adult hobbies worth trying
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adult hobbies worth trying
Adults spend their free time with escapist distractions (anything that will fill your mind with something that's not your real life); ‘should-ing’ themselves into productive hobbies; or taking care of all the many “to dos” that never seem to add up or count for anything. Where is the play? Where is the time for our minds to wander? Our curiosities
... See moreIn an age of instrumentalization, the hobbyist is a subversive: he insists that some things are worth doing for themselves alone, despite offering no payoffs in terms of productivity or profit. The derision we heap upon the avid stamp collector or train spotter might really be a kind of defense mechanism, to spare us from confronting the... See more