Where do you find it?

I’ve come to the conclusion that all I do is work, look after the family and watch a bit of telly, no hobbies to speak off. I suppose I don’t do anything really.

So other than cycling, what do you do to stop yourself reaching for the pills?

Sea angling. Just love being by the sea & the anticipation of seeing the rod bend is a bonus. Glasgowdan will know what I mean.
Peace & tranquility.

Make stuff. Anything from remote control planes to bike frames to drawing. Seeing something you made yourself is really satisfying and will always bring a smile to your face.

EDIT, I’ll soon be back into the model aircraft stuff as well now I’ve got a dedicated room!

Reliving my youth through my kids, currently ice skating and roller hockey street hockey, stuff me and my boys can do together and I can go and do on my own should I want. Once you get over the mental barrier of looking a right tit in a pair of skates it’s not that bad

Noodling on a telecaster, walking places, intimacy, reading (including STW where I can add to what I read), rock and roll dancing, swimming, DIY… .

EDIT, I’ll soon be back into the model aircraft stuff as well now I’ve got a dedicated room!

Can send you the plans for one of these if you fancy building from scratch

They look great and are hilarious to fly

Ferreting

sampling fine ales, in fine drinking establishments. apart from when i am on the bike, this is the only time i relax properly. i plan cycle touring holidays around the Camra handbook.

*waves at Ton*

Bed. Sleep is great.

Zoning out on bikes, the female form, trees, clouds, seasons, weed & music.

Coke and Hookers…..

What is this “other than cycling” of which you speak? 😉

I do maths, science and medicine. It’s a hobby, vocation and day job at the same time.

*waves at Ton*

hello Jim……..you ok?

Being outside. Just watching/feeling the seasons turn, walking, riding, running in it, don’t care really, but it just lifts my spirits pretty much straight away. The plants, trees, wildlife, weather, all of it. Can feel the stress of life just flowing away.

Love of a good woman. My job. Skiing. Seeing theatre and gigs and comedy. Reading books. Drinking with friends.

Vegging out on the sofa right now with my 14 yr old, as my ex has gone away, watching trash tv.

Life is good but put sometimes you need effort into finding interesting things. Do one interesting thing a week.

Fatbike night ride in the snow with a full moon. Temperature -4degC so everything crisp and dry. It was perfect.

learning new things.

don’t watch tv, limit yourself on the computer/tablet/phone…suddenly you’ll have a lot of time to write a novel, poem, do some photography, paint, draw, build stuff, create in general.

Restoring small capacity Italian two-stroke motorcycles (satisfying, frustrating and expensive in equal parts)

The look on my girlfriends face when she realises that I’ve cooked dinner while she’s marking.

Cycling, carting kids about, a spot of target shooting when I get the chance

Still looking for some NRA stickers for the back of my van….

My wife laughing or smiling, she has faced up to MS destroying her body & life with so much more courage than I will ever have.

A feet good fart, always makes me smile.

And just getting out into the hills, fresh air. Biking, walking, snowboarding if hills are big enough!!

The sound of ads678’s feet farts.

planning the demise of my enemies, flower arranging, music, nice hot showers, spending time on my PC alone late at night with dual screens, errrr sorry got to go…

Go Zen man.
Get connected to the tiny moments in your world.
There is a lot of good stuff out there ,if just give it some extra time instead of rushing past looking for the next big thing.
Peace
😉

hello Jim……..you ok?

Naa, still a bit crap, going to Reeth tomorrow with Steve & my lad, 1st time out since about mid November, can’t be arsed.

YouTube as opposed to TV makes me happy. I can watch the things that interest me, which are too niche to get airtime on mainstream TV, such as seventeenth-century history documentaries.
Creating things can also be enjoyable, but it’s also a struggle, so I have plenty of unfinished projects and poems.

Make stuff. Anything from remote control planes to bike frames to drawing. Seeing something you made yourself is really satisfying and will always bring a smile to your face.

This x2 and obviously riding a bike, any bike.

As well as getting diy done … for making I’ve got Airfix planes on the go, the scenery, buildings and electrics for the kids 00 railway and a bit partial to their Lego too.

I also like cooking and fixing bikes and cars.

My eldest fancies a go at sea fishing so maybe we’ll try that this year. Crabbing is always a hit too.

I don’t need much. I enjoy my job but I really love spending time with my husband. Went out for dinner tonight, looking forward to going away next weekend. Coming home to the cats makes me happy too – they are daft little things.

Aside from the ‘usual’, I’m gonna go with educating myself. Nothing highbrow. More a case of bringing myself up to spec on topics I believe I should have a greater appreciation for. Eg the Cold War … being a kid of the 70s/80s I was shit-scared of the world ending and subsequently remained on the periphery of the subject. Have just started watching The Cold War 24 part docu-series, narrated by Mr Brannagh, and it’s pretty damn good.

I also aim to dive into some of the buddhist teachings/practices I did a few years back … and figure out what it’s like to live in the ‘now’ as opposed to constantly striving for X and Y.

I think it’s the thought of better times to come! I’mthe same as you op. I love my young family , 2young children and a busy life with not much time for me. I’m planning on getting fit and racing badly at cyclocross in the coming winter and looking forward to a long weekend in Iceland and my summer hols. It’s hard when your life is dedicated to/ commited to a young family. But I’m assured by older wiser people that it gets more expensive, but you get your you time back as the kids get older 🙂

Sleep – takes away the pain, I think as a middle aged male life is pretty shit on the whole – you spend your life providing/delivering / supporting kids wife parents etc. so it’s just shit really

Sorry been to pub for six hours – 7 pints of wild boar and 3 taliskers – off to bed

MrOvershoot – Member
My wife laughing or smiling, she has faced up to MS destroying her body & life with so much more courage than I will ever have.

Struggling to imagine how you cope but trust that you find the strength to continue. Meant in earnest.

Beer, art, bad taste humour and a right good knees up

Putting on pants and socks from a warm radiator after a shower,

^^
Stop stealing my pants off the radiator and stop coming in my house!