Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I am your host, Rob Dial. If you have

not you done so, hit that subscribe button so you never miss another episode. And I am running a free

workshop on March 25th called Identity Upgrade and you should be there.

Because after 20 years of studying and teaching self-development, I've seen thousands of people

try to change their life through habits and routines and actions, but nothing will stick

long term if you don't change your identity because your behavior will always fall back

to who you believe that you are.

So in this workshop, I will show you step by step how to upgrade your identity and get

rid of fears and limiting beliefs so that you can finally change the course of your life.

So if you're ready to become the next version of yourself, go to 2026 Upgrade.com and save

your seat there.

Today, I'm going to be talking about how hobbies change your

brain because let me ask you a question. When was the last time that you did something purely

because you enjoyed it? Not because it made money, not because it was productive, not because it

helped you build your career, not because it was something

that you had to do, but just because it was something that made you feel like you were alive.

Because there's something really fascinating and kind of sad about adulthood. Most adults don't

lose their hobbies because they're busy, they lose them because their identity

slowly collapses into basically one dimension, which is work or their job. That's it. And then

when that happens, something really subtle starts happening to the brain. It starts to go into

mental stagnation. And the scary part is that most people think

that's just basically what adulthood is supposed to feel like. So today I want to talk to you about

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