In recent years, I have found myself with more time on my
hands. This has resulted in me diving
deeper into some of my old hobbies and picking up new ones that I have always
meant to try. It is not just time, but
mental bandwidth as well. As my mental
bandwidth picks up, following television programming is not longer sufficient
to satisfy me.
Last year I renewed an interest in skiing and scuba diving. Living in Colorado, skiing is a good fit as
far as pastimes go. I enjoy it, but
certainly would not be on the slopes every weekend. Scuba diving is a bit of a novelty living on
the Front Range. There are numerous
lakes that are suitable for diving.
However it is more practice for ocean vacations. Last year I also went stand up paddle
boarding for the first time and took my car out to a quarter mile track.
This year I went snowshoeing in January which was a lot of
fun. One thing on the bucket list was
kayaking. To that end, I am finishing up
pool lessons offered through Colorado Whitewater and will be participating in a
flat water moving water weekend trip in May.
I don’t know if it will progress past there, but I want to give it a
shot.
I have some other hobbies on the back burner which I would
really like to renew. Tops among those
are tennis and rock climbing. Next
winter I would also like to give cross country skiing a try. I might even give biathlon a try. Hopefully I will make plans to go skydiving
as well (that is a bucket list item).
After reading “The Amateurs” I got excited about skulling, but should
probably see how kayaking goes first.
In terms of more tame pastimes, I would like to take up
backgammon, chess, billiards and darts.
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