Snooker - Nostalgic Trip Down Memory Lane

Tonight, I've been thinking mostly about snooker.

For those who don't know, it's a game. A 12' x 6' cloth covered table where you hit one ball with a wooden stick onto another. The object ball then disappears into a corner hole on the table.

Forget any business analogies. There isn't one. It's just a passion that I realise I lost when business replaced it. Or rather the stresses and deadlines of creating and turning around a business that had got out of control had done so.

Playing snooker.

I played every week with the lads. At least one night. I had my own cue (a wooden stick you hit the balls with).

If I dug around, somewhere in the house I'd find that cue. And I could look. But if I find it, I'll want to play again.

"But I can't"

If I do play snooker again I'll be entering my own personal time machine. I'll be turning the clock back to a time when I could do something personal.

Spend some time with my snooker friends. But they weren't there for the snooker per se. Like me, we were there for each other. We enjoyed each other's company. We laughed.

Now I'm at a crossroads. I started a business. It took over my life. 8-9 years later, I have forgotten what I used to do - like play snooker.

But is this the first germ of recovery? Myself and my colleagues have turned the business stuff around. When you've recovered from a business failure though and taste some success like we have, you start to think again - perhaps for the first time as the brain synapses reconnect with your former life.

I fancy a game of snooker.

I usually end each post with a request that you subscribe. But please don't. This post was personal. And even though there's loads of stuff underneath these words to think about, instead, think about your own version of snooker.

What are you passionate about? Or if you;ve been side-tracked in life by other stuff, think back to the things you enjoyed and set yourself a goal.

DO THOSE THINGS AGAIN - THE STUFF YOU REALLY ENJOY DOING.

P.S. Sorry to shout.

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