When you present a four square quadrant to measure something in terms of two values (axes), with two categorical values like this, I’d like to request you do it the same as every successful management consultancy and pitch deck in existence: the aspirational/better/best quadrant needs to be top right, not top left.
I looked at this and immediately squinted, because it looked like doing the gear was the thing we should all be aiming for. Switch hobby and gear and talk about how to move activities up and to the right and it makes more intuitive sense.
Yes, I realise the irony of discussing the gear of an article that’s trying to encourage us to do the thing, but trust me, this will make it so much better :-)
Who says any of the quadrants is aspirational? The author presents them as equally worthy, and why not? They're hobbies, not work. The whole point is to do what you enjoy. No need to feel bad for having a "bad" hobby.
I looked at this and immediately squinted, because it looked like doing the gear was the thing we should all be aiming for. Switch hobby and gear and talk about how to move activities up and to the right and it makes more intuitive sense.
Yes, I realise the irony of discussing the gear of an article that’s trying to encourage us to do the thing, but trust me, this will make it so much better :-)