World of opportunities

Because I've been looking for a new hobby for a while now, I decided to join a political party, because it can offer a lot of opportunities for volunteer work. I use two of my evenings every week for swimming, but for the rest I'm not really doing anything productive after work, so I thought it would be a good idea to make use of my free time, and built up some sort of network at the same time.

The only problem with this great idea is, that I need to find the right political party to suit my ideas. In Holland, we've got many different parties, with many different ideas. Most of them operate both on a national and a local level, which is exactly what I want. I'm not interest in a party that just tries to get things done locally, although the extend of the volunteering I'm interested in, does concern local matters.

So, as to not make any rash decisions, I decided to go and read all the political programs, in rder to be able to make a well-informed choice. I gotta tell you, it's not that easy. Although the parties differ on many ideas, there are also some things they have in common, and the problem is, it's exactly those issues that would have been helpful to me in making a good choice. Nobody ever said politics were easy, I suppose.

I guess it's best to give it some rest for an evening, so that tomorrow I can make like a chart, citing the good and bad things of each party, and then counting them up and decide which one fits me best. I am kind of excited about this. I like being active, so this would set out a whole new world of opportunities!