The No Excuses Project: Finding time for hobbies
April 14, 2010 by Juliet Chase
Filed under No Excuses Project
It’s harder than you might think to figure out how to carve out some time from what’s available when there are already so many competing ‘more important’ goals. But balance is the number one goal and all things stem from that.
I spent some time really thinking about this one -how to fit in treasure hunting which by it’s very nature is out doors and not that close to home. I’ve looked into local clubs but quite frankly what’s available nearby doesn’t excite me that much (mostly fossils and yellow agates.) So here’s my plan:
1) set aside $50 a month towards a fund for gem hunting trips (turquoise in Arizona, tourmaline in California, etc.)
2) explore some historic mining areas nearby to see what’s accessible and on public land – at least plan some hikes around that to see what’s there.
3) Layout the tide tables against the weekends so that if the weather is tolerable and the tides are favorable I can grab the metal detector and go – at least once every two months.
It’s a plan which is more than I had before and I think with something like a hobby that’s what it takes.
Next week: the jewelry making side of my career
Holding myself accountable
- Photography – far fewer excuses! Taking more pictures, better pictures and pursuing more opportunities to profit from them.
- Losing weight – well, there’s way too much chocolate and cookies within reaching distance at work and I keep reaching for it. Otherwise basically okay although it’s probably time to step it up a notch.
- The garden – the plan here is also working well – not feeling guilty for not getting to everything that needs doing all at once.
- Romance – I think my thinking is beginning to shift although I can’t really describe how; continuing to work on how I think about things, before I rethink what to ‘do’ about it.
