Remember when people used to be interesting?

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Get 25% off on Paired premium! Start your 7-day free trial by clicking the link here: https://www.paired.com/embers25 Bonus Content Join the community over at my Patreon at https://patreon.com/AshleyEmbers for all behind-the-scenes content! MERCH https://ashley-embers-shop.fourthwall.com/ Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7JoJYDwbvKSodEsW28WYDK?si=R6NHAwH7S2Gg1XwENzOM3A Find me on tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleyembers Time Stamps 00:00 - intro 02:23 - the lost art of hobbies 06:34 - The Paired App 08:27 - hobby inflation 14:27 - stop, you're not good 18:05 - the new age of hobbies 23:47 - consumerism isn't a hobby 28:38 - god forbid you actually try 34:34 - final thoughts References & Resources Hobbies - https://www.statista.com/markets/409/topic/439/hobbies/#overview Screen Time Statistics - https://www.comparitech.com/tv-streaming/screen-time-statistics/#:~:text=Worldwide%2C%20the%20average%20person%20spends,minutes)%20is%20spent%20on%20mobiles The Lost Art of Having Hobbies - https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/10/5/lee-harvard-online-hobbies/ 53% Who Took on a Pandemic Hobby Went Into Credit Card Debt as a Result - https://www.lendingtree.com/credit-cards/study/quarantine-hobbies-credit-card-debt/ Rising costs for youth sports represents a challenge for families in keeping children active - https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/11/rising-costs-for-youth-sports-represents-a-challenge-for-families-in-keeping-children-active/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Golf is almost 30% more expensive now than pre-COVID - https://linksnation.com/golf-is-almost-30-more-expensive-now-than-pre-covid/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Are Kids' Sports Costs Straining Your Budget? - https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/are-kids-sports-costs-straining-your-budget?utm_source=chatgpt.com Project Play survey - https://projectplay.org/news/2025/2/24/project-play-survey-family-spending-on-youth-sports-rises-46-over-five-years What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies - https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/04/hobby-inflation-fishing-knitting/682497/ Importance of Hobbies - https://arccmccarthy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/importance-of-hobbies.pdf Stop, You’re Not Good At It - https://medium.com/readers-club/stop-youre-not-good-at-it-1c9d2907dc3e New research for National Lottery Open Week reveals how many of us want to stop scrolling and open up to new experiences - https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/news/new-research-reveals-how-many-of-us-want-to-stop-scrolling-and-open-up-to-new-experiences#:~:text=New%20research%20for%20National%20Lottery,open%20up%20to%20new%20experiences&text=New%20research%20from%20The%20National,there%20and%20experience%20something%20new No, scrolling through social media is not a ‘hobby’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/social-media-scrolling-hobbies-hobby-b2503421.html Pointlessly using the Internet - https://www.reddit.com/r/nosurf/comments/mji5oy/pointlessly_using_the_internet_has_ruined_my/ Technology and Digital Media's Impact on Attention Span in Teenagers and Young Adults - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4872178 Get a hobby. No, really! - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/28/post-grad-hobbies-work/ In Praise of Mediocrity - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/in-praise-of-mediocrity.html Contact Me My name is ashley, if you didn't know ;) https://www.instagram.com/ashley_embers_ Email: [email protected] Business Inquiries: [email protected] 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Myself by Bazzi, https://lickd.lnk.to/1qLSeTID License ID: wBJj31NoPZD If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://go.lickd.co/Get-A-Free-Trial #genzhobbies #hobbies #cringeculture #cringe #inflation #consumerism #labubus #stanleycup #videoessay #motherhoodinprogress