Please find me a hobby that is easy

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The only hobby I have is reading. I'd love to be creative, but I'm not at all artistic and have no imagination!

I'm looking for something that isn't too expensive, that I can do at home, fairly easy and will give me a sense of achievement!

I can knit and crochet a bit, but don't enjoy it, possibly due to it causing pain in my hands (fibromyalgia and arthritis).

Definitely not sport, fibromyalgia means I've little energy most of the time and my joints and feet ache.

I'm in my late fifties. I've no interest in video games.

Sorry to be so picky, it's just I've tried many things, but didn't get on with them ... diamond painting was so boring and fiddly for example!

Many people want a hobby that is not easy, they want a challenge.
You could try writing Letters to the Editor of your local paper, see if you can get any printed. Might be politics or state of pavements or planning applications.

Lego is relaxing - just following instructions. You can buy and sell secondhand sets to keep the costs down.

I like to go down a culinary rabbit hole- perfected gnocchi, chutney, ketchup etc. Currently working on no churn ice creams.

I do enjoy a block of fimo. Working on textured coasters at the moment. Did a load of tree decorations for presents in September.

Whittling is fairly cheap to get into and quite absorbing.

I enjoyed making “around town” treasure hunts and quizzes a few years ago. Local scouts sold them as a fundraiser.

Refinishing skipped furniture. Staple gun reupholstery, sanding and varnishing/painting wood. Sell on to recoup outlay or make a profit.

Homebrewing.

Community choir. Or join a church or meditation group. These are social and can lead to more activities.

Is there anything locally where you could volunteer from home? A charity, community group, parish council that might appreciate some help with admin, writing newsletters, updating a website, social media posts etc.

Pen Pal with real letters to people in far off places? Though postage expensive now.

Colouring books for adults? , or maybe decide you don't need a hobby. Sounds like you ve tried a lot of things and either not enjoyed them or got fed up. You don't have to add to the piles of stuff to buy or find homes or uses for that hobbies often involve.

Why not volunteer for a charity like the samaritans ? Learn to take calls, or a befriending call service?

I can barely draw a breath, let alone a straight line so I get the shying away from artistic pursuits, I can just about crochet, but then the yarn buying hobby became the bigger hobby :)

Dont dis online games, Ive been playing one or another then past 15 years - I dont pay to play, just toodle along in my own sweet time

You are a reader, join good reads, write reviews, if you are a tv, film watcher do the same on somewhere like IMDb

Years ago I used to write reviews for a consumer site ( long gone now) You got paid for the amount of "helpful votes" so it made me really dig deep to write witty engaging, yet truthful reviews. Made a few quid, and Im dyslexic.

Any suggestions meeting your request of easy and fun?

I feel stupid saying this, but I don't really know what scrap booking entails. What do you put in your scrap book?

I did look at buying a Switch, but they were far too expensive and them I bought one in vinted and got ripped off, had to claim the money back because it was a scam. I wouldn't mind games like that I think.

I was going to suggest jigsaws but so have many others.

Grow your own herbs

Pokemon Go (seems to be popular a few middle aged women friends!). Free and you can play anywhere.

Lots of online painting and drawing examples you can copy and gradually improve. Don't put yourself down, have a go and be kind to yourself. If you get some enjoyment from doing it that's what's important, nothing else.

Duolingo - free language courses, can do anywhere.

Volunteering

Furniture or clothing upcycling and re-selling

Make your own xmas decorations using recycled resources or inexpensive items from a charity shop, either give as gifts, donate to charity shops or try selling at a craft fair or online.

Thanks for all the replies! Trying to get through them all now.

I'm not musical at all, tried to learn guitar before, but got nowhere and quickly got bored of the repetition but not being able to actually play anything plus it hurt my fingers.

I actually go bird watching with my partner, so I guess I have two hobbies now!

I'm volunteering for a local cat rescue.

I don't enjoy writing anything, certainly not reviews. I'm blaming my fibro brain fog, but I just can't remember details well.

I've tried journalling but gave up a while ago as I'd nothing much to write.

Felting! I have dyspraxia affecting fine motor and even I can manage felting as it's not fiddly and it's quite therapeutic as you get to stab stuff. There's loads of really nice kits and it's easy to get started.

Also DH and I like the EXIT Escape Room type games, some of them are pretty tricky!

Here's another idea - digital scrapbooking with your photos. You said you weren't sure how to go about scrapbooking so for some ideas, inspiration and tutorials look up

annaaspnesdesigns.com/category/tutorials/

She sounds American but she's actually English.

Don't shy away from exercise. Not doing any will only have you feeling worse. Plenty of gentle yoga videos online. Get a walking pad and get your steps in. Swimming is also very gentle on the joints.

Card making. Go and get one of the magazines in the craft section and start from there. I also buy card blanks and envelopes from hobby craft, with scissors, glue stick you can begin. I use anything, I cut pictures from the back of a calendar recently, stick th on the blank and there you go. Saves money on cards, easy to do in front of the tv on a tray …. Etc etc

Sugarcraft! Making fun models from gum paste, or making realistic flowers from floral paste. It is so relaxing. Relatively cheap start up costs. Loads of how tos on YouTube. Get good at it and you can sell your creations on Etsy for ££
Baking cakes for them to sit on is an additional part (and yummy bonus), if you wish.
Actually if you don't like baking, you can use cold porcelain instead of edible paste, it's exactly the same techniques - but the end product lasts forever and isn't edible.

Adult coloring?

I have recently got into doodle art- also known as "Zentangle" lots of you tube and Facebook groups for inspiration. Relatively easy to get started. So relaxing and easy to build on skills.

www.coursera.org/courses?query=free

Loads of free courses on here

Yoga- beginners one is fairly easy, or chair yoga even more so.
Swimming or water aerobics
Outdoor gym/running
Choir
Volunteering at a soup kitchen/old folks home/food bank/charity shop
Set up a board game or quiz club/night

I recently got into jigsaws while off work with an injury - have completed a few 1000 piece ones now and framed a couple of them. I found it kept my brain active in a relaxing way if that makes sense!

I really sympathise about the diamond painting. I love to do watercolour and draw but I have FND and the stiffness and muscle spasms and always dropping things means anything fiddly like diamond work or sewing, knitting etcc is not for me.

you say you love to read (I do too), well the best writers are those who read, have you thought about creative writing? Or blogging? You could blog about books? Wordpress has different types of blog domain available to subscribe to, some are pricey but the basic kind of about £4 a year or something.

Daydreaming.

My friend does this, it's like a journal but fancier, she includes photos but also things likes tickets, flyers and wristbands. She doesn't do a page every day but usually a summary of a few days or a week. I think there are online tutorials to get ideas