During my working days, my life felt one-dimensional, with work taking up most of my time and relaxation being a counter measure. Since retirement (I am 71 as I write) time management has been split between a number of areas.
I have always written novels and used to be a member of the 5am writing club, getting words down before showering and getting to work. These days writing can come as ideas flow and that, as you can imagine, is far more fruitful. More on this in the "Novel Writing" category.
Time driving around the country in a work capacity has been swapped for a three-times-a-week round trip to Llandarcy where my granddaughter trains in rhythmic gymnastics at international level as a mamber of Llanelli Rhythmic Gymnastics Association.
Meanwhile, my grandson, at aged fourteen, is making his own stop-motion videos and wants to make it his career. I support this with the purchase of models that are used in the videos, by pushing things on social media and by sitting with him during YouTube lessons on using "Blender" which is normally taught at college level. All of his videos can be found, viewed, liked on YouTube as @FilmeramaStopmo where subscribers can say that they want to be alerted to new videos. More on this in the "Stop Motion Videos" category.
Meanwhile, that same grandson, went on a mackerel fishing boat trip with me in St. Ives, Cornwall, England and exclaimed after that "I wish I'd found fishing ealier in my life so that it could always have been my hobby." We went through lure fishing in the sea, bait fishing using surf casters and finally settled on coarse fishing. We carp fish at two local commercial ponds and are both members of the Merthyr Tydfil Angling Alliance. More on this in the "Fishing" category.
Thanks
Stephenson Holt.