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Don's
Flying As A Hobby
by Yvonne Volante
Ask a room full of people what hobby they have and you will get as many
answers as there are people. Others will confess that they dont have a hobby.
They probably do; but just dont label it as such. By definition, a hobby is an
activity or interest pursued outside ones regular occupation and engaged in
primarily for pleasure.
Whether flying, stamp collecting, chat rooms, trains, softball,scrapbooking,
golf, reading, painting, tap dancing, yard work, crafts, auto mechanics, music,
hunting down garage sales, sewing, fishing, cooking, boating, furniture
refinishing, javelin tossing or a plethora of other activities or interests the
key element is balance. You must find balance between your family life and your
extracurricular activities.
Too much of a good thing turns bad. Everyone should havean outlet and a
special interest that they enjoy doing for themselves. Self indulgence, to a
point, is quite healthy. Escaping from day to day grinds to take some time to
devoteto your flying hobby or concentration is therapeutic. Youve all heard, "if
Mamma aint happy, no ones happy." It doesnt matter if your role is father,
mother, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, son, daughter, brother or sister,
if youre just going to work or school and have noreal outside activities, youre
probably not always the most friendly person to be around.
Conversely, if you bury yourself and it seems to others that all you care
about or all you ever want to do is fly all day (or hang around the airport),
youre setting yourself up or prolonging discontent. People deal with depression
in many ways. Some sleep all the time. Others want to do nothing but read,read,
read. Still others will spend hours upon hours downstairs building a bigger,
faster widget, just to avoid the real cause of their frustrations. Hobbies are
supposed to be a healthy outlet, not a catalyst to ignore issues that need
addressing.
Likewise, hobbies can get very expensive. Sure, flying, snow mobiles,
motorcycles and ski equipment are obviously expensive. But sometimes those
seemingly low cost activities can add up. You start out with trying to budget
for the weekly flying lessons. Then you need (or want) the unnecessary (but fun)
goodies that we all "need" to pursue our passion. "Lets see, do we pay the
mortgage this month, or get that (fill in the blank) that you just have to
have?"
If your flying hobby is doing more harm than good, if its dipping into the
family budget and time allocation, more than you can or should be spending, its
time to reevaluate. Not stop the flying, mind you, just make sure its
appropriate for you and your family and its lifestyle.
Yvonne Volante is the webmaster for
http://www.fixairplanes.com, a wonderful resource on the subject of
airplanes, flight and flying. Be sure to visit
http://www.fixairplanes.com for more information on airplanes!
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