Lately I have had an itch to learn a new trade, not really sure why, boredom? Feeling creative? Need to constantly be learning/doing something? Adding character? Who knows, regardless I have been thinking, maybe guitar, poetry/song writing, crocheting, cooking, golfing, or maybe even painting.
I really enjoy listening to my friends, random musicians, or any artist really, who sings and plays guitar or any other instrument (particularly found of saxophones too), I am envious and in awe of their talent. Music has always warmed my heart, raised the hair on my arms and speaks to my sole. It is the best form of therapy in my opinion. You can always find music/lyrics that relate to how you are feeling, to pick you up, motivate you, accompany you in your current fump’n’grump, or to express how you are feeling, better than any words you can usually find in times of need. Although I can always, flip on a radio to experience such greatness, I’d like to be able to provide these feelings of comfort for others as well. There are so many times when I listen to a song, I can swear the artist found their way into my diary, journal, head, or has lived my life and has written a song about it. I can’t express how much I appreciate an all-nighter with my dear friend (and mentor) Matt McClure, who plays guitar and sings til the wee hours of the morning in a living room. Listening to him, live, acoustic, is just simply therapeutic, and amazing, I also find that I learn more about myself, him, music and several other life lessons during these “therapy sessions”.
There is a new game out, I think it is for PlayStation© that teaches you how to play a real guitar, not like Guitar Hero©, I thought that might be a fun way to learn this trade, problem is, I don’t own a PlayStation or a Guitar, so this would be a costly adventure. This new trade would also go hand in hand with my itch to write songs, however there is another minor not so minor issue with picking up this new talent of learning to play guitar and write songs…I can’t carry a tune in a bucket, so this talent would not be heard or seen by another living soul. The problems or issues I am currently faced with in regards to learning these things aren’t enough to discourage me from actually doing it, but are things I need to strongly consider before making such investments. Really, with the exception of not being able to sing, the financial investment, time, discipline, etc. should be considered, with varying degrees, when considering most of the ideas I have come up with to find a new trade or talent.
With my current job, there seems to be a LOT of golf outings, so much that when creating a sales call in our Salesforce system, “Golf Outing” is an option to choose to describe where a sales person might have met with a customer or vendor. Although, I am not technically on the sales team, I have found myself out on a course already 2, going to be 3 times tomorrow, with a vendor. I thought I would absolutely HATE this sport, but I found that I actually really enjoy it. I may not be GREAT, but I have been told there is nothing “fundamentally” wrong with my swing”. Because this seems to be a regular occurrence through work, I thought I might NEED to pick up golfing, however, it is pretty expensive and VERY time consuming in the way of dedicating much of my personal time to improving my game.
Crocheting, painting and even cooking are probably the less expensive things I have thought of, but also appeal the least to me, yet made the list.
I dare not make promises to actually “scratch” any one of these “Itches”, I am having, but just some thoughts I have been having, and am considering.
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