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Originally Posted by 8sPOT
I personally think a lack of hobbies can have a pretty big negative impact. My ex had zero hobbies, and she was very much not enjoying life, ever. I'm not saying a+b=c but there is a certain trend there.
I've played guitar almost my whole life, never in a band, never really recording anything, but I've always known that it does something for me that is important. I tell people its a sort of therapy when I sit down and play for awhile.
Same with my other hobbies, golf, snowboarding, video games...I enjoy them all but they give me a real sense of joy, belonging, and again have a certain therapeutic value that is important to me.
Just food for thought.
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This is actually a really good point, because a lack of hobbies is basically driving face-first into a rut.
I experience this a lot, largely professionally.
So many of us have been conditioned to just 'Work' that we've entirely forgotten that there is more to life than that.
I think its a large reason why you see so many people dying rather quickly after retiring. 'The thing' that motivated people was gone and there were no other 'things.'
My dad was a professional driver for 40+ years and had to retire because he aged-out, but he had spent so many years on the move that he'd never accumulated the hobbies or the friend-groups and it was really hard on him.