Tell me about a hobby you used to love but slowly stopped doing. What happened?

B Natural answer

I used to love playing the piano. I was never a serious musician, but I could play by ear, and that made me feel pretty good. I would sit down after dinner and play songs I liked just for fun. Then work got more demanding, and my evenings became shorter. I kept putting it off, saying I'd practice on the weekend. But the weekends filled up too, and before long my free time filled up. I still have the piano at home, and honestly I miss it more than I expected.

Key phrases in this answer

• play by ear — make music without reading notes“My brother can play by ear after hearing a song once.”
• kept putting it off — repeatedly delayed doing it“I kept putting it off until the deadline was very close.”
• my free time filled up — all available time became busy“After I got a second job, my free time filled up fast.”
• used to go to the park every weekend — did something regularly in the past“When I was younger, I used to go to the park every weekend with my friends.”
• slowly stopped — gradually ended over time“I slowly stopped playing guitar when work got busy.”
• art slowly moved out of my routine — art became less and less part of daily life“After college, music slowly moved out of my routine.”