Work It, Make It, Do It, Makes Us
Been thinking a lot lately about the stuff I used to do for fun. And what a wide variety of things its been over the years, from playing pool to euchre, to video games, to programming, to reading, to photography, the list continues.
I suspect this is tied in with being somewhat seasonally depressed along with possibly confronting some of the reality of getting older. Another decade looming is a thing and while its not a bad thing it does make one think about the previous decade. With all the caveats of how the last few years should be treated as an exception rather than the norm of my life, I have to admit my 30’s were pretty good.
But with the reality of COVID having disrupted every bodies life, I realized that I have lost a lot of hobbies over time and unfortunately haven’t taken any new ones up. So while I might miss playing pool I have no idea if there are places that charge by the hour anymore. And while I don’t mind programming in theory, I don’t feel like taking work home. Video games.. I don’t seem to have the attention span to play for extended periods. Etc etc etc
Instead I am trying to think about new hobbies. And I really am not sure where I am going to end up but I could see learning an instrument, photography, and reading all making a return. All I know is its time to reignite some of the parts of life that make it worth living.
