Hey friends! Today Eveline want to share with you her story on how she created a huge city of LEGO! I have a very unpleasant disease - OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder. It means it’s vitally important for me to repeat some actions. When I was very little I would get hysterical when someone moved my toys or even touched my things.
The doctor advised my mom to find me a hobby to stop disease progressing. Hobbies are the best way to deal with such things as they make people concentrate on one thing.
My mom gave me a set of LEGO as it develops motor skills. So when I was 3 I could spend hours con-necting cubes to get exactly the same tower as in the picture.
But mom didn't mind. Although the sets were quite expensive, we were a wealthy family. At least, we always bought the original ones and not cheap Chinese imitations. By the way, some sets were not in-tended for kids. But my mother was not confused as I could not even think of putting details in the nose or in the mouth because of my illness.
Practically, I was a perfect kid. I was just sitting, rustling with cubes, did not get naughty, didn’t throw things. Bit it is was not my nature, it was a disease.
When I was 12, we moved to a house from a flat. My mum made me a gorgeous gift – she prepared a small room for my LEGO passion. Together we ordered a huge table that occupied almost the entire room. I got a new goal. I knew what I wanted.
I started building a city. I have collected more than enough sets for years. I spent all my spare time on the construction.
For a start, I outlined houses location, shops, neighborhoods, streets. I was allowed to draw right on the table. Then I started construction. Slowly, but surely residential areas grew.
Sometimes I went beyond the project and built mountains or forests. So, there was a pond, a small riv-er, and a castle on the hill in my city. It became a whole legend. I didn't build as much as I played. I in-vented characters, made stories, played out some scenes. It was so cool! I finally decided to put my sto-ries in a book.
I'm 17 now. My books are a success, they interview me and shoot me and my city on video. Those who haven't read my books know me as the girl who built one of the biggest LEGO cities. I was even invited to the LEGO factory, and I looked at the process of creating my favorite toys from the inside.
This is how my mother and my doctor, without knowing it, brought up a creative person from a sick girl.
Write in the comments about your hobbies. Read books and create your own worlds! Because some-times leaving reality can help you find your place in it.
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