Most people have hobbies away from the work and home life. Maybe you’ve got a band, or you collect stamps, or you’re training for a marathon.
New research concluded that having a hobby — or at least a creative outlet that you spend a lot of time on — can make you more effective and inspired at the office. Alex Barelka of Illinois State University was one of the authors of the study "Benefiting from Creative Activity," which was published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
For some people, the hobby or creative outlet turns into a passion, even an obsession. That’s what happened to Northern Arizona University forestry professor Stephen Dewhurst. He dug deeply into the Zodiac killings of the late '60s. It led to a book called "The Demon of the Southwest Wind: Tracking the Zodiac Killer."
