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Flying As A Hobby
Yvonne Volante, Knowledge Level: , Keywords: flying as a hobby by yvonne volante
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 have an 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 devote to 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 no real 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, webmaster for www.fixairplanes.com is a big fan of flying and flight travel. She operates a web site that is devoted to flying and aviation resources. Email her at yvonne@fixairplanes.com
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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. Article on flying as a hobby by yvonne volante by Yvonne Volante
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