Hi NewLife2
Thanks for starting this thread - it's interesting to read how others spend their time.

Since my 'normal' life disappeared adapting to what I now call my 'relative normal' life has been a challenge. I've found developing routines has been important. I have memory problems so routines help to remember things like taking meds on time, getting chores done, paying bills etc. By nature I've never been a 'routine' person and my old life was completely different.

Energy to do things is limited - everything takes me about 4x as long as it used to. Much of the day is taken up with chores - laundry, cooking, cleaning, getting firewood in etc. I like to garden - growing my own veges is satisfying and a small plot is manageable but have to get help with the heavy stuff.

Volunteering was always a part of my old life but is now scaled back to helping one or two others on an individual basis where I can. TV, reading, (a lifetime habit but sadly much reduced), and way too much Spider Solitaire (purely distraction) are my main forms of relaxation. Recently taking part on here and researching has kept my brain cells firing.

At present most of my routines are out the window as I'm facing additional problems - hopefully soon if I have some improvement I'll get back to physio at the gym. Regular exercise (3x weekly) gave me better balance, strength and allows me to do more. I never thought I'd say I'd miss the gym but I realize, for me, it's essential.

I hope you find some things to do that are rewarding and keep you going. Maybe picking one thing from each area of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual to focus on, that you find beneficial, might help.
All the best.
bluesfan

Today has been a busy day feeding the birds. All winter I was providing food because of our severe weather. I often take photos thru the 2 windows in this computer room, and today hubby helped me too. (I will use some of them as reference for some drawings and watercolors, later on.

Today we have Geese again... and Mrs. Quack Quack showed up and all 3 of them shared for a while... hubby got a good photo of them on his phone.

The second photo is my seedling tray from last week, just before I starting moving them up to larger quarters. I have only the Coreopsis to do --but I can't today...as my back is killing me.

Those of you who are online alot... may find this red tailed hawk
nest interesting to watch live-- a live cam:

http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channe...-tailed_Hawks/

The first chick just hatched today. Two more eggs remain.

I missed the hatching last spring, but watched it alot later on.
It became rather addicting.

Love red tail Hawks. I keep black oil sunflower seed in my hopper feeder. The cow birds start to demolish my feeder around this time so I stop feeding. I keep a peanut butter suet cake going in the winter. Love my woodpeckers. Kinda odd but my favorite visitor are house wrens. Cool birds.