A few days back while gazing idly at my computer (at work),
my mind aimlessly wandering over minute details on the screen.
I realized.. I was clearly jobless. There was no work to do at the moment
and new work wasn't going to come any sooner either. The very idea of doing
something constructive just to while away time, simply exhausted me..
I reminisced those days where I used to devote my time on cultivating new
hobbies and sticking to them. They were a perfect escape to any sort of
monotony my life would come across. Its high time I got back to them, so
as a written promise to myself.. Here's a list of hobbies I wish.. no vow to get
back to!
1. Reading Novels
That joy of losing yourself in a comforting paperback, where
nothing else in the world matters except for you and your book. Your troubles
fade away instantly and your focus revolves around the plot, gradually the mind
drifts to another world.. A happy place!
2. Sketching
Although a clear amateur that I am, creating works of art
and beauty on a paper is a delightful experience to all. Bringing life to a
portrait with every stroke at a painstaking detail is like watching magic
unfold before your eyes.
3. Dancing
Why wait for a party or an occasion to work those stiff
muscles up? A beautiful art that can make your woes disappear, let the music
take over your body, please your soul and make you sway.. because child ..
“Life is the dancer and you are the dance.” so get up and DANCE!!
4. Playing the keyboard
Again.. a complete beginner but with an avid sense of hope to do better. Just the feeling of distinguishing one key from another and letting your fingers do the magic, with every note of music you achieve a sense of joy.. simply priceless.
5. Making friends
There comes a point in everyone's life where people get comfortable in their own space (or zone as many would like to call it) where things like eating or having coffee all by yourself is not a problem anymore, just a few friends in your vicinity to gossip once in a while and make weekend plans with, and you suddenly realize your life is stuck in a vicious box ready to suffocate you to death. I say, better break that box of your inhibitions, meet more people and add color to your life.
