As the New Year approaches, many are considering starting a hobby. A popular social media post suggests we should have four distinct types: Create, Consume, Cavort, and Commune. But is having multiple hobbies necessary for well-being, or is it too much to ask in our already busy lives? This article explores the benefits of hobbies and whether pursuing multiple interests is truly essential.
Try plenty of hobbies until you find the right one.As we crawl into the New Year, many of us are thinking about how we want to spend our time. Given our increasingly busy lives, the breakdown of our days matters – so if your 2025 resolution is to start a hobby, you might be happy with just one.
They are activities which are “sufficiently challenging but adequately rewarding. You are engaging in something meaningful in the long term,” Mansourian explains. “I see it in the wellness community a lot – it’s not just running for the sake of running because it’s fun. It’s running because it’s good for my focus, which is better for work, it’s good for networking – everything needs to be linked back to some benefit. That seriousness is worthwhile, but it also means that to be a novice is no longer noteworthy.”Let your curiosity guide you - don’t feel pressure to stick with something if it doesn’t serve you.
Sbeg agrees that a diverse portfolio of hobbies is not a must. But she thinks rules like the four Cs can be a helpful framework.
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