What do you do to keep busy?

I work full time, long hours, so I don't get a lot of time for extra curricular hobbies. I'm like so many other not interested nor do I have inclination for arranged activities within club membership, I've also never ever had any kind of crafting ability like so many talented people.. however I am an avid amateur landscape photographer and I indulge my passion for it often whenever the weather is right. My camera travel with me everywhere, even to work just in case an opportunity for a good shot arises . I also travel a lot and my trusty camera is always with me as is my iphone

I also adore dogs and give time to helping out on a voluntary basis at our local kennels

I also use the internet a lot in my free time as a member of many forums and a moderator of 2 , so my days are pretty filled :D
 
"I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'
Well... One of the things I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whiskey into urine.
It's rewarding, uplifting, satisfying and fulfilling. I do it every day and I really enjoy it."
 
Ken N Tx said:
"I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'
Well... One of the things I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whiskey into urine.
It's rewarding, uplifting, satisfying and fulfilling. I do it every day and I really enjoy it."
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Haha! Love it!
 
Of all the things that I do, I enjoy counselling drug addicts and alcoholics the most. Last evening I spoke at a halfway house and then I did a one on one session. It is sometimes a bit depressing when I see a young lady or man get clean and leave a rehab or halfway house and then they show up again maybe 4-6 months later for the third or fourth time. I remember last year in mid December that a young lady over-dosed and died at a halfway house that she had been to for the third time. Just a beautiful young lady with two young children left behind that her Mother took on the job of raising them. I was so sad for the whole family for many weeks. She just couldn't leave the stuff alone and went into deep depression and we knew that she was definitely a suicide case waiting to happen, but we couldn't get a judge to commit her.

Nothing prepares you for that.
 
Raven said:
Oldman, a very worth while way to spend some of your time.
I commend you for your desire to help others.
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I do this to try to first; help those that have issues and second; to help the community. The loss of this young lady has been burned into my memory ever since it happened last year. I attended her funeral and have kept her picture with me to remind me that I have to do a better job of intervention and convincing people that they need to get off of the substances that they find so attractive. I feel no guilt for her death, but I always find myself asking, "Could I have done something better?" My first question to a new addict is always the same; "How did you get started?" And, the answer is mostly the same; "I was at a party and someone offered me some and so, I thought "what the heck, one time won't kill me." (You wanna' bet?)
 
I've been retired about 5 months. Found this forum and love being here. I don't know how the days fly by, but I often wonder at the end of the day what in the world I did to fill the hours.
I have hobbies...knitting, scrapbooking, long drives listening to my favorite music, taking walks. I like to play scrabble on line.
I really like movies and some days all I do is sit and knit and watch movies. Especially now that the weather is cold.
Here I am, mostly alone. I don't mind....I like my life, mostly.
This is an odd thing to say but I love my iphone and wish I had someone to text lol.
 
marty said:
I've been retired about 5 months. Found this forum and love being here. I don't know how the days fly by, but I often wonder at the end of the day what in the world I did to fill the hours.
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Hi Marty, if I remember right, you retired without a party at your work, and we had one here! Good to read your post.:)
 
Meanderer said:
Hi Marty, if I remember right, you retired without a party at your work, and we had one here! Good to read your post.:)
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Yes Jim, that's right and it really did make me feel much better :) It's fun here and I enjoy reading....I'll try to post a little more often.
 
I don't try to keep busy. What do I do with my time? Besides housework, chat on the internet (Facebook and here), read, photography, write a blog, go to the gym, do muscle work at home, plan trips, take trips, upload photos and write travelogues of the trips, visit with friends, Skype my granddaughters and my sister and my sis in law, visit with our Ugandan daughter, go bike riding, hiking, occasional canoe/kayak, watch tv - mainly movies/documentaries/news, occasionally try to learn French using my Rosetta programme, meditate.
 
Right now I am hunting, or as my son calls it, Dad's taking his bow for a walk. I didn't get my deer with my bow, so maybe I'll do better with my rifle. I need some venison because I grilled too much this past summer.
 
I've got to the place in life where the only exercise I get is shopping and working my computer keyboard. I did play golf, volunteer with Friends of the Library, and other assorted make work situations in an effort to keep from sitting front of the tele, but all that got too strenuous for me.

