Draw Tiny Pictures 'Round All The Days

Will N sug­gested to me recently that I need a hobby. I told him I do have hob­bies, but he doesn’t think my hob­bies count.

I think what he really means is that I need to get out and be social. For a long time now, I’ve been job­less, so I never really thought much about going out and doing stuff, which gen­er­ally involves spend­ing money.

Now that I do have jobs, I feel like I don’t have time for a hobby any­more. Judy T just talked to me about going to Yosemite, and I told her I’d be down, but my tutor­ing job needs a month’s notice when I’ll be miss­ing work. (I under­stand the need for advance notice, but a month seems excessive.)

Any­way, I’ve been think­ing about what I can do for this whole social “hobby” thing. I’m con­sid­er­ing tak­ing mar­tial arts lessons again. It’s fun, active, and use­ful. But I need to find a good dojo.

Any sug­ges­tions? Or sug­ges­tions on another hobby I should take up?

Another thing I thought about doing again was com­mu­nity ser­vice. Either with APhiO (IPhi or GB) or another orga­ni­za­tion. But that prob­a­bly means con­tin­u­ally look­ing for projects that fit my sched­ule, rather than a reg­u­lar weekly thing like the mar­tial arts lessons would be.

Tags: Pictures, Will N, Work