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| This photo is here just for fun. Freshwater Bay, Peppermint Grove. |
Inspired by Fairlie and The No. 1 Melbourne Ladies Bookclub I am reading Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project. Gretchen's blog was one of the first I started reading five years ago but as I got into more serious endeavours, such as working in an office, I stopped reading. Which is why I am finding her book so important right now. In my earnestness to move back into the corporate world I stopped having fun. Maybe, maybe, I never really was one for fun anyhow.
Any how, I have had cause to think about what I find fun, rather than what I think I should find fun. Here is my list so far. It's been such a long time since I really thought about this that I may need to come back to this from time to time.
Here are my first two.
Maps. I love all sorts of maps. Especially ones that relate to something I'm doing or reading. I am just as happy reading a street directory as I am reading an old map of London. In fact I will often just pull out the street directory and start flipping through it. For fun.
Walking around the streets, just looking. I love to familiarise myself with an area by exploring the streets. What types of houses are built here? Who lives/lived here? What makes this street great or horrible? I love walking as long as the walk has interest. When I go on walks from home I try to take different routes each time. Routine is my enemy; it gets me down.
It comes as no surprise to me that I love the idea of Geocaching. Geocaching is a worldwide treasure hunt which combines "orienteering-lite" with a scavenger hunt where you come home with the thrill of the find but, usually, no prize. I could seriously get into it but I fear that friends would start to back away slowly...and there's no fun in that.
3 comments:
You know I'm totally into the Happiness Project right now. I love maps and usually get picked to be the navigator on trips. Or I did. Before GPS.... which totally takes the fun out of it, honestly.
I love both of your loves. I can't tell you the amount of time I spend on Google Maps checking places out, seeing how they fit into the surrounding neighbourhood, swapping between standard view and satellite. But then again...old maps...ahhhh!! Love, love, love those! Particularly where things have changed dramatically since. It was such a thrill when I found an old map of Glasgow and located the street/house where my Gran was born - as that whole area is now part of a huge shopping centre and carpark and just doesn't 'exist' anymore. Anyway, I'm in danger of taking over your blog if I write much more.
Are you going to do your own Happiness Project? or are you just taking bits from it as they apply?
And I love OLD photos of cities juxtaposed to new photos. And aerial photos. Have you seen the book Above London? I remember it being amazing.
Not sure about the happiness project. Maybe bits and pieces. I'm not good at sticking to entire projects.
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