Drawn & Quartered by Horses Part 1

Jamie is at a meeting tonight; Afton is in bed, and I'm sitting here on the couch, with the house (relatively) clean, the dishwasher running, and tomorrow's lunch sitting in my white-elephant-gift Chuck Norris lunchbox on the bottom drawer of the refrigerator waiting to be thrown in my bag tomorrow morning, taken to work, and consumed.  My mind bounces from thought to thought through the myriads of passions that I have, trying to decide what to do with the next hour or two to myself.  As I write this blog post, I hold the (probably unrealistic, audacious) goal of reaching some sort of conclusion by the end of my writing; let's see what happens.  My prediction is that Jamie will return prior to my rough draft and first read through, leaving me in the same situation the next time I have time to myself.

I feel as though I'm being pulled in a million different directions; which as I understand, happens to pretty much everybody at some point in their life.  The difference with my predicament, compared to others', however, is that I am being pulled not by responsibilities, external forces or other peoples' requests, but by interests that I have deep passion for.  As I see it, I have one of two choices to make:  1) Devote some attention toward all of my passions, which lets me spend time with all of them, but significantly limits my potential.  2) Devote all the attention toward one or two of my passions, which means I have to completely ignore others.  This is obviously a post-Industrial Revolution, First World problem, yet it's important to me all the same, as I strive to become the Neo-Renaissance Man; and many of these should have a positive impact on others.

"What are these passions?" you ask.

INTERRUPTION:  My prediction was right.  Jamie is on her way home, and there's no way I'll finish this before she gets back.

(I'll talk through these passions in the near future.  Stay tuned!)

(Don't let that sound like I'm disappointed she's on her way back; my passion for my family is much more important than the others I'm trying to decide between.)