Yeah, I love to make music and will immerse myself in the creations, frameworks and values of that world as a sanctuary away from the stresses of other worlds like money and women. But I also find that time away from game, does as you said have me start falling back into old thinking patterns. I think it's actually healthy and necessary to give yourself a break and allow a mental reset, as long as you can quickly enough get back into the game/grind/whatever.

but I will be restarting tinder tonight

Better off meeting girls IRL.

Otherwise yes, your hobbies, more so your mission should always be ahead of any woman. The more you place your goals and aspersions at the front of your mind, the further women will fall in your list of pursuits.

The further women fall in your list of pursuits, the more they, as a whole, will find you attractive.

However, over the course of the past two days I haven’t been doing anything with my hobbies and I’ve regressed.

The more time you invest into chasing your dreams, the less often this will happen.

Don't blame hobbies for your lack of success.

This is a whole boatload of cope right here.

Did you finish the sidebar

I think hobbies help to make you fulfilled. They can't supply all that a woman can but they can supply a great deal women very rarely offer.

An empty mind can become easily occupied by obsessive thoughts or by desires that become bigger than they need to be. Sit about bored and you start to feel hungry easily enough if you are in a town where food is easily bought or at home where you have plenty of food. Get doing something and you will only be hungry when your carbohydrate stores get a bit low. I do a physical job, yet when I am out working I always eat less than when I am sat at home. The desire to eat will then be performing properly and not in an unhelpful way, provided there is something positive to occupy the mind. I think the same is true with women. If you are bored, wanting a woman will get a hold of you more than is helpful.

It sounds like you had a realisation.

When you were busy, your mind didn't focus on your insecurities. When you were not busy, your mind started spiraling and you made the connection.

And then you came here seeking validation from us on your realisation. That's an insecurity in itself. Next time, write your realisation in a journal and then go start planning and being busy.