We are confusing leisure with achievement, writes Meehika Barua.

Tell your friends to prepare to be sick of you!

Not every business shows a profit, but if your "hobby" is a business, you may be able to write off expenses against other ...

When Dr. Ken Duckworth, chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and author of You Are Not Alone, interviewed 130 people with mental health conditions for his new book, he ...

Ryan Gosling knits. Taylor Swift makes her own snow globes. Though not everyone can star in hit movies or play sold-out tours, anybody can have a hobby to provide relief from the stress and routine of ...

Hobbies traditionally offered private joy, free from work's demands, without pressure to optimize or monetize. However, financial pressures now push many to consider turning interests into side ...

It's impossible to avoid monetary value in the collecting world, but at what point does it take over the true essence of ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like to talk, and, sometimes, when I find that I’m droning on and on, I rein myself in by ...

In the recent history of the hobby, autographs have become more prevalent, with multiple appearing in some releases. However, this was not always the case, as putting a set together and chasing after ...