We’ve got to have them. Without hobbies, life is filled with a little too much work.

My problem is that I keep trying to make a career out of things that were once my hobby…

First, I fell in love with the theatre: acting, collaborating, plays, audiences, programs, the stage, costumes, rehearsals (Like, madly, deeply in love ~ a long, passionate affair). Then, years later, I tried to make it my job. That sucked. And sucked the joy right out of it for me.

More recently I fell in love with women’s movement. And then I made it my job. And I keep getting pulled more deeply into the job side of it. Less teaching, more admin. While this offers more security, it sucks the life out of me (sitting at a desk with work mounting and the bureaucracy that is unavoidable in corporate situations). And now I am left without any real hobbies just for fun.

So, since it didn’t really work out as my career, now I’ve decided to make acting my new hobby! It just goes to show that you can never really forget your first, true love…