Well, it’s probably too soon to tell. This is just my first day of a two-week vacation after all. You know what they say about good intentions. Could be another couple months until my next blog post, but we’ll see.
I’ve made myself a list of vacation projects and that in itself is probably not a good start to a vacation. But if I don’t make a list (who doesn’t love lists?) I will waste away the time doing nothing but surfing on my phone.
And on the subject of surfing, I was thinking the other day about how I go from one hobby to another, not really sticking with one long enough to really master it. Remember my paella manifesto? Or my pottery lessons? If you don’t it’s because I never really stuck to either of these long enough for anyone, not even me, to see what that was all about. Is this because of a short attention span? Do I get bored easily? Maybe a little of both.
Because like I said earlier I really do like making lists, here are just some of the activities I’ve tried:
- photography
- playing guitar
- youth sports photography
- journaling (Morning Pages)
- bullet journaling
- blogging
- making paella
- pottery
- crocheting
- reading
- Yoga
- Zumba
- gardening
- and the latest, baking
Some of these have stuck around longer than others. Photography, of course, is one activity that is not so much a hobby but a way of looking at the world around me. I will always have a camera (although the one on my phone gets used regularly since it’s always with me) and I do pick it up now and then.
I love to cook, but the quest to perfect the paella is now just a desire to enjoy a good seafood dish every now and then. Now I’m thinking more sweet than savory. I’ve never baked much that didn’t involve a convenient box mix, but from the first episode of The Great British Baking Show that I stumbled upon while browsing Netflix, I was hooked. I’ve watched almost all of them now and my Pinterest board for “Breads, Sweets, and other Treats” keeps growing.
Crocheting was fun as well as challenging. It seems to be more of a fall and winter activity but I’ve put it on my list for the next two weeks because I would like to crochet some Christmas gifts this year.
Pottery was fun too though. I should take another class. I’ve never been to formal yoga class but I’ve found a YouTube channel I like and whenever I feel the need I pull up one of Adriene’s videos and stretch the kinks out. Zumba is still a weekly activity and I would love to do it more than once a week regularly.
I watched a video a couple weeks ago about how to “Create an Amazing Life” and one suggestion was to be a lifelong learner. Try different things. Acquire new skills. So that’s what I’m doing. I’m trying to have an amazing life by trying new things and seeing what sticks.
How about you? Is there anything you’ve tried that you’d like to get back to? What new hobby are you into? Maybe there’s something else I need to add to my list!