🧩 Philosophy 4d ago · dominicq

Thoughts on hobbies

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There is an optimal intensity range for doing hobbies or anything hobby-related. I suspect this also applies to things outside of hobbies.For example, if you’re reading a book, there’s a speed that’s too slow: you don’t get immersed enough into the book, you lose track of what it was that you read about last time you read the book, and it’s a sort of a protracted pain, in which the very act of reading the book feels like a chore.Then on the other end, there’s reading a book too fast. You blaze t

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