I disagree with this. It's a net win to exercise. You're repaid for the couple
hours a week you lose with greater productivity during the remaining hours.
This is the crucial mistake:
"How much time does a bootstrapped company take? All of it."
That's not true. What a startup (bootstrapped or not) takes is 100% of
your performance, not 100% of your time. And optimizing for performance
means spending some time on maintenance.
I look at hobbies as maintenance for your mental and emotional health.
pg had a good answer at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=679278
I look at hobbies as maintenance for your mental and emotional health.