[jm4]

Not necessarily pursuit of money. Work. The world is built on work. If we stop working we go back to living in wilderness - literally and figuratively. Hobbies are fun, but they aren’t work. Work provides a different kind of satisfaction.

[kulahan]

Maybe it provides satisfaction for you. My most satisfying projects have always been the ones I was passionate enough about to do at home on my own or with a small group of like-minded people. I'd have done a lot more if I weren't balancing it with the necessary evil of a paying job.

[hnick]

Plenty of hobbies are as useful as 'work'. Cooking, carpentry, fixing an old car. Not all hobbies are focused on consumption, many are about creation.