Pasttimes are one of those things that can greatly qualify as a dictionary definition of 'ironic'. For something you do a lot, these activities are the ones that are rarely noticed and seldom given attention and recognition. For a lot of us, we have so much free time (or rather, decide to take some time off) that we are able to do hobbies, take a chill, venture into new waters, or even just take an afternoon off to watch the coolest movie at your favorite cinema house. Especially when the summer season comes, we're often faced with the notion of wishing that school days would be as laid-back as these days.
I'm not going to talk about a noontime show that just did a goodbye segment for one of it's temporary hosts, though watching that show would really qualify as a pasttime. Besides, there are some issues that a lot of people have with that, so I'm gonna play the role of the neutral middleman and leave you to make posts for that. Rather, there's something great about pasttimes that we often disregard. The essence of this might be trivial to some, but I write here in the hopes of making you realize what a great gauge our chosen pasttimes can say about the person it involves - us.
Have you ever taken time off lately, and once you find yourself in a rut of having nothing to do, do you try to notice the things that you are drawn to? More often than not, you'd be doing something you're passionate about - whether it involve school, academics, politics, and most especially hobbies, that line of being idle exposes the things you are willing to do that's out of your own. It can somehow level off on where you stand as a person, and shows the things that you do hold dear deep within.
One of the best professors I had last semester told us a thing or two about democracy and the benefits it should give once properly carried out. One of the best lessons we had was that true democracy allows us to have free time enough to be able to tap into our creativity potential. More commonly referred to as living "the good life" (which is what true democracy should bring), this situation pertains to that time when we don't worry too much about our next meal and the future of our children - and in effect allows us to be like a god and go creative. These are the times when ideas come in like floods on a real heavy storm, and if you've been living in a cave for the past few years, you would know that ideas can only bring about good things to one's life. Whether it be a new brand, a new business venture, or even a new approach to driving people to your blog site, ideas are given the most physical, literal value that's not even physical and material in the first place.
Having pasttimes, or rather the time to be able to do something for the sake of it, gives us the biggest chances of tapping into our creativity potential and bring out the best ideas that we could ever conjure. So next time you find yourself grumbling about nothing to do, look at the positive side of things and you might just get that eureka moment that would allow people to teleport. Now that would be cool.
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unchartered waters can seem like home to some.
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