Leisure – Areas for Improvement
Oh leisure. This is where I’m supposed to relax. This is for the things I love to do. Hmm.
1. I need to evaluate my hobbies. Am I enjoying them or just doing them for the sake of filling time? And are their things I’ve stopped doing that I wish I was doing again?
2. I need to think about writing. I enjoy it but my muse is kind of… not here. I have a journal set up for it and I need to start using it.
3. I need to write about my hobbies. I need to remember why I do them.
Leisure is a tricky subject. I need to learn how to relax but I don’t know how. In fact, I’m struggling what to really write here. I think that says volumes.
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Leisure doesn’t seem like it should be a category. But the fact is that if all I cared about or concentrated on was work and my health, then life would be rather boring.
Leisure activities are the way I should relax. More often then not they cause more stress then they should. My likes and dislikes don’t change that often but I do go through cycles. And things that I once liked fall our of favor.
Gaming is one of those things that changed recently. I’ve noticed that I don’t really enjoy the types of video games I once did. I don’t know if the systems themselves changed or if I outgrew it but for whatever reason, I don’t get much pleasure from some types of games any more.
Role-playing games are another problem. I enjoy them, the live table top ones and the internet based ones. But for whatever reason, the games I’m currently involved in don’t really peak my interest.
Writing was one of my greatest of joys but I haven’t been able to write anything I’m pleased with in ages. I read a lot though some of the books I’ve read are horrible. I don’t really know how I turn things around.
Knitting is great. It’s fun to create things but I’m starting to get frustrated. I’m bored with the easy projects but I don’t have the skills to do the tougher stuff.
So I don’t know whether I should try to fix the stuff that I’m not liking or try new stuff. Either way, this problem is also directly related to the fact that I’m never home.
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So as I try to find my little patch of happiness in this life, I’ve decided to try NaNoWriMo. Two years ago, I totally burned out in the attempt but it was more likely the end of a long, slow burn out. Since then my writing has been few and far between.
My goal with this new attempt is to simply write. No going back and rewriting, no thinking of the plot. Just write. Here are the badges:
