so what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
YAY! More awesome replies! Thanks so much for sharing, everyone.
I'm adding to my own list:
travel - particularly the Pacific Northwest US and Europe
road trips
discovering new music
playing Skyrim
I hope other people are inspired by all of the wonderful thoughts in here to know that life outside the cult can be glorious.
Let's keep it going!
in genesis 9:22, it says, "ham saw his fathers (noah) nakedness.
" over the years i have heard many theories of waht that meant.
leviticus 18:8...20:11...and 20:20-21 says.
So, Ham porked her?
glory of creator is that he has given us life and life support systems to enjoy the life to the full.
yet he doesnt want any glory for that nor thanks from ushence he remains away.
that means his life (or style of functioning) is the message (making all communicationoral or written unnecessary).
...couldn't resist...
this is an interesting article studying the growth/decline patterns of jw's.
i thought i would pass on the link as it is an interesting read.. .
http://priceonomics.com/jehovahs-witnesses-a-case-study-in-viral-marketing/.
Marked.
i would be very interested to hear from you ladies on this one.
i know that the society keeps women in subjugation through the headship cr@p but didn't ahve any sense about hoew prehistoric the attitudes are until the other day when we were driving out of the supermarket car park and my wife spotted a woman dressed in tight shorts (it has been very hot here) and she commented 'they say that women who dress like that dserve to be raped'.
i did a wtf and overreacted 'how can you blame the victim like that - such attitudes give men a lciense to commit rape and make women feel they are to balme if they get raped which in turn means that rape doesn't get reported and it gopes on with impunity.
Bumping this topic - mostly because it's an excellent subject with some outstanding points made, but also to show that yes, religion's attitudes towards women affect society in general.
Some who have felt this from inside a religion like the JW's can appreciate first hand how it feels to be looked at as a second class citizen - even when it's couched in words like 'respect' and 'freedom'. So maybe Frazzled UBM can explain why it's clearly the religion that's the problem when it comes to how JW women are viewed and treated, but that Islam is not the problem when it comes to how Muslim women are viewed and treated?
glory of creator is that he has given us life and life support systems to enjoy the life to the full.
yet he doesnt want any glory for that nor thanks from ushence he remains away.
that means his life (or style of functioning) is the message (making all communicationoral or written unnecessary).
Go get 'em, Cofty.
so what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
Thanks so much for all the great replies! 
So far we have:
photography
gardening
playing music with friends
drinking beer & cartoons
writing
learning something new
animals
satire (thanks, Honesty)
learning about yourself
making body butter (love this)
bartending
cooking
guitar playing and riffing
restoration
landscaping
debating
geeking out with science
picturing people in their underwear
traveling
painting
My goodness, we're a diverse and cool crowd. Let's keep this going! 
so what are you doing to enjoy yourself?
doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with jw world.
just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means).
So what are you doing to enjoy yourself? Doesn't have to be for anyone around you, or have anything to do with JW world. Just something that you do for you and only you and that fills your soul (whatever that means). Me? It's photography - looking at it, taking my own pictures, vacations where I get to frame beauty in a lens - that's what fills me up. And single malt whisky, but that's another topic.
What about you? What makes you happy? What do you lose yourself in?
[quote]some might assume that a scientifically-minded person would pick evolution and that a religious person would pick creation.
but not always.. rama singh, professor of biology at canadas mcmaster university, says: the opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.[/quote].
end-of-quote in awake.
What a bunch of hypocritical beyotches.
Great job sending Dr Singh an email - I hope he responds!
seriously, endured a torturous conversation with an active jdub yesterday.
and he was frothing at the mouth about how "muslims are doing the right thing with .
executing the....." he then went on to list everyone from drugdealers to thieves to fornicators.. he said "countries where this sort of thing is happening have got it right!
I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm really not. At all. It's why I avoid all conversations with JW's whenever possible - you never know what kind of jaw dropping, head scratching stuff will pop out of their mouths.
"we can count on Jehovah to execute those ones, so we don't have to"
