This is a great post SBoom, thanks for taking the time to share. One of my all time favorite things to do is fishing. During spring break, I hire a guide and my boy and I fish up a storm but I want to do it more. I need to make the time to do it.

i feel sorry for fish...

eh, snow boarding isnt my thing.

i dont really want to do anything.

i want to do the whole, be honest, go to work, complain about stuff, lose your hair, get fat, argue with your wife, have kids, have work problems, be tempted to cheat, fix work problems, fix marriage problems, complain about stuff, work two jobs, pay house off, raise kids, get old, something, something, something.

thats more of my thing.

i do enjoy sarcasm though,

and crude behavior.

:D

how do you know im not ?

;P

thanks for telling your story about snowboarding, looks scary!

yes, in the business of life, it's easy to forget to have fun, do something one likes. i'm guilty of it too.

i think its good that you stuck at it. i find it hard. i love reading but its losing is thril now and i was doing kok sool for 8 mnths and its losing its thrill now. so now i am trying indoor bowling on wedensdays. i dont socialise much.

My girls have the boards & boots. Gave them lessons for xmas 2 yrs ago, the boards & boots last yr. This yr new bibs & coats. 14 yo likes it more. I will never try to snowboard, my body couldnt handle the 1st fall. LOL

Me, only thing i have found is off roading. Out in the middle of the forest, wild animals, load music, a bowl, a couple wine coolers & a lil lunch. I can go out for hrs. Cant do it in the snow tho, dont have a good enough vehicle for that so i miss it now.

cool post.
I love to snowboard too. Started about 6 years ago. I would love to get back into it. Anything with a thril.
Needless to say I have put on so much weight everything is hard to do. Like the kid with all the winter closes on. LOL
I just might have to do it for kicks. Cool thanks

I wish I could do something physically exhilarating besides fast walking (and that's a stretch sometimes) I paint, watercolors mostly, but lately I just can't,,,, that's what sucks about depression.

Great post. Today I told my psych dr. that I was working like 10 hour days and maybe I should get off disability and go back to work. He was quick to point out that all my medical issues would not allow me to keep this pace up for very long. he was right. I just love my parade work so much. It will die down soon however I have found ways to keep some of it going long term. I just dont know how to exist happily without doing things that help people even if it wears me out. It is my addiction.

Glad to see all the positive replies!!

great advice....I support it wholeheartedly!!

something that gets the heart or the mind going is always good, it's been quite a while since I felt exhilarated....I shall endeavor to try to make that happen soon....somehow..... I gotta think......

It's great, if one CAN do something they've always enjoyed...but the sticky part is, having depression (especially anhedonia and dysthymia) make it so hard to do just that.

I have kept it as one of my big goals, to get back to my artwork. The desire still eludes me, so often. I've made strides towards it---that's alot.

Not being negative, just speaking realistically.

Snowboarding? Very cool .....certainly not something I could do...hell, I can barely walk on the snow lol

I love to go on paranormal investigations ....but that's at a standstill because there are no groups in my area and I don't have a car to get me to where I would have to go to join a group.

I also love collecting sportscards....but lack of funds and again, no reliable transportation to get me to any type of sportscard show.

One day though I will be back into both of these things! :)

Azure - I totally get where you are coming from. Sometimes, though, we just need to force ourselves. I remember this past summer I was going through one of the worst and longest lasting episodes of major depression I had dealt with in years and it took everything I had to get myself to go out any try to enjoy myself. Often, I lost the fight and ended up just staying home watching tv, reading or starting at the ceiling... however, there were days when I did gain the upper hand in the battle and forced myself to go take the dog for a walk to this really nice park that I enjoy spending time at (it's a river in the woods.. totally feels like you're out of the city even tho you're not). On those days that I managed to get myself to go out there I felt much better. I was still depressed, but at the very least I did not have to deal with the feelings of guilt that I so often have to deal with when I am "lazy" and don't do anything with my time. Also, being active mentally and/or physically helps provide a temporary distraction from painful thoughts... and it's always nice to get a break :) Even when it takes all the effort you have to get yourself to take that break.

Kaino - I totally understand your frustrations when it comes to money and transportation being major barriers to getting to do the things you love. The only reason I can afford to get out and snowboard so much this winter is because I bought my seasons pass on sale and with my mom and brother both pitching in a hundred bucks so it only ended up costing me $300 out of my own pocket.. and I bought all my gear at a giant warehouse sale in the summer, with my board, boots and bindings coming to just over $400 altogether. It's still a lot of money.. but I made the decision to go ahead and spend it without dwelling on it.. knowing that if I didn't, I would not end up going out to the mountains at all this winter because I never have the money. This way I have to now make as much use of the pass and equipment in order to justify having already spent all that money.. and transportation is thankfully not an issue because 2 of my friends that also bought passes drive big trucks and go every weekend too..
I really really hope that you are able to find something affordable and easy to access that you love. You deserve to enjoy your life! You are such a nice person.