Maybe it's an unusual hobby...

I spent my Saturday evening on my favorite swingset. Three hours listening to music and just flying...its really one of the most satisfying things to me. I've been a swingset enthusiast since I was a child, but my love for it never really diminished. As a teenager, my sister and I would hook our radio up to the extension cord and drag it out to the swingset, and the two of us would listen to our favorite cds and sing along to them (country livin' is nice haha). Some of my best daydreaming was done on that swingset, and I can still imagine the view...the higher you got on the swing, the more of the trees you could see on the other side of the house.

This hobby of mine slowed down when I was 18-24, that young adult age. Life got busy with college, boyfriends, friendships, etc. and in some way, the idea of swinging never really crossed my adult mind. When I was 21 I got a job at a daycare, and across the street there is a really nice neighborhood parks. One day in 2015, when I was 25, the swings just called to me. I cant remember the exact day I decided "I should swing!" I just remember that once I started again, I was hooked. I bought myself headphones, downloaded Spotify, and spent every hour long lunch break swinging away. I fractured my ankle in a car accident, and had to wear a boot, but after two weeks I had my boot-wearing self back on that swingset. In 2016, I was going through a pretty major breakup, and found myself living back at home with my parents. I would spend evenings on the swingset, thinking about my next steps in life and healing from my situation with privacy from my family. This year, I haven't been utilizing the swingset as much as in the past two years. Maybe once or twice a week instead of daily? I still appreciate each and every moment of it, and honestly I would recommend any grown adult to try swinging on a swingset for an extended period of time. It's actually very fulfilling!!

I got the watch the sunset while I was at the park. The entire atmosphere (happiness from swinging/music I was listening to/watching a beautiful sunset) made me just feel so simply happy.