hobbies are wonderful

Learn a new language.
Play the piano.
Drive a motorcycle.
Fly an airplane.

Some of those are more attainable than others.

Hobbies. Hobbies are wonderful things. I recently started some hobbies; things I want to do and learn. I purchased a piano keyboard after Christmas and started teaching myself to play (with the help of Hubby).

Something changed.

I am happier. I am interested in things for a change. I enjoy learning. I like music. I have more energy for my life.

I am able to remember the list above. 

I go to the park again. I have started running. I read books again. I have stopped watching so much tv. I cook new recipes again. I have started decorating my house for the seasons of the year and the seasons of my life. I’m not as emotionally tired. I am more physically tired.

I know some of you are reading this and saying to yourself, “Self, I wonder if she knows she was depressed...and maybe still is?”

She knows.

The hobbies told her. Hobbies are wonderful things.

They remind me that my life is not about going to work, coming home, making food, and going to bed. My job is a means to my hobbies. I come home so that I may do my hobbies. I make food and go to bed so that I might have energy to do my hobbies.

I like to learn new things. I like to go on adventures. I like to do things with my husband. 

I forget that sometimes. Hobbies are wonderful things.

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