Start enyoing your free time

It´s great  to have something to do that you are interested in and like to spend your time doing when not at work or taking care of your family. Maybe you don´t know what you are interested in and don´t give yourself enough time to think about what you would like to do in your free time. You are tired and one of the easiest thing to do then is to watch television or talk on the phone. That´s fine but in between you should practice doing something that you already know or take a time to learn something new. Otherwise there is high chance that you will get bored sooner or later. So if you haven´t found the right hobby yet, give yourself the chance to find something that you really like and start getting the enjoyement that it gives you. I know old people that haven´t yet found anything they are good at or like to do, so they just sit in their chair all day long and wait for someone else to entertain them. Don´t wait for that to happen.Maybe you are so lucky that you have always known what you love to do. Maybe you went with your friend golfing and found out that you had the same interests or you decided to try out judo and fell for it right away. That´s great but for those of you that don´t quite know what your interests are and would like to get something more out of your life, start taking courses and have fun.  Take a look at all the training courses that are offered or see what other people are doing. Don´t rush into anything; first check out all the possibilities.You should consider what you have always liked to do, what you liked to do as a child. Do you like spending you time with other people or do you like to be on you own. Do you like to create things or do you like to learn to use what others have created. Are you energetic and like to do something exciting, like climbing mountains or hang-gliding or are you more of a calm type and like to sew or make pottery. Don´t let the thought that you can´t do it or you are not good enough stop you. You can always learn if you are intrested. You just have to practice and don´t give up. It´s much more important that you feel inside you that this is something that you really like to do.  Write down a list of the things you like the most and then find the pros and cons of each thing on the list. Choose from the list the item that has the most pros and least cons to find out how to start. The next thing to do is to consider if you know how to do what you chose from the list. Can you learn it by yourself or do you maybe need to register for a training course and learn it there? For many people it's more fun and often easier to go to a training course because the instructor can guide you. Then try it out for a few weeks. It often takes some time to figure out if what you chose to do was the right choice for you. If you don´t like it after a few weeks then try something else until you have found what you have the most fun doing. It´s worth it, trust me.Hrefna Gudmundsdottir is a teacher and has a B.A. degree in Political Science. Her main interests are in teaching adults and self developement. Hrefna is now one of two owners of the website Terracourse.com which is a website that offers a worldwide course directory.TERRACOURSES.COM - The World´s Course Catalog