What activities do you lose yourself in?

There’s only a few activities that I can honestly say I lose myself in. Not the sort of “pass the time” hobbies, but the ones where you look up and realise hours have quietly slipped by without you noticing.

The first is poetry.

Poetry has been part of my life for over twenty years now. It started out as therapy, a way of processing the noise inside my head, but somewhere along the way it became much more than that. When I’m writing, the rest of the world tends to fade into the background and it’s just me and the page, trying to turn thoughts and emotions into something that resembles a poem. As I’ve said before, poetry became a place where my mind could finally exhale and where the chaos of anxiety and depression could exist without apology. 

Another thing that will happily steal a few hours of my life is comic books. There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about them. Sitting down with a good comic takes me straight back to being a kid again, when stories were larger than life and heroes always found a way to win in the end. It’s a simple pleasure, but sometimes those are the best ones.

And then there’s photography.

Photography is something I’ve drifted into in more recent years. I wouldn’t say I know what I’m doing most of the time, but I’ve been told I’ve got a decent eye for it. I enjoy grabbing the camera, experimenting with settings, and just seeing what happens. Sometimes you get nothing… and sometimes you capture something you’re really proud of. 

So yes, there’s only a few things I truly lose myself in:

• Writing poetry
• Reading comic books
• Taking photographs

Different hobbies, different moods… but each one gives me a little space away from the world for a while.

Stay safe
BC