Hobbies are fun.  People have all kinds of hobbies.  A lot of people want a hobby but don’t know what to do.  This is a problem.  Sadly, I think I’m one of those people.

I would like a life-long hobby.  Something I can get really good at but never master.  Something I can be proud of, but always be challenged by.  I’m not really a collector… I’m more of a do-er.

I tried my hand at woodworking for a while.  I was really in to making puzzle boxes.  That was fun.  But after a while, it didn’t stick.  I’ve tried cooking.  That’s pretty good too, but again… I quit after a little while.  For a stretch, I was taking long-ish road trips on my scooter.  I would video myself and take pictures along the way.  After the trip, I would edit it all into a movie.  That was fun, but I haven’t done anything like that in almost two years.

I’m currently on a kick of making various cocktails and taking pictures of them.  That seems pretty satisfying… at least for the moment.  I wonder if I’ll get bored of this too.  History would suggest I will.

That led me to start thinking… maybe my hobby is actually “trying out hobbies”.  Maybe I’m more enamored with fluttering around experiencing a lot of different things.  If I stick on anything in particular for too long, I won’t be trying out other things.  Ha… sort of like flipping channels on TV just to see what else I’m not watching.

In that case, quitting is pretty good.  Quitting woodworking, quitting scooter movies, quitting being a foodie.  Normally, quitting things is no good.  I certainly try to teach my kids that you need to see things through to the end.  But I’m not quitting a project in the middle or anything like that.

Yep… quitting is very satisfying.