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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exercising, being outdoors, day trips, checking out different restaurants, museums, bookstores, learning skills, helping others. Is there a cause that you care about?[/quote]

I do volunteer and enjoy that, but I have not met people through it. What gets to me is that I used to enjoy all the things you list. Now I am totally indifferent to them: I don't care for restaurants, I have been to all local museums a million times, done all the day trips. When we do do one of those things, I come back thinking staying home would have been just fine...I feel totally stuck. We were away this winter and I did like the things we saw/did.[/quote]

I think I’m experiencing this a bit, partially because we aren’t actually empty nesters yet. Teens are still home and still need plenty of care, feeding, driving and emotional support so my time isn’t really my own and yet we aren’t spending all that much time with them doing things either. You might be like me in that I really loved all the young kid activities in our area and miss that stage.

I am thinking ahead a bit. When I am an empty nester I plan to take some art classes. I don’t have time to really jump in yet but I may do one or two short workshops in the medium that interests me. I’m a homebody so intentionally finding books to read and recipes to try makes me happy. DD and I are going to try Pilates soon. I think you just need yo be intentional and think about what you would like to do vs what you think you should do.[/quote]

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