It's funny to think about how many ways we're pushed to take up interests simply because they're what people around us like. The time we're encouraged to spend on things that don't actually interest us, just to bond.
In KW, I was surrounded by folks trying to push certain interests on me, or trying to thrust me into chats with their friends because they wanted me to meet X and listen to us talk about Y.
It's such a baffling thing, in hindsight - but maybe that's why I cherish my solitude!
It occurred to me today, though, in part because folks here in Medellín are *very* unlikely to have hobbies the same way.
Hobbies are a kind of performance of wealth: I had free cash to spend on X collectible, I had the time & money to cultivate a particular interest in Y. It's deeply cultural in Canada in a way it isn't here.
Heck, here *I'm* the slightly weird person who has specialty baking equipment for a few dishes, but even then I just give out baked goods, not go on and on about moulds.