Why Do We Talk Ourselves Out Of Our Own Hobbies?

A simple question about hobbies people wish they'd start turns into something more revealing on this episode, as the crew catches themselves shooting down their own ideas before they've even said them out loud. One host admits to signing up for a class and immediately feels the urge to downplay it, catching himself mid-sentence talking himself out of something he's genuinely excited about. Another describes wanting to write fiction, then immediately assumes nobody would ever want to read it, without any real reason why. The conversation turns into a debate about what actually counts as a real hobby versus something people dismiss too quickly, with no clean agreement by the end. Topics: hobbies, self-doubt, personal goals, live radio banter, Wednesday night radio Originally aired on 2026-08-26