What hobbies do you enjoy ?
 

Since I have not been working and my children are gone I am looking for hobbies to do.

I used to enjoy walking for exercise but I can only walk about 15 minutes until my legs feel very weak and my gait gets very wonky. :(

I am looking for somewhat sedentary hobbies and I am wondering what you do to keep busy and to keep from getting bored.

I have some photos to scan and I am interested in genealogy so these might be things I pursue in the fall. I have been reading this summer. I have no artistic ability whatsoever although I wish I did!

What do you do for fun?

There is a thread for Crafty MSers.

I crochet, knit, read, have dabbled a little bit in writing fanfic, but I mostly read fanfic. (fanfiction are stories about tv and movies, written by the fans for the fun of it, and in some cases to fix mistakes that the original writers might have made)

I also enjoy crocheting, painting with assistance, reading... Way too much reading at times. Counted cross-stitch is fun as well but I've never finished a single project it outstretches my attention span.

Since you mentioned not being that artistic, the net helps a lot to cover that up. A printer, some paper and some kind of canvas (wall or art board) and you'd be amazed at what you can create.

Below is an example, I printed out the logo in various sizes, used a sharpie to trace it onto some contact paper, cut it out with a razor knife, voila stencil! I did paintings in the same manner when I was younger, using the sharpie to trace directly onto the canvas then just fill it in homemade paint by numbers :p

*it has to be a sharpie on regular printer paper to "bleed" through*

I don't have or even like hobbies anymore..:D
I'm bored, of course, but it only bothers me
once in awhile.. I've done it all, in the past,
and now just like to play on my Mac and watch TV.:rolleyes:

Good luck to you in finding something fulfilling
to do and enjoy.

I have done counted cross stitch and quilting. I know others who do scrap booking. Some take on line courses from colleges. I agree with Sally, good luck finding something to do.

Oh, just thought of something else to do. I don't know if you belong to a church or not but if you are mostly home bound, they love to have some one who is home bound head up a card ministry or folding monthly newsletters.

Can you learn to crochet or knit on your own using a book?

I think that would be a good hobby for the winter.

Both my mom and mother-in-law crocheted but they are both gone. They both crocheted beautiful afgans that I still have.

I tried to learn to crochet when I was 10 or 11 but never kept at it! :(

On-line courses is something else that appeals to me. I'll have to see if our local community college offers any on-line courses that I would like to take.

I do spend too much time on-line and playing too many computer card games. I should be a master at solitare by now with all of the time I spend playing it! :eek:

Thanks everyone for all of your ideas!

You can learn both knitting and crocheting 'easily' (being relative)from a good book. Look for one with lots of pictures!! But YouTube also puts out a ton videos on how to crochet or knit. For knitting though I would suggest finding a cast-on tutorial that works for you, there are a multitude of ways to start your knit and really the most confusing part in knitting is getting stitches on the needles. Once you figure that out, everything else is easy.

I don't know how old you are but I'm sure some one at a senior center could help you. Or maybe ask around to different nursing homes or senior retirement homes, the self care ones, and their activities director would know of some one who just love to tutor you.

I started painting about a year after I was dx. I took art classes when I was younger and took a couple classes in college but never really had time for it. After I was dx, I had the time. For the past year or so, I haven't done much painting but have done lots of doodle designs and drawings. I found them easier because then I wasn't left with such a mess to clean up. Dang fatigue!

I learned how to knit a couple of years ago. An elderly neighbor told me how she knits and I thought it was a good way for us to get together and help her feel a purpose in her life, so to speak. It was wonderful! Not the knitting part. I didn't care for that very much. She would tell me all sorts of stories of growing up in NY in the 20's and 30's and about her life with her husband and friends and all the things she has done with her life. She is just an amazing woman!! I adore her. She moved in to a assisted living type place that was too far for me to get to and I don't get to see her often. We do keep in touch with phone calls though. With that said, she forgot to tell me how to cast off and I was home working on a dish rag (that's all I've made so far is dish rags :D), so I checked out YouTube. There are plenty of how to knit videos on there that you could easily learn on your own. That is, if you are interested in learning to knit.

Never say that you are not creative. Creativity is not limited to the "arts" like drawing or painting. There many other creative avenues you can take that don't require drawing, painting, etc. Since you like to read, have you thought of writing or doing creative journaling. Since you walk daily, maybe you could take a camera with you and start taking pictures. I think once you find something, you will find that you are more creative than you gave yourself credit for.;)