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Does having a hobby make you feel better

yes a hobby is another focus of cause... but as newly diagnosed diabetic 2 I must admit that untill now I haven´t had any energy to take care of my older hobbies, like painting and making jewelry .. now I have to make fitness my hobby i find... luckily I like it a lot... but in the future I have to keep on and cant take years of break-ups from that.. 3 times a week takes a lot of time from me in fitnesscenter and I can´t help thanking my Destiny that i do not have to Work 9-17 besides that too...
 
I have so many things I like to do - but work takes up a lot of my free time.

I also live next to the beach and walk daily (to get a min of 7k steps a day), I enjoy aqua aerobics twice a week and also try to visit the gym - however my main hobby is sewing, whether patchwork or making clutch bags, etc or knitting, crocheting, painting, beading and just about everything else I can lay my hands on - time too short.

Hobbies and keeping active in any way keeps my mind off diabetes (and munchies) ....
 
My hobby is Computers... And I feel really good when I am able to help deserving people out... The joy I receive from seeing the joy in their eyes far exceeds anything that I can do for myself... Recently I have been able to repair & give a family of New Canadians (Refugees) Two used computers, monitors, & speakers... And they are ever so grateful...
 
I used to have a hobby that increased my stress levels
But I loved it. I volunteered for St John Ambulance. I was ambulance trained and have on occassion gone out to so support shifts for my local ambulance service. I also helped cover many major and minor events. I got a lot out of helping someone else for a change.
But then a lot of things changed and I felt I was no longer enjoying it or gaining anything so I left to concentrate on my career.

Aside from that, I enjoy card making, scratch art and adult colouring books. It is a bit of a boost when you create something or do something you're proud of.
 
I bought a kayak. Not only does the exercise help my blood sugar, it helps me get fit, I get away from the teenagers AND I get to enjoy nature! It's win win win all round! :)
 
I've had a fair number of hobbies - some very long term - since I was a young teenager: gardening, walking & leisurely cycling; sewing: making soft toys, cushions, curtains, etc, cross stitch and tapestry and creating my own design charts to work from; all kinds of paper crafting, especially 3D projects; my dogs - playing with, training, walking them, and raising money for their breed club health fund; computers - I built my last two myself; reading...

But when I was due to retire i had non-diabetes related eye problems which prevented me from doing fine stitching work for several years, and then more recently the lead up to diabetes made me feel so zombie like I didn't have the energy to do anything at all, and now that I can actually enjoy some hobbies again, a cataract and occasional issues with my hands have often turned what should be enjoyable relaxation into an exercise in angry frustration. However I'm eternally grateful to Amazon for creating their Kindle so I can still read, and various TV channels for their craft shows so at least I can keep in touch with crafting this way in the times when I can't create - and mainly my little dogs for being so happy for me to teach them and play some very daft games...

So for me it's sometimes the reverse: my diabetes and other issues constantly remind me of what I'm missing rather than my hobbies being able to take my mind of them.

Robbity
 
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