Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "hobbies"
30th December 2011
Another storm hit this week leaving my garden gate off its hinges. I hoped my son would fix it while I was at work. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t with him so it is still propped up against the side wall. With the New Year just a couple of days away I don’t think I will find the time to repair before the bells. You know how busy this time of year is but I am off until Wednesday so maybe I’ll get it sorted before then.
Christmas was a good one this year though it was quiet. I hope you all had a good time as well. I got a couple of computer games Oblivion and The Witcher-Platinum Edition. I haven’t started them or even done anything other than sit them on top of the printer. I just haven’t been in the mood to play them. I will eventual get playing sometime next year. Having played The Witcher 2 it will be interesting to see how the story began with the bonus of having the add-ons. Some fun to look forwards to in the coming year in losing some time in gaming.
It’s funny how we so often try to lose ourselves in thing. Be it TV, the internet, games, etc, etc. If it wasn’t for that time lost to hobbies or whatever life would be rather boring don’t you think? It is those things that take us away from the mundane day to day that makes life, like family, worth living. We work all week to provide for the essentials but it is when we get the time to indulge ourselves we can enjoy those selfish moments without guilt. If only there was more time to do so without impacting on those we love. Sadly the ordinary daily things are needed as a balance so we get the full joy from our leisure time. Here’s hoping that you all have a great year to come and that you all find plenty of time to enjoy your diversions. Happy New Year.
Christmas was a good one this year though it was quiet. I hope you all had a good time as well. I got a couple of computer games Oblivion and The Witcher-Platinum Edition. I haven’t started them or even done anything other than sit them on top of the printer. I just haven’t been in the mood to play them. I will eventual get playing sometime next year. Having played The Witcher 2 it will be interesting to see how the story began with the bonus of having the add-ons. Some fun to look forwards to in the coming year in losing some time in gaming.
It’s funny how we so often try to lose ourselves in thing. Be it TV, the internet, games, etc, etc. If it wasn’t for that time lost to hobbies or whatever life would be rather boring don’t you think? It is those things that take us away from the mundane day to day that makes life, like family, worth living. We work all week to provide for the essentials but it is when we get the time to indulge ourselves we can enjoy those selfish moments without guilt. If only there was more time to do so without impacting on those we love. Sadly the ordinary daily things are needed as a balance so we get the full joy from our leisure time. Here’s hoping that you all have a great year to come and that you all find plenty of time to enjoy your diversions. Happy New Year.
1st February 2014
The Six Nations started this weekend. Tammy and me have just finished watching the first game. Wales against the Italians which the Welsh predictable won. Though Italy did put up a great fight especially towards the end. France v England tonight. That should be a great game and tomorrow Scotland will face the Irish in the Emerald Isle.
I hadn't realised that the rugby was back on till this week. Big Jim at work mentioned it in passing. That was on Tuesday. I was stunned at how much I have messed with all the overtime that I have done over the past month or so. Time has raced by. If it wasn't for markers like Christmas and New Year I think I would have no baring on what day it was. They all seem to have merged one week into another. Weekends almost vanish, swallowed by the working week.
I suppose that is what life is though for the majority of us. Work sucks up most of our time. Those short times of rest are never quite enough to completely shake the grind of work.
Yet when we do get a couple of weeks off it doesn't take us long to find boredom. Maybe because at work someone else tell you what to do which isn't so true when left to our own devices. Even though we might have to organise our own work load to some extent in our professional life, at home we can often become very disorganised.
Maybe that is why we turn to hobbies, gardening, diy, etc,etc, so we can recreate some of the organisation we find in our working lives.
Anyways the next game starts soon so I'll be off to lose some time watching the match.
I hadn't realised that the rugby was back on till this week. Big Jim at work mentioned it in passing. That was on Tuesday. I was stunned at how much I have messed with all the overtime that I have done over the past month or so. Time has raced by. If it wasn't for markers like Christmas and New Year I think I would have no baring on what day it was. They all seem to have merged one week into another. Weekends almost vanish, swallowed by the working week.
I suppose that is what life is though for the majority of us. Work sucks up most of our time. Those short times of rest are never quite enough to completely shake the grind of work.
Yet when we do get a couple of weeks off it doesn't take us long to find boredom. Maybe because at work someone else tell you what to do which isn't so true when left to our own devices. Even though we might have to organise our own work load to some extent in our professional life, at home we can often become very disorganised.
Maybe that is why we turn to hobbies, gardening, diy, etc,etc, so we can recreate some of the organisation we find in our working lives.
Anyways the next game starts soon so I'll be off to lose some time watching the match.
