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~tetris

> What I know is that your hobbies couldn't be your work, as they transform into something else.

I read this sentence a few times as I couldn't quite understand it, but I think I get it now:

If my work goes badly, then I have no other hobby to fall back on and it will likely have a large impact on my happiness; if I have multiple independent hobbies, then if one goes badly I have others I can fall back on.

With this mindset, I see now that I probably should strive to derive my happiness from elsewhere, instead of one large overarching thing in my life.

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~eaplmx wrote (thread):

Sorry :) It's hard for me to translate feelings into words in English

I've had that discussion many times and usually the conclusion is the same. Hobbies and work are different beasts. Hobbies are for the sake of it. Work is for someone else's needs and desires in exchange of money or power. You can enjoy a great part of your work, but not everything (for example taxes or crazy customers). For a hobbie you can leave it in any moment as soon as it's not rewarding... And such, long conversation.

I agree on having multiple sources of happiness, usually diversification in many aspects is nontraditional but pragmatic at the end. You know, have 1 spouse, 1 job, 1 religion, 1 sport team, 1 hometown... I don't disagree completely, it's more about deciding what do you want to have 1 from and what more than 1 (It's not a great idea having many partners at the same time, haha)

Many hobbies, many jobs, many sources of income, many friends and such. It ain't easy, at least for me.

Thank you for posting!