As most of you know, I have a lot of hobbies. It's hard to juggle them all sometimes but I seem to manage a bit better now that I know how to ask for help. I have seen so much love in humanity recently and it has put me in such a great mood all around!
My hobbies run my life because I have so many of them. I tried to make one my main focus by pursuing welding as a career. I ended up disliking the environment so much it made me feel less about welding. Welding is my favorite thing to do so I couldn't have that. It also effected the amount of energy I had left for my other hobbies. I was playing favorites a little too much and in the wrong way lol. Welding is hard for me to do right now because my welder is at my dads, he doesn't have wifi and I don't have 220 where I live but it is definitely the most exciting thing to me. I love the risk factor that comes with it and the hard work that keeps me sharp. I don't think I will approach another weld shop for work unless it's a restoration shop for classics again. Until then I'll be working on my techniques with sheet metal and affordable metal working equipment lol. I'm saving for a miller, any miller.
Since then I have figured out a balance between hobbies. Of course I haven't perfected the balance yet but I am definitely on the right track, all it takes now is dedication and consistency!
My favored hobby at the moment is art! I have neglected art for far too long so letting my mental and physical health issues get the best of me is in the past! I stream art twice a week to keep it a constant in my life to appreciate how much I need art to keep myself alive and happy. I LIVE FOR ART!!! This really includes welding, drawing, painting, sculpting and writing. Art is a general word to me now and I'm ok with that. In it's many forms, it has kept me happy throughout my whole life!
One of the spiders I made out of scrap surgery burrs.
Picture of a 15 minute dark souls drawing
Skateboarding is a hobby I did when I was younger but lost touch with it when I let A LOT of back lash convince me it wasn't worth it. That and I let who I thought was my friend barrow my skateboard and that fuck boy shaved my tail down to nothing, I didn't have the money to get a new one and that one was my first and only skateboard as a gift from my mom too, so, what a dick! Since I started back up two years ago I haven't skated the most consistent, I broke my ankle and have fallen more times than I can count. It's been a slow road but I'm almost back to where I was before I broke my ankle, I've learned a bunch of new tricks I didn't know before I broke my ankle which I growth and I'm learning how to carve bowls! It's getting nice out so I am beyond excited to shred the new riverside skateparks bowl. Dropping in is still really intimidating but when I get it I will feel on top of the world!
