Who complains about too much free time? Well, with no wife or kids, a dislike for many common social activities- okay let’s just go with the truth here and say no friends I hang out with outside of church, and work that takes less than the normal eight hours plus lunch per standard, I just have too much free time. What do I do with it? Get movies from the library, spend time on the internet, and play games mostly- what a life, eh? In the last few days I have even purchased several games on Steam– did they have to make it so easy? I didn’t even use steam until they had a $9.99 sale on their Orange Box collection a few months ago. Now I have the complete Luxor marble game collection, Ghostbusters, GRID, and Osmos. Anther service called Direct2Drive also successfully tempted me with a $5 sale a short time back. I added no less than a half-dozen games from them including Neverwinter Nights 2 and Serious Sam Gold. A waste of time and money really. Well, I have been playing a lot of Serious Sam and the Luxor games, so just a waste of time in their case. To be fair, I didn’t pay much for any of the titles, nowhere near full price, but still…
So what can I do instead? Theatre groups abound in this area, but I know very few of them anymore- I would have to look them up again. I have also looked a little into compassion ministries, serving those in need. I still have to look it up on the church website as I was directed to a few weeks ago. The obvious one in most people’s minds is the friends issue. I have been to singles group, but it was very uncomfortable for me so I really don’t go anymore. No friends that way. Perhaps through the other two potential outlets? I don’t know. I know I have needed to schedule a quiet time with God, but I have known that for so long I wonder if I am really capable?
For now though I just sit here on the computer…
PHEW! At the moment, I have very LITTLE free time… love IT! Time for a trip East, maybe?
Yeah – a trip east!
Or I have a kid or two you can borrow; you won’t have free time with a kid around 😉
Volunteering is a good idea. You could volunteer at nursing homes, hospitals, etc. I’m sure all you have to do is call them. I know our new hospital is looking for volunteers to staff each floor and help direct people; maybe it’s the same way there. And since you’ve been meaning to schedule quiet time with God, maybe you could combine that time with reaching out to someone else – help the elderly read the Bible or something…
I don’t know; I have quite the opposite problem. So many things I’d like to do without the time to do them!
Indeed. I expect with four kids you don’t have quite the same problem. 😮
I’m still working on it, but quiet time is supposed to be one-on-one with God, so whatever else I do has to be in addition to it. I will have to head out there again sometime soon, though I can’t say when. Perhaps Christmas break for a Tues-Wed.