Thursday, February 23, 2017

Making choices

I recently decided to forego one of the Friday night dinners with the group to see what the mixed doubles billiards was all about.

Somehow I thought it might be more relaxed and fun, but it was all the same people I play with on the league and I found myself feeling stressed and knowing I was holding back my partner, a very good player.

The team has been so good to me and several have invested time in helping me develop my skills, so I was surprised to find myself just wishing it was "over" that night so I could go home.

This brought me to a new revelation about billiards in general.  It causes me stress.  The group is quite serious and there are some excellent players to learn from.  But when I really thought about it, I found I was resenting the time commitment it took away from pickleball and water volleyball.

So I made the decision and called the team caption who was very gracious about my wanting to call it quits.  As she said, it's not for everyone. I can't tell you the sense of relief when I knew it was over and I could have more time to devote to pickleball, my garden and just goofing off in general.

There is a hiking group that meets Thursday mornings and I wanted to try some of their shorter hikes to see what it was like, but I knew I wouldn't be back in time for billiards competitions that day.  Now I can experience some other activities until I create the perfect rhythm.

This is the difficult part of living here...there are so many choices it makes your head spin.

Long Live the Queen


3 comments:

  1. Don't you love having "too many choices". The best part is there are no wrong choices, just choices that suit us on that particular day!

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  2. One can over commit too. It's nice to have choices.

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  3. Oh my, such a problem -- what to do today. I think it's wonderful that there is so much there for you to do that is fun and interesting. The short hikes sound like fun. I wish I could still do that. Enjoy trying a few new things, and have a super day. Hugs, Edna B.

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