Let’s start with the definition of a hobby.

Hobby (n): an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure.

Alright, let’s stop there. I’m not interested in tiny horses or weird bicycles. My apologies to any enthusiasts out there. A hobby is something done in one’s leisure time for pleasure. In this definition we have three main ideas, 1)an activity or action, 2)a mentality under which the activity is taken, and 3)a reason for doing the activity (i.e. pleasure).

The activity is easy enough to follow. Whether playing a musical instrument, gardening, painting, or any physical activity you’re actively doing something. The mentality under which the activity is taken might be new for some readers. Leisure time is a mentality associated with lower levels of anxiety, stress, and depression. The endpoint, pleasure, is your reason for performing the activity. You’re not looking to get more than a couple hours of joy out of performing the activity.

Action. Mentality. Outcome.

With that in mind, I can’t say that what I’m doing on this site can be considered a hobby. Yes, I’m undertaking the activity of writing and posting my thoughts to my readers. However, my mentality is not one of leisure, it is one of teaching what I have learned. Do I get pleasure out of this? Yes, and no shortage of all the other feelings that creatives have concerning their work. So, is FreemanFrancis a hobby of mine? No, it’s my platform for getting my ideas out in the world.

With that said I will be conducting a site redesign over the next couple of weeks to better align the content of the site to what I am writing. I will be publishing weekly or bi-weekly articles, the topic and length of which will alter the posting schedule a little. In addition, I will be writing daily blog updates with what I’m currently thinking about, much like this update here.

That’s all for today, I need a coffee refresh and a quick re-read of this post and a few others.