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

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

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I don't have or even like hobbies anymore..
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.

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

At times I am doing cross stitching, expectly when special occasions come along. Some for weddings and anniversary. One other thing I get into is gardening, getting ready at this time to plant for the fall and bulbs for spring spring blooms.

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.

My hobby is learning. I never want my brain to falter. I read and now there are these free education sites called "MOOCs" massive online open colleges. Colleges like Stanford and many others publish learning through these. My hobby is to learn something new ever day. Coursera is one of these sites.

Mcsisters, I have several women on my My fitness pal forum for ladies over 50 that use Courera and they love it