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1. Paleo Retiree says:

   September 4, 2012 at 10:20 pm

   I AM my hobbies. My hobbies ARE me. Actually “interests” would be a better word than hobby for the way I go thru life, but what the heck.

   Hard to know quite how to peg down what a “hobby” is sometimes … Any interest and pursuit that isn’t a paying (or at least majorly-paying) one? Is making/not-making money the main criterion? But I know tons of serious and excellent creative people whose main income doesn’t come from their art-work. Does that mean that their art-creating is a mere hobby? That seems unfair, and ungallant.

   So maybe it’s worth distinguishing between passing interests, hobbies, abiding hobbies, serious hobbies, serious interests, jobs, careers and vocations? What gradations am I missing in there?

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2. Sir Barken Hyena says:

   September 5, 2012 at 3:51 am

   What PR said…but slipping by that, music has been my main hobby, since I learned drums at age 11. I was never cut out for a career in the arts, I’m not a salesman for myself. Something I didn’t realize for some time. But to me it’s very important indeed, more important than my job (in a personal sense) – that I do to support my family. Otherwise I’d be the slacker with a shitty job and a room full of music stuff I was before kids. I also like gardening, which is similar, because you watch things grow and are never sure what they’ll become.

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3. Blowhard, Esq. says:

   September 5, 2012 at 4:53 am

   My hobbies are about the only things that keep me going nowadays.

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