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Welcome back! This is Part II of my three-parter on hobbies. (In case you missed Part I . And, you can read Part III .) What follows are three ways that grownups benefit from hobbies. I’ve drawn on interviews with over a dozen friends and family members, so you can hear from a wider range of voices than just mine.   1.  Hobbies as self-care   Self-care is a broad category, encompassing fitness and physical health, social connection, and emotional wellbeing. Over half the peop

The subject of hobbies has been coming up often in sessions lately—the benefits of hobbies, the empty feeling of not having a hobby, the challenges of maintaining a hobby. This has forced me to slow down and think about my relationship with my own hobbies. What is a hobby? Why does it matter? What does it mean to have a hobby as an adult, a professional, a parent? What do my hobbies add to my life? What have they allowed me to learn or experience?

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