Hobbies to Rediscover Pt. 2

A while ago I posted about hobbies I wanted to rediscover once every spare second wasn’t spent on studying for that MBA thing.  It’s only been a few weeks since my last exam, but I wanted to give a progress report.

The 5 things I was going to do were: read fiction, practice music, learn French, code and do some photography.

On the fiction front I have been devouring books on tape.  So far I haven’t sat down and actually read a novel, but I did read a book of lectures by Richard Feynman. So on that front, I am becoming a normal person again. (+1 for Kara!)

I did buy sheet music and tried to practice, but damn it was boring.  It’s so hard not to multi-task. I’m sitting at the keyboard doing the same progressions over and over and I get so antsy.  The internet has ruined my concentration.  But, kind of the whole point was to re-learn concentration. So I’m not giving up yet, I will force myself to do something boring and not feel bad about it.  It’s for my own damn good, dammit.  If only school hadn’t been so damn interesting. (-1 for Kara, and damn)

Instead of French, I’ve been trying Spanish.  I’ve got an audio podcast I’ve been listening to and a friend is going to get me a book.  Next step on that is to set up some goals and a game plan to get there (+1 for Kara!)

No coding has yet been done, nor do I have a coding project on the horizon.  I await inspiration. Ditto on the photography, since it is cold and no one wants to see shots of my condo and that’s the place I’ve been hanging out the most. (-2 for Kara)

I’ll give myself a month on these goals, then re-evaluate and see if I need new ones.