William Watts’s Reviews > In Defense of Dabbling: The Brilliance of Being a Total Amateur > Status Update

How is she managing to touch on every single hobby I’ve been meaning to do. Now it’s roller skating. It’s like this book was written specifically to nudge me to pick up my hobbies again. I’ll be interested to see if there’s a hobby in here she’ll try that isn’t one I’ve been personally putting off

Swimming, something I’ve been telling myself I should do for months now but have been putting off. I’ve always loved swimming but now that there’s so many barriers to it, like having to drive to the gym and use the locker room, etc etc, and because I’ve put so much pressure on it being something I need to do as an exercise in order to become fit and healthy, I find myself making excuses for why I shouldn’t go.

I’ve been thinking of taking pottery courses for a while now but I keep putting it off and this is making me want to book them again