Whats my next craze?

Something on my mind of late has been my sense of indecisiveness. I've probably been aware of it subconsciously for a long time but I only started thinking about it when a friend of mind said "I cant wait for your next craze!". He meant it in a good way because he was so excited about it but it got me thinking...

So before my hobby switching stint, which I suppose it still ongoing, I used to learn Kung Fu. I started off learning traditional lion dancing ( the ones you see at Chinese New Year celebrations and new asian shop openings sometimes) and after a short while, probably after the second lesson I started kung fu training and I was hooked. That lasted for about 5 years and ranged from training 1-2 times a week, up to 5 days a week. They only had 5 days a week so if they had more I probably would have trained everyday if they had a class. I would train with my friends before and after classes as well but its different just training one on one with a mate.

One time I was training with my friend and he was teaching me how to spar, which I'm really crap at, and I ended up kneeing him in the knee and giving myself a bruised knee! It was so painful.

There are heaps of injury stores. When my best friend and I were learning a metal fan sparring set she dropped the fan on my face right near my eye and we were so freaked out that she had blinded me. It was scary at the time but now its a funny story because we went out of the training hall when it happened and when we came back in, I was fine and my best friend was in tears because she had been so freaked out that she could've been seriously injured. That set took ages to master after that because we didn't want to get too close together =p. There are quite a few injury stories which kind really does remind me of why I stopped even though I loved it so much.

Training it was the best carefree years of my life. It helped that this was just after high school and I was becoming independent getting to go out and meet new people and go out whenever I wanted. I met my two best friends at training as well, bonding over bruises =).

So after I stopped kung fu I didn't really pick up another hobby. I'd always done some craft stuff but not often, I'd probably just make a card here and there when I needed one.

I'm actually not sure how many hobbies I've run through in the last few years so I'm going to number them:

1. Sewing - I've always liked to sew and I love buttons and fabrics, they're so pretty! I made some wallet pouches for my sisters and mum ( It's so then you can have your wallet on a rope around your wrist when you go to the shops to pick up something quickly and it stops your keys from scratching your nice leather wallet.
2. I picked up playing guitar again when my friend said she wanted to start playing. I'd borrowed a guitar a long time ago and taught myself one or two songs before returning it. This time a different friend lent me his guitar for a couple of months before I bought my own semi acoustic guitar =). Its beautiful Yamaha with it a inbuilt tuner =). I've since taught myself more songs gotten obsessed with fingerstyle picking, finally learnt how to sing while playing and tried to wrap my head around some music theory. Actually tonight a friend from my hubbys work gave me a classical guitar and lent me a electric to muck around with. I've set the guitar aside for about 6 months now so I think it's time i get back into it.
3. I created this blog just as something to document what I had been up to because I have a bad memory and as a guide to reference stuff like restaurants we'd been to and recipes I've tried (even though I've been pretty slack for ages now). Starting to blog also helped my to get my thoughts in order so I should make time to write more.
4. I've always liked to cook and try new recipes. A friend of mine started coming over on my girls night and she taught me how to make Macarons, so we started baking something new and trying out a new dish every week. After about 2 months we noticed some pudge happening so we cut back on the baking. This coincided with getting busier at work and then having the next craze start.
5. My fish craze! This started in March 2012 (I think) when my yabby (Hermione) , which I'd had for about 1.5 years was accidentally killed by my hubby ( >.< ). I wanted a replacement pet but not another yabby because I'd had a yabby before Hermione (Herman - haha i know.. my sister named Hermione because Herman was a escape artist and I was very upset that he had died on his exploration attempt!). So I did my research and decided I wanted either a fighting fish or an axolotl. Now I have both and heaps of other fish. Its calmed down a bit now so I've got it stable at 3 tanks atm =). It was a super craze! there was fish stuff everywhere! I think I got up to 8 tanks around the house at one stage.
6. Knitting and crocheting came after the fish. My eldest sister knits and even though we all used to knit as kids I never knitted anything more then a scarf (lots of them for my toys until my mum told me to stop haha) and I never knew how to finish it off. So my sister taught me how to start the stitches on the needed, to do a knit and a purl. Out of these 3 I got 2 wrong "(@.@). So one and a half balls of yarn later, I saw a crocheted octopus in a shop window and I thought it was so cute! The next day, out of the blue my best friend gave me a amigurumi crochet book! I hadn't even mentioned to her that I saw it. So I bought a crochet hook and started crocheting with the help of the book, websites and youtube! I've since made a 20cm high minion toy, an assortment of other cute toys and a couple of beanies. Yarn everywhere!
7. This one is more of a project rather then hobby. After the Avengers came out a while ago my hubby has been mentioning that it would be cool to make an Ironman suit. Sure I'd wear it to a convention as well but there's a particular nook at our place that I think would be awesome to have a full suit displayed =). So we decided we are going to make a Mark XII Ironman suit. We had a crazy of ebay, getting all the materials and now I've just got to find the time to make the parts. We're using the pepakura method.
8. Youtube addiction! and iPhone games! so these aren't really hobbies but they are HUGE time wasters. I'm currently spending heaps of my time playing TribeZ.. it's just a build and expand kinda game, simple, cute graphics and I'm playing right now!! On Youtube I've discovered a few web series I like. I watched The Guild ages ago so I was subscribed to the Geek and Sundry channel which is how I discovered the show TableTop hosted by Will Wheaton. Damn it's reminded me how much I love to play board games! Then many related links later I came across nerdy nummies - a cooking show with nerdy themed foods, Coffeh time with Dodger - a daily vlog and whatever related link that looks interesting.

So 8ish hobbies within the last few years. Seems like too many, I thought that by the time I finished this post I'd have an idea of what I should do but I still don't really have a clue. I think the main thing is to try and keep up and definitely finish what I've already started.

The Ironman suit is probably the project that has me most excited (it the most recent too) so if we finish that I'll be so super excited.

Thanks for reading if anyone has read the whole thing. Sometimes its just really nice to write it all down and get it organized in my head.

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