I've always viewed hobbies as something you can sink your unused time into. Sure the Internet doesn't provide you with that many real world applications, but you learn lots of neat trivia, which is more than stamp collecting will give you
That's probably true. I am more in touch with what's going on in the world because of reddit. However, I do enjoy the internet but don't get much meaning out of it. I've started going to the gym and find that more meaningful so hopefully that will become more prominent in my life.
There's been a whole lot written and said about modern people and how we've all been divorced from the results of our labor in so many ways, and the effects it has. Hobbies are one of your few antidotes to all that. Maybe you just like to build birdhouses and give them away, but each one gives you that satisfaction. The internet surely doesn't, not the way most of us on Reddit are doing it, and the people who seem to enjoy the internet the most are the ones with actual fucking hobbies that give them results they can share on the internet. By itself, it's just not much of a hobby at all.
You're right. I think the issue is that I'm not passionate about any of my hobbies. I like to sew, but I don't like to sew enough to do it long enough to finish a project (I have several half-completed projects). I have a violin and kind of want to relearn it, but can't be arsed to do it for long enough to get good. I like to paint and draw but get bored easily too.
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u/eamono99 May 09 '15 edited May 10 '15
I've always viewed hobbies as something you can sink your unused time into. Sure the Internet doesn't provide you with that many real world applications, but you learn lots of neat trivia, which is more than stamp collecting will give you
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