Jeez, this question really shines a light on how little I have going on besides my practices.
Initiation runs my life, and between working full-time and engaging with my entourage of daily practices, I don't really do much else...
Most of my little bits of "free time" where I'm not doing either of those things is usually just spent brooding quietly, killing time until whatever next exercise is in line on the schedule, but even that is practically a passive form of meditation in itself...
The transition to working full-time really killed my recreational side.
Before that though, I was a devout musician. Mostly as an organist and cellist, but in my teenage years when I was part of my HS orchestra I could basically play every stringed instrument under the roof, big and small.
Still, I maintained my passion for the Organ well beyond into these recent years, at least until I started punching the clock all the time.
Now it's something I only play once in a blue moon.
I also used to be a serious martial artist, combining elements of Wing Chung, Aikido, and Tae Kwon Do in unarmed combat while also taking up practice with the Sabre (Polish style) and the Whip (as a weapon, not a sport-cracker). But of course, that has become another victim of my rat-race job swallowing up time.
The only recreational activity I maintain much these days is some PC gaming. Not a ton, but if I find myself with some extra unplanned time on my hands.
Oh and smoking.... I smoke pipe tobacco like a chimney
Sigh.... all I dream about anymore is somehow being unemployed but still being able to pay my bills.
Fuck "the grind", I want out - don't have time for shit anymore.
