The Pursuit of Happiness

i've been thinking about trying to find some new hobbies recently; i seem to spend a lot of time in front of the computer so i figured i could try to channel that time into something a little more constructive than facebook. while i was googling something along the lines of 'how to make yourself happy' i came across 'The Happiness Project' which is a blog about some woman who did all these self help things in an effort to make herself more happy, and some of it kind of goes a bit over my head, but quite a lot of it is actually pretty interesting. i stumbled upon this quiz called How Well Do You Know Yourself? and i figured it might be kind of interesting. i've always assumed that i don't really know myself very well, but it actually made me think about whether the hobbies i was thinking of developing i wanted to do because i want to do it or because i think it will make me seem better from the outside.

The questions were;-

1. What part of the newspaper do you read first?  

2. What are three books you’ve read in the past year 

3. As a child, what did you do in your free time 

4. What’s a goal that has been on your list for a few years 

5. What do you actually do with your free time? 

6. What types of activities energize you? 

7. What famous people intrigue you?

Numbers five and six i found particularly interesting. what do i actually do with my free time and what type of activities energize me? in my free time i normally end up in front of the computer, and at the moment the only activity i would say 'energized' me would be watching hockey. i'm not sure if that totally counts because i'm technically just watching other people taking part in an activity, but it's certainly the only thing i'm interested in at the moment. this isn't really how i want my life to be, and i'm not sure if that was specifically the point of the quiz, but that's what i got from it. i need to develop some new hobbies, but somehow i need to make sure i'm doing them because i want to not because it makes me look like a more well-rounded person..ܤ