Jemma

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411 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 30 May

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The Psychology of your 20s · 423. You need more hobbies...here's how you do it · 30 May 2026 podcast

And I am going to use the example of my grandma as a prime opportunity to explain this.

That woman is so busy.

She is bustling.

She is doing.

She gardens.

She paints, volunteers.

She reads, bakes, go to the gym, even like 78.

So it's kind of like it definitely differs across our lifespan.

But if we are following the law of averages, researchers will typically say that two to five hobbies is the sweet spot.

You should have between two to five things that you're really passionate about and then maybe a few other things that you do, you know, occasionally.

Okay.

So one study from 2010 that was actually the first of its kind, it basically tried to find the golden number for hobbies and fascinatingly, interestingly, shockingly, they found that the limit does not exist.

As long as you have the space and the time, the more hobbies you do, the more improvements you will see to your physical and psychological health.

It's also associated with less stress, lower blood pressure.

That's what having more hobbies and more leisure time brings you.

I think the more leisure time is also an important factor.

These are all things that we really want to say.

So basically, as long as you have the space, you can have as many hobbies as you want and still be benefiting.

There is another formula that you've probably heard as well, another like golden number for hobbies, and that is the formula of four.

We need four hobbies.

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