Success Equals Having No Hobbies?
Written by John Rozewicki   
Friday, 29 September 2006

Fewer Hobbies

I've realized recently that I have fewer and fewer hobbies as I get older. When I was in high school I had a ton of hobbies. School was boring and horrible, and so I needed to make sure I really enjoyed my time off. I played role playing games at a local store. I listened to talk radio. I watched and discussed countless movies with friends, and read books. I devoted too many hours to video games, and I had a passing interest in the Japanese language. Now that I am attending university I find that I'm doing the same things I've always done, but fewer and fewer of them are hobbies. I am a Telecommunications (Production Option) and Japanese language double major. I discuss movies, listen to talk radio, watch television, look at Japanese stuff, etc. The difference is that now I am doing these things within the context of my future. They are no longer worthless. School is fulfilling now because it is geared toward what used to be my hobbies, and this is why the only real hobby I retain is playing video games. And since I've been at school there's been a sharp decrease in the amount of time I spend doing that

Hobbies / Day-to-Day Fulfillment

There is an inverse relationship between hobbies and how fulfilling day to day activities are. There is a balance to be struck. The people who devote as many hours to World of Warcraft each week as they do their job seem to be the unhappiest with their station in life. The people who are happiest with their station in life, or living their dream, are never too interested in having hobbies. They feel no need to escape. Real success, by this logic, can be defined as the absence of hobbies. It should be noted that most people fall into a very moderate category. They like what they do in the career for the most part. They enjoy a few things outside of that. It's a very healthy attitude of moderation. But, shouldn't changing hobbies into careers be everyone's goal? This seems to be what successful people do. They chase their dreams. They go full speed ahead on their hobbies and manage to carve themselves a living while loving what they do.

If Applicable

It has been my goal to do exactly this. I came to university and could not make a decision between Japanese or Telecommunications. I took both as majors, but I also wanted to be a writer. Triple majoring is out of the question, and so I started a creative writing minor only to drop it when I later realized the creative writing program at Ball State left a little bit to be desired. At that point I started this website. The only real hobby I have left is video games, which may remain a hobby unless I land a job on a video game radio show in Japan that also had an online element. I wouldn't have an aversion to that, but it's kind of specific.
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