I Know....Rock Climbing

That wont work.....I 'm afraid of heights

I need a hobby. I don't really count this as a hobby, this is more of a good waste of time and on some occasions a forum to vent in. Here's the catch....I don't know what I want to do in my spare time. A hobby by definition is: an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation. Yeah...that narrows it down for me.

What am I interested in? I'm interested in all sorts of activities.....I think the question should be more like...What will hold my interest for longer than 10 min. Not only that, but what will satisfy me, not frustrate the be jiggers out of me? And you can't forget, not break the bank. Some of the hobbies that I see people doing cost a small fortune.

One of main issues is that I am a "Instant Gratification" type person. If i am not going to see results immediately, I don't want to do it. That now narrow my list of potential hobbies down to exclude anything that may need a new skill to be learned. Lets just say, there are a whole lot of skills out there that I haven't mastered nor do I think in this life time do I plan on even trying to master.

With the list shortened, it brings me back to the whole pleasure or relaxation.....
Let see, drinking brings me pleasure, it makes me very happy, but I don't think that is a hobby I am willing to take up on a full time basis....once in a while sure but not full time. I enjoy reading, it relaxes me so much that it often puts me to sleep. I don't thin k that is they type of relaxation the definition is referring to. I like and enjoy eating. It too brings me pleasure. Eating, as a hobby? No, it's right up there with drink. Exercise? Nope. I find no friggin' pleasure in that. I like to watch TV, sometimes. That too is a waste of time. Can you now see the pickle I'm in?

Scrapbooking, stamping, cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, any of that knitting stuff....it just isn't for me. Some of it is very nice and tasty, but really it isn't what I am looking to do. Maybe a class. Then I will need to ask myself...What type of class? And the list starts all over again. See what I'm talking about?

I do enjoy photography, I am not very good at it, and it is a skill I might be interested in learning....but not sure 'cause of that whole "instant Gratification" thing I was telling you about. But then classes in that are expensive too. ARG...it is so frustrating trying to find something to do with my "extra" time.

I do have a list of things that need accomplishing around the house, and I guess I could do it in the "extra" time slot. But then again, sweeping, laundry, dusting and doing dishes isn't pleasurable, there for those are not hobbies.

Maybe my blog is my hobby, and my hobby is my blog? Can this truly be my hobby?