Finding a Hobby

So Tyler's been telling me for months that I need to find a hobby to do in my spare time, and help calm me down in times of.....well just being overwhelmed, so while he was up in Glenwood Springs this past week, and I was off of school, I tried to find out what mine were....

Fortunately they all flooded back in the matter of minutes. He told me before he left to give cooking, crafts, coloring a photography a try because he knew that's what I used to do when we first started dating, and I had the attitude of yeah but I don't want to get into that stuff again.

However, with Thanksgiving, this past Thursday I fell in love all over again with cooking.

Friday morning, my three year old cousin, wanted me to color in her Princess Sofia book, and put some markers in front of me, and I mean who could resist that!? So I bought a 24 pack of markers and am craving another Giant Page coloring book!

Friday night, Nicole and I spent a whole five hours making Christmas ornaments and now I'm thinking about getting into crafts again, maybe start nerding it out again, with scrap booking or maybe flood my walls with memories, or memories to be. I don't know, I also really miss writing too, and apparently that could be tied in with the scrap booking.

Saturday, I went to the library, and picked out a book that actually sounded interesting to me, but only made it through the first chapter. But hey! That's a whole 10 pages more than I've initiated in a while!

As for the photography I never really lost my love for it, I just don't do it as often, because I like outside pictures, but hate the cold.....so that's going on hold for a little bit. But I did take these not too long before he left if it counts.

Oh! I also found out that I need to get back into basketball, because I love the sport and I miss playing it.

Point I'm getting at... Hobbies are so important! I wish I would have taken the year off after high school, just so I could work to save up money, and indulge in some free time I never had the opportunity to do at my parents house. My advice to anyone, if you live strictly by schedule when it comes to anything up through high school; do NOT go straight into college. I tried making everyone happy like I always do, and I regret doing that, I wish I would have waited even a semester.

If you do have hobbies no matter how small, how childish, how irrelevant, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE find the time and energy to do it, make time to do it! Because people like me who have to work to go to school so they can survive later on, don't have that opportunity as freely, and it sucks.