Published on 12, July, 2020
What so called "childish" or innocent pursuits does anyone have?
Myself, I like blowing bubbles. I always have a pot of them in the car, and often take them out when I go on a walk and sit down and blow them and watch them float gently over the landscape or historic site. I do find it very therapeutic and suppose it is a sort of stimming although it is usually done when I am calm, although sometimes I must say when I have had a difficult few minutes I get the urge to blow them.
I also love watching old children's television programmes from when I was young. Catweazel, the Gerry Anderson puppet series (Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and even Four Feather Falls), Follyfoot (I fell in love with Dora as a teenager!).
And I am never far from my recorder. Although I stopped being taught at the age of 11, I carried on with playing it and even though my music reading is below very basic I can pick out a tune and change the key to suit very easily.
So does anyone else have these sort of so called childish pursuits and what are they?
Good question, Trainspotter.
I can't really think of any obvious activity that you would call childish right away, but I suppose I do tend to do something that you could classify as a hangover from childhood and that is daydreaming.
By that, I mean daydreaming my life away via fiction, such as TV shows, movies, books, etc. Now, a lot of people get pleasure from doing this, it's true, but when it is done as a substitute from really meeting people and going places then I think it is a bit childish and something people should grow out of as they mature. I never have, and I guess it's because of certain traits within my character that make it difficult to handle new situations.
I never liked leaving the house much as a younger adult, aside from work and other important reasons, but left to my own devices preferred to experience gratification via daydreaming.