a matter of time

All of my friends are always such doing interesting things that I feel like a sedentary slob. I wish I had more time, fortitude, and money to try out new things and get good at it.

Bostock, for example, plays ice hockey 4 nights a week (at last for this week) and it seems so fun. Too bad I can't skate worth a damn, and I'm not sure how I could ever get good enough at skating that I could keep from being trampled by other hockey players. Plus, a full set of hockey gear costs $1000 so that's quite an investment for something I don't know if I could get good at.

Dan is apparently a championship water polo player and swimmer. And he works out like crazy. He recently invited me to join him at the gym...and I'm afraid to as I lack such upper body strength that at the last bootcamp workout I could barely do 10 pushups.

My friend Andy from MIT founded a tech company. Despite the dot-com bust, his company is doing quite well. Andy is trying to hire a ton of software and hardware engineers to meet customer demand for a product he's already shipped. (I toyed with this idea once when I was back in college but realized that my business plan was doomed to failure).

Stan is a crack photographer (the Associated Press publishes his photos!) and a world-class marathoner. He's finsihed the Boston Marathon several times under 3 hours. In contrast, when I first started running a year ago, I nearly collasped after a mile and couldn't run it in under 15 minutes.

All of my friends lead such fascinating lives that it makes me feel inadequate. Oh well. I guess I'll find something interesting I'm good at sooner or later.

It's just a matter of time.