Would you consider swimming to be a self-involved hobby?
I read an article that said.
"He may be a workaholic, a womanizer, hooked on TV, caught in addictions or self-involved hobbies."
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To paraphrase my mother (and Forrest Gump's mother), "self-involved is as self-involved does." Sure, some swimmers are self-involved, but so are some runners, and body-builders, and rowers, and runners, and artists. I think a person who tends that way is going to be overly-occupied with self and with performance no matter what activity he or she engages in. I don't think swimming brings out the selfish in people any more than any other activity does...
or maybe I'm too self-involved to notice :)
Don't forget triathletes! :)
I agree completely.
After years of some mommy guilt associated with being away from my kids, I've come to realize that that was misguided and it is much healthier for me to be somewhat "self involved."
To paraphrase my mother (and Forrest Gump's mother), "self-involved is as self-involved does." Sure, some swimmers are self-involved, but so are some runners, and body-builders, and rowers, and runners, and artists. I think a person who tends that way is going to be overly-occupied with self and with performance no matter what activity he or she engages in. I don't think swimming brings out the selfish in people any more than any other activity does...
or maybe I'm too self-involved to notice :)
Don't forget triathletes! :)
I agree completely.
After years of some mommy guilt associated with being away from my kids, I've come to realize that that was misguided and it is much healthier for me to be somewhat "self involved."
