{"id":8725,"date":"2019-03-01T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:38:16","slug":"hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Has Time for Hobbies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the bigger lessons I got from reading Cal Newport\u2019s recent book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/digital-minimalism\/\">Digital Minimalism<\/a>, was the importance of scheduling your leisure time.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduling time for hobbies may sound unnecessary. Aren\u2019t those the things you do for fun?<\/p>\n<p>Yet, I would wager that most of us have activities we\u2019d like to do on the side but never seem to have time for:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learning a language<\/li>\n<li>Art<\/li>\n<li>Sports and activities<\/li>\n<li>Reading for fun<\/li>\n<li>Creating something<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A common way to look at this state of affairs is to argue that we don\u2019t have time for these things because we\u2019re too busy. We want to relax at the end of a hard day, with whatever meager hours are left over.<\/p>\n<p>This idea assumes we mostly use our time wisely, and if there isn\u2019t time for something at the end of the day, it must be because there wasn\u2019t time for it to begin with.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Does Your Free Time Really Go?<\/h2>\n<p>The view put forth by Newport in his book is that we tend to invest a lot of our time on various, low-value leisure activities that neither give us meaning or much enjoyment. Think television, Netflix, video games, social media and web surfing.<\/p>\n<p>These activities often don\u2019t provide much value, but they have really low barriers to get started. That combined with carefully engineered reward mechanisms keep them occupying our attention for many hours in the day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hobbies-have-higher-starting-effort.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hobbies-have-higher-starting-effort.png 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hobbies-have-higher-starting-effort-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hobbies-have-higher-starting-effort-768x382.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In this view, it\u2019s not that we don\u2019t have time for high-quality pastimes because we\u2019re too busy. Rather it\u2019s because the default is to do something less worthwhile. If we could momentarily push ourselves out of these bad habits and onto something else, we\u2019d be happier overall.<\/p>\n<p>The solution is simply to schedule time for activities you care about.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How I\u2019ve Been Applying This Idea<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s two ways I\u2019ve been working to integrate this idea more in my own life:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first is to set strict limits on internet and television use, outside of a few high-quality areas<\/strong>. Right now I have LeechBlock configured on my phone to block my biggest time-wasting websites if I use them more than an thirty minutes per day total. I also have ten minute blocks on my iPhone per day for YouTube and other apps that I mostly use to waste time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/limit-waste.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/limit-waste.png 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/limit-waste-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/limit-waste-768x376.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Thirty minutes per day is still more than enough time to follow everything I care about. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The second way I\u2019ve been trying to integrate this idea is proactively scheduling time for higher-value hobbies<\/strong>. Making a goal to do some activity every evening, Monday to Thursday, whether it\u2019s learning salsa, painting, attending a Chinese language meetup or going to the gym with friends, makes me less likely to fall back into binge-watching old television shows before going to sleep.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/add-hobbies.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/add-hobbies.png 800w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/add-hobbies-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/add-hobbies-768x372.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What If You Really Don\u2019t Have Time?<\/h2>\n<p>The idea of scheduling hobbies tends to provoke one of two reactions:<\/p>\n<p>The first comes from people who don\u2019t like the idea of putting in effort to have fun. Why should you schedule fun&#8211;shouldn&#8217;t it be spontaneous?<\/p>\n<p>However, I think the problem is often that there are barriers to starting activities you\u2019d find really meaningful and enjoyable in your life, so the path of least resistance is usually not the most satisfying. Scheduling is just one way to avoid this trap.<\/p>\n<p>The second reaction comes from people who argue they <em>actually<\/em> don\u2019t have any time for hobbies. They\u2019re truly too busy to do any of those things, since they work eighty hours per week, have seven kids and are studying for a dozen exams.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to respond to this second objection because, there really are people in such a situation. You may even be in this situation yourself.<\/p>\n<p>However, I also know that some of the highest-achieving, busiest people I know, nonetheless put in a lot of time in high-quality leisure activities.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do You Really Lack Time, or Are You Just Stressed and Tired?<\/h2>\n<p>This suggests to me that the feeling that you have no time is often a reflexive evaluation about the amount of stress and exhaustion you experience to do the things you have to do in life, rather than an objective assessment about the number of hours per day you have no choice over. <\/p>\n<p>My guess is that for most people in this situation, if you did a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/19\/why-you-need-to-run-a-timelog-and-how-to-do-it\/\">timelog<\/a>, you\u2019d find there\u2019s lots of \u201cwasted\u201d time, and that your self-assessment mostly reflects the fatigue and stress you feel.<\/p>\n<p>However, if it truly is fatigue and stress, rather than genuine lack of time, then that\u2019s all the more reason to invest in high-quality hobbies. It\u2019s the meaningless web surfing and Netflix binging that can make your life feel like a complete grind. 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