I just read through a local business weekly that had a profile of a power player CEO. Her bio says she is married with 3 children all under the age of 3. The first thing listed under her hobbies section:<\/p>\n
Spending time with her family<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I know, this is probably just semantics, but spending time with your family is a hobby? I generally think of rollerblading, hunting and traveling as hobbies. Your family is more important than work and I would characterize family life as more than a hobby.<\/p>\n
Again, maybe it is just semantics, but certainly not how I would state it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just read through a local business weekly that had a profile of a power player CEO. Her bio says she is married with 3 children all under the age of 3. The first thing listed under her hobbies section: Spending time with her family I know, this is probably just semantics, but spending time with your family is a hobby? I generally think of rollerblading, hunting and traveling as hobbies. Your family is more important than work and I would characterize family life as more than a hobby. Again, maybe it is just semantics, but certainly not how I would state it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worklife-balance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-ej","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":963,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/i-wouldnt-call-it-a-skill-or-hobby\/","url_meta":{"origin":887,"position":0},"title":"I Wouldn’t Call It a Skill or Hobby","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Special Skills\/Hobbies section of a resume (my emphasis): Athletic in football,baseball,hockey and can play pool very well. 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