Help with a hobby.

[Peace Seeker]

Hello all,
I struggle with my attention span. My therapist told me to find a less involved hobby to start, like walking, instead of ruminating pointless, stressful thoughts all day. Any ideas? Thanks!

-Annette

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Walking sounds like a great idea!

It gets you out of doors, into nature, with a little exercise for good measure.

People that I know who walk regularly say it calms them down and gives them greater perspective on whatever is on their minds.

Plus it's great low impact exercise.

Try it!

[Peace Seeker]

2. Thanks!

[Thor_MN]

3. If you have a smart phone, check out Map my Walk

or any of the other workout apps. Having some metrics on your walking can be helpful.

[leet666]

4. Hobby

Write music!

[Maraya1969]

5. Zen Doodling helps me focus on something besides the chit

chat in my head. Here is a link to a Pinterest page that has a lot of them. Mind you most people's a lot more primitive than the ones here.

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/zen-doodle/

I was never a person who could draw. But I took a watercolor class and the teacher mentioned this book "Drawing on the right side of the brain" It is so interesting and once you can do it a little you feel kind of relaxed and tuned into the drawing only. I grab a sketch pad and just try drawing things sometimes and it always calms me down