I've been thinking a lot about my hobbies lately, in that I used to have some and they're dwindling. Recent hobbies included:

• Knitting scarves (since I can only do straight rows)
• Running
• Biking
• Acting (or trying)
  
• The Fun Club
• Singing
• Writing/blogging
• Playing the flute
• Inventing slow cooker recipes
• Hiking
  

Current hobbies include:

• Running
• Sporadic blogging
• Even more sporadic hiking
• *Playing the flute is now my job, so that has shifted to another category...
  

There are two contrary issues at work here: I let myself not have time for hobbies because I worked too much, and I stopped insisting on my hobbies and therefore work had room to take over my life. Two sides of the same completely uncool coin.

Now it's not so bad, because my job is awesome, and when your career is music, life is sort of one big hobby. When money and endless self-motivation is involved, though, it's still not quite the same animal it once was.

With Hood to Coast coming up in two months and me vowing to run a half-marathon in October 2010 and a marathon in October 2011, running is certainly a big hobby right now. I'm also trying to bump the writing and blogging back up too, because writing is good for my soul. But I need something else, and it needs to be something cost-effective. (The cheap part is what's lame-- otherwise I would have headed straight for the rock climbing gym.) Camping would have been great, but I can't keep begging my mother to watch my adorable cat.


So, loyal readers, I'm taking ideas. You all seem to prefer emailing or calling me to leaving blog comments, but either way. A hobby with a specific goal would be great, and I'll be thinking on it too. In the meantime, I'm coming up with Willamette Fun Club ideas for next year...

Let's get awesome, people!

Labels: life plans