When people want to self-improve, they usually try to do it directly, through deliberate habit building. However, I tend to think the best self-improvement happens indirectly. You pursue something ...

Remember back in 2020, when so many of us confined to our homes and doom-scrolling schedules suddenly took up knitting or block printing or sourdough-making? And remember how producing something with ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Kate Hanselman’s home is like a shrine to hobbies past and present. There’s fencing gear from previous lessons, and two pairs of shoes she used during ...

It's no secret that the most successful creative geniuses are guided by inspiration they often find in the most unexpected places. In more cases than not, that inspiration is borne out of a hobby that ...

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 ...

The first time I shot a clay pigeon, it disappeared. I was 12 years old, at a local gun club, where my mother had driven me so I could try my hand at “sporting clays.” Meant to simulate hunting, the ...

At this point in the semester, monotony is the most accurate way to describe life as a Princeton student. Despite the fact that we’re already facing April and post-midterm assignments, the days ...