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[winterbadger]

Every once in a while I make a list of all the things I do:

• work (regular job)
  
• chores (laundry, cleaning, cooking, dishes, cat maintenance, auto maintenance)
  
• fitness and enjoying nature (cycling, hiking, camping, birdwatching, kayaking, sailing)
  
• travel (local, US, Canada, UK, Europe, other cool places)
  
• soccer (watching DC United and the USMNT live, refereeing CCSL, watching NUFC and other foreign footy on TV, participating in the Screaming Eagles--this last has been dormant for a while)
  
• gaming (ASL--this is so involved and such a specialty game that it counts as its own hobby, really)
  
• gaming (DBA--so does this)
  
• gaming (other boardgames)
  
• gaming (other miniatures games)
  
• folk music (concerts and listening to recordings; some day "playing" may join this category, but no time soon)
  
• grad school (this is currently dormant, due to the program I'm currently in being full of fail--poor instructors and atrocious students)
  
• keeping up with current events (it's a full-time job, almost)
  
• books (buying and reading history, military and political affairs, biography, general fiction and genre fiction--given how much time I devote to it, it ought to get a category)
  
• television (likewise, given the time I spend keeping current with or catching up on shows or watching old ones I like, this deserves its own category)
  
• film (and one more ditto)

Other pursuits that have fallen by the wayside, or that I'd like to start but haven't found the time or opportunity for yet:

• work (freelance job--haven't done any of this lately)
  
• cooking (I can *make* food, but I don't have the knowledge or skill that someone like shy_kat does)
  
• writing (blogging is to writing what 'making dinner' is to cooking. :-)
  
• reenacting (18th century, ECW, ACW, WWI, SCA--this has been dormant for a pretty long time now, sadly)
  
• language learning (Gaidhlig, Spanish, French--which I used to know, German, Arabic/Farsi/Urdu/Pashto/Punjabi--for no reason but that I think the part of the world they come from is fascinating)
  
• participation in a religious community (UU is probably the only one where I'd feel comfortable at this point)
  
• dance (mostly folk social dancing, like Scottish or English country dancing or contra dancing)
  
• poll working (I used to be an election officer in Fairfax County; I've not done that for many years)
  
• woodworking (something that's always seemed like an appealing set of skills to pick up , but that I've never seemed to have time for)
  
• web design (I used to be all up on the latest stuff, but that was probably nearly a decade ago)
  
• drawing and painting (I never thought I was much good in school, but two of the piece I did got selected for permanent display--hopefully long gone since the renovations. But I would like to try it again someday.)
  
• other training/education (I've toyed with the idea of getting a teaching certificate, learning accountancy, learning IT network administration, or getting an MLS degree)

There's probably other stuff I've forgotten. But it illustrates why I always seem to have more things I'd like to do than time to do them in.

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[winterbadger]

Well, and that's the main reason I do this from time to time: to remind myself that I'm already trying to do too much, so if I want to add something from List B, I really need to ditch one (or more!) from List A.