Creative Outlets

The last time I picked up a camera was to document some things for my boss because our scanner wasn't working. The last time I picked up a real camera for something that matters to me...I really can't remember. It's been a while since I last sat down in a chair with nothing to do but think. And it's been even longer since I have taken a piece of paper and a pencil and written ideas down. Additionally, I have lost all of my older notes and so I am blank. From here I can go in two directions. I can start over or I can continue down the path that I seem to be going and turn into a robotic office worker. Don't we all need creative outlets...even the robotic office workers? How do people stay sane when all they do is go to work, then go out for drinks, then watch tv, then go to bed and on weekends play basketball or run around a track? I love the outdoors and I love doing all these said things, but at some point I go completely crazy and start biting my nails and overeating and thinking about where I can run away to next and I get frustrated.