If you have time to binge tv shows, you have time. I do think money is a biggest part of it, but at the same time cutting out bad habits can free up some money.
About 90% of the population has no REAL hobbies outside of their jobs. If you're wondering why you feel unhappy and unfulfilled, this is why.
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Laidbackman
All Star
When it's all said in done, the Most High isn't going to care whether or not you found a hobby. If you have a passion for a hobby, then go ahead and enjoy that hobby, or hobbies. But don't get into the mindset of judging others on how they spend their personal time, or on whether or not they have hobbies. People who do that, kinda expose themselves.
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Nokids
Promise if I have a seed imma guide him right
Great thread could we get a list of different hobbies? Some I do is
Hiking
Gardening
Working out
Photography
Art shows/ museums
Thinking of joining a sports team this spring. My cousin joined a roller blading team(like atl) and that shyt has him traveling to different states once a month
Hiking
Gardening
Working out
Photography
Art shows/ museums
Thinking of joining a sports team this spring. My cousin joined a roller blading team(like atl) and that shyt has him traveling to different states once a month
IIVI
Superstar
A lot of people really ain't that great at any one thing.
110,000,000,000 people have been on this planet. A few hundred, maybe at most a thousand are remembered household names.
I got a shytload of hobbies myself that I still do everyday:
Video games
Making music (DAW, I play piano and some bass as well)
Play basketball (mainly shooting around in the gym at this point - it's like my golf range)
etc.
shyt, even my job is like a hobby (software engineer).
I love learning about new things regarding math/science.
I'm also religious/spiritual.
Yet I still felt unfulfilled (and sometimes till do). I'm not scatterbrained either: I love each of these things and I try and pursue them deeply.
Truthfully though, I really feel best when I'm around family and loved ones.
I think a big part of feeling fulfilled is basically acceptance and self-love. A lot of folks can feel fulfilled and not have a single hobby.
It's basically internal, not external. Learn how to do so unconditionally just like we were at birth and you got it.
We came into this world with enough. Remember that. Remember what it was like before other people told us what we were "missing" - fulfillment is right there.
110,000,000,000 people have been on this planet. A few hundred, maybe at most a thousand are remembered household names.
I got a shytload of hobbies myself that I still do everyday:
Video games
Making music (DAW, I play piano and some bass as well)
Play basketball (mainly shooting around in the gym at this point - it's like my golf range)
etc.
shyt, even my job is like a hobby (software engineer).
I love learning about new things regarding math/science.
I'm also religious/spiritual.
Yet I still felt unfulfilled (and sometimes till do). I'm not scatterbrained either: I love each of these things and I try and pursue them deeply.
Truthfully though, I really feel best when I'm around family and loved ones.
I think a big part of feeling fulfilled is basically acceptance and self-love. A lot of folks can feel fulfilled and not have a single hobby.
It's basically internal, not external. Learn how to do so unconditionally just like we were at birth and you got it.
We came into this world with enough. Remember that. Remember what it was like before other people told us what we were "missing" - fulfillment is right there.
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Roger king
Superstar
Eh..naah man ''times are getting hard guess what imma do? hussle hussle hussle hard! 
You have to put in the work to get to have the right to enjoy , its delay temporary gratification for a better reward, self discipline
You have to put in the work to get to have the right to enjoy , its delay temporary gratification for a better reward, self discipline
Nokids
Promise if I have a seed imma guide him right
Glad you wrote this because I feel the same way. I’m 1000 miles from home. No friends since all I did was smashed the girls
And guys I have one dude I hang with I also work with but he’s a weekend father so that kills a lot of shyt I also wfh so it’s harder to meet people at work. Good post
Amused Mastery
All Star
OP is right, most folks generally don't have hobbies. When I say hobbies, that excludes stuff like watching TV and playing video games solo at the crib, I mean actually doing something actively...could be fitness-related, martial arts, cooking, some craft like photography, video editing, content creation, etc.
Hobbies help round you out and give you more to talk about besides work and whatever show you're catching up on.
Hobbies help round you out and give you more to talk about besides work and whatever show you're catching up on.
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
Perhaps energy is better word. If you work a 10-12 hour day or have a long ass commute to work, you don't feel like doing much else.
AquaCityBoy
Veteran
Why is jacking off a 'hobby'?Working out
cooking
gaming
watching movies/shows/wrestling
jacking off
sleeping
Can't relate to anything that tweet says
That's very true! American work ethic isn't always conducive to happiness lol. But in some cases it ties back to bad habits as well. You can't sit eat, drink, and in some cases drug all day and expect to have energy to do a bunch of stuff.
everybody has hobbies, people just like to gate keep what is considered a valid hobby is all.
already saw someone in this thread say video games don't count. if i said drawing or playing an instrument didn't count there would be even more people without hobbies.
fact is in the 2020s most hobbies are computer or electronics based.
people aren't collecting stamps anymore or developing their own film.
already saw someone in this thread say video games don't count. if i said drawing or playing an instrument didn't count there would be even more people without hobbies.
fact is in the 2020s most hobbies are computer or electronics based.
people aren't collecting stamps anymore or developing their own film.
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
Oh, I hate this shyt. I work 50-60 hours a week. Personally, I hope the US either adopts a 4 day work week or a 6 hour work day. I'm used to working long hours and expect it for my job, but it being mandatory kinda makes it so people find more shyt that has to be done, redundant work, or unproductive work. 4 days or 6 hours makes people work every hour they are working.
So gaming isn't a hobby, but video editing and content creation is?
I observed American normalcy and decided early on it wasn't for me. I've been working hard ever since to live as abnormal as possible. I've always negotiated an earlier schedule and for the position before this one, 3 WFH days. I work fully remote now and don't see myself heading back to an office anytime soon. I don't feel it will ever be a "normal" practice in America to work less, but individually people can find an opportunity that aligns with their values.
