I've read other entries on what you do on your days on and your days off, and unless I'm just way off the scale, I do have one observation - I don't think most people have as much energy as you do. Even given that I have a lot less energy than most people do, I still think I'm right about this.
In my free time, I sleep. Or do my homework, or catch up on LiveJournal and the Guinea Pig Daily Digest. During the summer, when I didn't have classes, I spent a lot of non-work time sewing or acquiring things for sewing garb, and some time shopping for camping equipment and other supplies, but I think of those less as "hobbies" than "stuff I have to take care of".
Like I said, I could be out of touch. No, I know I am. Depression adds an unknown quantity to everything, and for every day on which I get some incredible amount of things done, there are about fifteen or twenty on which after I've done the things I must do (go to work, go to class) doing my homework or taking a shower is an achievement.
I also agree with the "non-hobby activity" suggestions. I used to spend a lot of time reading, and watching movies on video. I wouldn't call either of those a hobby, though they did add enrichment to my life. But they accounted for a not insignificant amount of my free time. LiveJournal is similar - it's important to me to at least try to keep current with what my friends are thinking and feeling and doing, and it does sometimes suck up a lot of time, but I wouldn't call it a hobby per se.
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Date: 2005-02-18 02:43 am (UTC)In my free time, I sleep. Or do my homework, or catch up on LiveJournal and the Guinea Pig Daily Digest. During the summer, when I didn't have classes, I spent a lot of non-work time sewing or acquiring things for sewing garb, and some time shopping for camping equipment and other supplies, but I think of those less as "hobbies" than "stuff I have to take care of".
Like I said, I could be out of touch. No, I know I am. Depression adds an unknown quantity to everything, and for every day on which I get some incredible amount of things done, there are about fifteen or twenty on which after I've done the things I must do (go to work, go to class) doing my homework or taking a shower is an achievement.
I also agree with the "non-hobby activity" suggestions. I used to spend a lot of time reading, and watching movies on video. I wouldn't call either of those a hobby, though they did add enrichment to my life. But they accounted for a not insignificant amount of my free time. LiveJournal is similar - it's important to me to at least try to keep current with what my friends are thinking and feeling and doing, and it does sometimes suck up a lot of time, but I wouldn't call it a hobby per se.