Tom’s Diary

From audio journal episode:  AJE-2010-01-09-14-11. 

Every year at this time, as mentioned previously, I attempt to identify activities that do not seem to be getting me where I wish to be, and then, setting out to change or stop them.  What I’m considering today is my yearly attendance at camp Beacon Lodge; that place that brings to mind great memories of times past, spent there as a boy, as well as some not-so-great ones I experienced as an adult.

In fact, over the last few years I’ve been undecided about attending, at least until the camp sign-up forms come out each February.  Even after filling them out and sending them, I sometimes regret parting with the registration fee. 

True, up until now, I almost always ended up going, and who knows?  I may still go this year too.  But the real passion to go, the desire that starts me to pining for camp in May or June, and saying, “Oh man, I’m really looking forward to it this year,” that desire’s been weak.  To understand why, I’ll go back to the beginning and recall why I started going to camp in the first place, you know, to figure out if it really did for me what I hoped it would back then.  Does camp continue to do so?  Or, has it failed to meet my hopes and expectations lately?  Yes, lately, camp has failed in many regards.  So the question is: Will I spend latter July there again this year, despite my growing dissatisfaction?  My answer: I don’t know yet.  So to figure it out, I shall, in the posts listed below, brainstorm the issue and hopefully find certitude in one answer or the other. 

Some reasons for not going that come to mind are:

• Too much bad food
• Too little romance
• Too few activities that interest me

See the links above for more details on each concern.

Plus,   [Emmy]   says that she might not go either. So, I don’t know.  We’ll keep mulling this over and should have a definite decision by next month, when they mail out the sign-up forms.

Tom

Related Posts

• Bad Food At Camp
• Camp Fatigue: 2010
• Definitely No Camp: 2010
• Perhaps No Camp This Year
• Today’s Business: 2010-01-06
• Today’s Business: 2010-01-10
• Today’s Business: 2010-03-14
• Tom’s Love Quest: No Romance Lately At Camp

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