I tried to be a fisherman but that didn't work out. When I retired I thought I'd both bow hunt and use a rifle. Bought both. But by then every one I knew to go hunting with didn't take their bow or their rifle out for a walk, they built feeding troughs out in the wild and blinds nearby, they fed the deer all summer or all year, got the deer used to feeding in that certain place, then come deer season, climbed in their blinds and shot deer at point blank range.. I went one time with them. Didn't fire a shot. I came home and sold both. Never went again but I did write a poem about the experience.

Later I bought a pistol which I used to take to the range and fire on a regular basis and I bought another bow for target shooting and did as long as I could pull it back properly.
 
Early in the year I posted I played golf and hiked with my mutt. I still do those things but I have added a couple to my list. I bought a bicycle late summer and ride that everyday when I'm at my coastal condo. There is a nature trail that has alligators, raccoons and other critters. Its really a neat trail and takes a good 2 hours to ride with a couple of breaks of course. And my latest hobby is learning how to play the bass guitar. Sounds crazy, but the bass is an instrument I have always been intrigued with. Just never pursued it. With winter coming on and lots of days to stay inside, I figure now is a good time to learn. Using mainly online resources, but have a life long musician buddy who will give me some pointers. I have played a little guitar, so a string instrument is not totally foreign to me. But still a big challege. ;)
 
Hi Bullie76, Biking is something I did for several years. I used to ride in these orgnized rides. Last year after moving were I live now I bought another bike. I can no longer ride one, but it was fun when I could. I ran around with musicians growing up. I never owned any instruments but I tried and tried xto play the guitar, the banjo, and the mandlend(sp?). Could not master any of them. On the other hand my son put himself through six years of college playing music. I know he had three base guitars. He made his living with base, pedal steel guitar, guitar, and sax. He has some talent. His boy at age fourteen is a musical whizz. It must be somewhere in the genes but skipped me.
 
drifter said:
Hi Bullie76, Biking is something I did for several years. I used to ride in these orgnized rides. Last year after moving were I live now I bought another bike. I can no longer ride one, but it was fun when I could. I ran around with musicians growing up. I never owned any instruments but I tried and tried xto play the guitar, the banjo, and the mandlend(sp?). Could not master any of them. On the other hand my son put himself through six years of college playing music. I know he had three base guitars. He made his living with base, pedal steel guitar, guitar, and sax. He has some talent. His boy at age fourteen is a musical whizz. It must be somewhere in the genes but skipped me.
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I wish I had started at a young age. Not much upside potential at my age. But its just for fun and something to focus on when inside. As far as the bike goes, I bet I hadn't been on one in 40+ years. But you never forget how and it kind of makes you feel young when riding it. I admit, my legs ache after a two hour ride. But as they say.......no pain no gain.
 
I am disabled, and HATE not being able to go out and have a job. I started working on the farm when I was 6 and didn't stop work till my feet and legs started cramping hen I was cab driving in NY. I came back to NC and health wise I just kind of crashed and burnt. Now with problems with my feet, staggering around, and walking into walls, people look at me like I'm a lunatic or some thing. Even at almost 67, I still want to work.
 
That's pretty! what is it, about a thousand pieces? I have three puzzle games I play on line mostly of dogs and cats.

I play on computer, with my dog, and watch tv. I have a really hard time moving about, and I don't like this new habit I have of falling on the floor at times.
 
I think it is 500 or 550 pieces. I find that size more fun. I love animal and bird puzzles. I do so many of them I bought an adjustable puzzle table and board which makes it so much easier to work, no glare.

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marty said:
I've been retired about 5 months. Found this forum and love being here. I don't know how the days fly by, but I often wonder at the end of the day what in the world I did to fill the hours.
I have hobbies...knitting, scrapbooking, long drives listening to my favorite music, taking walks. I like to play scrabble on line.
I really like movies and some days all I do is sit and knit and watch movies. Especially now that the weather is cold.
Here I am, mostly alone. I don't mind....I like my life, mostly.
This is an odd thing to say but I love my iphone and wish I had someone to text lol.
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You can text me if you like... :D
 
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