"As told by Ginger..."

Wanted: a hobby

Over a month ago  - at  my brother’s graduation party my uncle asked me “what do you want to do with your life” (how appropriate).  I proceeded to tell him “basically anything with people interaction - and anything EXCEPT finance”.  Quite generously he offered to help me narrow down my choices - “what are your hobbies?” What ARE my hobbies? Well, I love sports - and I love competing in sports - especially soccer. But, despite intramurals in college I haven’t competitively played since November 2003 when I broke my leg slide-tackling senior year of high school - swiftly ending my career 2 games early.

Okay - so I love soccer, but it is clearly no longer a hobby. Running? I also ran winter and spring track my 4 years of high school. Now I run a few times a week and every now and then I’ll sign up for a 5k road-race.  But is it a hobby? No. It’s more for fitness than pure enjoyment and performance.

Well I love people and laughing - is that a hobby? I suppose not - what about Spanish people and things? I love the language and different cultures. Yet, still not much of a “favorite pastime” there. 

Thus, I am embarking on a quarter-life crisis, soul-searching journey.  I am going to utilize the big apple’s resources and take any class/lesson i can find: singing, dancing, drawing, painting, photography - until I find my match.

I WANT TO FIND SOMETHING THAT I USED TO BE INDIFFERENT TOWARDS. I WANT SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT CARE ABOUT. I WANT SOMETHING THAT ONCE SEEN IN A NEW LIGHT I WON’T BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH OUT ANYMORE. pure passion.

Who knows - the answer could even be in joining my company soccer league after all.