Personal story about hobbies becoming work from @anushcache
The creator shares a personal realization about why people abandon hobbies, using her own experience with Sudoku as an example. She explains how the initial joy and sense of achievement were replaced by frustration and feelings of failure as the puzzles became progressively harder, causing her to quit. She connects this to a broader societal issue of 'hustle culture,' arguing that the pressure to constantly improve and be productive turns hobbies into work, and concludes that hobbies should be a source of enjoyment to balance life, not another source of stress.
Creator: @anushcache on Instagram
Transcript
I realized yesterday why such few people have hobbies nowadays through an experience of my own. So I started doing Sudoku last year because I like doing something on paper and not on a screen. And I enjoyed the process of doing sudoku, and I felt a sense of achievement when I finished it. Like, yes. You're so cool and smart for doing that, which is a hobby. You do something for fun and you feel good about yourself. And then every Sudoku book I would buy would start with easy puzzles and get to,
Topics: Self-Improvement, Psychology, Mindset, Work-Life Balance
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