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Time Stamps
00:00 - intro
02:23 - the lost art of hobbies
06:34 - The Paired App
08:27 - hobby inflation
14:27 - stop, you're not good
18:05 - the new age of hobbies
23:47 - consumerism isn't a hobby
28:38 - god forbid you actually try
34:34 - final thoughts

References & Resources
Hobbies - https://www.statista.com/marke....ts/409/topic/439/hob
Screen Time Statistics - https://www.comparitech.com/tv....-streaming/screen-ti
The Lost Art of Having Hobbies - https://www.thecrimson.com/art....icle/2023/10/5/lee-h
53% Who Took on a Pandemic Hobby Went Into Credit Card Debt as a Result - https://www.lendingtree.com/cr....edit-cards/study/qua
Rising costs for youth sports represents a challenge for families in keeping children active - https://toronto.citynews.ca/20....24/06/11/rising-cost
Golf is almost 30% more expensive now than pre-COVID - https://linksnation.com/golf-i....s-almost-30-more-exp
Are Kids' Sports Costs Straining Your Budget? - https://www.schwab.com/learn/s....tory/are-kids-sports
Project Play survey - https://projectplay.org/news/2....025/2/24/project-pla
What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies - https://www.theatlantic.com/fa....mily/archive/2025/04
Importance of Hobbies - https://arccmccarthy.com/wp-co....ntent/uploads/2024/0
Stop, You’re Not Good At It - https://medium.com/readers-clu....b/stop-youre-not-goo
New research for National Lottery Open Week reveals how many of us want to stop scrolling and open up to new experiences - https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/news/new-research-reveals-how-many-of-us-want-to-stop-scrolling-and-open-up-to-new-experiences#:~:text=New%20research%20for%20National%20Lottery,open%20up%20to%20new%20experiences&text=New%20research%20from%20The%20National,there%20and%20experience%20something%20new
No, scrolling through social media is not a ‘hobby’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/....life-style/social-me
Pointlessly using the Internet - https://www.reddit.com/r/nosur....f/comments/mji5oy/po
Technology and Digital Media's Impact on Attention Span in Teenagers and Young Adults - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/p....apers.cfm?abstract_i
Get a hobby. No, really! - https://www.washingtonpost.com..../opinions/2023/09/28
In Praise of Mediocrity - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0....9/29/opinion/sunday/

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