I guess you could consider things like hiking, surfing, camping, playing video games, going to parties, having lunch with friends, driving up the PCH with my dog, etc. as work but that seems awfully depressing. Sure...viewed from a business lens it's putting hours into honing a craft or building a network...but is it really work if you're not expecting a payoff at some point?

There's no right answer to the question I just posed, but I feel healthier when I look at activities outside my 9-5 as leisure and outlets. It doesn't mean I can't be good at them, but I would feel that I was cheapening my enjoyment of these activities (maybe by putting any value on them at all?) if I thought of them "work".