out...long story! But I made it! I even won the NYC Housing Lottery. Life is good here, but it definitely has its challenges.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

That's amazing! And holy crap you won the housing lottery?! Are you still in that place? So cool! Thanks for watching :)

@Londa.G

Жыл бұрын

Yes I’m still here. It’s a brand new luxury building. I’m fancy 😂😂😂

My hobbies is crafting and adult coloring. I have anxiety and this helps me so much. I literally color everyday and craft at least a couple times a week.

A lasting rewarding hobby - exercise. Alone. I maintain a regular routine including strength, aerobic and agility components. Gym three times a week, bicycling twice or brisk walking if weather is bad. This is a major bulwark to my sanity, mental health. PS - running doesn’t ruin your knees.

There’s nothing as rewarding as training for racing and racing itself. I never felt as I tuned to who I really was as when I’d just fin8shed a race knowing I could not have run it faster. Nothing else has ever replaced that.

So i took up photography after my dad passed away and now i couldnt live without it - it lets me express all my emotions in pictures and then editing afterwards really allows me to make it my own

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

I love that!

We are famous! Congrats on qualifying for the NY Marathon!!

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

😂💖💖💖

People have this idea that people in major cities are social 24/7...but that isn't always the case. When I lived in Chicago, I probably socialized out 2 times a week at most..but some weeks I stayed home with a good book and some coffee

Growing up poor in 1950's Brooklyn and stickin' it out for nearly forty years, I find it interesting that some folks WANT to move to Fun City (John Lindsay). Living there prior to air conditioned trains, CD's, AM only radio, no cell phones and lack of personal computers was a challenge, but what did we know?. I lived thru the Commie scare, duck-n-cover drills, several assignations, going to Woodstock, getting drafted and running in the 1978 NYC Marathon. No, I didn't win. Not that I loved the Apple, guess I was just used to it. Sounds like you're learning the ropes. You appear to be a smart kid and I think you'll do well. Life can be tough in the asphalt jungle but you can't quit, gotta have drive. I ain't no, whatcha call NYC expert, but I picked up more than a few survival tricks over the years. Don't worry about makin' friends. That will happen. Better a few good friends than a thousand acquaintances. BTW, my first apartment in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn was a studio (with use of the back yard). Got that pad in 1974, rent was $90/month and gas/electric was included. Stayed there till movin' out in 1989.

CONGRATULATIONS ON QUALIFYING!!!! Answer to your question: Writing is that hobby for me. It's such a huge part of how I perceive myself. 🥰

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

waiting for a book!!

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Oh and thanks :)

You can put curry or paprika powder in your rice water while it’s cooking to give it some more bang.

Hey, running is for life :) I'm 57 and still entering races :) Well done on qualifying for the marathon.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

LOVE that! :)

Wow! Congratulations!

I “ran” half marathons in my pre-Rona life in San Francisco. I moved out of SF in early 2020 and shut it all down. I didn’t leave my apartment for a whole year. I keep thinking that I’ll start up again, but I’m lacking the enthusiasm I once had 😕

best combo, marathon+GG

Gilmore girls is also my comfort show 💖

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Kirk is my favorite hehe

Congrats! We'll be looking for you on the race course

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

42 degrees??? That means SHORTS weather and windows down in cars here in Minnesota!! Toughen up :)

Congratulations!

my hibernation season 😂😂😂😂

Congratulations!!!!

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

I'm a new subscriber and love your videos! Would you mind sharing what headphones you have? They look very comfortable.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

sony wh1000xm4! A bit pricey but worth every penny. Great bass and noise canceling!

My trainer will be 46 this year and he runs spartans half marathons and full marathons. You will be able to run into your 60’s trust. But start lifting weights it will help your running!

My cats lol i love legally blond omg u guys

girl your too young to be thinking about being old! But good to go for your passions! Thanks for the reminder and congratulations for qualifying! :)

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Hehe thank you!!

Check out Wellington city in New Zealand. I think it would suit you far more than New York.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

hahah maybe for way in the future

Your videos are so realistic. Make your own life.

Yoga! And yoga teacher training ❤

Hobbies that turned into habits: exercise, cooking good meals, gardening and sleep 🙂

I have skizophrenea and i mold myself round my life with doin Artwork

You’re in trouble if you think 42 degrees is cold.

And, do well in all your life races.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

Performnig improv comedy really helped me - great fun - did it for 12 years everynight every weekend - but now you have to be politically correct - so its no fun - because doing improv, you cannot censor yourself, everyting has to be spontaneoous. - times have changed.

Hobbies? I've seen a guitar in your videos. You could try getting better and better at it. I'm still playing in my "old age".

New York City is too dangerous these days to be out at night, I rather stay here in Jersey than get stabbed in the train by the loonies in the train stations.

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the sad truth :(

why no bf?

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

why have bf?

@IamJacksColon4

Жыл бұрын

@@ChelseaCallahan fun

What bout the brack dude harassing a couple and their baby on the subway? Same dude told an asian lady to get out of new york

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

horrible :(

Every time I watch your videos, I wish that I could give you a hug. I feel you, I see you, and wish you mega amounts of inner peace and outer joy. 🪷 My grounding hobbies are writing, painting, and wallowing in self-pity. 😂 Be well, and congratulations🎉

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Awe thanks for sharing your good vibes ✨✨✨ love your hobbies!! Hehe

You are such a nice person, do you have Instagram to follow you?

@ChelseaCallahan

Жыл бұрын

Awe thanks, @chel.call is my insta