AIBU to have no hobbies

It is so fucking weird that this thread is surely outing.

According to the Cambridge dictionary online, the definition of a hobby is:
an activity that someone does for pleasure when they are not working.

That would therefore include watching TV, watching films, taking long baths, reading, cooking and baking (if they are doing that for pleasure rather than it being an annoying chore) alongside all the other examples on here such as playing in amateur music groups, cycling, yoga etc.

I don't have hobbies. I have 6 children, including a 4 month old. I home educate the others, do all household/admin tasks, care for my elderly Dad who has dementia and my husband works away so there is no one else to give me a moment to participate in anything else. I'm not even sure what I would do if I had any spare time!

So films can only be a hobby if you go to a cinema to watch them?
I'm not sure why I am arguing either.
I think I am just trying to stand up for people who feel sad/left out because they don't think they have a hobby but actually they do - they just don't realise 🙂

Recently had Cancer/chemo. Used to.love baking/pub quizzes and so on.now love taking our Dalmatian out for walks .when home knackered! A little nap as well .however some of the people in my Cancer recovery group, 5 mile hiked,crochet, and having all the NDN round once a week!I felt a little feeble. As the Nurse says,everyone is different. If you are at work then you are entitled to relax with Netflix (virgin River anyone) A jolly lady came to Retire, everyone asking what she's going to do.Nothing Came the reply.and I'm not starting that till lunchtime!

I merely said the majority wouldn't lol. No idea why you are trying to argue the point. If they are just watching a film then it us slobbing in front of the telly. End of. Not sure how you can call it anything else

I never said everyone would.

But it still doesn't mean that someone who watches a film on telly will do th " extras" that people stated above

I don't understand your argument.
This thread shows that what some people define as a hobby is different to what others define it as.
Some are saying a hobby is only a hobby if you leave the house to participate in something.
Some are saying a hobby is just whatever you do at home that you enjoy.
Some on this thread are saying "I don't have hobbies - I just read books, have a bubble bath, do crosswords or watch TV" but to me they ARE hobbies or can evolve into a hobby if the person wants it too.
You seem to be dismissing watching TV as something that can only be a lazy slobbing on the sofa thing. It can be. It can also be someone's hobby.

perhaps you might not call it a hobby but surely you have some interests?
You'd be really boring if you didn't have any preferences in relation to anything at all.
Nobody is so busy they don't do anything other than work and chores. What do you do on a weekend or during annual leave?

even daily things like cooking, walking the dog, going on holiday, managing your savings into investments, etc could be interests you could easily develop into a hobby.

e.g. you like listening to music = try to listen to new bands during your commute and go to watch a live band once or twice a year
cooking/baking = try out new recipes rather than cooking the same thing on rotation
walk the dog = try new places in your local area, or do couch to 5k
exercise = replace part of your commute with a walk or bike ride
reading - use your commute to listen to audiobooks or podcasts - there are ones for literally everything, literature, feminism, crime
watching/reading the news = again, try also listening to a topical podcasts and discuss things on MN or with colleagues = your hobby is now current events/debating

Not odd at all that you don't have a hobby, I would have thought that working and running a household and having 2 children takes up all of your time! When my children were at home, I didn't really have time for hobbies - by the time I'd got them all to bed and cleared up a bit, I just collapsed in front of the tv! As they got older, I did play on a skittles team and do a yoga class, which I still do. I'm pretty lazy though and happy to be in my pj's watching tv most nights 😂

For most it doesn't.

Yes but my point is it can become a hobby. It can evolve. It can become more than just "slobbing" around.

And the majority of people who watch a film on telly actually do all this. ?

My partner watches films , then after it's finished than that's the end of it. None of this other stuff.

Well if that's the case then it's good. But please don't take my words out of context; I wasn't trying to suggest that career people never have any hobbies. But there was a recent, quite toxic thread, where homemakers and artistic people who were not particularly career minded, were being talked of in terms of having brain rot because they choose to spend time being creative.

Perhaps, it is rather that the driven and ambitious choose more active and competitive hobbies than those who potter along at home and are mocked for knitting or weaving...

YABU

Anyway.

You do have a hobby- you go on mumsnet.

A hobby can be anything.

Or....
Getting really into a story.
Discussing the story/characters with other fans on forums.
Reading articles about plot holes on line.
Arguing with other fans about plot holes online.
Seeking out other programmes/films by the same writer/director or having the same actors in.
Reading spin off books.
Buying a t-shirt with a favourite character on.
Gradually becoming more and more into this fictional world and ending up going to Comic Con dressed as a character.....
But....not a hobby?
It's just "slobbing in front of the telly" 🙄

I find it sad when the career minded mock those of us who do have hobbies, considering it brain rotting, and beneath them

You know the most career-minded, successful and workaholic people I know are the ones with the strongest hobbies. Some people are driven, and it obviously works in every aspect of their life. Maybe they just don't like doing "nothing"

It's still slobbing in front of the telly

What if you don't go out to the cinema but instead stream all the latest films (which some are available as paid viewing simultaneously with the cinema release or if not available for free very soon after).
Is film still your hobby?
I would say yes.
Most people don't scroll through channels and channels these days.
They watch specific programmes because they are interested in THAT programme.
Therefore..... it's a hobby.
In my humble opinion 😂

Yes because you get up and leave the house. to see something in particular Not just flick through however many channels there are these days ,( I don't have a TV)

Been there too. One of the many great things about the Open University is that you could get a lot of learning materials in multiple formats - text/audio/etc. I suspect it's even easier today, with technological improvements. That would also have worked when I was driving...

Sadly, if you've already got a degree, the cost nowadays is too high for most people. But let me promote their free Open Learn website with lots of taster bits of more serious courses:

Yes, I had that. (Oxon/Bucks to Paddington/Marylebone)The complete inability of the train companies to maintain a functional 'quiet carriage' (or even more than one) makes a mockery of their customer service pretences.

But I believe I would still have made a better use of the time if I tried to read a chapter of an OU coursebook, even if I had to re-read it later. 😥

Look, there are people on Mn who get home from work, get straight into their pyjamas at 5.30 and ask nothing more of the world than to sit on their sofa for the rest of the night scrolling on their phone. There are people who spend their post-work period driving their children to sports training, every single night. There are people who do adult colouring-in. Sudoku. Those weird little puzzle books they sell in newsagents.

Then there are people who pay to near-professional standard with amateur orchestras or string quartets, or whose day job is only to fund their ceramics/sculpture/writing/sport. I have friends who make textile art which is exhibited and bought by national collections, and friends who do drystone walling, and friends who are serious triathletes or ultramarathoners. Whose gardens are open to the public. Who feed themselves off their allotment.

You do you.

Been there too. One of the many great things about the Open University is that you could get a lot of learning materials in multiple formats - text/audio/etc. I suspect it's even easier today, with technological improvements. That would also have worked when I was driving...

Sadly, if you've already got a degree, the cost nowadays is too high for most people. But maybe I can suggest people check out their free taster bits of classes: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ Even on crowded, noisy trains, it might be more of a distraction, even if you have to re-watch/listen later.