I wholeheartedly support this! A teacher told us at the beginning of the year: "if you like drawing you have to draw at least 3 things everyday and you'll see you'll become good at it" and I was like hell no if I have to it becomes a bore and a source of stress, besides my style will change, my sense of proportions, light etc will improve but I don't have anything to prove to anyone, I'm in no rush to become "good" (whatever that means) and quite frankly quite pleased with what I can already do.
And in my class there's a guy who was very chilled about it. He'd say "my passion is handball" so naturally people asked "oh, are you good at it" and he replied "oh no, I suck ass, I just enjoy it" like he never felt the pressure. He also initiated the now class-spread practice of drawing on the chalkboard, no matter how bad it is.
You should be free to just enjoy things. You should not be made to feel pressure to have to be good at a hobby or have your hobby be constructive other than what you feel when you do it. When you start HAVING to or being forced to do things you love they can often be no fun. I enjoy racing cars. I enjoy it less if you are paying me to do it and I can’t just say: “today I don’t want to do this...” An easy way to kill something you love is to be forced to it even when you want time away. That includes people!
BUT-life is life. We all have goals. If Reeves or Murray don’t want to act or don’t like a role- they don’t take it, and I know a guy who flies his own charter flights. If he doesn’t want to fly, he doesn’t book flights. That’s nice. Every second of our lives can be useful to reaching our goals. So the hobbies we choose and how we approach those hobbies can impact the quality of our lives and by effect- the time and resources we have available for our hobbies. Some hobbies might help us meet or connect with romantic partners, friends, business contacts etc. others might give skills or experience that can relate to opportunity to make our careers. It’s great if you happen to enjoy solving equations or making jewelry- but of course, if you like twiddling pencils- hey- do you.
Hobbies don’t HAVE to be anything we don’t want them to be. They CAN be though. There’s obvious benefit if the thing you love and do in York free time also is constructive. Even if it’s an hour a week hiking or bike riding will likely do you more good than picking scabs or counting cars driving by. Hobbies that teach skills we can use in life or our careers, that are healthy for our bodies or that make us money or have us learn but we ENJOY are more beneficial overall than those we enjoy but aren’t otherwise constructive. But enjoyment is enough out of life. It’s just where one wants to be and how one wants to live. We aren’t machines.
And in my class there's a guy who was very chilled about it. He'd say "my passion is handball" so naturally people asked "oh, are you good at it" and he replied "oh no, I suck ass, I just enjoy it" like he never felt the pressure. He also initiated the now class-spread practice of drawing on the chalkboard, no matter how bad it is.