New-age aims(study of what can propel me forward :so what will be my goals hereafter?)

I have always enjoyed the sport tennis,watching it(on TV and computers,the former in the past,whenever and wherever I could,to acceptable levels of compromise,depending on the location(meaning availability of the physical device at the time and place(((throughout the past,I have shown a keen interest in the game,even bordering on mania to the point I started to look at ways of stringing my own racquets with a variety of strings,even looking at stringing machines to do something that is usually paid for,and acquiring the choicest accessories:gloves,balls and so on.)So time and place need to be elaborated,because

a)Time:This is related to my tennis-related implements being with me where I am.

b)Place:This is easier,because although I could feed most of my tennis-related hunger when in the US,it was much harder when I was in a different country,like India[[I do enjoy racquet sports there too:I play badminton with my father as well,and have encouraged my mother to do so as well,because there is no sport that's a better mix of activity and achievability{it isn't as demanding as tennis for one}.There are ways such obstacles can be overcome most times,but there's no overcoming the fact that India doesn't encourage any other  racquet sport than badminton,for good reason.}

So overall,I love activity of any kind,including playing table tennis,which I think my father and brother do as well[so that's a desire for another day altogether].I used to swim too(when we were in Ahmedabad,where my mother set a shining example,with her dedication).Most of my activity(consuming most time),of course,is not physical,but verges on the {https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/mental;is it acceptable to term it 'intellectual'?}