Not a Post About England
I need a hobby. The last two years of my life have been consumed by work and school, then I had a mere week to enjoy my freedom before getting shipped out of the country. Now I’m back and I feel like I’ve got a chance to do a little bit of reinventing. I don’t want to get stuck into a routine where I go to work, come home, let the dogs out, change clothes, go to the gym, come home, make dinner, watch TV. I need a hobby.
I’ve been thinking about this a little obsessively lately and now I’m stuck. So many choices! I had such a good time taking pictures on my trip that I’ve been thinking about photography classes. I would love to learn to do something really beautiful. I would love to escape into the desert with just my camera and some water and find the perfect picture. I would love to know how to look at a beautiful scene and use the camera to do it justice. But I don’t have a nice camera and its a little too late to sign up for a class this year.
I’ve also been thinking about yoga. I would love to do something like this because I really need an outlet for my stress. I have a mat that’s only been used for psuedo-yoga from a video in my living room. I want to actually DO yoga, in a real studio, with a yogi, and learn about energy and flow and all that. But there’s not a studio anywhere near me that fits this qualification and the cost of one would be out of my price range anyway.
I have a gorgeous guitar. Its a Fender acoustic with pearl inlay. I took it to a lame guitar class for a semester about 2 years ago and I was bored with the slow pace of the class. Now its sitting in the Reading Room collecting dust. I could take private lessons. But they’re expensive too.
Cooking class, Spanish, religion classes, writing, riding, car repair, scrapbooking, planting an herb garden, volleyball….. There’s a million things I’m interested in. I’m overwhelmed. Can’t commit. Too much money. Not enough time. Messed up firefighter schedule.
But I do need a hobby.
I guess if I’m going to reinvent myself I’m going to have to stop making excuses and do it, huh? So if you were to go looking for a guitar teacher, where would you start?
