I’m bored and I need something to
do. I thought about this question while making tea and it’s something I’d like
to answer.
A lot of people ask when a hobby
becomes a career, habit, business, addiction, and obsession. I’m sure there are
a lot of other terms that can be added to that but my question goes back to the
very start and asks when an event or doing something becomes an actual hobby. I
can say I do an awful lot of things but I am extremely reluctant to ever call
them hobbies. The definition of a hobby is, “an activity done regularly in one’s
leisure time for pleasure.” So this basically means that if you read or draw on
a regular basis say 3-7 days of out the week it is deemed a hobby. But could
you call reading or drawing a hobby if you only do it now and again, say 2-3
times a month? I can say that writing is a hobby of mine because I write every
single night before I go to sleep; a simple summary of how the day went and
maybe a summary of the plans for the next day. On the other hand, I’m unsure
about calling this a real hobby because I have no structure to it and no goals to
it and therefore I’d be more inclined to call it a habit. I wouldn’t say that
it gives me incredible joy and on the odd occasion it feels like a chore but if I didn’t do it
before I sleep I’d just lie there uncomfortable with a dialogue on the go.
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