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# The Hobbyist's Dilemma
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/the-hobbyists-dilemma/
- Published: 2012-03-22T03:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-03-22T03:17:00.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: gear, photography

[The Online Photographer](http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the%5Fonline%5Fphotographer/2012/03/open-mike-hobbies-and-interests.html?ref=cjchilvers.com) on the trappings of a hobby (via Marco Dughera):

> All hobbies and interests are beset with “received” models of how to go about participating in them: If you’re into boats, say, then the conventional wisdom says you must own a boat; and if you own a boat, the bigger it is the better; etc. But is the conventional wisdom really right for you?