What hobby or sport to diminish empty nest syndrome?

[Ineverpromisedyouarosegarden]

Has anybody found anything fulfilling to do now that kids are grown up and doing their own thing?

I have a job and yes I could do more hours but for the first time in my life I have time to invest in me. Dh has golf and I have no interest in that.

I need something that will be interesting and enjoyable but I don't know what it should be.

I am not really a sporty person and I don't really have enough knowledge for an allotment. I have been a carer so I don't want to volunteer.

Anybody care to share what they have become interested in?

Well obviously options are limited right now but these are some things people joined that I know of:

Walking group
Historical society
Needlework club
Aquajogging
Photography
Sailing (this one ended up very expensive !)
Woodworking (specifically making wooden jigsaw puzzles)

Bridge
Learning a language
Painting

Take a lover?

@BeetyAxe

I'm looking for less stress not more

Fishing

Trace your family tree - it can be quite addictive.
Nordic-walking

Have you thought about volunteering? I think helping a cause can be really good for filling the gap of “caring for something”.

Writing your memoirs?

Writing group
Toastmasters
Gym/ fitness class
Hill Walking
Extra study
Samaritans
Pilates
Bridge
Interior design course
Cookery Course
Quick sample of my friends that l can think of

Charity trustee

Thing is, your heart has to be into it, to make it a lasting hobby.

(Aside from now where things a closed) I like to restore furniture, buying/finding items of good quality, but outdated and restore them. Much better quality than usual flat packs. Some i keep some i sell.

I also have an eye for 'antiques' on the way up, have investigated high-priced names/brands (those I'm interested in) it's a sport in itself looking for these items in flea markeds, online etc. and very satisfying when you get just that thing, you have been looking for.

Then there is gardening.

Do you have pets? Dogs will take you out of the house, perhaps enlist for agility or a dog walking group.

Cats will keep you on your toes, being a slave to their every wim .

That's about it, if this and pp's suggestions leave you cold, you may want to start trying for a new baby .

Weight lifting 🏋🏼‍♀️

I want to do pottery. Would have a home kiln.

That and/or 3D printing.

I also know someone who trained guide dog puppies.

Wild swimming.

It’s made such an amazing difference in my mental health.

Think about what you loved as a child, OP. I loved photography when I was about 12 and have started an iPhone photography course during lockdown. Loving it! I also love the outdoors and I am able to combine this interest with my new photography skills.

Well, I am learning the piano, it’s bloody hard but totally absorbing. Lesson on line once a week.
I also spend far too much time every day on Mumsnet, but that’s a different story!

I make more babies....(Reborn babies)