• While most people are aware hobbies tend to make us happier, they are also scientifically proven to make us healthier. Hobbies seem to help us live a calmer life, which reflects on the body.
• For people with high-pressure jobs, hobbies help with disconnecting them from their business related tasks and from entire thought patterns around building a business.
• Hobbies are also a way to shape our identity.

This concept refers to our perceived knowledge of ourselves, based on the number of distinct aspects we believe we possess.

Goals, relationships, and activities are all part of a network forming our sense of self.

The lower your self-complexity, the more fragile you are. But if your self-complexity is higher—you have a couple of hobbies, personal goals outside of work, and relationships outside of your family members—your sense of self is stronger.