I started this post before Coco tweeted this today, but I will take advantage of this coincidence.
Did people have more hobbies in earlier periods? Now, we have the conveniences of the internet to interact with other people, television to watch, we can even get our music without talking to a soul. Kids weren't sitting in front of the television or computer, so hobbies probably started younger. I played baseball, soccer, and did some ballet as a child, but nothing stuck (which I blame my parents, but I should take some of the blame - some advice parents, sometimes you just have to push through a stubborn phase and make your kids have a hobby). Now my hobbies include reading short and long form news articles, analyzing my favorite shows until it's dead and I don't want to think about them anymore, cutting out magazines and making collages, thrift shopping, listening to podcasts and music, following the craft of showrunning, and journaling/blogging. I also read books from time and time and watch movies. I don't 'game', though I'm not against it and I've been eyeing my sister's guitar in the living room, maybe I'll try to learn a few chords.
Keeping a record of all this is supposed to be motivate me to be more than words.
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