Title: How Hobbies Make You Happier And Healthier
Headings: How Hobbies Make You Happier And Healthier
How Hobbies Make You Happier And Healthier
Is Watching TV Your Hobby?
How Hobbies Make You Happier and Healthier
Choosing the Right Hobby for You
Creative & Classic
Challenging & Adventurous
Enriching & Inspiring
Frivolous & Fun

Content: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science, describes how our heart rate and brain try to keep up with the frantic images, the visual stimulation, and the loud, sudden noises on-screen. “Because typical music videos, action sequences, and commercials trigger orienting responses at a rate of one per second, watching them puts us into continuous orienting response with no recovery,” writes Doidge. “ No wonder people report feeling drained from watching TV. Yet we acquire a taste for it and find slower changes boring.” Maybe you can relate: Do you feel like life is overstimulating, yet boring? How Hobbies Make You Happier and Healthier
There’s evidence that fun diversions contribute to good health. One study showed that people who engage in hobbies enjoy better moods, feel more interested, and have less stress and lower heart rates—even hours after the recreation time. Embracing a hobby can also sharpen your ability to solve problems in other areas of life and can spin-off into unexpected skills, maybe even inspiring a new career. Pastimes improve your social well-being too.