I view hobbies and interests in a unique manner

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I'm not really sure when everyone decided to make things like hobbies and interests such a key part of their personality. I will just say that having things like hobbies is something I have always rejected- let me explain. I do not like labels and I have never enjoyed boxing myself in. Instead of having hobbies or eternal interests I intellectually go in any direction that curiosity takes me.

I don't worry about boundaries or labels or anything like that. For example, it would be impossible for me to tell you what religion or philosophical belief I have. Since they flow and change constantly. I have never had consistent political or ideological beliefs.

Even things like being a fan of something is not something I enjoy boxing myself into. I watch sports some, but I do not consistently root for any team. Even the sports I follow and am interested in seems to change and flow with time.

Take hobbies, when I was younger, I read a ton and watched a lot of movies. Now that I am pushing forty I almost never read and never watch movies. I had fun with them when I was younger but intellectually, I felt the calling to move on from them.

I don't really have characters I like. I am a fan of nothing really. The only activity I have consistently enjoyed throughout my life is the ability to think freely as much as possible. But it is hard to sell open mindedness as a hobby or an interest.

I know being autistic means that in many ways I will never quite fit in. I guess I just wanted to point out how labels, hobbies and interests do not really work with the way my mind works.

Even if it's not what most people would think of as "a hobby or an interest," it's still a specific thing that you enjoy, or at least a specific attitude, and you can look for others who share it.