When you get older, you start to understand physically having time for something and mentally having time for something. Most people DO in fact manage to find half an hour to an hour for themselves a day, but need to spend that time trying to unwind or de-stress from an already busy life. Pursuing a hobby during those precious few moments will just add to the already busy day and make things more stressful.

Sometimes you just want to sit down in front of your TV or PC for an hour and not talk to anyone or have any obligations before getting back to the grind, and that's the only thing keeping you sane.

"I've never experienced poverty, but based on my own comfortable perspective I call bullshit on those who have!"

Oh sure getting 30 minutes a day to yourself is amazing. How generous of our corporate overlords to give us 30 minutes!

Said by someone with no commute, no chores, and no problems in their life in need of maintenance and supervision

The only way i can make time for my hobbies after work is by staying up til 2AM

say you go out at 5:40 to arrive at 7, 1h break at 12, leave at 16 to arrive at anywhere between 17:30 and 19 depending on transit. that is 13.5 hours remaining of the 24h day best case. minus 8 assuming a human person can sleep and wake up on command, minus 1h assuming a reasonable food can be both be prepared and eaten in a single hour without rushing like one is expected to do on a 1h break during work (oh wait). hey look! 3.5 remaining, that's plenty! well what about the chores? surely, practicing higiene in both your house and your body doesn't take long, otherwise you'll have to do all your house chores in your off day of the week, so say 1 hour every day. congratulations! you got a whole 2.5 hours of the remainder of the day! now start counting, go go go go!

oh wait, i'm sorry, i forgot you speedran enjoying your food like a normal person does, so now you still have 30mins from that lunch break at work, or that you slept just a little less (say, 6 hours sleep) to get more awake time to do your hobbies or chores later. well enjoy! i mean, assuming your brain can just keep moving and being active to perform your hobbies. just remember you have that time because you spent less time doing productive things like cleaning just a bit more of your home or something that could have gotten you just a bit more money for yourself. don't forget you still have to make up for those negligible minutes of sleep at some point in your life, the clock is ticking, you think your brain won't fail you in demanding that time back?