#85: The Hidden Power of Hobbies

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You feel stagnant, like life is an endless cycle of going to work and coming home. There’s nothing on your calendar you’re really looking forward to. Can you be burned out and bored at the same time? How can you escape this sense of being in suspended animation?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Courtney, Verbs, and Blake offer a counterintuitive solution to the stasis of burnout:</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">adding</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">something to your calendar. They’ll show you the four surprising gifts that come from investing in a hobby—and how that can help you find renewed creativity and energy for both work and life.</span></p> <p><strong>In this episode, you’ll discover—</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The power of active rest </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The benefits of letting your mind wander</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How being new at something leads to the greatest gains</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Examples of activities that give you energy</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://breakhiit.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">BreakHiit</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://winandsucceedbook.com/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Win at Work and Succeed at Life</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Michael Hyatt & Megan Hyatt Miller</span></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>The 4 GIFs of Having a Hobby:</strong></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Innovation -</span> <a href= "https://giphy.com/embed/pOAJ9UVzFLHTnhhjOJ" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://giphy.com/embed/pOAJ9UVzFL