Not a lot of hobbies become a habit to me. Most of my hobbies were mere infatuations for a given novelty. These infatuations have a wide scope, ranging from my stamps and marbles collections (currently stored in some box somewhere in the attic) to the several birds and fishes under my care along the years.
The change is a think that excites me, and so, the idea of creating a blog was an thought that didn’t connect as a hobbie. But…
There’s always a but, isn’t there?
But Introspection is becoming one of my favourite hobbies. It didn’t took as a habit yet, but it has very good prospects for the future, specially being so closely connected with my other hobby (or is it a habit?) which is computers and all related stuff.
It doesn’t matter how much hits or visitors read my texts, it’s all about the joy of having somewhere to put down my ideas. Several times a day my thoughts wonder to this or that subject and the way they should developed into the form of a post. Certainly, new material will never become a problem.
The answer to the question “Is this glass half full or half empty?” is very subjective, and has the implication of revealing an optimist or a pessimist according to the way each person answers. I consider myself a “half empty kind of guy”… a pessimist by nature. If you knew me, you could argue that that isn’t true, but that’s how I see myself.
In spite of that, when planning a long term period, the optimism takes over and all tasks get scheduled in a unrealistic time frame. The exercise of creating a long plan (such a project or an activity to come) is very hard to master, and realistic schedules is always something that is difficult to assess. In general, when the task starts and during a certain period every thing goes well, but then the pessimist in me kicks in… and it becomes very difficult to shake the pessimistic feelings.
These feelings tend to grow until a certain point, which is normally a very specific time marked by a specific event, and then everything starts from the beginning.
After some web surfing, some googling and of one of Dr. House’s latest episode, the bipolar disorder became an interesting concept to me. A person affected by this disorder can present emotional changes ranging from depression to mania, this way going from half full to half empty and back in no time. Of course I’m not suggesting that such a disorder can be applied to me, but maybe some of my friends can use this argument to explain some of my mood changes.
