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Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 19, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
The one change that worked: I tried all the hobbies I thought I’d hate – and found friendship and escape
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I was in a work-commute-collapse cycle and didn’t know what to do. Then I began sampling activities I’d previously dismissed – book clubs, line dancing, chess – and it became oddly addictive For most of my life, I treated taste as fixed.
There were things I liked and things I didn’t, and that was that. Hobbies, foods and even social situations were quietly written off with the certainty of personal preference.
But sticking to that sentiment had left me in a bit of a rut. When I moved to London, I threw myself into work: long hours, commuting and networking.
There were things I liked and things I didn’t, and that was that. Hobbies, foods and even social situations were quietly written off with the certainty of personal preference.
But sticking to that sentiment had left me in a bit of a rut. When I moved to London, I threw myself into work: long hours, commuting and networking.
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