Can't decide between a lifelong hobby or travelling

Long story short, I'm low income. I get help from the government and subsidized housing and I'm grateful for that. I do work but unfortunately my hours are not much. They're 11 hours per week and that's two jobs. The benefit of this is that I actually have the privilege of having time which is something not many people have. I see so many of my hard-working friends struggling because they cannot manage time and I'd like to take advantage of the fact that I have some.

I'm torn between traveling and a hobby. For context, my job is off for the summer which means there is 2 months of work money that I will not get and I will be getting less money with the government for assistance because of it. Which means I will be struggling a little bit more. My goal in life is to achieve some of the dreams that I have and one of them is to become a traveling. Photographer have never traveled and I don't have a camera but I am investing money slowly into a camera... My next goal is to keep myself busy. I want a hobby. Honestly, I am the most content when I am busy or getting myself so exhausted that I just have the best sleep because of it. My kid does a recreational activity that I could also join and I'm in debate if I should join or wait until the school year starts in September but then I can't help but think I could be saving that money and go travel because I'm pretty much in poverty. I won't have the luxury of being able to travel three times a year, but I can for sure travel once by myself or with my kid anywhere somewhere and now I don't know what I want.

I think a hobby is so crucial in a person's life and I think on a day-to-day basis a hobby would be ideal for me, but that hobby will cost me one of my pays. So that being said, I don't know how worth it is but it's worth my mental health. But then there's the dream of traveling and actually achieving my future career by traveling and getting out there. Because honestly I will never achieve anything if I stay in the same place which is why I want to take advantage of me having the extra help. A lot of my friends are on assistance and they stay on their ass and do nothing. I love them but they do nothing. I don't want that. I see as assistance as a help and I want to take it as a help to better myself. It's just life is so expensive. It's hard to do that but I'm seeing a lot of doors opening for me and I just can't help but choose which one.. And I can choose both but that will mean no extra activities with my kid. No eating out. No extra spending. Very tight budgeting. I'm a bit confused. Any suggestions, advice will help.

I'm just a girly and a tight spot trying to make my life a whole lot better and I'm putting effort to do it and sometimes I just need to hear advice from other people.