I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had time to develop hobbies. Now, if I have nothing to do, I just find myself cleaning drawers incessantly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've spent so much of my adult life in relationships that it's actually quite pleasant to be alone at last. I turned thirty-six the other day, which staggers me when I think about it.
I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies.
Really, I don't like to do any household chores. There was a time when I loved to cook, but that was when I wasn't writing books.
I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.
I do have hobbies - I garden and bike, for example - but there's nothing in the world that gives me even a fraction of the pleasure that I derive from hanging around with my wife and daughter.
I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.
When you're in your 30s and actively pursuing a career and a home life, a wife and children, you're busy doing as opposed to busy thinking. As you get older, even as you don't have as much time, I think you tend to think more and reflect more on what is happening in your own life.
At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.
I don't have children, and I'm not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself.
I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself.