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Your comment is definitely interesting, and I will remember it for more than 10 minutes. But the real question isn't "is what people do in their free time a good thing?", it is "is what they could do in their free time better for society than what they are doing at work now?" What are the hidden personal (not using your time optimally, lower happiness, etc) and societal (more stress, higher medical bills, etc) costs of people constantly doing things they hate? Not saying I have an answer, but it would be nice to find out.


>"is what they could do in their free time better for society than what they are doing at work now?"

That is a really great question and one that I think gets to the heart of the problem this article and others like it are demonstrating.


When we do things for the love of them, we tend to excel.

Furthermore, when we are truly passionate we can maintain focus and energy towards our goals for far longer periods.




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