Nowadays, it is generally acknowledged that if a hobby is challenging, it fascinates people to a greater extent; on the other hand, there are some opponents of the latter position arguing that a free time activity should not be demanding. Reflecting on this matter, I am inclined to believe that a hobby had better be simple in order to be pleasurable.
An undeniable argument against a hobby being exhausting is that people get exhausted at work and in educational establishments, therefore, the majority of students and workers tend to prefer a hobby to be effortless. What I mean is that the working and study process take plenty of energy, consequently, after work or studies people are looking forward to relaxation. Recent research on hobby preferences among the UK citizens presents incontrovertible evidence that the more stressful work is, the easier free time activity a person chooses. Thus, a pastime had better be delightful after a long and tiring working day.
Apart from the fact that people ought to get positive emotions from a hobby, it should not cause any difficulties in order not to lose interest. To put simply, when people start a new hobby and realise that it takes much time, they stop doing it. For instance, the owner of a famous Russian cooking course, chef Ivlev, claimed that almost 90% of course participants of his courses withdraw after 1 month when they understand how difficult it is to do it. Hence, the more complicated a hobby is, the faster one might get less interested.
Summarizing all of the aforementioned, there is a dispute if a more challenging hobby makes people satisfied or they get pleasure even from a less complex spare time activity. Personally, I am convinced that, despite the temptation to start an intellectually or physically demanding hobby, a free time activity had better be simple in order for people to be able to relax after an exhausting working day, as well as not to give up a hobby too quickly because of its complexity.