podcasts, trading cards and teas…oh my

We’ve all answered an online questionnaire asking what our hobbies were right? I don’t know about you, but at least for me, I’ve always had the hardest time figuring out what my hobbies were. I’d alway put film, music, soccer, web design as my defaults. a good list, but honestly, how many of those hobbies require me to do anything, one..maybe two?

I finally feel like there are actually hobbies in my life right now. If you’ve kept up with my tweets, you’ll know that I’m in the process of setting up a Podcast. The Super Terrific Show. This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and finally it’s happening. I’m actually really excited to be doing this. In fact tomorrow evening I am going in to do the first official show. Stay tuned. 

What else? Trading cards. As a child, I relied on my cousin to give me all his doubles. That was the extent of my trading card collection. Rarely was I able to go and buy myself a pack of trading cards. But I still loved them. In fact I still have all my old baseball, football, basketball and hockey cards. And it’s really exciting for me to look back at them and see the old players, look at the stats and occasionally find that one gem lost in the sea of cards. Now I’m older though and I’m able to buy these cards and yes it may seem childish but for some reason, I get this feeling of excitement every time I open up a new pack of cards. Maybe it’s me reliving part of my childhood, or actually acting out a piece of my childhood that I wish was there, but there’s something that really gets me excited about opening up a new pack of cards. 

And teas…I love my teas and just recently my sister in South Africa has sent me a nice shipment of Afro Tea. 7 individual containers. All different flavors. Surely they’ll last me for some time. There was a time, back in April and May right around the time of my surgery that I would sit outside each morning, drink my tea, have my cigarette and speak to my girlfriend who was, at the time, in west Africa. Since then my tea collection has diminished, but now, thanks to my sister, I have a bunch of new flavors to try out and get really excited about. I cannot wait to start trying them. 

So those are my hobbies. And it’s good because without those my days would really revolve around just work and school. And although I enjoy those both very much as of late, it’s still important to be able to escape the norm and treat yourself to something that you like sometimes. And it doesn’t have to be expensive or exotic, it can be as simple as tea and trading cards. Whatever it is, be happy with it. And if you don’t have a hobby, go find something out there that gets you excited and invest some time into it. I guarantee you that it will bring some sort of joy or happiness to your every day life.

be good.