I went through the dropping all my hobbies and was happy with that decision for about 6 months when I had a newborn and didn’t have time for anything else becau

I went through the dropping all my hobbies and was happy with that decision for about 6 months when I had a newborn and didn’t have time for anything else because of unpredictable sleep and returning to work after my paternity leave. There is room to do a great job raising your kids, remain involved in their lives, work a full time job and find a bit of personal time for hobbies. I’m doing that again now that my son is nine months and mostly sleeps through the night. Honestly, some hobbies only need 3 hours a week of time commitment and you should be able to find that in your life if you have the right people around you. It’s definitely different if you’re trying to raise a kid alone (I have so much sympathy for the difficulties of single parenthood now that I know how hard it can be with two people.)