You may or may not be wondering why I haven't mentioned The 10 Day Family Re-Charge, seeing as I have had it there on my side bar for over a month now. The truth is, I couldn't get into. This is completely about me and not about Erin who created the program. I guess it didn't begin at the "right" time for me.
Each morning I would receive an email from Erin with the days activity, thoughts, etc. I would read them and save them. As the days went on, I noticed I was not doing any of it or following through. I knew it wasn't the right time. I decided to print each edition and save it for when the "right" time comes along. (I'm thinking maybe this summer?)
I've always noticed, even as a little girl, that my interests are many, and come and go. They never "go" completely but there may be months or even years when a particular hobby or interest takes a back seat for another.
Sometimes I scrapbook for days and days and then I don't for five months. Knit and knit and then not pick up a needle for almost an entire year.
But when I like something, even love it, if it's something I feel a strong need to learn (such as eating whole foods, the benefits of Yoga, how to knit, sew, or Montessori Education) I go full throttle. I take it head on. I read everything and anything I can get my hands on, I purchase materials to help gain a skill or accomplish whatever it may be. I want to talk about it with like minded people. There is no "half way" for me when it feels right. But there will be times when one of those are put aside for awhile while I learn something else or feel like "getting back" into something I'm already familiar with.
As a child this behavior used to bother me. I'd wonder if it were "normal" to always be changing what I was "into" or collecting for example? But as an adult, I find it wonderful and challenging to learn about new things and to gain new skills. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I wonder, have or are, any of you the same way about a hobby or interest? How does it make you feel?
P.S. I hope to return to The 10 Day Family Re-Charge and blog about it when the time feels right.
