{"id":173226,"date":"2023-10-01T05:24:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T10:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/theres-no-such-thing-as-too-many-hobbies-a-psychologist-explains"},"modified":"2023-10-01T05:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T10:24:12","slug":"theres-no-such-thing-as-too-many-hobbies-a-psychologist-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/theres-no-such-thing-as-too-many-hobbies-a-psychologist-explains","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s No Such Thing As Too Many Hobbies\u2014A Psychologist Explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/theres-no-such-thing-as-too-many-hobbies-a-psychologist-explains2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about their tendency to pick up and put down hobbies on a whim. They ask questions like:\u201cWhy do I feel so scattered, hopping from one interest to another?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it normal to want to learn so many things, or am I just avoiding commitment?\u201d\u201cWhy do I feel like I\u2019m not truly excelling in any one area despite my many pursuits?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pervasive cultural narrative has often celebrated specialization, making those with multifaceted interests feel out of place. Society has long valued depth over breadth, equating mastery in a single field with success and purpose. This has led to a collective anxiety: the fear of missing out on becoming an\u2026 More.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>While we once frowned upon the \u201cjack of all trades,\u201d an array of hobbies might reveal a quest for a psychologically rich life\u2014one that fosters depth, curiosity and growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about their tendency to pick up and put down hobbies on a whim. They ask questions like:\u201cWhy do I feel so scattered, hopping from one interest to another?\u201d \u201cIs it normal to want to learn so many things, or am I just avoiding commitment?\u201d\u201cWhy do I [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}