How much do you spend per month on your hobbies?

FoxEye said:
If you're working 0800-1700 and realistically the only thing you can fit in is a 10-minute walk, that's not work life balanced at all, is it.

Don't forget that the hours outside work are going to be in darkness much of the year. And maybe the things people would really want to do can't be fitted into a couple hours of an evening.

Realistically, when you're working all the daylight hours, and you're mentally or physically fatigued after (and still need to do chores/cook/clean, etc). Well in that case... what are you really going to have capacity to do afterwards?

That's why for so many people the week is a slog and the only time you really have "off" is the weekend.
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I live with my gf and our 4yr old, both work full time and both find time for exercise or socialising. We just support each other when one wants to do something.

There's plenty of time after work to do something. The only thing that stops people is the excuses they make for themselves. Unless they are a single parent with no support network.

Weekends are spent doing family activities or if one of us wants to go out for the day with friends biking or whatever then the other takes over.

Hopefully I don't sound like a **** but you've chose the hermit lifestyle and it's not indicatave of the majority of working people.

It just comes down to a person's desire to do something other than sit on a chair until bed time.
 
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Hedge said:
I live with my gf and our 4yr old, both work full time and both find time for exercise or socialising. We just support each other when one wants to do something.

There's plenty of time after work to do something. The only thing that stops people is the excuses they make for themselves. Unless they are a single parent with no support network.

Weekends are spent doing family activities or if one of us wants to go out for the day with friends biking or whatever then the other takes over.

Hopefully I don't sound like a **** but you've chose the hermit lifestyle and it's not indicatave of the majority of working people.

It just comes down to a person's desire to do something other than sit on a chair until bed time.
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100% agree with this, we have a 2 year old and both work full time, plenty of our mates sit around all the time doing nothing when not at work and then proceed to moan to us they have no time.

We find that actually doing stuff gives you more energy - not less. Doing nothing other than working is too depressing.
 
Hedge said:
I live with my gf and our 4yr old, both work full time and both find time for exercise or socialising. We just support each other when one wants to do something.

There's plenty of time after work to do something. The only thing that stops people is the excuses they make for themselves. Unless they are a single parent with no support network.

Weekends are spent doing family activities or if one of us wants to go out for the day with friends biking or whatever then the other takes over.

Hopefully I don't sound like a **** but you've chose the hermit lifestyle and it's not indicatave of the majority of working people.

It just comes down to a person's desire to do something other than sit on a chair until bed time.
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Plenty of people do "nothing" in the week, tho, and only really have the weekend to do other stuff. ("Nothing" meaning the usual daily routine of chores and childcare and work).
 
FoxEye said:
Plenty of people do "nothing" in the week, tho, and only really have the weekend to do other stuff. ("Nothing" meaning the usual daily routine of chores and childcare and work).
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We both work full time have 2 kids one is 5.

I got shooting most Mondays, she usually goes out on a Wednesday otherwise it's general stuff.

I do the school runs and cooking due to her work, so most days other than Monday I'm non stop on the go from 7am until about 8/8:30pm by which time it's too late to do anything.

I do take a full hour lunch break though and go out for a walk, almost every weekday and I've started regular kettlebelling (I think is the correct term) as well.
 
BUDFORCE said:
We both work full time have 2 kids one is 5.

I got shooting most Mondays, she usually goes out on a Wednesday otherwise it's general stuff.

I do the school runs and cooking due to her work, so most days other than Monday I'm non stop on the go from 7am until about 8/8:30pm by which time it's too late to do anything.

I do take a full hour lunch break though and go out for a walk, almost every weekday and I've started regular kettlebelling (I think is the correct term) as well.
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As someone asked me earlier, would you say you have a good work/life balance?

I'm wondering where people draw that line.
 
I find doing nothing really exausting,my dad's the same in his 90s and has to keep moving,. I honestly don't know how some can netflix and game all day, wish I could sometimes for a change
 
bloodiedathame said:
As a percentage of your take-home pay?

And what is that/are those hobbies?
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It not really monthly or weekly

My motorbike is kind of my hobby, Bought a new one about 4 months ago for £14,500 and then there weekly fuel and lots of coffees
Think i spend more on the coffees when am out on it then i spend on the fuel :cry:

My mates laugh as we say instead of doing pub crawls like when we were young we do coffee cafe crawls now :cry::cry::cry:
 
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FoxEye said:
If you're working 0800-1700 and realistically the only thing you can fit in is a 10-minute walk, that's not work life balanced at all, is it.

