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Hobbies

Life is not just about leadership. You can't make leadership your life. Leaders need time to relax and renew and the weekends are your opportunity to do so. Over the past several weekends we have looked at enjoying the arts, music, sports, and family time. This weekend we are going to look at hobbies. What hobbies do you like to do?

There are a number of things you can do that constitute a hobby. I probably won't be able to cover all of them over the next two days but we will revisit this topic some other weekend. Here is a list of just some of the hobbies you could enjoy each weekend. Find your hobby and embrace it this weekend as a release to all of your leadership duties.

  • Hunting & Fishing
  • Outdoors - Walking, jogging, camping, and backpacking
  • Collecting - Stamps, coins, cards or antiques
  • Gardening
  • Scrap booking
  • Cooking
Where I live it is fashionable this time of year to drill a hole in the ice and fish to your hearts content. If this is your hobby (ice fishing)you can head out on the ice and spend hours relaxing and pulling fish from your favorite lake. Many people who ice fish have elaborate houses that they put on the ice for fishing. Many have televisions, refrigerators, bunk beds and of course holes in the floor for fishing through.

This winter has been mild here in Minnesota so there has not been a long period of time for ice fishing. It is however a great escape from the rat race of leadership. It is a great opportunity to get away from it all and enjoy something you love. You might love leadership but it is an alternative to the role of leadership.

This weekend drop a line in the water and relax with some fishing and escape from your leader responsibilities.
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