Hobbies

Reading was often noted by my college classmates as a hobby. Hobbies seem to me extras, in addition to. Reading however seems as much a necessity for me as air and water; I would never have considered it as a hobby. I'm pretty purposeful, don't have hobbies, didn't know how to respond to that question. Until yesterday, as I chatted with my sister about turmeric and pain and realized that health is my hobby, alternatives for personal well-being, body work, herbs, meridians, stretches, stillness ...