Anyone got any hobbies to while away the hours of not being able to do much.
ive become a bit of a movie buff since having ME/CFS. I watch 1-2 DVDS every day. Before ME/CFS I used to be very active and into sports... Im now going back and watching the old TV shows from my childhood as many of those are now on DVD.
ME/CFS has also got me more into photography.
I do have a bird watching book but unfortunately there isnt many varieties I see. Some at this site have spent a lot of time watching animal/bird cams esp when birds have eggs and raising the chicks. Ive checked out the animal cams at times.
One year (I'll probably do this again this year).. I killed a lot of time by making photo calenders (I had a calender program which came with my photocopier) for my whole family as keepsakes for xmas. I themed each month eg for mid summer had a photo of my nephew at the beach where he'd put a lump of seaweed on his head. I found good borders and backgrounds etc for the photos at free places online.
I also have gotten into dream analyses. .. thou the ME/CFS can even mess up our dreams and make them harder to remember or give us nightmares instead to analyse. One can gain a lot of life insight by studying these.
I also use a lot of time up.. in this forum... and researching ME/CFS stuff (thou I hardly do research any more as I think Ive already read every study out over the years). One can kill time by helping others who have ME/CFS too. I also do ME/CFS advocacy when Im able too.. I like to spend at least some time per week on that, whether its just to sign a petition or do something more complex like a letter.
Due to the ME/CFS I also got into cooking more (when able).. as one usually needs to cook anyway.. so I got into recipe experimentation and really improved my cooking skills to the point that when I cook for anyone.. they will be surprised at how good I cook (that was before I developed even more food issues so now on a very strict diet and cant play around with recipes like I used to).
ME/CFS hasnt stopped me from developing skills or hobbies but just made me have to change the ones I do...
On my future agenda if I remain sick.. I plan to write a book. I brought a home DVD course towards the end of last year to improve my writing skills and sentence construction (Ive only done the first two lessons so far but its sitting there waiting for me.. I do the lessons in 20min periods as my brain wont cope with a longer time per day). There is a ton of home DVD courses on all different subjects one can get.
If I get well enough to be able to drive again and do a whole lesson in one go.. I could then go back to study part time.