| On the way over here to Perth I started chatting to the woman next to me on the plane. Whilst being a generally friendly person I don’t favour the plane chat. Largely because if at some point I find out something unpleasant I still have to sit next to that person for several hours and also because when I want to read or watch the movie, I feel kind of rude. The woman I was speaking to asked me what I did outside of work, which is not an unusual question, but made me realize just how much I do for the first time in a while. It’s a useful to think about what you do as well as work or looking after your family and it definitely made me feel good about myself – after initially being stumped as I was on a week’s holiday.
Here’s my answer:
Professionally
- Member of FINSIA
- Member of the IIA and on the committee as one of the social coordinators for the Young Members Network
- President (dictator) of the office Social Club
- Mentor students at QUT
Formally
- Involved in politics (but not as much as I use to be)
- Active member of a church (but not as actively involved in ministry as in the past)
- Gym member and devoted to my Saturday morning Body Balance
Generally
- I spend time with my parents and brothers (including job coaching, tutoring and generally keeping the peace)
- Catch up with ex-colleagues from previous work places
- Catch up with old uni and school friends
- Catch up with friends from churches I use to go to
- Play the occasional poker game
- Manage a movie once every week or two
- Blog
- Have been attempting to write a novel for the last 18 years (am up to 23 attempts in 4 years)
- Cross stitch, paint and draw
- Shop
- Shop lots
- Play golf and go to the driving range
- Spend way too much time catching up with people on Facebook and trading assets in a fictional game
- Occasionally plan what assets I would trade irl (soon to be a reality – come on market, drop another 500 points!)
- Hoard books and occasionally read them (and possibly starting a book club soon)
- Get a good handle on where the good places to eat and drink are in Brisbane (and occasionally Sydney and Perth)
…no wonder I don’t go to the gym more often. But what I really want to know is, why on earth do I get bored so often? |
• 17/10/2008 - because
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