You can do a particular activity, for example, dancing, or cooking, but some activities you ‘play’, like sports, or a musical instrument. You ‘listen to’ music, or ‘read’ books, etc. You follow your hobbies.

I think pursuing. Hobbies is better. And you need to be more specific

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