I can’t do much of anything these days due to chronic pain and mobility issues, but I do things with my hands since they still work right.
I like jigsaw puzzles and I can get so wrapped up in one that I don’t have a clue what’s going on around me! Of course, add to that an audiobook going at the same time and I’m really immersed! I always have an audiobook going, regardless of what I’m working on.
I also do diamond paintings. I must have nearly 100 of them done and have a few more left to do. They really are relaxing, despite what people think. My eyes may prevent me from doing them indefinitely but for now, I will keep doing them! Dad was trying to get my attention the other night without interrupting at a bad time in my audiobook. He said he was standing there for several minutes and I had no clue! Talk about being immersed!
I’ve added a new activity to my evening schedule. I will start a color-by-number painting as soon as my current diamond painting project is finished. I hope my hands are steady enough for that! I worry that I’ll mess it up and/or I’ll spill paint everywhere! I can be very clumsy at times!
I rotate my evening activities, throwing a bit of journaling into the mix each night. I want to try a latch hook kit. Maybe next month I’ll get one to start. I have to do something besides watching tv all day. Dad watches the news all day long. It drives me bonkers.
What activities do you do? Whatever it is, I hope it relaxes you and gives you some time to yourself.
Well, Debbie, I understand the audiobook going all the time. That is so me, except when my daughter grabs the radio in the car.
I would crash if I listened to an audiobook in the car! I would concentrate too much on the story and not my driving! 🤣
I have way too many hobbies I like to do that keep me solely focused on them at the time. I just wish I could work on all of them. Unfortunately, the only things I am able to find time for now that make me block everything everything around me out are crocheting, jigsaw puzzles, reading, and coloring.
We like pretty much the same things, Teri. My crocheting is while I’m watching tv after dad gies fo bed. I do some coloring, too and my reading is with audiobooks while I do my other things. Mostly puzzles lol. 😬
Writing, rubber stamping (making my own greeting cards), online jigsaws (with the three cats a real jigsaw is dangerous) and a few relaxing video/phone games (Words With Friends, spider solitaire, Animal Crossing, etc) I should look into audiobooks again. I used to listen to them while I drove to work for 20 minutes, but now it is just 5 to 10 minute drives in the car and that wont work.
I used to make greeting cards had a good collection of rubber stamps but I have no clue where they are! I guess I should find them and get back to it! Thanks for your comment! It reminded me of something fun! We should play a few games of WWF sometime! 😬
Oh, you should find those stamps and get your hands all inky again… I am sure it is good for the skin. Ha, ha!
Thanks for the reminder! I forgot about looking for them already and I forgot how messy it can be! Lol.
One tip for the ink… if you wash your hands and then put lotion on them before you start, the ink does not “soak in” as bad and is easier to wash off.
Thanks! I’ll try to remember that!
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