There's a big difference between alot of stuff we do and a hobby. We can be rather passionate about our hobbies, but we don't live and die by them. There was a time when I fished almost every night. It was not a hobby. It was a matter of life and death. It induced a meditative state by which I was able to survive a most difficult set of circumstances. For some of us, noddling an hour or two on our trombones is a relaxing pastime. For others, something all together different.
A hobby should be a relaxing pastime; An activity that brings a certain joy. For me it's feeding and watching my birds, in the yard. Riding my motorbike is my hobby, not my personality.
Starting a band, for example, is generally not a hobby, but an agony, an imperious urge. (The French call it "La petite morte", the little death, or is that the orgasm , I forget.)
I going to try beekeeping. I hope I don't end up a bee fanatic.
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