Be more outdoorsy. Hobbies rant coming up.
I've spent a few weekends away fishing lately. It had probably been 3-5 years since I last wet a line. Recently I worked out that a couple of workmates are also a keen fisherman so I'll be arranging some fishing trips with them. One of them is a keen fly fisherman and showed me a reasonably local river that was packed with trout. Free camping there and a 15-25 minute walk from a pub . I bought a fly rod and got some lessons off him. I arranged another trip to Nambucca heads two weeks ago with the other mate. I caught nothing on either trip but it was nice to wet a line. It's a mutual resolution between the three of us so hopefully it means the two new rods I bought are worn out by next year. I bought a cheap beach rod and the second cheapest fly rod I could find in town. I had to buy a new tent too, so fishing and camping great is my Christmas present to myself. I need to recruit a third friend who owns a boat capable of seating 4 or more.
The second mate just bought a cheap hunting bow last month. I had lunch in Christmas eve at his place and had just enough shots with the bow to know I'm getting one of my own. Humble brag, but six people took shots from his front verandah at a 1.5 foot bag of hey. Only the people hit the bale. I took 12 shots and th hen broke an arrow on a rock I could confidently say I'd hit a medium sized pig (if it stood still 15 metres away in side on profile). The second best shot on the day was his mum. She was averaging about 50%.
So I guess just getting back out of the house instead of looking at the world on tv from my couch is my goal for the year.
