I have an interest in science but don't want to do it for a career.

I love paleontology, zoology, astronomy, and geography but I don't want to pursue these fields for a career. I'm just content for them to be hobbies. Anybody else like this?

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

Yes! Many people have serious hobbies deliberately very different from their work.

I know several people who hold Degrees in Geology, via the Open University, as a hobby; even one who gained his PhD in retirement.