veteransdayroom.com

veteransdayroom@gmail.com

therelaxedmale.com

https://www.facebook.com/tearsofthe22

https://www.audacityteam.org

Keeping your mind right

Hobbies are a great way to keep you mind from going where you don't want to go. Just about anything

can be a hobby and it can be as expensive or low cost as you want it to be. Now I tend to go overboard

when I get into my hobbies just because I am me...lol

I have found hobbies to help me through the winter, I've built a cigar box guitar, photography, podcasting,

recording audio (as you'll hear in this episode I really like to talk). Hobbies and thinking of new ways to add

or change in my hobbies helps me to keep some of my dark thoughts at bay.

Email from a listener and friend

My friend Bryan Goodwin from The Relaxed Male ( link is at the top) is a Navy Vet and a Mens Life Coach.

He wrote in to say that he likes video games for the storyline and eventually beating the game. He uses it

as a reward to achieving an accomplishment in his entrprenuial endeavors (lol, i.e. coaching and such).

He also got back into photography after thirty years, because he loves to capture the light and composing the

shot to see if he can get the picture of what he sees in his mind. It is a fun challenge and he is still working on his

craft.

Other Hobbies that I like

I've got a few hobbies that I like to do on a regular basis, one is recording audio. As you can maybe tell I like to talk,

and I live alone so I talk to myself A LOT lol. I've argued with myself, gotten mad at me, patted myself on the back,

and a whole list of other things. So a lot of the time I fire up my microphone and just record my thoughts.

Now a lot of those never get posted but I will go back and listen to them later, to see if I still believe that or think I'm full of crap.

Believe me I do a lot of laughing at myself, it's a great way to let off steam and not keep it bottled up. It is really low cost,

you can get a $60 microphne with the cables and plug it right into your computer and do it your self. You will need an

audio program which is called Audacity ( again the link is at the top) and it is fun to play with.

As you can probably tell, I love to podcast. This is a medium that is really fun to get into and their is a little bit of a learning

curve, but with the information that is out there and the people I know, you can easily learn it. Podcasting has been a great way

for me to keep my mind occupied and formulate the best way to say what I want to say without squirreling too bad...lol. It don't

always work but I try.

Conclusion

There are many different things you can do, if you really want to do them. My suggestion is to start small and build up over time.

Having a hobby to look forward to tends to keep us a little better grounded and helps us to fight off the demons we carry. Be sure to reach out

with your hobby as I would love to hear from you. Use the links above to get in touch with me, I would love to hear what you have to say.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Until next time, take care, have a beautiful week and be thankful for what you have.

Richard