Path to Joy 8: Hobbies

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
โ€“ Albert Schweitzer

Whatโ€™s the difference between vocation and avocation?

Vocation is a job or career, work that is done to make a living. Avocation is a pastime or hobby, work that is done for pleasure. On this 8thย path to joy, here are three similar suggestions:

Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
โ€“ Mark TwainChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
โ€“ ConfuciusIf you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.
— Marc Anthony

When what these three history-makers must be delayed a bit,ย Develop Good Habitsย lists twenty-two reasons why avocations [hobbies] are important, including how hobbies:

  1. Relieve stress by taking the mind off of lifeโ€™s daily demands.
  2. Allow breaks from jobs while providing a sense of purpose.
  3. Make learning new things fun.
  4. Read more

Also see thisย New York Timesย article onย โ€œHow to Find a Hobbyโ€ย [Includes more great reasons why avocations are valuable].

Here are more encouraging words about hobbies,

To be happy in life, develop at least four hobbies: one to bring you money, one to keep you healthy, one to bring you joy, and one to bring you peace.
โ€• Stan JacobsToday is life โ€“ the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
โ€• Dale CarnegieNo hobby should either seek or need rational justification. To wish to do it is reason enough. To find reasons why it is useful or beneficial converts it at once from an avocation into an industry
โ€“ Aldo Leopoldo
In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.
โ€“ Stephen King

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