Don't forget that the hours outside work are going to be in darkness much of the year. And maybe the things people would really want to do can't be fitted into a couple hours of an evening.

Realistically, when you're working all the daylight hours, and you're mentally or physically fatigued after (and still need to do chores/cook/clean, etc). Well in that case... what are you really going to have capacity to do afterwards?

That's why for so many people the week is a slog and the only time you really have "off" is the weekend.
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These days now am much older i find one day of the weekend is also wasted as i use one of these days mainly for resting to recover from a hard working week :(
Plus you have your own work that needed to be done at home/garden/car etc to do on the weekend
 
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I'm always impressed with parents who make time for hobbies during the week. I certainly couldn't there due to terrible organisation ability!
 
Hedge said:
There's plenty of time after work to do something. The only thing that stops people is the excuses they make for themselves. Unless they are a single parent with no support network.
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I think mental health plays a part too. I like painting little orcs and goblins in my spare time and it’s a remarkable barometer to my mental health. If I don’t fancy painting of an evening, I know something is up - usually that I’m fatigued and need more sleep.
 
jon86 said:
You have also said on OcUK many times that you do a lot of gaming during the work day, which isn't really possible for the very vast majority.
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Yea that is true, not quite to the same extent as before though, I changed job role slightly so my work can be a bit more bitty rather than before I could chunk down get it done, then pretty much be completed left alone for the rest of the day.

We have been a bit busier as well, but yes, I still can't deny I do get a fair amount of free time at home all be it I could not leave the house or be in a position where I was not contactable.

It does help.
 
FoxEye said:
Plenty of people do "nothing" in the week, tho, and only really have the weekend to do other stuff. ("Nothing" meaning the usual daily routine of chores and childcare and work).
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As has been already said though, that's by choice - if someone is happy doing that then fine, if not, then it isn't healthy - unfortunately it's a lot easier to do nothing and moan whilst falling deeper into a state of ennui than it is to actually approach the problem.

FoxEye said:
That assumes one has the power to be anything else, or to somehow defeat the system. The system demands that most people to spend their lives working for the benefit of a few. But that's another thread.
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You don't need to "defeat the system", just learn how to "play the game" better. Approaching with that defeatist attitude guarantees failure. Instead of telling yourself you can't do X because of Y, ask yourself how to overcome Y.
 
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Haggisman said:
As has been already said though, that's by choice - if someone is happy doing that then fine, if not, then it isn't healthy



You don't need to "defeat the system", just learn how to "play the game" better. Approaching with that defeatist attitude guarantees failure. Instead of telling yourself you can't do X because of Y, ask yourself how to overcome Y.
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"Just earn more money and work less hours!" - something like that, yes?
 
Most of my money goes on fuel, driving to do my hobbies! My main hobbies are climbing, trail running and I've recently got back into mountain biking as well. Over the years I've spent a small fortune on gear, but nowadays, unless something breaks or wears out, I spend very little. Driving to Lancs, North Wales, Peak/Lake District at the weekends all adds up though.

I also have a membership at a climbing wall which costs about 30 a month and I go a couple evenings a week after work so that's good value. I saved myself a gym membership years ago by buying myself a set of weights and rowing machine for the garage which has probably paid for itself by now too.
 
FoxEye said:
"Just earn more money and work less hours!" - something like that, yes?
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That's one way of approaching it, although the problem there is focussing on the end goal rather than figuring out how to overcome the obstacles in the way.

Or the alternative, which is far easier for most people: "Get off your **** and actually do something instead of wasting your life watching TV for hours" (how do people manage to spend hours watching TV but have "no time for hobbies"?)
 
FoxEye said:
"Just earn more money and work less hours!" - something like that, yes?
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The lifestyle you seem to have chosen costs you pennies. What is it that inspired you to want more money in the past?

You've got ample time for hobbies if you want them. But if browsing ocuk is a legitimate hobby then that's also OK and you're getting plenty of inexpensive hobby time.
 
Hedge said:
The lifestyle you seem to have chosen costs you pennies. What is it that inspired you to want more money in the past?

You've got ample time for hobbies if you want them. But if browsing ocuk is a legitimate hobby then that's also OK and you're getting plenty of inexpensive hobby time.
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Fun fact: I don't spend much time browsing here, I just get alerts when people reply to me :p Atm, as it happens, I'm working :p
 
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