When I was a teenager, my mom stopped smoking. After smoking for more than 40 years she said her biggest problem was keeping her hands busy. She began knitting, sewing, and playing a lot of solitaire.

Luckily, I never picked up the smoking habit. However, I did recently have an overload of sorts requiring my doctor to tell me to slow down. That is like telling the sun not to shine or the rain not to fall. Idle, is NOT my mode. It would seem, two careers, a day job, and being a parent was stressing me to the point that I was now having issues with high blood pressure as well as frequent panic attacks. So, I followed doctor’s orders and slowed down.

In doing so, I found my biggest problem was finding something to do with my hands.  Unlike my mother, I do not have the talent to knit or sew. My hobbies are my careers, writing and photography. So, now what do I do with my hands?