2 posts tagged “hobby”
The IRS has decided that it would send me my stimulus payment yesterday. So I went about stimulating the economy like a good little citizen.
As I've mentioned in the past (although it was a while ago), I've always wanted to learn how to play some kind of an instrument. I used to know how to play trumpet from my elementary school days, but I dunno if that really counts. I decided that I needed a new hobby, something that was more constructive than hanging around and playing video games. So I decided to buy myself a keyboard (well, a MIDI controller actually) so that I could learn more about music and how to play stuff.
It's always something I've been interested in doing, but I never got the motivation to go out and do it. But now I'm going to try to change that. So I ordered myself up a Korg K61P after doing some research. Now I just have to figure out how I want to go about the learning process. I don't think I want to take a class or lessons right off the bat anyway. I'm not terribly interested in making this a formal thing that starts feeling like work. I may do something down the line, but right now I just want to kinda mess around with stuff. Probably not the best way to go, but I'm not one for one on one lessons in most cases anyway. We'll have to see.
I've got what looks to be a backlog of stuff to talk about that I should have mentioned earlier in the week, but as you might be able to tell, I didn't. So the next couple posts are going to be me catching up.
Earlier in the week I came to the conclusion that I wanted to try a new hobby because the stuff that I traditionally enjoyed doing with my free time wasn't really interesting me anymore, aside from video games and wandering around, wasting time on the internet. I kinda felt that I was wasting my free time (moreso on the countless hours spent just visiting internet forums and not as much on the video games) and that I could spend that time doing something a little more productive.
I keep telling myself that I'd like to learn how to play some kind of instrument and I think I should stop thinking about it and actually do something about it. So I've been toying with the idea of picking up a decent, but still affordably priced entry level MIDI Controller/keyboard thingy for myself that I can hook up to my MacBook and mess around with. I think it might be fun to learn. I had toyed with the idea of a guitar as well, but I dunno. I think I'll give the electronic stuff a shot and if that doesn't keep me interested, try guitar out.
I just feel like I haven't learned anything new in quite some time and I'm too boring as it is since I don't really have any hobbies aside from video games. Don't get me wrong, games are fun, but they don't offer the feeling of personal fulfillment that I'm looking for.
